Fiona West

flowers, seasonal, local, South Manc and happy to travel plus what grabs my attention; education, NHS, bit of lefty politics, what evs ;-)

[Dr Rebecca @beccyjaneh]

@PeterStefanovi2 @ITV @doctor_oxford @JoFroggatt https://t.co/LVMC6XRFco

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Rae Duncan (@Sunny_Rae1), was interviewed today on BBC’s Sunday Show.

In this thread 🧵, I’ve pulled out some of the key highlights.

Kudos to Martin Geissler (@mmgeissler) who had clearly done his homework in advance & asked excellent questions.

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[Fiona West @LTMID1]

@FletcherFoley 😢

[Fiona West @LTMID1]

@FletcherFoley Thanks Missus- just off to bed for a hot date with a good book 😆🛏️ takes some beating. Hope the 🎆aren’t too bad for Queenie

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

Beyond a shadow of a doubt that England is in its biggest Covid wave for well over a year now, with latest ONS infection survey results published.

I've written about it here
https://t.co/Jr9TfNuHYD 1/7

[Andy Burnham @AndyBurnhamGM]

I see @transportgovuk has deleted its ‘Network North’ post.

But it is too late.

They have already revealed everything that is wrong with the way the country is run.

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[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Junior doctors are shattered, demoralised, traumatised and struggling to pay their bills while working in a overwhelmed and understaffed NHS

The govt’s response: call them lazy, greedy and selfish and refuse to offer any support

Sunak couldn’t care less about your health!

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Doctors. They’re doctors. Stop belittling & infantilising highly trained & skilled professionals who could be saving your life in a cardiac arrest, operating on your brain to remove a tumour, transplanting your kidney or ensuring your last days on earth are pain free & dignified.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Many thanks, @wesstreeting.

Have to say I really didn't have "stop exploiting those patients you see dying in corridors in horrifically overwhelmed A&Es" on this year's Christmas list.

Please consider reading this short thread in response to your Sunday Times interview. 1/n

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Today @UNICEF published a report ranking UK worst among the world’s richest countries in child poverty levels - in other news today @RishiSunak tells MP’s

“We will always continue to reduce child poverty”

If you are as sickened as I am RT these FACTS widely

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Current NHS starting salaries:

Junior doctor £32.4k
Nurse £28.4k
Paramedic £28.4k
Midwife £28.4k
Radiographer £28.4k
Healthcare assistant £22.8k
Physiotherapist £28.4k
Dietician £28.4k
Occupational therapist £28.4k

Are you actually *trying* to destroy the NHS, @JamesCleverly?

[Cllr Lauren Tuite @lauren_tuite]

Me: "what's the green stuff for?"
DCC worker: "it's so if any scumbags start trouble tonight it'll mark their shoes and give gardai a trail to follow"
Me (sleep deprived and gullible): "amazing"
DCC workers: chorus of laughter

Dublin, never change.

(It's to mop up oil)

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Absolutely superb must watch analysis on migration figures by @EdConwaySky

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

The aftermath of Russia's largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion. The attack fell on Holodomor Memorial Day, which marks the anniversary of the man-made famine engineered by the Soviet Union that killed millions of Ukrainians in the 1930s.

📷 Kyiv City Military Administration

[Edmund Barnett-Ward @Edmund_B_W]

Sorry for the mega-thread. Julia Waters, Lisa Telling, and I were at Westminster to attend the final evidence hearing of the Commons Select Committee enquiry into the efficacy of OFSTED on 8th November. We found Amanda Spielman’s evidence gobsmackingly tone-deaf…

[Byline Times @BylineTimes]

🔴 ‘Adult Social Care is Broken and Heading for a Bigger Crash – and the Government has Repeatedly Made It Worse’

NHS consultant @mancunianmedic argues that the Government since 2010 is to blame for the worsening social care crisis

https://t.co/QPxGBjkvHa

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

There are too many horrific atrocities going on around the world. But what makes the Israeli bombardment of Gaza particularly awful is that the people are held captive. They cannot flee. They cannot get aid. No one is permitted to help them escape. This makes it a truly evil act.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

The Rwandan government has pocketed the best part of £200m and taken in zero deported asylum seekers. That's the same sum of money Sunak is offering the entire NHS to deal with this year's winter crisis.

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

1 in every 200 people in Gaza has been killed. In 40 days.