📣 The debate on hospice funding has been rescheduled for Monday 22nd April.

We need to see as many MPs as possible there to talk about this important topic, and what needs to be done to ensure hospices are well supported now and long into the future.

SAVE THE DATE: ‘Rock on the Rooftop’ comes to the Celtic Manor on July 7th in aid of St David’s Hospice Care.

Get your tickets now: bit.ly/4c8L63F

#Fundraising #StDavidsHospiceCare #SDHC #RockontheRooftop

I’m supporting today’s #stolenlives protest.
#homesnothospitals #stolenlives wales

There will be a protest outside the Senedd today led by families arguing that Welsh people with learning disabilities and autism need #HomesNotHospitals like all other citizens.

What a few days. My Dad is in a beautiful hospice. Love you Dad

I came back to London as due to go into hospital Monday. I told my Dad that I was going to London. “He said bloody hell you’re mad”. He always hated London. He’s now end of life and I’m trying to get home. Love you Dad x

How does a family with a LO find a care company that understands Dementia in the UK? It seems there is no accreditation that is necessary? An hour or so online seems to be sufficient. In a country where this is the biggest killer how can this happen? #dementia #Alzheimers

“When you're not perceived by other people and your social needs are so deprived…you don’t actually know you exist”

Alexis Quinn who was held for 3 years in a mental health facility due to her autism speaks to Victoria Derbyshire about her experience.

#newsnight

I've signed Mencap's petition calling on Department of Health and Social Care to stop people with a learning disability and autistic people being detained in mental health hospitals when they could be living in the community with the right support. Will you sign too? secure.mencap.org.uk/WasteOfLives?r…

“Many of the patients moved out of hospitals are simply placed in mini-institutions masquerading as supported living, although there is much evidence of people with highly-complex needs thriving in communities with correct support. The local government funding crisis makes…

Anorexia Myths Yes, anorexia should be regarded as a life threatening illness, not a terminal one. Deaths are preventable. This will need a national policy as outlined in our coproduced paper. Hope Virgo James Downs F.E.A.S.T. Gerome Breen RCPsych Eating Disorders Faculty

cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Only today I mentioned to a family member my D had survived ED and BDD - yes survived is correct given the odds-
And still “surviving”. Yet she received little empathy

Since Catherine, Princess of Wales, announced that she had been diagnosed with cancer, I’ve been struck by how differently this disease is talked about compared to anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders.

anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/myth-a…

I believe that Colonoscopy waiting times post urgent cancer referral England 2 weeks , Wales 14 weeks. I may be wrong. Happy to be corrected.,

Dear god I hate Dementia and all it brings with it.

🔴NEW: NHS England orders hospitals to stop using physician associates to cover doctors’ shifts after The Telegraph investigation reveals that the practice is widespread.

telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/1…