Laura Fulcher

Founder @mission_rem | Health campaigner | Writer | Retired Secondary School English Teacher | Inertia hater

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

So incredible that the @guardian wanted to interview me about founding Mission Remission and building our early diagnosis campaign.

If anyone would like to join our change-making group - we meet online every month or so - do drop me a message!

https://t.co/NIY2SwpMh9

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@LizzieCernik I have an idea for you for this 💭

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@hannahfearn Saw this, then thought of @LizzieCernik, then realised Lizzie was the probably reason I saw it !

[Mission Remission @Mission_Rem]

Please help us!

We’re so excited to be shortlisted for the National Lottery’s People’s Projects!

Please spare us two minutes and vote for us here:
https://t.co/22NWOXb8xt

[Mission Remission @Mission_Rem]

Big, Big, Big, Huge news!
We are hiring - come join us 👇
https://t.co/6jWTilI2T0

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@suttons_seeds Guys, just a bit of friendly feedback - I often get not 1 but 2 emails from you a day - which has meant me cancelling them all. Once a week ok, any more, it feels like a bombardment! I also never registered for your newsletters, so you might want to look at that too 😬

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@iambeckyhughes No

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@CharlotteAugst @haroldthimbleby It is v different culturally too. When teachers are trained you’re told to focus on the learning, not the teaching - i.e. student activity/benefit (see Bloom’s Taxonomy). Meanwhile, strategically & behaviourally the NHS focuses on care & clinical processes rather than healing.

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@CharlotteAugst @haroldthimbleby It’s very different. No-one, especially clinicians, seems to believe they have the power to change hospital trusts, whereas teachers lead schools and can change culture entirely.
From my experience, the school business managers take the lead from the head.

[Mission Remission @Mission_Rem]

💥 Exciting news 💥
We are growing our trustee team... and need YOU!
Would you like to get involved with an energetic grassroots charity? 
Read more here: 
https://t.co/qaY2fol6YN

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

I spoke to @BBCBreakfast this morning on the cancer crisis.

Most days I swing from mad fury at the state of our health service and the lack of action to address it… to abject terror of what it means for me and those I love.

Things need to change!

[Mission Remission @Mission_Rem]

This morning, Laura spoke to BBC Breakfast about the barriers people are facing to cancer diagnosis.
With over half of people not being treated swiftly, we need radical action and radical change!

So what does change look like?

Here’s the clip:

https://t.co/7AjU713TsU

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[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

One step forward…?
Going to get in touch with the private secretary team today to find out next steps…
Any ideas what happens when a Health Secretary leaves?
Does everything start from scratch again?
I have no idea!

[Mission Remission @Mission_Rem]

Really pleased to meet @sajidjavid last week
…when he was Health Secretary(!)

He was passionate about speeding up cancer diagnosis, listened to our 5 calls for change, and planned to introduce us to decision-makers & his policy team to implement our patient-led recommendations.

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

Hi @WhatsApp - is there any way you could please add the functionality of creating different areas on WhatsApp - so I can group all my ‘work’ convos or ‘campaigning’ convos or ‘family’ convos into one area? The only area option currently is the archive! Thanks

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@welliesnseaweed @HSJnews Thank you! Come join our campaign group! X

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

Hi @TrevorBevins, Could you possibly share your email with me or DM please? It’s about an early cancer diagnosis campaign in Dorset. THANK YOU!

[Elizabeth Atherton @ElizAthertonSop]

“I overheard a nurse saying there were no ‘real patients’ in A&E that night… I was sent home feeling guilty for wasting their time.”

This is a shocking read, but no surprise. It’s why my sister’s dead. @_1aura doing amazing work to bring change. #Cancer https://t.co/g1OXL4eciB

[Health Service Journal @HSJnews]

Patients are being excluded from shaping the cancer recovery https://t.co/sjnOnZaVtl

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

While people wait for a cancer diagnosis, there are far too many barriers to help.
Often, you receive little support and even less information - which can cause huge delays to treatment.
I wrote something for the HSJ on what needs to be done about it:

https://t.co/vk30AiWXEc

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@charlesdowding Sorry - it’s actually called Strulch! 🙈

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@charlesdowding I bought your recommended long-handled dibber a few years ago, it as great but alas has since gone AWOL. Looking at the one recommended now it is 60cm, which feels shorter than the one I had. Do you know if they have they shortened the length? Thanks!

[Laura Fulcher @_1aura]

@charlesdowding I would put a small amount of compost around sensitive seedlings too to protect them, but that would just be a surface layer…