Professor of Primary Health Care at University of Bristol
Bristol, England
Joined June 2011
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Deborah Sharp retweeted
Over half of all NHS-funded ADHD assessments and a third of autism assessments are now carried out by private providers.
Private providers are profiting from the expansion of ADHD and autism diagnosis, @utafrith @naomicfisher
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We have extended the data collection deadline for the Accessing Continuity study. If you are registered to take part in the study by 31st of October, you will now have until the 30th of November to complete the data collection activities!
Sign up here: gppact.org/accessing-continu…
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I cannot believe this. The 2024 NHS pandemic plan states the following generic assumptions:
“it will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
england.nhs.uk/long-read/fra…
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Today, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton delivered a speech in the @UKHouseofLords using an AI recreation of her voice, built by ElevenLabs. A first for the UK Parliament.
Baroness Campbell has spinal muscular atrophy, which affects her speech. The Baroness has now created an AI voice that replicates the tone, rhythm, and pitch of her original voice.
Our technology has now been used to restore the voices of more than 11,000 people who have lost their voices through injury or illness, and we’ve committed to help one million people living with voice loss around the world.
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“A dream come true” 🙌
@AlexZverev reflects on clinching ATP Year-End No. 1 presented by PIF honours for the first time.
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Starts this week! Come and join us if you're in North Somerset.
Good Grief festival Thurs 15-Sun 18 Oct in Weston and North Somerset. The festival brings people together to talk, think and reflect on grief and loss and to raise awareness of the support that's out there.
superculture.org.uk/projects…
@Lucy_Selman @MobCommAssets
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Please please stop this 😩
Your balloon release could cost an animal its life.
Birthday balloons, memorial balloons, beautiful gestures sent floating into the sky. I understand the sentiment, especially when remembering someone we love. But what goes up must come down, and so often it’s our countryside and farmland that become the final resting place. Balloons and their ribbons can entangle wildlife, be swallowed by livestock and leave litter scattered across our beautiful landscape.
A few moments of celebration can leave devastating consequences. Please find a different way. @KeepBritainTidy @cleanupbritain @CPRE @RSPCA_Official @nationaltrust @WoodlandTrust @mcsuk @NFUTweets
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Did we ever get to the bottom of this?
The whole thing seems to have disappeared without a trace.
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We're urging people to sign an open letter calling on the Government and NHS England to halt the accelerated removal of patients from GP lists until its safety and impact have been independently reviewed.
Read more and sign our letter dauk.org/doctors-and-patient…
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Trump emulating tyrannical regimes in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan with public executions is the US descending into barbarism.
theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE!
For some people with blood cancer, a second stem cell transplant isn't just a treatment option - it’s their only chance at survival.
That’s why I’m joining @AnthonyNolan, @DKMS_uk & @LeukUK in calling on @NHSEngland to update their policy on second transplants, so no one is denied potentially lifesaving treatment
We need 100,000 signatures which would mean the petition is considered for debate in Parliament. Please sign the petition - it only takes a moment and let’s give all patients the fair chance they deserve🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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🩸 On #WorldPPHDay, we're proud to support maternity teams worldwide through multi-professional training, simulation and systems-based approaches that improve emergency response & help save lives.
Working towards making childbirth safer, together.
#PPH #MaternitySafety
Deborah Sharp retweeted
Margaret Owen OBE was arrested in London:
“I’m a human rights lawyer, aged 94, but I’m also Jewish. I am absolutely horrified, disgusted, angry, that my government would supporting Israel.”
Proud of yourselves Met Police?!
Arresting a 94yr old HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER?!
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Attend our third Accessing Continuity drop-in session today, Tuesday 29th September from 1-2pm!
Come for as long as you like, to ask any questions about the study or to troubleshoot any issues with data collection.
The link to join is on our website - gppact.org/accessing-continu….
🤖 Made with AI
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Yesterday, PM @AndyBurnham sent an A400M military plane from RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus to Nevatim Air Base in southern Israel
Nevatim is the central node through which the Gaza genocide was supplied and enacted
The A400M can carry a payload of 81,600 lbs and 116 troops
Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu is indicted by the ICC—of which Britain is a member—for war crimes and crimes against humanity
You are paying for all this
Deborah Sharp retweeted
The current tests for endometrial cancer are invasive and often painful.
In The Lancet Obstetrics, Gynaecology, & Women’s Health, a study suggests that a simple non-invasive test could transform cancer screening for women with postmenopausal bleeding: spkl.io/60187TJmw
ALT Vaginal and urine samples showing endometrial cancer (true positive case; upper row) and no malignant cells (true negative case; lower row). Top row: SurePath (CytoRich Red, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA) cytology slides (Papanicolaou stain): endometrial adenocarcinoma. Urine sample, \u00D7 600 magnification (left) and vaginal sample, \u00D7 600 magnification (right) from the study participant SMH0170 showing adenocarcinoma, clinical outcome grade 1 stage IB endometrioid adenocarcinoma, true positive. Bottom row: SurePath cytology slides (Papanicolaou stain): no malignant cells seen. Urine sample, \u00D7 400 magnification (left) and vaginal sample, \u00D7 600 magnification (right) from the study participant SMH0212 with no malignant cells seen, true negative. Copyright: 2026 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0.
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Was just at the @AnthonyNolan 30th anniversary event.
Sci-fi medicine modestly developed and delivered here in Britain.
Shout it from the rooftops what they are doing there is astonishing.
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It’s #WorldMarrowDonorDay! And we’re at @unibirmingham campus this week raising awareness of the stem cell register.
Know a student who hasn’t joined yet? Tell them to sign up - we're sure they’ve done worse!
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Don’t allow this news be suppressed- please share
Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many many more.
If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them.
Instead there will be silence.