⁦Wilsons Chimneys⁩. Wow - an amazing amount of soot -both of us surprised - delighted I did not attempt to put my ⁦Chimney Sheep⁩ in without getting the chimney swept.

For those who don't fully understand what is up with the NHS, here is a thread for you that might help.

I'm a consultant physician working as a doctor in the NHS in Yorkshire and Wales for 32 years now. I have experienced the NHS at its best (2008) and its worst (2022).

Person of the year for me

Mick Lynch

For representing his members views unapologetically.

For standing up in the face of a media barrage and being reasonable.

For challenging the right wing media gov narrative

For saying what a lot of us are thinking.

RMT

Jerry Cope (former Chair of the Independent NHS Pay Review Body) on BBC Radio 4 Today has just pointed out that it's recommendation was written back in February.
'And the world was rather a different place back then'
Quite

“The voice of nursing will not be ignored. Staff shortages and low pay make patient care unsafe.”

RCN’s pat cullen announces that, unless negotiations are opened, RCN members will strike again on 18 and 19 January. bit.ly/3FOu0sv

So Jeremy Clarkson believes people his age think like he does. Well Jeremy Clarkson I’m older than you & I and the many friends I have of a similar age are repulsed by your thoughts & language.
You are a stain on this country. Frankly I’m struggling to recognise you as human

Remember, that Jeremy Clarkson article was not a slip of the tongue or a tweet written in a moment of madness.

It was an article written, read and re-read. It was seen by multiple editors and copywriters. All of whom must have thought, “this is okay.”

This is a *media* problem.

The cost of meeting the nurses' pay demand - £1.6bn 🏥

Cost of Sunak's bank tax giveaway - £7.3bn 💸

They have the money to give nurses a proper pay rise- they just don't want to.

RT if you back a real pay rise for our nurses 👊

I live in a country that is about to deport people to another country over which my country has no jurisdiction and has no certainty about their fate.

Rishi Sunak says he doesn't understand why two million people are using food banks. Cutting Universal Credit by £20 a week might just have something to do with it.

I intend to strike on Wednesday. I love my job and I want to look after my patients. The moral dilemma over whether to strike is pretty overwhelming, I have spent the last 3 days off anxious about the implication of striking and about going to work in terrible conditions 1/4

Wishing you all a beautiful & peaceful solstice. As the longest night is upon us, may your light shine bright, & your soul be at peace. Brighter days are not far away ✨❄️

Just left Bradford Royal Inf before heading to Liverpool. 2 brilliant picket lines at Bradford. Pleasure to meet the fantastic nursing staff.

• 72,324 NHS nurses use food banks.
• 0 (zero) Tory MPs use food banks.

The vote by Tory MPs to block a pay rise for nurses while giving themselves a pay rise is immoral.

Just been on the picket line at the QE Hsp Gateshead. Brave, professional and formidable nursing staff determined to speak truth to this government. They must be heard.

One of the greatest if not the greatest moments in British history was the inspiration to create the #NHS a service for all no matter what our background and it’s served us well.
It’s crying for help and it’s workers need help.
#SaveOurNHS

'Nurses have taken strike action out of desperation, desperation over wages, desperation over working conditions, and the stress they're under because they have so many patients to care for.' #FairPayForNursing Jeremy Corbyn

The time’s come to admit the NHS in England has ceased to function as a proper emergency service. That’s not because of strikes: it’s why there are strikes. It’s failed because of deliberate neglect by a government that has always wanted to privatise it to end free care for all.

St James Hsp Leeds. Thank you to all our members ❤️