This parenting lark doesn't get easier... Adult offspring in employment 250 miles away and deeply unhappy. So hard.

Dear #BreastCancer survivors who have had axillary procedures- it is SAFE to have blood taken, and blood pressure measurements done, on that arm. It does not increase lymphoedema and it makes me cranky to see pts scared unnecessarily into painful leg/foot procedures. 1/2

*UK schools giveaway*. Fancy a copy of my latest Usborne Publishing historical mystery The Secret of the Treasure Keepers, 10 bookmarks and a poster? Just follow me and retweet by 6pm Friday 20th May. One winner to be picked at random. 📚😀#bookgiveaway

Watching a daytime police drama with my mum. Skeleton on pathologist's table. She turns to me and says, "he's looking a bit peaky! " Flashes of my mummy, right there. She's still in there, only just, but she is. ❤️

Today is the NHS’s birthday. If you oppose NHS privatisation and want to fight for the NHS’s future, please RT💙🚨💙🚨💙🚨💙🚨💙🚨💙🚨💙

If we are going to fight effectively for the NHS, we need to be talking to a lot more people. I feel awkward asking this, but pls could you RT+ ask others to follow me? I gave up my medical job to fight for NHS staff+ patients. I’ll update you with everything happening. Julia x

If you read one thing this year, please let it be this post by Joanna Hardy-Susskind. It is without a shadow of the doubt the best thing that's ever appeared on this blog. It is just stupendously, heartbreakingly, achingly brilliant. thesecretbarrister.com/2022/07/21/gue…

Well this is chilling. The UK government has quietly just removed "sexual and reproductive health and rights" & "bodily autonomy" from a multinational statement committing to the fundamental rights of women & girls. Why exactly? Abortion is a human right. humanists.uk/2022/07/19/abo…

We really need to stop making it so hard for NHS staff to go to work A huge number of NHS workers have to cope with inadequate public transport, insufficient and unsafe parking for cars and bikes, and exorbitant costs Something needs to be done urgently - please RT if you agree

Both chilling & horribly inevitable. We knew this was coming, it’s been carefully engineered by govt underfunding for the last 12 years. Now the convenient “solution” is self-pay. Please *please* fight a pay-to-use “NHS” with all your might, people 🙏💙 theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Both daughters are moving house... so my house is full of cardboard packing boxes. Go figure. (Does this mean some of their stuff will finally leave home too??)

Domestic Services are recruiting! If you are interested in a position as a Domestic Services Assistant at the RD&E, various shift times available, also with enhanced weekend pay, send a DM with contact details and we will get back in touch. Please feel free to share this info!

Do you oppose NHS privatisation? If you do, please can you RT this? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 💙

“The brighter the spotlight on the NHS the brighter the spotlight on maternity. The attention on services is the greatest I have ever seen in my career. We should take advantage of that.” Donna Ockenden FRSA, Hon DLitt Hon DSci #rcmconf22

NHS waiting lists are the longest ever recorded. Where is Therese Coffey?🚨 Can we get #NHS trending?🚨

Please retweet if you, like me, want to know what exactly Steve Barclay is doing to address the horrific conditions in the NHS currently 🤷‍♀️

If you think the government should be treating the situation in the NHS as a national crisis, please retweet this. Let’s send ministers a message 💙

We’re trying to get as many followers as Rishi Sunak so we can show the government just how many people are prepared to fight for the NHS and its staff. Please can you help by following us and retweeting this?

NHS staff are not failing, they are being failed. Please RT if you know the difference.