Dr Jo Maher NHS GP
@drjomaher.bsky.social
GP partner Foundry PCN https://www.foundrypcn.co.uk
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Partner @cwjoneschris.bsky.social
Physical Activity Clinical Champion Sheffield https://www.movemoresheffield.com https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/pacc/
Trustee Living Streets @livingstreets.bsky.social
Partner @cwjoneschris.bsky.social
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Dr Jo Maher NHS GP
@drjomaher.bsky.social
· Nov 10
🦋 Hello! 👋🏽 grey day here in Sheffield- pic from a couple of weeks ago. I’m here on Bluesky for conversation & knowledge exchange on health, esp primary care, public health with transport lens & physical activity 🧵 1/
@drrachelclarke.com Covid enquiry article reminded me Story of a Heart on my must-read list @lauralaker.bsky.social @davidcox65.bsky.social 1st chapter describing what it feels like attending a horrific car collision and impact of culture accepting dangerous roads brutal & brilliant writing.
Such a joy to discuss Max, Keira & The Story of a Heart in the company of Max's mum, Emma, & his extraordinary transplant surgeon, Asif Hasan, at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital this month 💙🫀🫁 #organdonation
www.mirror.co.uk/news/tears-s...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/tears-s...
Asif Hasan cried as he read about heart donor Keira Ball
Asif Hasan spoke movingly of the op which changed history, and saw a new organ donor law in England. He has carried out hundreds of transplants in his career.
www.mirror.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
@drrachelclarke.com Covid enquiry article reminded me Story of a Heart on my must-read list @lauralaker.bsky.social @davidcox65.bsky.social 1st chapter describing what it feels like attending a horrific car collision and impact of culture accepting dangerous roads brutal & brilliant writing.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
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@independentsage.bsky.social
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I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Please do read this brilliant article by @drrachelclarke.com we can’t forget what took place & we must learn.
Photo 27th March 2020 just a paper mask for GP home visits supplied, a little dark humour with the kids when their mum set off for work in a snorkel mask.
Photo 27th March 2020 just a paper mask for GP home visits supplied, a little dark humour with the kids when their mum set off for work in a snorkel mask.
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Please do read this brilliant article by @drrachelclarke.com we can’t forget what took place & we must learn.
Photo 27th March 2020 just a paper mask for GP home visits supplied, a little dark humour with the kids when their mum set off for work in a snorkel mask.
Photo 27th March 2020 just a paper mask for GP home visits supplied, a little dark humour with the kids when their mum set off for work in a snorkel mask.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rosalind Howells - Lady Howells of St Davids, politician and community has died aged 94 years of age.
Rosalind Howells - Lady Howells of St Davids, politician and community has died aged 94 years of age.
Lady Howells of St Davids obituary
Community worker and champion of racial equality who became a spokeswoman for the family of Stephen Lawrence
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November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Rosalind Howells - Lady Howells of St Davids, politician and community has died aged 94 years of age.
Rosalind Howells - Lady Howells of St Davids, politician and community has died aged 94 years of age.
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“The heroes of the Covid story are science and the NHS (and immigration, as even Johnson attested to, given the international healthcare team who treated him for severe Covid in hospital),” writes @profdevisridhar.bsky.social. Wise words as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Vote for competent leaders, not entertainers – that’s what I wish the Covid report could say | Devi Sridhar
To prevent a future pandemic we’d need agile leadership, smart decision-making, humility and trustworthiness. How does one build those into a political system, asks Prof Devi Sridhar, chair of global ...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“The heroes of the Covid story are science and the NHS (and immigration, as even Johnson attested to, given the international healthcare team who treated him for severe Covid in hospital),” writes @profdevisridhar.bsky.social. Wise words as always www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so
GPs can no longer guarantee safe care for millions of patients because of a dangerous shortage of medics, Britain’s top family doctor has said.
Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), said surgeries were desperate to hire more doctors to meet soaring demand for care but could not afford to do so because of a lack of core funding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
I’d love to visit @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social sadly not this year, loads of great films & people to discover from afar - next time!
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I’d love to visit @kendalmountainfest.bsky.social sadly not this year, loads of great films & people to discover from afar - next time!
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For an instant guide to the report, this very full précis of its findings by colleague Jessica Murray is a good place to start.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second report focuses on responses by politicians including then-PM Boris Johnson and the decisions they made during pandemic
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For an instant guide to the report, this very full précis of its findings by colleague Jessica Murray is a good place to start.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
Thank you @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing my review of the excellent & readable Breathe by @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social featuring stories including @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social important work campaigning for clean air for all. A good news story .
Another book for the Christmas list! 📚
Another book for the Christmas list! 📚
BJGPLife: Book review: Breathe: How to Win a Greener World
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
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#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Thank you @bjgp.bsky.social for publishing my review of the excellent & readable Breathe by @sadiqkhanlondon.bsky.social featuring stories including @ellarobertafdn.bsky.social important work campaigning for clean air for all. A good news story .
Another book for the Christmas list! 📚
Another book for the Christmas list! 📚
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National rollout of social prescribing link workers improved outcomes for specifically targeted individuals and overall patient experience with #GeneralPractice
Future research must consider financial sustainability and any health inequalities doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Future research must consider financial sustainability and any health inequalities doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Impact of the rollout of the national social prescribing link worker programme on population outcomes: evidence from a repeated cross-sectional survey | British Journal of General Practice
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November 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
National rollout of social prescribing link workers improved outcomes for specifically targeted individuals and overall patient experience with #GeneralPractice
Future research must consider financial sustainability and any health inequalities doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
Future research must consider financial sustainability and any health inequalities doi.org/10.3399/BJGP... #PrimaryCare
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In Parliament today I said the asylum announcement scrapes the bottom of the barrel and is a desperate attempt to copy Reform.
We should be taking the fight to Reform - not trying to outdo them.
We should be taking the fight to Reform - not trying to outdo them.
November 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
In Parliament today I said the asylum announcement scrapes the bottom of the barrel and is a desperate attempt to copy Reform.
We should be taking the fight to Reform - not trying to outdo them.
We should be taking the fight to Reform - not trying to outdo them.
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BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
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China’s Maglev train prototype clocked 620 mph (1000 km/h) — that’s faster than most commercial airplanes.
This isn’t sci-fi; it’s the next phase of ultra-high-speed travel.
With magnetic levitation tech and zero physical contact with the tracks in a test vacuum tube, the future of transportation...
This isn’t sci-fi; it’s the next phase of ultra-high-speed travel.
With magnetic levitation tech and zero physical contact with the tracks in a test vacuum tube, the future of transportation...
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
China’s Maglev train prototype clocked 620 mph (1000 km/h) — that’s faster than most commercial airplanes.
This isn’t sci-fi; it’s the next phase of ultra-high-speed travel.
With magnetic levitation tech and zero physical contact with the tracks in a test vacuum tube, the future of transportation...
This isn’t sci-fi; it’s the next phase of ultra-high-speed travel.
With magnetic levitation tech and zero physical contact with the tracks in a test vacuum tube, the future of transportation...
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“Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, and we don’t prepare people for it”. We absolutely should. This is urgent. Another good reason to sign this petition calling for a National Climate Resilience plan - please do sign & share @climatemajority.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, and we don’t prepare people for it”. We absolutely should. This is urgent. Another good reason to sign this petition calling for a National Climate Resilience plan - please do sign & share @climatemajority.bsky.social
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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I broke my leg at 12 and thought being a doctor seemed helpful.
Now after treating thousands of patients, I know the truth:
Prevention beats treatment.
Community beats isolation.
Small habits beat big gestures.
Parkrun teaches all three.
Now after treating thousands of patients, I know the truth:
Prevention beats treatment.
Community beats isolation.
Small habits beat big gestures.
Parkrun teaches all three.
June 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I broke my leg at 12 and thought being a doctor seemed helpful.
Now after treating thousands of patients, I know the truth:
Prevention beats treatment.
Community beats isolation.
Small habits beat big gestures.
Parkrun teaches all three.
Now after treating thousands of patients, I know the truth:
Prevention beats treatment.
Community beats isolation.
Small habits beat big gestures.
Parkrun teaches all three.
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#parkrun is worth nearly £700m to UK economy and every £1 spent returned at least £16.70 in benefits.
Improvements to mental health (happiness and a sense of achievement) more important to increased life satisfaction than physical health.
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/10/1...
Improvements to mental health (happiness and a sense of achievement) more important to increased life satisfaction than physical health.
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/10/1...
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#parkrun is worth nearly £700m to UK economy and every £1 spent returned at least £16.70 in benefits.
Improvements to mental health (happiness and a sense of achievement) more important to increased life satisfaction than physical health.
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/10/1...
Improvements to mental health (happiness and a sense of achievement) more important to increased life satisfaction than physical health.
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/10/1...
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Guardian’s top story is @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social’s analysis of NHS performance, the latest release from Public Service Performance Tracker 2025.
There are some positives from past years but these risk being undermined by loss of GP partners, social care failures and chaotic approach to reform
There are some positives from past years but these risk being undermined by loss of GP partners, social care failures and chaotic approach to reform
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Guardian’s top story is @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social’s analysis of NHS performance, the latest release from Public Service Performance Tracker 2025.
There are some positives from past years but these risk being undermined by loss of GP partners, social care failures and chaotic approach to reform
There are some positives from past years but these risk being undermined by loss of GP partners, social care failures and chaotic approach to reform
📚 shout out for Ultra Women- one of my books of the year! 🌟
@emmajourno.bsky.social & @lilycanter.bsky.social excellent book should be on your Christmas list people! 🌲
A manifesto told in real life stories of endurance sport, how inclusion, representation & research is still much needed 🌟
@emmajourno.bsky.social & @lilycanter.bsky.social excellent book should be on your Christmas list people! 🌲
A manifesto told in real life stories of endurance sport, how inclusion, representation & research is still much needed 🌟
ULTRA WOMEN: The trailblazers defying sexism in sport will be published by Canbury Press in May (available to pre-order now). 'A masterful work that will challenge your views on the physical capabilities of all women' – Sue Anstiss, author www.canburypress.com/collections/...
PRESALE: Ultra Women by Lily Canter and Emma Wilkinson (ISBN: 9781914487101)
PRESALE. Book will be published on May 8th 2025. Buy it now and receive before publication. Books will be sent about two weeks from publication day (May 8th 2025).
When it comes to the toughest races ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
📚 shout out for Ultra Women- one of my books of the year! 🌟
@emmajourno.bsky.social & @lilycanter.bsky.social excellent book should be on your Christmas list people! 🌲
A manifesto told in real life stories of endurance sport, how inclusion, representation & research is still much needed 🌟
@emmajourno.bsky.social & @lilycanter.bsky.social excellent book should be on your Christmas list people! 🌲
A manifesto told in real life stories of endurance sport, how inclusion, representation & research is still much needed 🌟
It feels very unsettling working in #NHS at the moment, there’s a lot of uncertainty all around us.
I think it is driven by lack of coherent strategy inc disproportionate funding across sectors. There’s a lot wrong right now & it has real effects. Driven by dogma not data.
I think it is driven by lack of coherent strategy inc disproportionate funding across sectors. There’s a lot wrong right now & it has real effects. Driven by dogma not data.
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It feels very unsettling working in #NHS at the moment, there’s a lot of uncertainty all around us.
I think it is driven by lack of coherent strategy inc disproportionate funding across sectors. There’s a lot wrong right now & it has real effects. Driven by dogma not data.
I think it is driven by lack of coherent strategy inc disproportionate funding across sectors. There’s a lot wrong right now & it has real effects. Driven by dogma not data.
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Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
Wes Streeting has been accused of taking a “chaotic and incoherent approach” to reforming the NHS which makes it unlikely the government will hit its own targets, according to a damning report by the Institute for Government (IfG).
The report praises elements of how the health secretary has managed the health service in his first year in office, including improving performance and staff retention in hospitals. Thepay settlement he reached with resident doctors last year avoided a winter plagued by NHS strikes Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
#parkrun Alphabet completed! Connecting with good friends & meeting new run directors, volunteers & local runners has been a way to see the parkrun community in different places & energises those weekly local trips. Also a lot of fun! Jubilee Spennymoor team a delight! #loveparkrun
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#parkrun Alphabet completed! Connecting with good friends & meeting new run directors, volunteers & local runners has been a way to see the parkrun community in different places & energises those weekly local trips. Also a lot of fun! Jubilee Spennymoor team a delight! #loveparkrun
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Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need
Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need
Radio 2 DJ covered 135 miles in five days carrying a Pudsey Bear backpack from Kielder Forest to Pudsey, Leeds
The BBC presenter Sara Cox has completed her arduous challenge to cover 135 miles in five days, which has raised more than £7m for the Children in Need charity.
The 50-year-old, who presents Radio 2’s Teatime show on weekdays, crossed the finish line for her great northern marathon challenge at about 3.30pm on Friday after covering the equivalent of five marathons in five days, where she was greeted by a performance from former Spice Girl Melanie C. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Sara Cox completes marathon challenge and raises over £7m for Children in Need