francesca burns

GP trainee, interest in social justice and access to healthcare. Campaigner with @medact Migrant Solidarity Group.

[Shaine Mehta @DoctorShaine]

Better support needed for #primarycare when caring for patients who are denied access to secondary care.

Sad to hear that lots of voluntary sector organisations are also unable to help.

@DrJDobbin talking about the hostile environment.
@rcgp
#familydoctorseurope2020

[francesca burns @flmburns]

@LisaMurphy107 @NHSX Congratulations!

[Migrants Organise @migrantsorg]

An excellent resource made by @MigrantsCulture

Read. Share. Take Action 👇

[The Secret Barrister 🦋 @BarristerSecret]

More #FakeLaw from the reliably untruthful Home Office.

There is no obligation on those seeking asylum to make a claim in the first country they enter. This is simply a lie.

[RCPCH @RCPCHtweets]

“A doctor shouldn’t have to change their practice based on the financial circumstances of their patient.”—Dr Bryony Hopkinshaw @DrBryonyH https://t.co/pLcTa5rJRn

[DocsNotCops @DocsNotCops]

Why universal healthcare in the UK is a lie

WATCH: https://t.co/FRUYDkq3hp
LEARN MORE: https://t.co/NAeiNDh0QR
#PatientsNotPassports

[richard horton @richardhorton1]

One of the most important innovations in this year’s GBD is its redefinition of demographic transition, taking account of migration. Instead of viewing migration as a threat or a problem, we should welcome migration as an example of human agency for sustainability.

[DocsNotCops @DocsNotCops]

Shocking, damning, but not unexpected findings in a recent @DOTW_UK report showing that the #HostileEnvironment in the NHS means that migrants seeking healthcare are denied treatment for an average of 37 weeks, leading to ill health and death.

https://t.co/Q9gvD2davb

[francesca burns @flmburns]

Powerful vigil organised by @migrantsorg yesterday to commemorate the lives lost to the hostile environment policies. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. #Solidarityknowsnoborders #endthehostileenvironment

[francesca burns @flmburns]

#SolidarityKnowsNoBorders #endthehostileenvironment

[Migrants Organise @migrantsorg]

From the streets of London, Bristol, Sheffield, and Cambridge to the skies above Wales, we are coming together to show that #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders. Abergavenny Town of Sanctuary members sharing bold words of dignity, welcome, and justice at the Sugar Loaf. 📸 @saraha_foster

[Migrants Organise @migrantsorg]

In Manchester today in solidarity with #JusticeForSimba, demanding the Government #EndHostileEnvironment and that the NHS treat #PatientsNotPassports.

Thank you to everyone who came out to protest against racist immigration enforcement. Our #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders!

[Migrants Organise @migrantsorg]

Thank you to everyone sharing these powerful images so far. ✊🏽

Let’s flood towns, cities & social media with our solidarity with Simba, and all those facing the Hostile Environment. ✊🏽

#JusticeForSimba #PatientsNotPassports #SolidarityKnowsNoBorders

[Migration Museum @MigrationMuseum]

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of the #NHS and its reliance on people from across the world, but this is not a new story. #HeartoftheNation Migration & the Making of the NHS, a digital exhibition from @MigrationUK is now live: https://t.co/j92pjLx2zT #HoTN

[Rita Issa @DrRitaIssa]

30th July: @MattHancock - "People should have phone or video consultations with their doctors unless there is a clinical reason not to"

14th September: "Surgeries will face investigation if they use remote services"

GPs: 🤯

[Medact @Medact]

Like most disease COVID19 has its roots in underlying economic insecurity.

We need policies that address the public health risk caused by income & housing insecurity, barriers in accessing care & welfare - in general relief from financial insecurity

https://t.co/RHPVFO05DY

[DocsNotCops @DocsNotCops]

We must have an immediate data firewall between health and social care and the home office - data sharing w/ immigration control is a clear breach of confidentiality and our duty of care to patients. Thanks @RadTherapistNet for this thread

[Jess Potter @DrJessPotter]

Read this blog then take your anger and join the campaign #PatientsNotPassports

This abhorrent treatment of people who need healthcare must stop.

Be an dvocate for your patients.

We must end all NHS charging & scrap the immigration health surcharge.

https://t.co/KYqIm7fhon

[richard horton @richardhorton1]

Public Health England is a technical agency charged with protecting + improving the nation’s health + wellbeing. Its abolition and reinvention as NIHP has taken place without any discussion, debate, or consultation with the public health community. This is simply unacceptable.

[Medact @Medact]

The ban on eviction ends on the 24th of August. This has serious repercussions for protecting public health.

Medact member & GP Clare Andrews writes about the difficulties faced by the patients she cares for.

https://t.co/t8A7xN6hTZ