Our Dementia Connect support line is open today (Thurs 22 Dec) from 9am-5pm, on 0333 150 3456 - but will be closed from Fri 23 Dec until 10am Mon 26 Dec. Talking Point is available 24/7 if you need support: forum.alzheimers.org.uk.

The Wreath of Khan. 🎄

When you are struggling for a GP appointment - we all are It is worth considering that in the UK we spend more of hair & beauty treatments than we do on General Practice provision 1.4million appts/day provided in General Practice £163/person/year - ave 7 appts each #GPCrisis

the greatest NBA Christmas commercial of ALL TIME 🎄🔔

I can’t cure a cold. Even if it is Christmas Shouting at me will not improve this outcome.

5 consecutive LadBaby Christmas Number 1’s is what you get as a country when you don’t invest in arts and culture for over a decade.

Christmas gift-bringers of Europe Via Jakub Marian

Putting make up on in a moving car should be an Olympic sport

Sitting in a waiting room in an out of hours GP centre and am totally grateful for all the people who are working today. #NHS

For anyone having a tough time today or on Boxing Day: Samaritans (anyone) ☎️ 116123 ⏰ 24/7 @Childline (u19s) ☎️ 08001111 ⏰ 24/7 PAPYRUS (u35s) ☎️ 08000684141 ⏰ 9am to midnight CALM (men) ☎️ 0800585858 ⏰ 5pm to midnight #ItsOkayToTalk #YouAreNotAlone

Just before Christmas, the abortion Minister - who, frankly, should be better informed - tweeted about a woman arrested in Birmingham for 'silently praying'. This was in a buffer zone around a BPAS clinic. Let me tell you about her group and what's really going on. (1/9) 🧵

It's pissing down again on #Rockall

22 years ago today, ‘the last Fast Show ever’ aired on TV. While there have since been a few one off specials, this was the end of the road for #TheFastShow

I wish more people deeply understood that being able-bodied is temporary.

If the Retained EU Law Bill passes, on Jan 1st, 2024 we could lose: 🔹Holiday pay 🔹Agency worker rights 🔹Rights to maternity and parental leave 🔹Protection of part-time and fixed-term workers 🔹Protection from discrimination and many more.

I can see how this would still be a useful skill.

It's awful to see people responding to this thread by blaming either staff or patients for what is happening to the NHS. In other words, repeating the falsehoods spread by the government and the billionaire press. Don't you realise what they are doing? They *want* it to fail.

Two words, each hundreds of years old, that are still worth holding on to: ‘respair’: fresh hope, and ‘resipiscence’: a return to a better frame of mind. Here’s to both in 2023. Happy New Year.

WE QUIT! Our #NewYearsResolution is to halt our tactics of public disruption. Instead, we call on everyone to help us disrupt our corrupt government. #ChooseYourFuture & join us: 21 April, Parliament.

Baby Armadillo playing with it's favorite toy is instant serotonin. 🎥 youtube.com/@animalmoments…