GP nationalisation 🧵 - It’s not really about that. SoS is talking about GPs giving up their contracts & being employed by hospital trusts incl foundation trusts. Foundation trusts are independent publicly owned organisations, bit like academy schools. 1/5 So why do this? Integrated care systems are being formed (44 in England). Modelled after ACOs in 🇺🇸. Although it’s supposed to be a partnership, it’s likely the local trust or another large organisation would be prominent. So, having GPs employed by them is better for system. 2/5

John Wick - A retired medical consultant brought back, as demand soars in the NHS, just when he thought he was out. 🧵 1/12 “First, can you fill in this 30 page HR form and see Occupational health exactly between 10.10 and 10.12am on a Friday? 2/12

#BLACKJULY - anti-Tamil pogrom and riots in #Sri Lanka during July 1983. 38 years ago to this day. Over seven days, mainly #Sinhala mobs attacked, burned, looted, and killed #Tamil targets. My family and I were one of those affected 1/n….. I was 5 years old at that time, my sister 4 and my brother 3. My family and I were first hand witnesses to this atrocity and were lucky to escape with our lives from Colombo. Our house was burnt along with our all of our possessions. 2/n..