Seems pretty dodgy. Why do we need these privatised & ££££ costly phonics systems anyway? Bring back a freely available government scheme, like L&S was.

School Attendance and Illness 🧵 The biggest cause of pupil absence from UK schools is illness. (It's the biggest cause of staff absence too.) The biggest cause of persistent absenteeism is illness. The biggest cause of school absence internationally is also illness. 1/

A brief explainer thread 🧵 about respiratory masks and why Susan Hopkins, head of the UK's public health body, seems to be arguing they "don't work". bbc.com/news/articles/…

Whoever did this, knows their babywearing.

📢New UK Government petition just out: "Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings". If you're a British citizen or UK resident, it would be great if you could please sign it, & we'd be so grateful if everyone can share 🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

🧵JCVI have issued a statement on #Covid vaccines 2025/26 with much reduced eligibility ❗️No mention of #LongCovid as a risk of infection ❗️"Endemic" does not mean harmless (see Malaria) ❗️Cost-effectiveness: vaccines reduce incidence of #LongCovid - many who have it cannot work

COVID VACCINE ELIGIBILITY 🇬🇧, a thread🧵 JCVI have just advised that, going forwards, eligibility for Covid vaccination will be even more tightly restricted. But the ‘bespoke cost-effectiveness assessment’ upon which this is based is heavily flawed… gov.uk/government/pub…

Not one mention of Long Covid in the Get Britain Working White Paper. Govt still ignoring NHS staff & frontline workers, who put their lives on the line during the pandemic, now suffering with the condition. We urgently need to recognise Long Covid as an occupational disease.

"It was known prior to the pandemic that Coronaviruses are transmissible through aerosols, not merely droplets. And that Respiratory Protective Equipment provides far greater protection against an airborne virus than a Fluid Resistant Surgical Mask." 5/

BMA recommendations: - URGENTLY update IPC guidance - FFP3s for care of Covid patients - Precautionary approach backed by HSE - Pandemic preparations: PPE stockpile 10/

Can we get a #SundayShare of this petition calling for new air quality and PPE rules for health & social care settings? Shares = more signatures and we need 100,000 for a Parliamentary debate Share on FACEBOOK too🙏 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003… #cleanairinhealthcare Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧

A bit of a personal article from me, on an important issue. With the NHS facing a winter crisis, I think it's time we Brits take a look at our culture around health and sickness - and govt does more to prevent the spread of viruses. independent.co.uk/voices/health-…

Continue to be impressed your wonderful advocacy work Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗. Do you happen to know if it's ever been considered to add people with #LongCovid to the official list of CV? I certainly feel vulnerable after nearly 5 years of LC and live very cautiously to avoid re-exposure.

Something useful we can do

Really important article highlighting the danger of Local Authority overreach and the impact it has on families providing suitable education at home, and their rights to privacy. We must take heed of this in opposing and amending the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill.

The issues with Childrens Wellbeing and Schools bill are many. The Department for Education, Bridget Phillipson, and Keir Starmer choose to ignore the genuine concerns of children, parents, educators, and experts and refuse to have an open and transparent conversation. Instead, they seem

Did you know?  Only 21.6% of students with dyslexia passed both English & maths GCSEs at a grade 5.  Compared to 51.9% of their peers. 😔  The system is failing dyslexic learners.  We’re calling for urgent reform.  📘 New report out today. bit.ly/3SCAxgP #SEND

This Q was spot on! The Tory's authoritarian "stick, stick & more stick" approach lacks compassion and has only made things much worse. How do I know? I admin a home ed group and I see the fall out. Bridget Phillipson please listen to this MP, she's got the measure of it.

The government recently refused to help home ed families get better local access to sit exams. With extra cost and bureaucracy in the CSW Bill linked to home ed & Budget cuts, will more schools/centres be forced to deny families/children this basic right? schoolsweek.co.uk/home-education…