Dave Jones @WelshGasDoc Twitter profile

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Surprised the BBC are using the term “underage women” when - in fact - they mean “girls” or “children”. #ghislanemaxwell

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Coronavirus vs SARS/MERS/Ebola/Swine Flu 😬

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

I once took the wrong dad into the operating theatre. He sat there quietly watching somebody else’s Caesarean Section. Neither him, nor the mother, said a word until the very end when I congratulated them both. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Steve Doherty 🐐

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4 years

What's the biggest mistake you've ever made at work? I once accidentally erased a section of the master tape for a Radio 4 Afternoon Play. It still haunts me.

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9 months

British people in Greece, seeking refuge from danger by jumping on small boats, kind of shows what people will do when they’re fearing for their lives, doesn’t it?

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@WelshGasDoc

8 years

This is one of my favourite #Wimbledon photos.

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2 years

On the night of one of the criminal Downing Street parties, I withdrew life sustaining therapy on five people. I explained this to their family via a WhatsApp/Zoom videocall. Anyway, forget that all that, Boris Johnson is now focusing on the important stuff. 👍🏻👍🏻

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@WelshGasDoc

2 years

The only comment Truss has made in the last 5 days is to congratulate a fascist on their election. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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@WelshGasDoc

11 months

In December 2020, my ITU ran out of beds (despite surging to three times our established capacity). We had 1 nurse looking after at least 2 ITU patients, and it was increasingly difficult to find space in neighbouring hospitals. Meanwhile, at Tory HQ…

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3 years

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

This is one of the rarer titles from the Enid Blyton series....

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@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Boris Johnson did NOT nearly die from COVID. I looked after dozens of people who actually were, and not one of them were bouncing back to work after a week. #Newsnight

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3 years

The problem I have with NHS Awards is that they deliberately exclude people who just crack on and do their job without making a big song and dance about it.

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

When coronavirus is over, can the gays have our rainbow back please? I don’t mind the NHS using it for now, as long as you don’t break it, or keep it.

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@WelshGasDoc

6 years

@realDonaldTrump THAT’S NOT HOW CLIMATE CHANGE WORKS YOU DICK.

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

FULL SHIELD ACTIVATED 🛡

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

It was a hard secret to keep, but I am absolutely delighted that Dewi has finally had his moment of fame in #LineOfDuty living in Witness Protection with Jo Davidson. So proud of him.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

I don’t usually post specific medical advice on Twitter, but I have to say that injecting yourself with disinfectant is a very, VERY bad idea and is a direct cause of what doctors call “Death”. No matter what @realDonaldTrump might say. Ignore him, the man is an imbecile.

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Seeing the street parties, with barely a nod to social distancing going on while out walking the dogs, I bet £50 we’ll see an uptick in cases in the next 7-10 days. I hope the scones were worth it.

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Who else is fed up? Like really fed up now? Not just a bit peeved, but so utterly fed up that it’s exhausting in itself?

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Intensive Care teams will never “withdraw care” on anybody - we may stop certain life sustaining therapies if they no longer confer a benefit - and allow a controlled death to occur - but then our care will focus on comfort and dignity. Care never stops.

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Dave Jones

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4 years

Fine. Whatever. Just don’t come crying to us when we run out of ventilators. You were asked, you were warned, then you were told. Wave your flags. Eat your scones and drink your tea. Enjoy yourselves. You only live once.

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10 months

For somebody who bangs on about road safety, Jeremy Vine certainly had no qualms about chucking someone under a bus.

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1 year

I’m perfectly happy to identify myself as a doctor who doesn’t want to work more weekends. It’s not our fault the service is collapsing, so don’t take it out on us.

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4 years

They say one of the first symptoms of Coronavirus is the loss of taste. I just found myself laughing at “Mrs Browns Boys”. I am now going to self-isolate for 14 days.

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4 years

“Stay alert. Control the virus. Save lives”

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@WelshGasDoc

8 years

Peak Twitter:

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

“I wasn’t in Barnard Castle because I was in a Pizza Express in Woking that night.”

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@WelshGasDoc

6 years

I never dropped out of Gay School, sweetie 😘😘

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Sorted. Massive thanks to @IKEAUK , they are going to do this for us. 😍😍😍 If your ITU wants a box of these, please DM me with your NHS email account, and I will give you a point of contact within IKEA to organise collection/delivery. Nice one, IKEA!!

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Dear @IKEAUK - please could you provide Intensive Care Units across the UK with those paper tape measures - ideally the 2m ones. They are handy to accurately measure the height of patients so they can be ventilated at 6ml/kg ideal body weight.

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4 years

Reminder that you can’t pass cancer on to between 3-5 people when you stand anywhere near them, you absolute spanner.

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1 year

Maybe running a healthcare system at 100% capacity for 100% of the time wasn’t such a good idea after all? Maybe that slack in the system was there for a reason, and not a potential 20% “efficiency saving”. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

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1 year

“I do need to clarify, Mr West was a very reasonably priced builder”

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@WelshGasDoc

6 years

This week I’ve done two ward rounds of the Intensive Care Unit, resuscitated and stabilised four people, helped deliver 3 babies and and done 5 operations. And it’s not even the weekend. What about you?

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@WelshGasDoc

7 years

“I’m joined here by my wife Melania…who also happens to be here today” #ItsNotMelania

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

The disconnect between the outside world where the pandemic is apparently over, and the hospital world where it very much isn’t, is quite discombobulating.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

This is probably more effective than wearing paper masks on the train...

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

God, I love the people of Merthyr so much. This is beautiful, and absolutely hilarious....

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4 years

You could say this tweet has.... **puts microphone to lips** ....gone viral.

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4 years

Only Fools And Corpses

The Independent

@Independent

4 years

Boris Johnson's handling of coronavirus is being adapted into a TV drama

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@WelshGasDoc

7 months

This is deliberately exclusionary, wholly unnecessary and - above all - cruel.

Sky News

@SkyNews

7 months

Transgender women will be banned from being treated in female hospital wards in England, under new proposals suggested by the health secretary

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@WelshGasDoc

6 years

I still think this Christmas card from the Royal College of Anaesthetists is one of the best things they’ve ever done…

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Having had to break the worst news imaginable to families over the phone or via Skype. Having to limit visitors for end of life care to one chosen family member. Seeing the real harm this has done to patients, relatives and staff. The behaviour of Downing St is fucking appalling.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Can somebody explain the logic of NHS hospitals paying agency rates for nurses, while removing overtime incentives for their own staff? Are they trying to drive people into the private sector?

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

5 years

What is it about mining that gives people like Corbyn the horn? Mining was a shit job, wrecked workers lungs, and left them disabled and destitute when they were no longer of use. If he wants camaraderie and solidarity, why doesn’t he join a golf club?

Jeremy Corbyn

@jeremycorbyn

5 years

The mines are gone but the miners’ spirit lives on. It’s the spirit of solidarity and the working class principle that says: united we are strong. That’s the message we celebrate and pass down to younger generations at the #DurhamMinersGala .

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4 years

The NHS reminds me of a hippopotamus. It might sometimes appear slow, maybe a bit bloated and somewhat unresponsive. But my god, this last week or so has shown that like a hippo, it can move bloody fast and have some awesome power when it needs to.

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4 years

What is that noise in the background??!!!

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

You’d need a heart of stone not to find this absolutely delicious. #Senedd2021

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

11 months

Yes, actually. I am a Consultant in Intensive Care and Anaesthetics, and I have significant knowledge and experience when it comes to tracheostomies. This is tabloid silliness. Sorry to disappoint you.

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

The Venn Diagram of those who stockpiled toilet paper and alcohol gel back in March and now refuse to wear a mask in public must be a near perfect circle.

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@WelshGasDoc

2 years

It’s been a very difficult secret to keep, but I am absolutely humbled and honoured to have been recognised by the Queen with this OBE. This award is not just for me, it’s for the entire team.

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@WelshGasDoc

6 years

@realDonaldTrump No American should be proud of their country while you are their President.

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6 years

@realDonaldTrump Palestine should recognise Disneyland as the US Capital from now on.

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3 years

Private Eye capturing the mood of the nation...

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

Well done on getting a Brexit Deal over the line @BorisJohnson - this £350,000,000 a WEEK for the NHS couldn’t have come at a better time - can’t wait to see it 🙏

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5 years

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4 years

This is so human, whilst so heartbreaking, and proper leading by example making it somewhat inspirational too.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

6 years

Does anyone else go and sit in their car at lunchtime just for a bit of peace and fucking quiet? Asking for a friend.

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4 years

“They laughed at me, but they’re not laughing now, are they?”

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

3 years

The protests in London are an insult to everyone who has done the right thing for the last year, and it pisses all over the graves of everybody we lost. An absolute insult carried out by a crowd of selfish, ignorant and downright narcissistic wankers. Each and every one of them.

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3 years

“What can we do to improve staff wellbeing?” “Provide enough time and resources so we can do the job to the standard we aim for with flexible downtime in proper rest facilities” “Riiight…. We were thinking more about an Award Ceremony and an afternoon of yoga”

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@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Someone swore and flicked the V-s at me in the hospital carpark today. I was delighted when they then immediately reversed into a concrete bollard.

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@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Minor point, but I can’t keep it in for a second longer... Saying “PPE Equipment” is like saying “PIN Number” or “ATM Machine”.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Does anybody else feel weirdly dissociated from this? Like when you get home and close the front door, it’s like you’ve dreamt it and just woken up from a bad dream?

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4 years

Does anybody else have the feeling that the last few weeks of COVID-19 were just a bitter tasting palate cleanser for the actual shit we’re going to have to eat when the second wave comes?

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

6 years

No. No. No. Palliative Care isn’t “halting medical treatment”. It is recognising that symptom control, comfort and dignity is now more important than seeking a cure. Treatment will continue, intensively so, just for a different goal.

The Mirror

@DailyMirror

6 years

Former US first lady Barbara Bush halts medical treatment as health deteriorates

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

2 years

Fuck these Tories saying “it was a leaving do, people who work together were just saying Goodbye - it was fine!”. We had a colleague die during the pandemic, and we watched their funeral on a laptop. #Newsnight

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4 years

Absolutely stunned and humbled to have been included in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. This award is not just for me, it’s for the entire team. ❤️

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

6 years

When a major incident or severe weather happens, it shows why the NHS and emergency services needs a degree of slack in the system to accommodate it. The problem is this slack is seen as waste, and the system is made to run at full capacity all the time.

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11 months

Nonsense.

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7 months

First day of driving to work with Wales’ 20mph speed limit in residential areas. I got to work in the same time, and turning out of streets was a lot easier. Really not sure why the Tories are wetting the bed about it (especially as they supported it in the vote).

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3 years

No, of course it’s “Not all men” - you fragile point-missing man-babies... but it is always men.

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2 years

Being comfortable, and at home, is the best exit from this world that anybody could wish for.

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4 years

We now cross live to Newmarket to see the various horses that Matt and Dido have backed.... #DailyBriefing

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6 years

Why? Did you see something funny on the dead person’s phone?

Piers Morgan

@piersmorgan

6 years

Allow ME to explain something: Modern Family sucks - I have laughed more at funerals.

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4 years

When you’re told that somebody has left some drinks behind the bar for you, and you can also upload it to your appraisal folder....

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2 years

That noise you can hear is the collective eyelids of every pathologist and medical examiner twitching when they see “old age” as a sole cause of death.

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2 years

Happy 5 Year Anniversary to this Twitter exchange… #PrideCymru 🌈 🚁 @air_ambulance

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@WelshGasDoc

3 years

@KathyBurke The number of people suddenly concerned about the mental health of the nation when they haven’t given two shits about it before is quite astonishing.

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3 years

It’s absolutely shameful that it’s taken London and the South East to be affected for the UK Government to wake up and act. The North of England and South Wales have been in this sinking boat for a few weeks now. Leaving it 5 days before Christmas is a failure of leadership.

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Dave Jones

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3 years

Ok Sam. As well as being “ex medical school”, I am also a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and hold a post-graduate qualification with the Royal College of Pathologists (RCPathME) recognising me as a Medical Examiner to scrutinise the cause of death on these certificates.

Sam

@bumfluffboo

3 years

@WelshGasDoc @timmytapper @DaveMur57787163 @Bricrabtree @LPodengo @UKCovid19Stats Please explain your involvement in writing death certificates. You say you are ex medical school.

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3 years

Shouted at the dog for being a dickhead, so he collected up his toys, threw himself on the floor and just gave me evils instead.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

3 years

The AstraZeneca vaccine is effective, and it is perfectly safe. For further information, please re-read this Tweet.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

The consequence of people buying these useless masks, that do the square root of sod all to protect the user, is that it’s decimating the supply chain for hospitals that need them for sterile procedures. You might as well be sniffing a pomander for all the good these masks are.

The Mirror

@DailyMirror

4 years

Doctor has blunt advice to those wearing masks to protect against coronavirus

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

7 years

@realDonaldTrump What do you want, a fucking biscuit?

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Dave Jones

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2 years

There seems to be a coordinated and concerted effort by the English Government to misinterpret, misunderstand and deliberately undermine COVID measures by the Welsh, Scottish and NI Governments.

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Dave Jones

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4 years

When you trust your registrar enough that you let him cut your hair for you.

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4 years

I was actually a bit sniffy about the #clapforourcarers idea, but hearing the neighbours all out in the street doing it for real was actually quite touching when I heard it ❤️

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8 months

This is the headteacher who refused to give school dinners to children if their account was 2p in debt.

BBC Wales News

@BBCWalesNews

8 months

Neil Foden is due to appear at Caernarfon Crown Court in October

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Dave Jones

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3 years

In an interesting turn of events, I have ended up being appointed as a Clinical Director. How did that happen?

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

It is exactly 24 hours until we leave the European Union. Screw each and every one of you absolute twats that voted for this, and - even worse - doubled down in your support for it. #BBCQT

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Dave Jones

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3 years

Happy New Year to you Twitter. Thanks for being the friends in my pocket when I need to offload, say something, show off, have a fight to fill the unforgiving minute, get a sense check on things or just know other people are there. About 75% are bloody brilliant, kind people. ❤️

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3 years

Every single thing that Boris Johnson does makes an independent Wales even more attractive.

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4 years

As it’s likely that newborn babies may need to be isolated from their Coronavirus positive mothers, and spend some time on SCBU, my dearest Mumsy @Chrisboole has been busy knitting for the newborns of @CwmTafMorgannwg

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Dave Jones

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2 years

Having been stung by a tax bill for working so much overtime during the pandemic, the idea that the actual Chancellor is benefiting from his wife’s non-dom status (with a company linked to Russia) kind of sticks in my craw.

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Dave Jones

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4 years

I’m not particularly fussed about a medal, to be honest...and I’m not sure that many people are. I’d prefer it written into legislation that we will never be made to run the NHS at >75% capacity ever again.

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Dave Jones

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1 year

Just remembering the time I got an absolute dressing down, and narrowly avoided a written warning, for sending an anonymised ECG via WhatsApp to a consultant in another hospital (it was an emergency and the fax machine was broken). If only I had become a politician instead…

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

3 years

I have zero tolerance of anti-vaxxers, and I have very little patience for those who couch their ignorance behind the phrase “legitimate concerns and asking questions”. Not in the mood to engage, so am just blocking on sight.

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Dave Jones

@WelshGasDoc

4 years

Dear Scotland, please don’t leave us alone with THEM. Yours, Wales.

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