Sarah Simons

Emergency Medicine registrar, global health, social determinants + health equity in practice. MSc @UCL. Sometimes writing things or somewhere up a mountain.

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

I wrote this for @GuardianAus today on how, as normality finally inches ever closer for Australia, our vaccination successes aren’t equally distributed across society at the expense of the most vulnerable & so why opportunistic vaccination is our best shot ↓

[Guardian Australia @GuardianAus]

It’s not enough to cross our fingers and hope Australians gets vaccinated. We have to go where people are | Sarah Simons https://t.co/mAmFW4RgYI

[ANZJPH @anzjph]

Yesterday the ACT became the first Aust jurisdiction to offer universal access to free abortions. This new article shows unintended pregnancy is "disproportionally experienced by women with structural disadvantages and exposure to sexual coercion." https://t.co/4Abhck7MIE

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

With more than 50 per cent of female surgeons reporting harassment or sexist abuse, is this a #MeToo moment for the health service?
https://t.co/XnxBwPDQhL

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

@DianaRyall 21 public hospitals in Australia are run by Catholic Health and will not offer reproductive health care. This is completely unacceptable. All public hospitals should provide all legal health services.

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

Reproductive health equity - specifically making abortion & miscarriage care safe, easy and accessible - is an overdue and hugely important topic of conversation this #IWD2023.

Amazing work @ellierjohnson
#AbortionIsHealthcare

[Mary-Anne Thomas MP @MaryAnneThomas]

Starting the day right at @northernhealth_ learning about the expansion of abortion services and the midwife lead work to codesign care that meets the needs of the multicultural and diverse communities of Melbourne’s north. #IWD2023 #AbortionIsHealthcare

[Mary-Anne Thomas MP @MaryAnneThomas]

Starting the day right at @northernhealth_ learning about the expansion of abortion services and the midwife lead work to codesign care that meets the needs of the multicultural and diverse communities of Melbourne’s north. #IWD2023 #AbortionIsHealthcare

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

@KirstyWebeck @irishEDdoc @StVincentsMelb 👏🏼🌟 glad to hear it!

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

@skyekinder Congratulations Skye!

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

@zacseidler @MovemberAUS We’ve got a fair few - email me 🙋🏻‍♀️

[Julie Leask AO @JulieLeask]

“This points to the notion of ‘lifestyle drift,’ a term coined to describe the tendency for policy to start off recognising the need for action on upstream political and social determinants of health inequities only to drift downstream to focus largely on individual behaviours”

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

To teammates who, despite its challenges, make EM the best job in the world 👏🏻👏🏻

[ACEM President @ACEMPresident]

I’m so sorry to hear of this experience, and similar stories from many other people. @acemonline has been developing policy and advocacy towards integrated, accessible and easy-to navigate mental health care. https://t.co/KZ5B4N7Zky

[Vagina Museum @vagina_museum]

This week in 1951, Henrietta Lacks died from cervical cancer. She is often remembered as the source of the "immortal" HeLa cell line, or as a symbol of grave racial injustice. Who was Henrietta Lacks?

[Croakey Services @CroakeyServices]

Such an interesting article! On the pathway to greener healthcare: from the Hunter Valley to Darwin and beyond https://t.co/bVaTAB3puW Thanks @SarahNSimons for previewing #GreenHealthForum22 and thanks to all the interviewees who contributed. HT @healthy_climate

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

Hey Twitter, I’m running the Melbourne half marathon next weekend for @safestepsFV, an invaluable local organisation supporting people experiencing family violence - any sponsorship goes a long way & is greatly appreciated ❤️

https://t.co/dkEz2Mwa5G

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

@LaksmiSg @TheRACP Congratulations Laksmi! So well deserved 💫

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

The weekend nights team showing up to Monday morning ED handover

[Sarah Simons @SarahNSimons]

Hey Twitter, I’m running the Melbourne half marathon next weekend for @safestepsFV, an invaluable local organisation supporting people experiencing family violence - any sponsorship goes a long way & is greatly appreciated ❤️

https://t.co/dkEz2Mwa5G

[Nico Clark @NicoClark_]

On this overdose awareness day, it’s timely that the coroner just released data showing that fatal opioid overdoses in Yarra have reduced 60% since 2018 when the MSIR opened. @NRCHaus #IOAD2022

[Karim Brohi @karimbrohi]

Multiple admissions for attempted suicide overnight, again.

"Jumped because can't afford to eat".

Again.