trepur

Passionate about wildlife. Swift and hirundine aficionado. Biochem. SCI. All views expressed are my own.

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@DavidButler34 Why is it a problem if the grain is too dry, please? What is the acceptable range of moisture content?

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@MarkSmyth1960 @BirderSouth @AdamWilliams_82 @NestingUpNorth @DurhamBirdClub Please do. Presumably this mimics natural tree nesting of ancestral times. Fascinating.

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@MarkSmyth1960 @BirderSouth @AdamWilliams_82 @NestingUpNorth @DurhamBirdClub How deep is that box, @MarkSmyth1960 and is the entrance hole in the ‘roof’ or side?

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@CoastingGP Hopefully, both amazed and appalled. any chance leadership in Nottingham needs to get a grip (after being replaced and held accountable).

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

Scarlet tiger moths mating on hosta leaf…and there were more elsewhere in the garden!

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@CoastingGP @AjEusuf And long may you continue to do so. Thank you for your integrity and courage.

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@countrymousie Well done, Mellors! Jolly good chap to have around.

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@ccAndrewBaker I find that the vicar is the least of the problem… It is the minority on the parochial Church Council that still insist on grass mowed within an inch of its life in churchyards locally. What on earth do they think happened to the grass before the invention of mowers?

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@Troyvisitor So true… And often the garden self seeded plants give the best results!

[Liza Adamczewski or the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski]

I found my moment of calm today watching the bumblebees enjoying the sage in the vegetable garden.
Gardening is a lot about hope. Planting for the future. Believing in a future. Nurturing tiny seedlings and watching them grow into produce that nurtures you back.

[Lewes Swifts @LewesSwifts]

Good news from Portugal - the illegal work of blocking the nest entrances at Trancoso Castle, (the largest #Swift colony in Portugal where 500 pairs of common Swifts nest), has been stopped. The Swift guardians pass on their thanks to everyone who publicised this #wildlife crime.

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@countrymousie What did hard do before the invention of the mower…?

[Andy Thorley @AndyMaxVolume]

Day 4 🏏
*and the last time we have a red ball game here until August 20th. 94 days. That is ridiculous, surely?

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

“Some NHS staff are differently trained to see undifferentiated patients”

Which is a very odd way to spell “lesser trained”

A very odd way.

#justsaying

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@Megsenmumdr @wesstreeting God help us!

[Artur Nadolny @ArturNadol7566]

NHS ENGLAND RIGGED ITS OWN CARE PANELS

Michelle Cox was a Continuing Healthcare manager at NHS England (@NHSEngland) North West. Her job involved deciding whether elderly and vulnerable patients received NHS-funded care or had to pay for it themselves.

In 2019 she spotted something that should have set off alarm bells across the organisation. NHS England was placing its own staff onto so-called Independent Review Panels that were supposed to make impartial funding decisions for patients. That is not independence. That is a conflict of interest baked into the system.

She raised it with her line manager Gill Paxton. Paxton dismissed it. Claimed she had cleared it with the legal department. The employment tribunal later found no evidence that she had.

What followed was years of targeted harassment. Cox was excluded from team away days, blocked from recruitment processes she was supposed to lead, and had her confidential health information shared without consent. The tribunal found Paxton had acted with the purpose and effect of unlawful harassment and that she would not have treated a white employee this way.

In January 2023 the tribunal ruled unanimously. NHS England was guilty of racial harassment and whistleblower detriment. Every single claim upheld.

The line manager who was found to have harassed Cox has since been promoted. So has the original investigator. NHS England's own internal investigations were described by the tribunal as woefully inadequate.

Dr Minh Alexander (@alexander_minh) wrote to former NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard (@AmandaPritchard) in February 2023 asking whether the organisation would conduct a lessons-learned review. No response was ever received.

Nobody knows how many patients received unfair funding decisions from those unlawfully constituted panels. Nobody in charge has been held accountable. And the woman who flagged all of it may never work as a nurse again.

That is what NHS England does to the people who try to protect patients.

Source: Employment Tribunal, Cox v NHS Commissioning Board, Case 2415350/2020 | Dr Minh Alexander (@alexander_minh) | Health Service Journal (@HSJnews),

[APPG on Spinal Cord Injury @SCIappg]

Last year, we published a report outlining near, mid, and long-term recommendations to ensure that people with spinal cord injury receive consistent and equitable support across the country. To read the report: https://t.co/NfxXVpOpAa

[APPG on Spinal Cord Injury @SCIappg]

There is an urgent need for a National Spinal Cord Injury Strategy or Framework to set a clear national vision for high quality care and the steps to get there. MPs also called for the development of a National Spinal Cord Injury Registry to address the lack of comprehensive data

[trepur @TrepurLrae]

@SamaHoole @sussexfarming In the 1960s/70s, I remember my Dad having to switch on the windscreen wipers to clear the moths from the windscreen to be able to see as we were driving along country lanes at dusk or after dark!

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

@helenessex2 @DrHWazir It’s even worse. In almost all comparable countries, GPs can order tests like colonoscopies and CT scans directly. In the U.K. they must refer first. It is simply a stalling tactic. It’s barriers to make waiting list numbers look better. Shame - we have some of the best GPs!