Debs Dakin
@dakin2debs
Paediatric Emergency Nurse Practitioner @Leic_hospital, Children’s ED and a Mum to a Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and MCAS warrior.
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17-10-2016 12:25:49
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TODAY IS YOUNG HEARTS DAY 29TH NOVEMBER. Here are our candles to remember young people with ME everywhere! If you asked Tymes Trust for a little gift for your child with ME it'll be there soon!
Save Millie's life! Another very severely ill #pwME is being mistreated & we share another call for help. Please sign & share this petition as widely as you can. chng.it/PPKvy6j2 via Change.org UK #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #VerySevereME
'A Rollercoaster Of Awful Emotions': Family Speaks Out for NHS Overhaul to Prevent Deaths of Severely Ill ME Patients – Byline Times Thank you so much Laura Elliott for writing this amazing article about Millie! #severeME bylinetimes.com/2024/03/19/a-r…
Millie fears she may die in hospital unless doctors start taking her severe ME symptoms more seriously. She says the hospital enviornment is 'torture' but medics 'won't listen' ME Association #MEAction Network mirror.co.uk/news/health/se…
Millie is in 🏥 suffering from gastroparesis caused by severe #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis. Drs insist she has an eating disorder. There's a risk she could starve to death if she's forced to stay there + not treated properly. Pls #BringMillieHome. #DontLetMEDie GMC Royal College of Physicians
M.E. takes away so much from those we love. Was pleased to lead a Westminster Hall debate UK Parliament yesterday in support of this community and very much welcomed the fresh commitments from Government. Action for ME
It's World ME Day - #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis is more common than you realise. It is EVERY health professional's duty to be aware of how to work safely with #pwME #WorldMEDay Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) CSP Students World Physiotherapy Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Today (8 August) is Severe ME Day. It's a day when we remember people who've lost their lives to ME and think of all those who are still suffering from the most severe forms of #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis. Vid link for #MedTwitter. #SevereME #severeMEday dialogues-mecfs.co.uk/films/severeme/
Coroner will be issuing a Prevention of Future Deaths report - the 1st for #ME "There is a need to dispel the deeply entrenched view, held especially by older medics, that ME is a psychological condition." Sean O'Neill #MaeveInquest telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/2…
"There isn't a single bed anywhere in England set aside for #ME" Poignant & eloquent piece on BBC Breakfast with sarah & Binita Kane The NHS urgently need to commission specialist ME services Wes Streeting #MaeveInquiry