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I'm fairly tired so I should probably go to bed, but first let me check the same six websites three or four times and then give Twitter the once-over for the opinions of some of the worst people on planet Earth

The Prime Minister says: we have reduced child poverty by hundreds of thousands. Please look at this graph of destitution. Most important is the problem - the steep rise in destitution - but also important is trying to say that it doesn't exist.

As for those costs. For every £1 you pay 30% to 40% goes to shareholders, not your care. If you are unlucky enough to have a US company in the UK they are obliged by US law to maximise shareholder return. There are a lot of US companies in UK healthcare already …7/n

In addition to that your healthcare broker will take 10%. So you think you are spending £1 on your care, but the reality is you are spending around half of that…8/n

We lost my mum to cancer in 2021. Sometime later, my dad met up with a couple of old friends for breakfast. More than two years on, their breakfast club has expanded to over 100 members, helping older men combat loneliness and cope with bereavement. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

A study has found hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership. Researchers analysed 13 long-term studies from different high-income countries such as England, Germany, South Korea and the USA. Find out more ⬇️

Every day more grateful that my childhood favourite was Young Wizards, not Harry Potter.

Omg I can't believe I didn't spot this in the Kate Middleton photo: shorturl.at/nENOY 😲😲😲

Half of the population in #Sudan is in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The health needs are massive — around 3.4 million children are malnourished. Yet this terrible crisis is barely receiving international attention. Millions of people, especially in the Darfur states,

Welsh A&E consultant here. I can tell you that drunks are not the cause of missed targets in Welsh Emergency Departments. The top 3 reasons are: 1. Exit block. 2. Exit block. 3. Exit block. Mark Drakeford blames drunks for missed A&E target in Wales bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

I’m all for making access to #contraception easier, but fixing the primary problem, our GP crisis, would be a much more sustainable & better solution. Also, the pill is only ONE type of contraception. Subsidizing ALL types in #Tasmania would be a true win 💪 #WomensHealthCare

Recently I talked to a young person who told me about starting secondary school. We were lined up, she said, and our uniform was inspected. I had never been in trouble at primary school but they said my shoes were wrong. There was a coloured stitch around the heel. She got a

When I joined North Bristol NHS Trust in February 2022, the single biggest piece of feedback from our direct care nurses was their dislike of being redeployed - as a direct care nurse I remember how much I loathed being moved. So, together we made a commitment to reduce the number of

--Nursing degree --Years of nursing experience -Physically cannot administer my own eyedrops

My Easter reading: "..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me to make a meal for 30p, I was thirsty and you filled my water with shit, I was a stranger and you sent me to Rwanda, I was sick and you said I should get private health insurance..."

1/5 So in Sydney there is a legendary story in the 70's of a bright young anaesthetist who married an equally brilliant pathologist - they were quite the couple. One day while they were on holiday horse-riding he was thrown and snapped his back. Immediate paraplegic. 🧵