I mean forgive my directness James O'Brien but how can you not know that disabled, ill & elderly women need intimate personal care?

Exactly this. I won't be lectured on the 'toxicity' of the debate by men who believe exactly what I believe, but have been too cowardly to speak out. The truth is, they didn't fancy taking the hits I've taken, and don't want to admit it. 1/2

2018 A disabled woman died after having all her teeth removed by a dentist at an NHS trust criticised for its 'drastic' full extractions from other vulnerable patients.
Rachel Johnston underwent the operation after it was deemed necessary because of severe tooth decay.
But she…

This is one of the best overviews of everything wrong in England's maternity services that I've ever read. It covers all the main issues IMO.

Thank you Hannah Barnes for writing and for including me & Bea. It is very brave of you to share your own birth trauma experience ❤️

On the BBC News (UK) channel earlier talking about the Cass review - 3 short clips here on how challenging it will be for NHS to get this right going forwards and on why the toxicity of gender activism - campaigners tarnishing whistleblowers as transphobic - has harmed children.

⁦Sonia Sodha⁩ explaining on ⁦BBC News (UK)⁩ how the failure of the media to report this issue properly - and the horrendous backlash for the few who did - led to a dereliction of clinical duty.

Very strange to see these points being made, finally, on the BBC. Reminds me of their gradual shift on homo issues in the 90s. And like that, it both sticks in the craw and is good to see.

🧵 Excellent Times editorial on #Cass . “The trans lobby has distorted public life in Britain, from the hounding of women who affirm the immutability of biological sex to the torturous pronoun etiquette of Whitehall. 1/2
thetimes.co.uk/article/4d38a3…

The BBC was, with a few honourable exceptions, on the wrong side in a fight to defend reality, science and evidence against a toxic, woman-hating, child-harming ideology. Hannah was one of the exceptions

“Whist non-confrontational issues relating to workforce & the need for more investment are frequently (& rightly) championed, there appears to be a reluctance to acknowledge these other more difficult problems explicitly…” patientsafetyfirst.wordpress.com/2024/04/06/tra…

I trust Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt explicitly too (as I do Bill Kirkup) -my concern isn’t that we haven’t / aren’t identifying the right lessons from individual investigations - it’s that the national structures & mechanisms to drive improvement across the whole system aren’t working well…

I see certain organisations are pushing the idea that one profession involved in maternity care has better ‘climate credentials’ than others. If we want to make the process of childbirth about environmental impact (I don’t think we should), we need to consider the environmental…

This is a real and serious problem. In 30 years at the Bar I have met one student in a wheelchair and one McKenzie friend. I have never had an opponent in a wheelchair. I do not think it is possible for a barrister in a wheelchair to practice on the Western Circuit.

It will…

We have been exposing maternity crisis in @swanseabaynhs since Gethin was born in 2019 and have uncovered horrific things. Yet a Maternity review Chair saying she wanted to ‘close down’ victims is still incredible to us. Evil, callous and incredibly stupid nation.cymru/news/maternity…

Patient Safety Watch: Warnings of ‘cover-up culture’ while experts say patient safety ‘requires improvement’ | Expert Briefing | Health Service Journal hsj.co.uk/patient-safety…

They'd like us to believe it's all sorted now and problems are in the past, but in reality the Care Quality Commission continues to fail to effectively regulate maternity care - turning a blind eye to avoidably dead and injured mums and babies.

conservativehome.com/2024/04/05/emi…

Regrettably there are @sirinkale. Every one an absolute heart-breaking tragedy. But hopefully your article last Tuesday and others like it will shine a bright light on what has been going on, how lives are needlessly being lost, parents destroyed and whistleblowers persecuted

Scotland's Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1/11

My brilliant, brave friend Tanya Linehan talking about the death of her son Ashton at East Kent. The toll it takes to do this.