Indeed… party leaders also get them on the basis of MPs however Farage’s personality is such that he can’t have more MPs in his party than could comfortably fit in a London cab.

I worry it shifts the debate if you let disinformation define it. But we do our best.

Yes I think broadly that’s my view. I worry a bit that you spend a disproportionate amount of time being dragged onto the terrain of others by even putting out a counter claim.

Drop an email to the address you get when you google me. We do hold surgeries including at weekends

Lord Darzi said that the NHS was in critical condition but the vital signs are good. Medical training is a brilliant example of this. COVID knocked our health services back, but it’s good to see the evidence is getting better.
Disclaimer - before being an MP I worked at the GMC

However there are still the specialties where unwanted sexual comments remain too high (surgery why is it always you?)
And a stubbornly high number of doctors don’t feel confident reporting discrimination

Those at high or moderate risk of burn out remains too high, but the number is thankfully dropping…

More doctors are accessing flexible working in their training, with almost 2/3 of newly qualified doctors being women it’s important training reflects a world where people have more complex lives.

Trainers are more likely to say they have time to devote to training - with that number increasing for the last few years and having gone up 4pp this year. Trainers also feel positive about the support they get from their local education team (but numbers are lower in for GPs)

The NHS has always been a good place to train but trainee doctors satisfaction in their training dropped during the pandemic and plateaued since. However across all questions on quality satisfaction is improving