Midwives in England worked 100,000 hours free in one week alone in March. The latest RCM survey of nearly 4,000 members shows the urgent investment needed in maternity. More here: https://t.co/3EWkL8qlLz #RCMsurvey23
Word of the evening is the Finnish invention ‘hyppytyynytyydytys’: the act of falling with a contented sigh onto the nearest available sofa.
Literal translation: ‘bouncy cushion satisfaction’.
Have you had your say on pay? We’ve opened a pay consultation for members working in the NHS in Scotland. Have your say today: https://t.co/ezDJdRhShm #DeliveraDecentDeal
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day. We remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators, all victims of Nazi persecution and the victims of subsequent genocides. #HMD2023#HolocaustMemorialDay
Rishi Sunak has urged the NHS to embrace the use of robots as the health service prepares to cut its workforce by half in a drastic attempt to cut costs.
The NHS is already on its knees and has as massive workforce crisis
Do you think this is a bad idea?
We do! #OurNHS 💙
"Demands on staff mean they cannot deliver the level of care they so desperately want to and choice for women is being eroded. For many, crisis mode is now the norm" says RCM CEO @GillWaltonRCM
https://t.co/chrSwLDP97
Microplastics have officially been found in human breast milk for the first time in a new study that detected the contaminant in 75% of the samples tested after we also found microplastics inside the lungs and crossing the blood-brain barrier. This is our generation's lead paint.
Midwives and MSWs deserve a fair pay deal. We are urging members to vote yes to industrial action. Find out what this means with our frequently asked questions: https://t.co/rWVbtfJaiP #DeliveraDecentDeal
The ballot for England and Wales is open from 11 November. Download our frequently asked questions to support you through the process: https://t.co/rWVbtg1jwX #DeliveraDecentDeal
It’s Dyslexia Awareness Week, and it’s so happifying to see the difference the Sir Linkalot spelling app is making among children who previously struggled. Maisie is just great.
@silverpebble Life changes, we change, it's all part of our journey. It will be ok!!! I'm not being flippant (b4 anyone says anything) I too am navigating this world after 25 years with someone....
Just heard @British_Water on @BBCr4today . Have you built any new reservoirs ? Err , no . Have you addressed leakages ? Err , no . Have you been over-abstracting from UK rivers ? Err , yes . Have your shareholders made grotesque profits ? Err , yes . Shall we mention sewerage . .
I think I’m the only MP to have worked in children’s television and so let me say the decision to end broadcasting of CBBC on TV is awful. It’s a truly inclusive, vital and brilliant channel. It’s a terrible legacy for the Tories to have squeezed out kids TV imho.