Vikki howe

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Under a Restore Britain Government, patients who miss an NHS appointment (GP, specialist, diagnostic or treatment) without an evidenced reason will receive a financial penalty.

If you cannot attend, cancel - give somebody else the opportunity to be seen.

It's basic decency.

[Brick Cop©️ @Brick_Cop]

Somehow there’s only just over 150,000 signatures to go before PC Harper’s petition hits 1,000,000 signatures.

1,000,000 people who believe that PC Andrew Harper’s legacy deserves so much more than releasing his killers early.

Please sign and share, thank you.

#ThinBlueLine 🚨

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@alexs_journey Happy Birthday to a lovely young man. I hope your day is as special as you Alex. Enjoy xx

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@burrowingbolt I'm so very sorry to be reading this Anita. My heart breaks for you. Sending much love xx

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@alexs_journey @KUcancercenter @KUHospital Just the best news 💙

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@TrooperBenKHP Congratulations Trooper Ben. Enjoy your well earned retirement 👏 x

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@suetthatsme Hi Sue, so sorry about your friend, I hope today has been brighter for you x

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@TrooperBenKHP Love this interaction ❤️

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@CharityESchmidt It's because you're a genuinely good person. Just keep doing what you can, no-one should ask for more than that x

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@alexs_journey Aww, that's so sad to hear Alex. Thinking of you all. Those pictures and videos made me smile and cry. Gorgeous memories forever xx

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@alexs_journey Hi Alex, lovely view and that sound is bliss! Hope you are well big lad, have a good weekend xx

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@CharityESchmidt Hi Charity, some of the scenes were taken in my home town of Hartlepool!

[Brick Cop©️ @Brick_Cop]

That line ‘Police Response Times will be Standardised and Measured’ has really got to me.

So firstly not all Police Officers can drive, let alone drive using Lights and Sirens. Most people don’t know that. They assume quite rightly that it would be a requirement like it is in most countries, but it’s not here.

Also unlike in most countries it’s not an offence to not move out of the way of an Emergency Vehicle responding to an emergency. The Highway Code tells you you’re obliged to give way, but it is not an offence for not doing so.

Emergency calls have three gradings:

Immediate - 15 Minute Response
Significant - 1 Hour Response
Extended - 24 Hour Response

They’re called slightly different things across the country but the timings are already ‘Standardised’. 👀

What’s not standardised is the Human Factors in the nature of Policing.

Just because I come on shift and on paper it says I have 30 Cops, that isn’t actually the case.

Four are restricted due to injury or other welfare reasons.

Six have been taken to AID another borough, most likely to Police a protest.

Eight are covering hospital guards, crime scenes and constant watches.

So you’re left with twelve Cops to cover a HUGE London Borough, all of the outstanding calls from the previous shifts, and the calls that come in as you start.

Those twelve Cops already have crimes to progress, but instead they are sent out to deal with and record new ones. They’re burnt out and work incredibly hard.

During the shift there’s a serious traffic collision so I lose another four Cops, four more make arrests, and another two are dealing with a serious domestic incident.

Now I’ve got two Cops left and they’re running to as many ‘I’ graded calls as they can and the @ukhomeoffice has just told them they will be ‘measured’ on their response times.

En route to one of the calls, they have a serious collision with a member of the public. They’re suspended from driving and are investigated. When asked why they were traveling at the speed they were, they mention ‘charter times’. The @policeconduct don’t care that there are charter times; public safety is more important, and for once they’re quite right. And surprisingly no one from the @ukhomeoffice is sat next to the Cops in their criminal interview defending them and telling @policeconduct how important ‘charter times’ are.

So from a lowly Response Police Sergeant, to Response Cops, Sergeants and Inspectors everywhere, our Cops get to calls as quickly as it is safe to do so, and they arrive alive. Not in a time frame set by people who have never and will never do or understand our job.

#ThinBlueLine 🚨

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The lack of available NHS dentists in this country should be a national scandal.

Please repost if you agree.

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@JasonManford He was in Northallerton Helen 😁

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

What a fantastic night we've had @JasonManford not laughed this much in so long. Cheers Jase xx

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@GanglSepp

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@JJSharpers Well done Jen and good luck in ur new role x

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@Thehullboy1 Well done for speaking up kidda, take some to look after you x

[Vikki howe @Vikkih29]

@alexs_journey @RichardBertinet @OriginalBumbu Wow! Enjoy every mouthful x