About making #CareExperience a protected characteristic. An important step in helping some of the most vulnerable in society to get timely help & support. Could be a really key move in targeting public health & social care resources proactively.

The absolute state of this. For 3 years Michelle Mone & her husband repeatedly denied to the Guardian being involved in PPE Medpro - the company awarded an obscene £200 million of government VIP lane contracts. Finally they've admitted it. Charlatans. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/n…

Govt COULD do more to level the playing field. All people want is reasonable adjustments... Indoor air quality in schools, hospitals and public spaces, masks in healthcare, free LFDs, comprehensive vaccines starting pre-school. But no. Not even a fraction of the PPE/Test&Trace 💰

GPC England has spoken: the current 24-25 contract offer is woefully inadequate and puts patients and staffing levels at risk. Watch the video update from @DrKatie.BSky.Social on our next steps, and why GPs should join the BMA to ensure you have your say. bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

The future of general practice is hanging by a thread . An uplift of 1.9 percent offered by the government is not enough to keep practices viable . Patients deserve better care but practices need money to deliver this .

Dear UK public, Yesterday, hot on the heels of widespread concern among doctors at the govt’s project of replacing NHS doctors with doctor substitutes, GMC released a blog about its future intentions. It left doctors like me reeling. Here's why 🧵 gmcuk.wordpress.com/2024/03/12/dev…

GPs have voted overwhelmingly to reject the NHS England’s 2024/25 GP contract changes, with 99% of General Practice members voting ‘no’. Chair @DrKatie.BSky.Social says GPs are at ‘boiling point’. We’ve been exposing the immense pressure on general practice for years... [1/7] 🧵

💥 NHS STAFF 💥 Please consider signing this open letter to Victoria Atkins & Amanda Pritchard at NHS England expressing your dismay at their extraordinary decision to cut NHS Practitioner Health funding for hospital staff. Please share widely 🙏 Letter here: forms.gle/YmXpi8dxSbW7UR…

GPC England have voted to hold a non-statutory ballot for GP contractors & partners in England from 17 June - 29 July. To vote YES for collective action you must be a member and your details must be up to date. bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/… @DrKatie.BSky.Social #TakeActionSaveGeneralPractice

Very pleased to hear the emphasis that Bridget Phillipson gave to children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and children in the care system in her first speech to the Department for Education "You will have heard, again and again, these last few weeks, that Labour wants to

What a day! A privilege, if a little surreal, to give my maiden speech in the House of Lords yesterday, with my family watching on. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way.

Dr Ross Greene: 1. Children do well when they can. 2. ‘Challenging behaviour’ = lagging skills. 3. Support relevant skills development. 4. Focus on relationship, connection, psychological safety. 5. Anticipate spikey profile as child adjusts and starts to feel safe/grow.

"Go back to the Department for Education & rip up the behaviourist approach to education. It creates a world where neurodiverse children, those with anxiety, mental health and even the timid cannot survive." Absolutely agree 💙Rachael Maskell MP 👏 Square Peg Not Fine in School

The moment we talk about changing 'behaviour' without considering the context of that behaviour, we are doomed to failure. We will put in place ever harsher consequences, and they will work less and less well. That's because behaviour never exists in a vacuum. It's part of a

If grassroots GPs are telling @DrKatie.BSky.Social "this is going to break us", the time for collective action in general practice is surely NOW. Make sure you are involved to protect your practice, your staff and your patients. bma.org.uk/our-campaigns/…

If everyone working with children and adults with additional needs read and truly embraced this advice, it would profoundly enhance the lives of these communities.

This. Read and weep. When can we have leaders who will face up to and address the main issues we are facing as a society? Wes Streeting Keir Starmer The health service & social care stand & fall together. We don't need any more time to examine this issue.

Not really sure why, in a massive spike of flu, we are not wearing FFP3 masks in heathcare & using improved ventilation, to limit transmission & protect the workforce. The evidence given in the COVID enquiry is clear that pandemic infection control measures were outdated.

Erica Kirk just publicly forgave the young man who killed her husband, Charlie. Through tears to a rising crowd’s applause, she forgave him. “The answer to hate is not hate, the answer we know from the gospel is love and only love. Love for our enemies and love for those who