Karen Davies

Health & lifestyle are my work interests. Gin and chocolate enjoyed in moderation. Tweets and opinions my own

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

It is clear that @elonmusk needs to stay out of British politics.

RT if you agree.

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@Heccles94 ❤️

[Clive Peedell @cpeedell]

This single paragraph explanation of the financial crisis by Prof Mark Blyth cannot be shared enough. Please RT

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@drphilhammond @wesstreeting @bmj_latest Do everything it can to retain staff. Fully fund nurse training as a start

[The RCN @theRCN]

We need staffing levels that protect nursing staff and patient safety.

Governments should be responsible for ensuring patient care is provided in safe conditions by the appropriate number of nursing staff.

Ask prospective politicians to support the nursing profession.

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@drphilhammond As a nurse of 40 years I have long held the view that we can learn a lot from safety first cultures such as in the airline business. As you say this becomes the framework for culture, staffing levels 😱 and political response! Thanks for your piece keep writing…🙌🏻

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@drphilhammond 👏🏻

[The RCN @theRCN]

Investing in nursing is a political choice.

Tax cuts won't bring down waiting lists or solve our workforce crisis.

This was the wrong Budget for the wrong moment. Nursing deserved better.

#Budget2024 #FairPayForNursing

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Average Nursing salaries: Start- Average:

USA £45,000 - £65,000

Australia £40,000 - £45,000

Switzerland £57,600 - £73,730

Denmark: £45,000 - £60,00

England: £28,407 - £35,000

Northern Ireland: £27,055 - £33,000

Why is there a Staffing Crisis?

#SOSNHS #FairPayForNursing

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@doctorcaldwell @DocEd @j59dd @RCPEdin 🤷‍♀️

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@Theholisticpsyc IMHO it starts with self awareness

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

I asked Gillian Keegan on @LBC re the NAO report & Panorama
🔹"700,000 children are having to learn in Crumbling Schools. Aren't you ashamed of that?"
🔹She dodged. Claimed I was talking about RAAC. I wasn't. RAAC is only a part of the problem.
🔹She smirked.
🔹She didn't apologise for children having to wear gloves & coats in class.
🔹and she blocked me on Twitter @GillianKeegan 🤷🏼‍♀️

There you go.
Another Tory Story
What a shambles

BTW Michael Gove stopped the schools building programme in 2010 and Tories have been running schools down ever since

[Rob Galloway @DrRobgalloway]

I have just finished another set of incredibly difficult weekend nights as the A&E consultant incharge.

Some thoughts:

The NHS no longer provides unscheduled care - we provide treatment. Care is with dignity - that's impossible for our patients in corridors.

The model of acute care is not working or sustainable. We need a completely different approach - with long term investment in prevention and community care

111 need to change risk thresholds as far too many come to a&e when they don't need to.

There needs to be alternative pathways to get care overnight for those who don't have accidents or emergencies. A&E shouldn't be anything and everything

Staff are broke - supporting staff is just as vital as looking after patients

This government have totally decimated our the NHS. They are the ones who should be apologising to our patients not our staff.

Hundreds are dying each week because of lack of hospital capacity and corridor care in a&e, yet it's not on the news and no public uproar. As staff and patients we have accepted the unacceptable.

Everyone needs to know the reality of what is happening - so that politicians offer a different solution and patients get the care they deserve. Sadly most of the public have no idea of what is genuinely going on.

And finally, a post night fry up is the best antidote for the stresses of the weekend. Goodnight!

[Amanda Pritchard @AmandaPritchard]

On Christmas Day, NHS staff will dispatch around 20,000 ambulances, serve 100,000 Christmas dinners in hospitals, and deliver 1,500 babies, as they do every year.

Thank you to the incredible NHS staff working really hard over the Christmas and New Year period.

[NHS Diabetes Programme @NHSDiabetesProg]

The Healthier You NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme is available for referral from all GP practices in England.

Since 2016, over 1.3 million people have been referred to the nine-month evidence-based programme for people at high risk of type 2 diabetes. #DPC23

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@NHSDiabetesProg @NHSEngland Great update thanks Kath

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@DeanEggitt Sorry you felt way. But understandable It’s tragic how NHS HCP s are under such pressure and stress. Take care

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

@SteveBarclay @DHSCgovuk Really??? https://t.co/jGY8CPo4Iq

[Karen Davies @activemotivator]

A defining moment for nursing https://t.co/jGY8CPo4Iq weekly update 29.09.23

[Dr Robert Laurenson @RobLaurensonD4P]

When the harsh reality of the NHS bites this rate sharply rises.

Bad pay
Bad conditions
Bad regulation

An aggressive agenda to deskill and devalue some of the most ambitious and brightest people will of course drive them away. https://t.co/G61GICG0Zh