Emily Nichs

Hoping to do my bit for the environment 1 plastic free swap at a time...

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@sarajcox Kids: who is Shakespeare?
Me: he’s a famous play write
Kids: as famous as @sarajcox?
Me: almost as famous as her 🤣🤣

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@SaturdayKitchen @BBCOne @matt_tebbutt @Anahaugh @ChefBainbridge @jollyolly What was the wine that was paired with the radish tart please?!

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@ShaunLintern Have an nhs bank account - everyone given £150. If they turn up to all appts they keep it - if the DNA with no notice they have to put £150 back into nhs bank acct before they can have another

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@TheLight_UK your customer service is shocking. I’ve been trying to get a response about a party I’ve booked for 3 days, following your mistake, and still nothing. Please can someone take responsibility for this

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@TheLight_UK could someone please respond to me regarding a birthday party booked for next week. I have been trying for 3 days to get hold of someone and no one is responding

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@sarajcox talking to the kids about Shakespeare (having just watched gnomeo and Juliet)
Me: he’s a very famous playwright
Kids: as famous as Sara cox?
Me: absolutely
😂😂

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@oxford_brookes I have tried contacting you repeatedly by email and no one has acknowledged anything. Please can you advise who the best person to contact is in the psychology dept so I can get a transcript. Many thanks

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@oxfordbrookes who do I need to contact to get a transcript sent to me? I e tried online and haven’t had a response.

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@JulietCooper21 @RentokilUK I’ve got the number of someone who’ll be able to help if @Rentokil remain useless

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

What is Proton Beam Therapy?

Protons are delivered at high speeds and released precisely to target a cancer. The energy is aimed directly and stops in the tumour so reducing damage to healthy tissue beyond it. This significantly decreases the chances of unwanted side effects many years after treatment when compared to conventional radiotherapy.

European neighbours are aiming for 10% of all radiotherapy patients receiving protons by next year, in the US it’s even higher at 25%. The current number of patients treated in the NHS mean that far less than 1% of radiotherapy is delivered by proton.

Each NHS proton beam facility has the capacity to treat 750 patients a year - but FOI figures show that the Christie is operating at roughly 250 a year, with UCLH treating fewer than 200 patients.

These NHS centres cost a total of £500 million to build, way over budget. To treat just over 1,500 patients in a combined seven years is unacceptable - NHS leadership should be asked why they are deploying such brutal rationing of vital services.

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

Petition: Fund the reopening of the three state-of-the-art Rutherford Cancer Centres https://t.co/ZeLPn1Ahyn

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

Where are we with the Rutherford centres? A longer post on this national scandal.

Three state-of-the-art facilities in Reading, Newport and Northumberland empty during the worst cancer crisis of my lifetime.

I emailed Steve Barclay and Amanda Pritchard on the 19th of July proposing a meeting to discuss how we can work together to reopen the centres.

With 20,000 cancer patients standing to benefit every year.

Steve Barclay responded on the 4th of September, essentially passing the buck to NHS England.

So far, they have only responded through the media stating there is excess capacity in the NHS for the treatment Rutherford offers.

This is nonsense.

Firstly, the facilities offer a wide range of treatment/diagnostic capabilities. Secondly, there is only excess capacity because the NHS severely restricts access to the proton beam therapy (wrongly in my view).

In true NHS fashion, I am yet to hear directly from Amanda Pritchard or her team. Just anonymous briefings in the paper.

The decision maker on the sites, a fund manager named Equitix, also refuses to act despite money being in place to reopen the centres privately.

I take my responsibility in the network's closure, but I am determined to see these machines treating patients again.

No financial conflict - the only thing I stand to gain is some peace of mind.

Is Britain so broken that we can't come together in order to help 20,000 cancer patients? It looks that way.

[Professor Karol Sikora @ProfKarolSikora]

This is a national scandal.

At a time when patients are dying because of treatment delays, there is an empty network of state-of-the-art cancer centres.

Three of the best equipped facilities I have ever seen, rotting away.

I am still waiting to hear back from @SteveBarclay.

[Dr Anthony Hinton @TonyHinton2016]

Why is @SteveBarclay allowing state of the art cancer treatment centres to remain closed with record NHS waiting lists?

[no,just no🌸 @Suebush55165412]

Criminal

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

This is absolutely VITAL!
Why the delay?
Thousands of patients need cancer treatment.
Many are dying avoidable deaths.

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

Save Badgers from the Bulldozers https://t.co/GmKiakH9Yk via @UKChange

[Leo Hickman @LeoHickman]

*Mind-blowing* new NASA video showing CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels...

...as if they were visible to the human eye

h/t @ClimateOfGavin

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@marksandspencer Wish we could do this @indiasunderland

[Emily Nichs @EmilyNichs]

@Theholisticpsyc I can’t believe it isn’t already