Megan Bennett

Politics & Health Policy, UK & Ireland 🩺 Trustee @BlueApplePlays🎭 Previous President @winchestersu 🗣️ Mostly posting politics & F1.
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[Megan Bennett @MeganLBennett_]

Masters, done & dusted! 🎓
Yesterday I handed in my dissertation and wrapped up my degree with @newpolcom. I’ve had the best two years being a student again and have learned so much from the incredible academics in @rhulpirp. Thank you @RoyalHolloway 🧡

[Medical Protection @MPS_Medical]

Over 30 organisations have co-signed our letter calling on @DHSCgovuk to retain the GMC’s ability to investigate #doctors with health concerns, under a distinct 'health' route. We are proud to stand together on this important issue.

https://t.co/iFvcuk4lUc

[Medical Protection🇮🇪 @MPSdoctorsIRE]

Our joint letter to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice calling for pre-action protocols to be implemented urgently, in @irishexaminer
14 leading organisations have united on this issue – the message is clear.

Thank you @griffinniamh

https://t.co/AxQNS3Jw7z

[Medical Protection🇮🇪 @MPSdoctorsIRE]

14 organisations representing patients doctors dentists & legal firms have written to the Minister for Health & Minister for Justice urging the government to implement #preactionprotocols in clinical negligence claims.
View press release here:https://t.co/ffLUy4K83W

[Medical Protection🇮🇪 @MPSdoctorsIRE]

We were pleased to host an event at Leinster House this week, alongside @barrymward, on the need for pre-action protocols.

The message was clear: Tort reform is urgent, the time to act is now. The current, unsustainable system harms patients and impacts healthcare professionals

[Dr Martin Daly @DrMartinDaly]

#DailEireann ⁦@MPSdoctorsIRE⁩ Excellent presentation on human & financial cost to delayed litigation. Need to introduce Pre-Action Protocols, active Case Management & Tort reform. Costs of €90million annually & exposure of €5billion for States Claims Agency unsustainable

[Dr Martin Daly @DrMartinDaly]

#DailEireann ⁦@MPSdoctorsIRE⁩ Medical Protection Society visit . Human & financial cost of Medical Negligence claims in Ireland . ⁦@roinnslainte⁩ ⁦@DeptJusticeIRL⁩

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

The Medical Protection Society has called for NHS trust staff who deal with disciplinary investigations to have specialised training, to ensure doctors are treated fairly, after data indicated more than a third of trusts don’t make such training mandatory
https://t.co/xmqED1fB4B

[Doctors’ Association UK @TheDA_UK]

🆕 Findings from @MPS_Medical reveal urgent problems in NHS disciplinary processes, impacting doctors' mental health:

-80% reported impact on mental health; 44% had suicidal thoughts.
-1 in 5 disciplinaries lasted >1 year; some beyond 2 years.

[Association of Anaesthetists @Assoc_Anaes]

👏 We would like to extend our thanks to @MPS_Medical for raising this important issue, and their work in creating more efficient, fair and compassionate spaces!

[Medical Protection @MPS_Medical]

🇬🇧 Today we have published a new report aimed at making disciplinary processes against doctors in England’s NHS Trusts more efficient, fair & compassionate. Thank you to @denis_campbell for reporting on this important issue in @guardian

https://t.co/7UONAAHc3r

@HCSANews

[Medical Protection🇮🇪 @MPSdoctorsIRE]

This @irishtimes article puts a spotlight on the painfully slow clinical negligence claims process & how it affects the mental wellbeing of doctors, patients & families

https://t.co/h2Sz7G0Z1o

[Professional Standards Authority @prof_standards]

In the Vulnerability, Experiences and Impacts session, we welcome a range of speakers as we look at Fitness to Practise from different angles:

[Helen Morgan MP 🔶 @HelenMorganMP]

I'm incredibly proud to have been made the @LibDems Health & Social Care Spokesperson.

From ambulances to A&E to maternity wards and social care, we need a system that works for everyone.

I'll do everything I can to secure the changes we need.

https://t.co/cdsvsUbEwi

[Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy]

These are riots not protests.

Targetting people of colour, attacking mosques, looting shops & setting fire to asylum hotels are not the actions of people with “legitimate concerns.”

Criminals must face the full force of the law.

Britain is better than this.

[Danny Chambers MP 🔸🩺 @DannyVet]

I'm deeply concerned to learn Hampshire's Police & Crime Commissioner believes the rioters vandalising our streets and attacking mosques are motivated by "the need to uphold British values."

These extreme views make her totally unsuitable to hold this position of responsibility

[British Gymnastics @BritGymnastics]

✨This is what dreams are made of ✨

Bryony Page takes Olympic GOLD on trampoline at the 2024 Paris Olympics!

#UnitedbyGymnastics

[Team GB @TeamGB]

Bouncing for gold!! 🤯

Incredible, Bryony Page is the OLYMPIC CHAMPION 🥇

#Paris2024

[Vinous Ali @vinousali]

This is a great outcome for the Lib Dems giving them a solid platform to advance core priorities.

[Medical Protection @MPS_Medical]

🇬🇧 The #NHS Resolution annual report shows the cost of NHS #clinicalnegligence claims rose to £2.8bn in 2023/24.

The new #Government must turn its hand to rising clinical negligence costs swiftly. Read more 👉 https://t.co/9cp4lhpU3l

#medicalprotection

[David Challen @David_Challen]

As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.

The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.

Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.

We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.

Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.

This takes all of us ➡️ https://t.co/iPJGFUs7Qn