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).
Thank you Little Simz for spending 484 minutes with me this year on @Spotify. You are my #1. See you on your soon 🤩 #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/Cu9NjVjEve
Tomorrow 4.4 million households, with 5.1m adults and 3.5m children, will see their incomes fall by £1,000 overnight. For 1 million households that will mean an immediate loss of over 10% of their income as we take the basic rate of benefits to its lowest level since 1990
Just when you think the absurdity of victim blaming could not possibly go any further, here is a Police Commissioner openly blaming Sarah Everard for what happened to her on BBC radio https://t.co/brN6rRSf2q #FixTheSystemNotTheWomen
No one should be forced to sleep rough. I’m supporting @crisisuk’s #HomeForAll campaign calling on @UKGovernment to fund #HousingFirst so people get the support they need to rebuild a life away from homelessness: https://t.co/JNrK9lW07o https://t.co/xNBGDKkECO
The wealth of UK billionaires is up by £106,500,000,000 in the pandemic.
But instead of making them pay more, the Tories are raising National Insurance, hitting low paid & young workers the hardest.
Social care should be funded with a wealth tax, not a tax on the working class.
This sums up where our politics is.
You can lie. You can cheat. You can put millions at risk and in danger.
But God forbid you break one of our archaic House of Commons customs. Shout out to @DawnButlerBrent for standing up and saying what needs to be said.
The PM is a liar.
Using advanced brain imaging techniques, Walsh et al. provide evidence of neuroinflammation and increased blood-brain barrier permeability in patients with cerebral small vessel disease. Both processes could serve as potential therapeutic targets. https://t.co/BipkrXG5dS
Gaza is described as a “prison camp”. It’s one of the most densely populated areas on earth & nearly half its population are children.
But last night, the Israeli military fired 100s of airstrikes into Gaza & attacked by land & sea.
End the war crimes. Free Palestine. Now.
Recognising a need to communicate the science behind #COVID19 vaccines in an accessible way, @KCLBMBioscience Senior Lecturer Dr Claudia Linker spearheaded the creation of this valuable video.
Read more about the process here: https://t.co/Id7jEGZs4X
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This is surprising but very welcoming - suicides do not appear to have escalated during #COVID19 / lockdown in the vast majority of countries👍 concern is clearly anxiety and global health sequelae particularly amongst the young
Scientists say they have found "strong evidence" for the existence of a new fifth force of nature that could rewrite scientific theory
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