Claire

Mum of many small girls, NHS worker, flexible working champion, WI member, travelling & enjoying life.

[Claire @ClaireMarsham]

Gonna use some of these for the daily ‘you’ve got your hands full’ brigade! #twinmum

[E Krebs, PhD 🧂 @SaltySicky]

A resource for anyone spending Thanksgiving with extended family:

[Jamie Murphy @Microbedoc2]

NHS managers make up 2.5% of the workforce. Compared to 9.5% of the rest of the UK workforce.
My last trust had an annual turnover of 2.4 billion pounds - the idea that NHS trusts could function with less managers is an opinion born out of ignorance.

[✨Sonia Sparkles✨🖤 @Sonia_Sparkles]

As a fellow NHS Middle Manager who CRIED most days for the first 3 months, let me share why you should rethink your view on Managers in #NHS & stop bashing them

Also you can tell me who will do the following instead of them…and no you can’t just “not do” the following…🧵

[Andy Cowper @HPIAndyCowper]

John Glen, deputy to @Jeremy_Hunt, wants to know “why doctors and nurses say they spend up to half their time not with patients, but on admin”.

The Lansley reforms cut NHS management by 40% in 2012. That work still needed doing, so now it’s clinicians doing it.

Happy to help.

[Claire @ClaireMarsham]

@i_SanjayLalwani This happens to me literally every day on Balham High Road. Extremely rare for cyclists to stop despite it being the green man for pedestrians to cross.

[Sara Woodward 🇺🇦 @SaraWoodward1]

They were partying at the exact time my brother died alone in hospital of Covid. 7pm on 14/12/20. 19 days after my mum also died in hospital alone. I can’t even speak I am so distraught and incandescent with rage.

[Khadija @khadljasays]

This is the most powerful opening to a book I have ever read. Please read it and remember it whenever you hear politicians use ‘never again’.

‘Show Me The Bodies, How We Let Grenfell Happen’ by @PeteApps

[Playingitagain @AmeliaRocket1]

If I hear “He achieved the vaccine roll out” one more time I will lose my shit.
The NHS rolled out the vaccine. Myself and millions of other volunteers donated our time for free to get people protected. Johnson didn’t even believe that Covid fucking existed. Get fucked.

[Fiona Robertson fionaswriting.bsky.social @FionasWriting]

CN: DWP

I've talked about this before, but as this ad is activating trauma, I want to explain what disabled people live with.

More than 15 years ago (yes, before the Tories), all my benefits suddenly stopped. When I called to ask why I was put through to the fraud office.

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[Claire @ClaireMarsham]

@KatStorrWriter https://t.co/QNinFmdC0C & https://t.co/hmWpb6xqsO

[Emma Szewczak @EmmaSzewczak]

forced to reevaluate not being bothered by mother's day after getting my thousandth "🚨ARE YOU TRAUMATISED BY OUR MOTHER'S DAY MARKETING EMAILS BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER IS DEAD😪? CLICK HERE➡️ TO UNSUBSCRIBE " email

[Peter Tennant has moved to Bluesky @PWGTennant]

My request for 2023: stop using BMI.

If you're a member of the public, using it to suggest an 'ideal' weight: STOP.

If you're a clinician, using it to judge someone's weight: STOP.

If you're a scientist, using it as a proxy for adiposity: STOP.

#StopUsingBMI #EpiTwitter

[Kate Taylor ✨️ @plymouthkate]

My role as an NHS "pen pusher" meant our psychiatrists didn't have to type & send multiple clinic letters or referrals a day, book appointments and deal with routine queries - freeing up their time to see more patients. Admin staff keep the NHS turning. This headline is gross.

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Preparing for a winter that could be harsh on your health.

There are several challenges expected over this winter. Busy health services, winter infections, expensive food & heating, more falls, and likely a significant Covid wave.

A thread to help you prepare...

[The Mental Elf @Mental_Elf]

@MichaelMarmot The most deprived households in the UK cannot afford to eat healthily, says @MichaelMarmot #EPAPsyEpi2022

In fact, food insecurity levels are increasing fast. Marmot stresses that his slides are out of date - things have got much worse!

[Rebecca Seal @RebeccaSeal]

What would happen if all the women running school summer fairs went into politics? They’re fucking dynamite and they know how to get shit done for no money, when no one wants to do it, no messing. Let’s quit our tombola-discussing whatsapp groups & sort out the country instead.

[Chrissy Grace @chrisha_jay]

It's #NationalBreastfeedingWeek & this is a small plea for staff working in acute wards. Please remember to ask if your patient is BFing. I had a terrible time when urgently admitted with Covid in first lockdown - was my first time being separated from BF baby & it was horrific

[Jane Merrick @janemerrick23]

We have very good polio vaccine coverage in the UK, but the UKHSA is urging anyone whose children have not yet had their full course - as babies, then at 3 then at 14 - to get their children vaccinated as soon as possible. Risk to wider public is low https://t.co/AlzgrpC9Rj