Sure, my practice does the same, but many don't. The 18 week Referral To Treatment time was one of New Labour's targets, being the time from GP referral to starting treatment. The 92% figur… (View Post)

In the majority Alawite city of Latakia, site of the major Russian airbase, crowds pull down statues. https://bsky.app/profile/amermatar.bsky.social/post/3lcrj5tapgc2e Revolutions are quite heady thi… (View Post)

No, it's fine to cheer the downfall of evil dictators and Putins allies. We don't know what happens next, and revolutions can produce bad regimes as well as good, but that's for the fu… (View Post)

The 8 AM rush is a legacy of targetism from previous regimes. It became a requirement to be able to offer appointments within 48 hours, and in a system lacking capacity the simplest way to do that wa… (View Post)

That "If" is a few days behind the curve. Even the Alawites of Latakia are pulling down the Assad statues. It's a bad week for right wing authoritarians in Syria, Moscow and South Kore… (View Post)