Nick Coxon

NHS doctor; wild places;Pearl Jam fanatic; NRL fan

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

Material development and physical comfort alone don't relieve unhappiness, but if you’re relaxed and have peace of mind, whatever goes on around you won't upset you. It isn't the sophistication of the devices we own that brings us peace of mind, it's love and compassion.

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

This is an $807.96 charge for insulin.

The NHS might not be perfect, but it won’t charge you hundreds of pounds for vital medicine to keep you alive.

[Paul Johnson @paul__johnson]

Letter ⁦@guardian⁩

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

We're now 2 yrs into the decisive decade. Emissions should be in an unprecedented fall, instead we're seeing the 2nd biggest rise ever recorded. We're wasting invaluable time pretending we can solve this crisis without treating it like a crisis. World leaders are still in denial.

[Ben Lovell @DrBenLovell]

Staff are going off sick with Covid faster than I can update the rota, so I have had to issue a message along the lines of ‘I am no longer able to state with any accuracy who will be working any day this week - whoever turns up is who you’ve got for that particular shift’

[Will Ricketts 💙 🕊️ @tb_doc]

Exactly the same experience at @RoyalLondonHosp. Nearly every patient on the wards unvaccinated, every patient I’ve referred to ITU unvaccinated. We’re not here to judge (my day job is lung cancer) but please help us to help you please #GetVaccinatedNow

https://t.co/E4ng0EhmGH

[Chris Hopson @ChrisHopsonNHS]

London NHS pressure mounting rapidly. Hospitalised covid patients up 30% in week vs national 4%. At 1,534 yesterday (vs 8k in Jan'21 peak). Covid linked staff absences up 140% from 1,900 Sunday to 4,700 Thurs. Some trusts now having to postpone non essential activity 🧵..1/6

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

Japan: 193 new covid cases yesterday.

UK: 93,045 new covid cases yesterday.

Japan has nearly twice the UK's population, and a higher population density.

Massive covid outbreaks aren't a given - they're a policy choice.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

The Financial Times says that while he was in California this week Rishi Sunak failed to attend a roundtable discussion with the UK hospitality sector. Treasury insiders said - and I kid you not - that the meeting clashed with a scheduled call with *US healthcare bosses*.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Thoughts with everyone in the London Ambulance Service, who tonight are down by almost 100 ambulances because nearly 400 staff are off sick with Covid.

Thoughts most of all with sick patients.

I'm appalled @BorisJohnson isn't taking decisive action.

https://t.co/aPOAPI8Z77

[Gary Gilligan @garygilligan]

A matron in St Georges' Hospital interviewed on BBC News tonight, when asked "How are you doing?" walks away without response, obviously distressed.

We are asking too much. @BorisJohnson, this is on you.

If only you had any sense of shame.

[Keep Our NHS Public @keepnhspublic]

Ever wonder why the #NHS is overwhelmed when there’s a crisis?

Hospital beds in England

In 2000 - 240,000

In 2019 - 165,000

Now - 103,000

We have amongst the fewest hospital beds/head among developed countries.

Thats why

[Dan Bloom @danbloom1]

Chris Whitty bodies the lockdown sceptics...

[Nicola Sturgeon @NicolaSturgeon]

📣 If you listen to one thing only today, please make it this.

And then please follow all advice about reducing contacts, testing, hygiene and getting vaccinated.

The warnings about Omicron are not exaggerated - it is a serious threat to health and the economy.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Today’s cases: an eye-watering 78,610.

The highest daily total of the whole pandemic - by over 10,000.

Don’t think there can be a single person in the NHS who isn’t knotted with dread at what may be coming 😔

[RabVicki @RabVicki]

Just got screamed at, called a fucking sheep, and threatened with violence in the street by a stranger for wearing a mask. I don't mind telling you that it's shaken me up a tad.

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

If there are tens or even hundreds of thousands of Omicron cases in Britain per day now how is the global travel discrimination against a handful of African states remotely justifiable?

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

This morning please spare a thought for NHS staff who - at exactly the same time you did - found out last night from @BorisJohnson they’d be delivering 1 million boosters a day from… today.