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1. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Rob Galloway

   A terrifying episode in my A&E left me shocked - we must act now (opens the original)

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   I have just finished a night shift in A&E – and am writing this now still feeling sick about what I saw. Not because the night was filled with cardiac arrests, dying patients or terrified families. After 25 years in emergency medicine, I have seen all that many times before and I’ve learned to accept it as part of a job. But I am shocked and sickened because I saw staff being punched in the face, kicked and spat at in one of the most frightening and ferocious assaults I’ve ever witnessed from a

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2. Article · Jul 28, 2026 · Rob Galloway

   I'm a doctor and you probably ARE overweight. Here are some hacks (opens the original)

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   You have too much body fat – and you really need to lose weight. Most doctors are frightened to say those words. We worry about being accused of prejudice, rudeness or fat-shaming. Yet we are perfectly prepared to tell patients that their smoking is dangerous or that their drinking is damaging their health. Why should obesity be treated differently? Silence is not kindness. And we should be having this conversation when someone first becomes overweight, not years later when they are morbidly obe

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