That Tom
@thattom.bsky.social
Evolving PhD student. Once a homeless teenage punk expelled from school (experience taught me more than my degrees). Escapee from radical religion. NHS whistleblower. Improvement begins with understanding. Ignorance of our ignorance is our greatest foe.
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Our information about how politicians are privatising the NHS is reaching millions of people. We think Starmer and Streeting are about to announce a plan for even *more* NHS privatisation 🚨
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November 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Our information about how politicians are privatising the NHS is reaching millions of people. We think Starmer and Streeting are about to announce a plan for even *more* NHS privatisation 🚨
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"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently."
- David Graeber
- David Graeber
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
"The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently."
- David Graeber
- David Graeber
The Cairngorms this evening...
October 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Cairngorms this evening...
Concave World theory - like Flat Earth but curvier open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Concave World theory...
And how are views on the value of a life are limited by what we can see.
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October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Concave World theory - like Flat Earth but curvier open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Who decides what is in the public interest to prosecute? open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Who decides what is in the public interest?
Is it people posting racist messages on social media or NHS employees who abuse patients?
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September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Who decides what is in the public interest to prosecute? open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Cycle ride in the Eden Valley - Wednesday evening :-)
September 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Cycle ride in the Eden Valley - Wednesday evening :-)
This is super useful www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G_h...
Liminal thinking The pyramid of belief
YouTube video by Dave Gray
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September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This is super useful www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G_h...
Source: The Guardian
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Higher defence spending is pointless without climate aid, says UN chief
Achim Steiner says cuts to development budget are shortsighted in an interconnected global economy
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September 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Source: The Guardian
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September 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is our biggest & most jam-packed issue to date of the Loop Magazine! Featuring leadership journeys, mentoring opportunities & the importance of finding a support network while prioritising your wellbeing
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Trust me, it's not about the peach slices... open.substack.com/pub/thattom/... #operationraisethecolours
Trust me, it's not about the peach slices...
We're being encouraged to look in the wrong direction.
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September 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Trust me, it's not about the peach slices... open.substack.com/pub/thattom/... #operationraisethecolours
Trust me, it's not about the peach slices open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Trust me, it's not about the peach slices...
We're being encouraged to look in the wrong direction.
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August 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Trust me, it's not about the peach slices open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
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Urgh the obsession in the NHS of individual people going on 'training courses', to address problems that we know are systemic. It's a charade, & an avoidance of actually creating (& resourcing) conditions that will stand a chance of improving things.
July 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Urgh the obsession in the NHS of individual people going on 'training courses', to address problems that we know are systemic. It's a charade, & an avoidance of actually creating (& resourcing) conditions that will stand a chance of improving things.
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Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
June 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Budzinski: Families making over $700,000 a year will see a boost of $12,000 almost entirely from tax cuts. Shockingly, households making $23,000 a year or less are set to lose about $1600 a year, mostly due to deep cuts to Medicaid and food assistance
WTAF!
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
WTAF!
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Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.
It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
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The biggest drivers of cost aren't rising need, poor choices, or ‘the public’ - but the way the system is set up. How does this challenge the ways you’ve been encouraged to think about cost, pressure, and service ‘efficiency’? buff.ly/QFbh13C
Too often, demand management becomes a euphemism for delay, deflection, or denial. | Benjamin P. Taylor
Too often, demand management becomes a euphemism for delay, deflection, or denial. But the biggest drivers of cost aren't rising need, poor choices, or ‘the public’ - but the way the system is set…
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June 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The biggest drivers of cost aren't rising need, poor choices, or ‘the public’ - but the way the system is set up. How does this challenge the ways you’ve been encouraged to think about cost, pressure, and service ‘efficiency’? buff.ly/QFbh13C
Will recognition of our own impotence shake us from apathy? open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
The facade is slipping, yes, we are the baddies...
Will recognition of our own impotence help shake us out of apathy?
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June 13, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Will recognition of our own impotence shake us from apathy? open.substack.com/pub/thattom/...
Mixed feelings on this - I'm not sure "the health and safety of non-employees" is an appropriate finding; she was a patient wasn't she? She was the focus of their work, not merely a non-employee. news.sky.com/story/nhs-tr... #NHS
NHS trust and ward manager found not guilty of manslaughter after woman took her own life at hospital
The North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) had been charged with corporate manslaughter but instead was found guilty of failing to ensure health and safety of non-employees. Jury deliberation…
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June 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Mixed feelings on this - I'm not sure "the health and safety of non-employees" is an appropriate finding; she was a patient wasn't she? She was the focus of their work, not merely a non-employee. news.sky.com/story/nhs-tr... #NHS
NHS England - who will mourn their passing? The utter lack of control and influence is essentially an acknowledgement of their own impotence www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
Matt Discombe | Senior correspondent | Health Service Journal
Matt is a senior correspondent covering performance - especially urgent and emergency care services - as well as the South West region. He also leads HSJ Intelligence’s coverage of the NHS in Wales.…
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June 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
NHS England - who will mourn their passing? The utter lack of control and influence is essentially an acknowledgement of their own impotence www.hsj.co.uk/emergency-ca...
Really, who'd have thought that a cash-strapped NHS might just be in possession of faulty or out-of-date equipment - didn't see that one coming :-/ www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #NHS #NoWealthButLife
Thousands harmed and 87 dead after NHS equipment failures in England
‘Shocking statistics’ prompt calls for government funding to replace broken and obsolete medical devices
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June 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Really, who'd have thought that a cash-strapped NHS might just be in possession of faulty or out-of-date equipment - didn't see that one coming :-/ www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #NHS #NoWealthButLife
An incredibly important topic and one very close to my heart - I will be joined by some excellent speakers - Friday 20th June - www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-onli...
A Practical Guide to Improving Sexual Safety on Mental Health Wards
Follow the conference on X #SexualSafetyMH
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June 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
An incredibly important topic and one very close to my heart - I will be joined by some excellent speakers - Friday 20th June - www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/virtual-onli...