🚨 INVESTIGATION: Private clinics delivering NHS cataract surgery face investigation over claims they have artificially inflated costs for the taxpayer, performed unnecessary operations and incentivised high-street optometrists to refer patients to them:

@ShaunLintern They could have worked on a more public friendly user interface. Walls of text and acronyms. I wonder if they involved the public in this transparency drive. It wouldnt of cost much to make the data a bit more engaging and interactive. Some filters and splicers. Some graphs.

NHS league tables - a necessary bit of sunlight into dark corners of the NHS or a dangerous political ploy that will toxify cultures in some trusts and lead to perverse behaviours?

England’s NHS hospital trusts ranked — how does yours fare? Hospital chief executives will be held accountable for their league table rankings by being sacked or having pay docked by up to £15,000 if they fail to improve

I remember the weekend Team Boris tried to hose down my scoop about his mysterious visit to Venezuela — presenting it as philanthropic exercise designed to drum up support for Ukraine Now Guardian reveals he was paid almost a quarter of a million £ by the hedge fund that put him

Looks like Aseem Malhotra is lying about vaccines again. Here's a reminder that the science says otherwise: https://t.co/8J9jOzu03b

This October, I’m riding solo by motorbike from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi - nearly 2,000km - in memory of Joshua & to raise funds for the brilliant charity @babylifeline who do amazing work to support safer maternity care. Please donate & share 💙 https://t.co/BYvoFDVU8H

Staggering numbers by the Lancet. Vaccinations have: - Averted 154 million deaths - For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average = 10.2 billion years total - Accounted for 40% of the observed decline in global infant mortality

🚨 New study “they” don’t want you to see: blue pigment frequencies used in X verification tick emits low-level frequencies → disrupted melatonin → impaired glymphatic clearance → neurotoxin buildup. Wake up. The science is there if you look #BlueTickSyndrome #DoYourResearch

“The dream for our researchers, what inspires them,” said Jonsson, “is actually a once-and-done treatment on obesity. You get one shot and then you’re taken care of for the rest of your life.”

Britain will be one of the first countries in the world to get a fat-busting once-a-day pill next year, the boss of @EliLillyandCo told me. He also revealed hopes of a "once-and-done" treatment for obesity: Full story:

I’ve lost a PPS and gained an extra minister! Absolutely delighted that @zubirahmed has been given a well-deserved promotion and we’re keeping him at @DHSCgovuk - in addition to the current team of ministers. His experience and expertise will be put to good use.

The doctor quoted by @DrAseemMalhotra in his speech today was listed in 2020 as having a financial interest in a rival Covid vaccine and company.

@Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk @DrAseemMalhotra Times readers on this:

The doctor quoted by @DrAseemMalhotra in his speech today was listed in 2020 as having a financial interest in a rival Covid vaccine and company.

@Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk @DrAseemMalhotra

Given the importance of health to the voting public, it seems politically naive of @Nigel_Farage & @reformparty_uk to have their health policy so closely tied to @DrAseemMalhotra, whose speech today confirms his switch from once respected clinician to conspiracy theorist quack

@DrAseemMalhotra This is what the @gmcuk's Good Medical Practice guide for doctors says when they are communicating publicly:

@DrAseemMalhotra This is what the @gmcuk's Good Medical Practice guide for doctors says when they are communicating publicly:

"Evidence that mRNA vaccines cause cancer is simply untrue," said Brian Ferguson, professor of viral immunology at the University of Cambridge, adding that @DrAseemMalhotra was guilty of quoting "meaningless pseudoscience."

With falling numbers of parents getting their children vaccinated, and a resurgence of disease we had previously eradicated, it’s shockingly irresponsible for Farage to give a platform to these poisonous lies. He should apologise and sever all ties with this dangerous extremism.