Seren Boyd

It's tough in general practice in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Local surgeries, like the one I visited in Merthyr for @TheDrMagazine, are the destination for all unmet need And GPs are having to absorb those pressures, while being treated 'like a political football' #Senedd26 elections @BMACymru

@AndrewRJBoyd @CBCUKofficial @OpenDoorsUK Looks like you will be in excellent company!

Excited to be speaking at Revive 2026 @CBCUKofficial on the #persecutedchurch, my focus and passion for 30 years I’ll be giving away copies of the new @OpenDoorsUK #WorldWatchList book for which I was contributing editor Especially keen to hear John Lennox zcmp.eu/rNF1?m=0

A Friday like no other in the company of doctors who care deeply about the climate and the inspiring @robintransition who dared us to reimagine the future of healthcare…. Now just got to condense a hugely hopeful, joyful, creative day into a piece for ⁦@TheDrMagazine⁩

‘An extraordinary feat’ As the latest report from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry praises the overall success of the UK’s vaccine roll-out, @thomasdolphin calls on the government to ensure that doctors’ are included in planning for future pandemics. Read our story👇 thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt…

How things have changed, for better and for worse. This exchange between two F1s, 36 years apart, is touching and funny... especially lines such as 'I have no idea what some of those words mean.'

Our latest newsletter is out now📨 In it, we: 💁Hear from psychiatrists about professional boundaries 📢Report on the latest @BMAResidents strike 🩺Cover how asylum seeker doctors can now work in the NHS All that and more, here: bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRUQt…

What strikes me again and again in talking to doctors is the difference that kindness can make – to them and to patients Where professional boundaries are allowed to extend, it's often kindness that gently pushes them Thanks to these 3 psychiatrists👇for daring to push

‘We coped, but only just’ Yesterday’s third instalment of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry ruled that the NHS went into the pandemic in a parlous and unprepared state, with total collapse only avoided due to the ‘superhuman’ efforts of staff. Read our story👇 bma.org.uk/news-and-opini…

Today's Covid Inquiry report recounts the pandemic’s truly devastating impact on doctors, and our patients.   Watch @thomasdolphin speak to press this afternoon

Our latest newsletter is with doctors now📨 In it, we: 🩺Interview a GP taking an innovate approach to alcohol misuse 🫶Speak with the widow of an NHS doctor whose family faces an uncertain future ✍️Report on the @BMA_Consultants conference Find all that here: bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRUQn…

What can GPs do when patients disclose significant problems with alcohol? One GP shares how she worked with @SHAAPAlcohol and @RCGPScotland to create a set of down-to-earth and realistic resources, including a podcast. @JenTrueland reports [1/3]: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt…

Overseas staff, including many doctors, make an invaluable contribution to the NHS. To mark #OverseasNHSWorkersDaywe take a look back at some of our features where we hear their stories 🧵[1/4]

#RareDiseaseDay is a reminder to doctors to 'Think Rare' 3.5m people in the UK alone have a rare condition. It takes on average FIVE years to diagnose them To be more #RareAware read our 2024 feature: thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/healt…

Today's #RareDiseaseDay, a day in our family to be very grateful for the NHS & swift diagnosis of a rare condition 3.5m people in the UK are living with a rare disease. It takes on average 5 years to get a diagnosis Watch this @MedicsForRare training vid m4rd.org/rarediseaseday/

Our latest newsletter is with doctors now. In it, we: 🌍Report on climate activist doctors' not guilty verdict 🏳️‍🌈Profile pioneering doctors for LGBT+ History Month 🫶Meet a team of doctors tackling addiction and homelessness All that and more👇 bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRUQu…

🗒️ Pushing Tin The new GP contract promises to 'fix the front door', giving same day access to all and save GP from the brink... What could go wrong?? Substack here 👇👇👇👇 open.substack.com/pub/davetriska…

A landmark verdict ending the trial of six healthcare workers whose concerns about the climate emergency led them to break windows at JP Morgan... Coverage from court by my colleague @ben_ireland_11 @TheDrMagazine is well worth a proper read to understand how it was reached 👇

Our latest newsletter is with doctors now. In it, we: 🩺Learn about a campaign to help ethnic minority GPs 🚨Hear how the GMC went against its own guidance 🫶Meet a team of doctors tackling addiction and homelessness All that and more, here: bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRUQ6…

Differential attainment in medical training is not about ability It's about international medical graduates & ethnic minority doctors being excluded from debriefs, denied a place at the table, made to feel different We need these doctors: they need to be respected & valued

Read our latest newsletter below. In it, we: 👀Hear an apology to doctors from the GMC 🫶Meet doctors balancing work and unpaid care ⚖️Interview a vindicated whistleblower Read all that here: bma-mail.org.uk/t/cr/AQiEtRUQ9…