A new petition calling on the govt to introduce of new air quality & PPE guidelines in health & social care settings has been set up. If you agree that, after nearly 5 yrs of inaction, it’s high time this situation was addressed, please sign & share ✍🏻 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

We need to reach as wide an audience as possible with our #CleanAirInHealthcare petition Every SHARE is helpful and greatly appreciated PETITION LINK ⏬ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003… ⏫

Maarten De Cock Even now that it's fully accepted that #covid is airborne there are no mitigations in place in UK hospitals 'Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings' Pls sign (UK residents) and SHARE (anyone) the petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

Band 6 posts now out to advert which includes adult acute, paeds dysphagia and head and neck! jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Todays jaw to the floor moment UK Stroke Forum was learning that women consistently achieve poorer outcomes post stroke than men. I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was. This is clearly just one of many unacceptable inequities in stroke care. Work to do.

So I traveled across Europe on the NightJet and the train was 4 hours late. Eurostar UK are refusing to refund me the £420 I paid to change tickets despite allowing other passengers to exchange in person for free. Very poor customer service.

Afghanistan has pushed women into modern-day slavery. I simply cannot understand the international silence, we know the unspeakable is happening to the women and girls of an entire country.

Delighted to see my organisation RCSLT 💙 represented here, and British & Irish Association of Stroke Physicians (representing my specialist area of stroke!). We need #CleanAir in public buildings and proper IP&C against airborne pathogens. HEPA filters running on our wards (and in education AND social care centres).

The New European: Gisèle Pelicot - Person of the Year 2024 #TomorrowsPapersToday

The papers are flooded with stories about the ‘tidal wave’ of viruses threatening to overwhelm the NHS this winter… …but is ANYONE going to report on the shocking evidence from the Covid Inquiry about the dire lack of AIRBORNE infection controls in hospitals (see 🧵 below)??!

How do we make this happen?

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US to pressure UK to import American meat in Trump trade deal. Food which doesn't meet EU standards will be imported by the UK - inc. chlorinated chicken, hormone-fed beef. Will destroy UK farming and mega carbon emissions too. Better to rejoin the EU. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

UK at Christmas

Cleaning the air with HEPA filters is such a simple, inexpensive & non-intrusive measure which can significantly reduce the spread of illness & exposure to indoor air pollution. There should be one in EVERY classroom & hospital room. x.com/visualfeastwan…

Musk using a vile ableist slur is so on brand. I’ve had my fill of him turning Twitter into a hellsite tbh.

🥳 Happy (world's first ever) Primary Progressive Aphasia Awareness Day everyone from all of us at RCSLT 💙! 🥰 Massive congratulations and thanks to Dr Anna Volkmer and Rosemary Townsend for all they've done to make this #PPAAwareness Day happen. speechtherapyppa.com/ppa-awareness-…