In 14 years as a doctor I’ve never known such horrific conditions. Patients dying on trolleys with zero dignity. Or screaming & moaning in corridors. Dickensian overcrowding, total implosion. Despair. Weeping staff. Abject misery.
Do you care at all @Jeremy_Hunt? @SteveBarclay?
Outrageous
• MPs’ Menu in Parliament: “Pressed duck leg and caper terrine with celeriac & mustard remoulade
& sour dough toast” — Cost: £4.52 (subsidised by you).
• NHS Staff Menu in Hospital: “Macaroni Cheese” — Cost: £7.25 (paid by NHS nurses).
In 30 years of UN climate negotiations, eliminating the primary cause of global heating - fossil fuels - has never been mentioned in the decisions, not even in the COP27 in 2022.
And these were the results.
Reminder the last time the Tories told us we “needed” austerity:
4,394% increase in foodbank users 🍞
330,000 excess deaths ❌
600,000 more children in poverty 🚸
486% increase in NHS trolley waits 🏥
800 public libraries closed 📚
#EnoughIsEnough
Around seven years ago I made the switch from working in international development, specifically in monitoring & evaluation (M&E), to becoming an impact practitioner in the UK social enterprise sector. It wasn’t a decision I took lightly.
@UnLtd Although I now provide impact and evaluation support to a range of third sector organisations (including social enterprises), these early interactions with social entrepreneurs have stayed with me. A helpful reminder that in a sector full of jargon, plain language is key.
I’ve been a freelance impact practitioner for over 18 months now and have recently had a few reflective conversations about what’s important to me in my work.
3 things have stood out.
1. Collaboration: I’m at my best when I’m collaborating with others.
@NPCthinks (typos, being late to meetings, forgetting names and other key details - I could go on!) But for me ’being professional’ is about being guided by the values that are important to me.