Fiona Campbell

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[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@TPExpressTrains I am in the process.

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

Hello @TPExpressTrains. I’ve unfortunately witnessed horrendous racist micro-aggression & bullying of an elderly man whose first language is not English by one of your conductors. The man was struggling with his split ticket barcodes. I have the full incident audio recorded (1)

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@TPExpressTrains I’ve now listened to the recording (it’s awful). Clear evidence of racist bullying (& same treatment didn’t apply to the white man further down the carriage). It’s not the job of other passengers to make this man welcome and safe on your trains: that’s the staff’s job. Appalling

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@TPExpressTrains This link isn’t working for me at this point. Please advise of another way I can make a formal complaint

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

Would someone care to contact me to take this further? The man is very shaken, as are bystanders, by your conductor’s behaviour (2)

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

My lovely wee boy having the best time at @MamaGStories

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@FionaStruthers3 @The_HCPC Lovely to see you, Fiona. I enjoyed our catch up. I’m on @FionaC_HCPC for my HCPC work. I often forget about this account. I’ll give you a follow from there ❤️

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@Tigercatgirl Sorry to hear this. This happened to my lovely Mum, from a dementia support group. She was carefully guarding her dementia diagnosis and there they were, putting it out there, without her knowledge. We’ve lost her now but I’m still so horrified and angry you for her

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@Lois_Cameron A beautiful poem, Lois. Love to all who know and love her x

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@HMiniSaLT @RCSLT Thanks Hannah. I don’t work for the university anymore, so I’m not sure if there is another podcast series. Wouldn’t want to take away from any other stuff that may be out there. It simply sprang to mind when I read your post. We had a great time recording it!

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@Lois_Cameron Thank you, Lois. I appreciate it. Time is slowly beginning to restore some of the better stuff, in that I’m able to speak about it without huge anger now. I tried to partner with/be an ally to the staff, but was so clearly a thorn in the side of many of them. Terrible times.

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

We lost our lovely mum on 01 November last year, following complications relating to a very sudden and overwhelming decline in her dementia. Her hospital care was poor at many points before she died. As a retired OT, she’d have been horrified at what we were having to fight for.

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@foxley_jayne I’m so sorry Jayne. Indeed; our mum, like yours, was so huge in our lives. It was difficult to meet some staff who clearly couldn’t see beyond her dementia diagnosis. Others were great, some were honestly the worst.

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@annmarieAHPSLT Again, so sorry Ann-Marie. It’s awful. Let’s catch up if we can. There are so many huge barriers to complaints in difficult circumstances and when newly bereaved. The power imbalance is huge. I’ve been quietly processing until now, almost completely unable to speak about it.

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@annmarieAHPSLT I’m so sorry to hear this, Ann-Marie. It’s devastating. One issue (of many) for us was that palliative care was particularly difficult for our mum and she (and us)shouldn’t have been allowed to experience what she did. My voice was loud, but I still felt silenced and disempowered

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@MoranKevn Very true. Environment is one thing. Failings in the care received at points is definitely another 😞

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

@MoranKevn Thank you. Her love of music was long-standing. She’d have loved nothing more than to talk about it all day every day. It certainly brought much comfort but lots of emotion for her as her life ebbed away. I’ll get back to listening to her many playlists at some point, but not yet

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

She loved music of all genres (special nod to The Killers); her family and gorgeous grandchildren; her friends; driving and each and every one of our family dogs. We’ll remember her light and kindness, and not the shadows of her illness and all that came with it.

[Fiona Campbell @fiona_slt]

As a healthcare professional, currently working for a regulator, I have a huge amount of support for the people working in quite broken and stretched systems. I was (and still am) on their side. But it still keeps me awake at night. Our poor, lovely Mum.