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The Miracle Statistic Revisited
Miracles do happen in the NHS; or at least they do in press releases.
When NHS England announced the national rollout of AI triage through the NHS App, one statistic did most of the heavy lifting: an “initial trial” at a Sussex GP practice...
Trust the Evidence: The Bricks Beneath Britain’s Winter Crisis Narrative
Every autumn it begins again.
Politicians warn that the NHS faces another “winter crisis”; Public health agencies forecast respiratory viruses and hospitals prepare emergency plans. Newspapers carry familiar headlines about overwhelmed ser...
The Build-up to the Winter Crisis: Brick 8a
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In Response to James Jones’ comment
Late last night, we fired off a few Freedom of Information requests to Oz Mission Control and several Australian states, including New South Wales.
Here is the template we used...
The Build-up to the Winter Crisis: Brick 8
Serendipity Down Under
According to Wordcom, serendipity means finding something valuable or agreeable by chance – a happy accident or an unexpected stroke of good fortune.
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So, just as Brick 7 (our tale of the “Superflu” nonsense)...
The Build-up to the Winter Crisis: Brick 7
The Diary of Two Old Geezer FOIers – August 2026
The Rise and Fall of “Superflu”: How an obscure laboratory finding became the winter’s biggest influenza scare (June 2025–July 2026). Scare Scale 7.
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Professor of Evidence-based Medicine, the University of Oxford, Director of CEBM and NHS Urgent Care GP who regularly appears in the media.
Clinical epidemiologist. Visit my website: https://drtomjefferson.com/
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