Harriet Wright

Working @hwleeds. Passionate about people's voice in health and care, esp care homes @rightsforresid2 @johncampaign ambassador. All views my own.

[NHS @NHSuk]

If you see someone having a seizure or fit, these 6 simple steps are useful to know. This advice applies to adults only.

You may also need to call an ambulance, so it’s important to know when to call 999.

More info ➡️ https://t.co/bsjmucnqdV

#InternationalEpilepsyDay

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

If this is you, please take 5 mins to do this survey to help push for #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents https://t.co/lsmfJi5I6P @CarersLeeds @CarersUK @CarersTrust @CarersRefresh @CETurner1975

[Rights For Residents @rightsforresid2]

We need your help! If you/someone you support has been in hospital/care/nursing home/hospice or mental health unit since April 2024 pls could you take our very short, anonymous, survey on visiting/being able to offer support. Thank you #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents @JohnCampaign
https://t.co/wu4ArgWCx9

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

I was at a meeting this week where use of 'temporary escalation spaces' & long waits were being discussed. We talked about how distressing this is for both staff and patients, esp ppl with dementia and their carers. We cannot let this type of 'care' be normalised. @HealthwatchE

[John's Campaign @JohnCampaign]

'Unsafe, undignified, unacceptable' - mandatory reporting of corridor care is just the first step. Family carers have a short term role mitigating its worst effects & a vital longer term role supporting the RCN in its campaign for better https://t.co/s47YTmDKYY via @JohnCampaign

[Claire Turner @CETurner1975]

Come and join us! Still time to apply for this digital inclusion role @CarersLeeds We have exciting #digital plans for 2025 so come and be a part of it! #unpaidcarers #leeds #jobs

[John's Campaign @JohnCampaign]

This matters so much! I cannot understand the government's dilatory approach to introducing the Care Supporter Bill (Gloria's Law) fulfilling @Keir_Starmer 's promise. https://t.co/Wp7x6iaBwR via @JohnCampaign

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

@healthywakey @lewis_1608 @WYorkshireVoice

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

I've lost two friends recently to suicide because they fell through gaps in the mental health system. Scrapping the commitment to invest in mental health will mean even more lives are lost in a system that is already creaking under ever growing demand @HWLeeds @hannahhwl

[Mind @MindCharity]

We're worried the UK government might scrap the Mental Health Investment Standard.

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

So important to keep coming back to this again and again...

[Cormac Russell @CormacRussell]

Health is not a medical issue, it’s a social & political issue. If we want 2 enhance health & wellbeing we need 2 relocate authority from the institutional world of programmes & services to living communities where interdependence is found.

[MargaretOGorman @MargaretOG66351]

There is a real savagery to online exclusion. An elderly family friend is admitting himself to a care home because he isn't able to cope with online banking, phone services etc. He is an intelligent and capable man, but he lives alone, without family or friends near him

[Rights For Residents @rightsforresid2]

Thank you so much @RuthieHenshall for all you do for us. We will get #GloriasLaw, the legal right to a #caresupporter & we really hope that all will write to their MPs.. in fact here is a template letter to help! #RightsForResidents
https://t.co/7VHqfC1vGN

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

@rightsforresid2

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

This is why I am a @johncampaign ambassador and am campaigning for #GloriasLaw. These could have been the words of my mum. She didn't have dementia but she did have cognitive impairments and delerium sometimes which meant hospital could be a very scary place to be on your own.

[Ian Kremer @LEAD_Coalition]

Please re-Tweet this reason why hospitals must allow family caregivers to be present when people with #Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia are being evaluated or receiving treatment and care.

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

Please fill this in even if you did it in the last couple of years. This information is really helpful to show how things are staying the same or changing for carers in Leeds

[Claire Turner @CETurner1975]

If you are an #unpaidcarer aged 16+ in #Leeds please complete this year's annual #carers survey. I promise you, we put the info to good use to improve @CarersLeeds service and influence others. It takes 10 mins & you could win a £25 voucher. Thanks and please share widely!

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

@WYorkshireVoice

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

@HWLeeds @healthywakey @HealthwatchBfd @HealthwatchNY @hwcalderdale @HWKirklees

[West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership @WYpartnership]

New out-of-hours advice line for people caring for children and young people in West Yorkshire with life-limiting illness now live.

Open 6pm - 8am weekdays and all weekend, call 0300 102 1391.

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

Thanks @YouthWatchLeeds for highlighting the main health and wellbeing concerns of young people in West Yorkshire @WYorkshireVoice @WYpartnership

[HealthwatchWakefield @healthywakey]

Tell us what affects older people's health, how you use services as you get older, and how things could be improved.
Find the survey at this link and on our website https://t.co/Bl5T6bhSHD
Closes on 31 October 2024.

[VoluntaryActionLeeds @VolActionLeeds]

Managing your own PAs: Tips & Good Practice Training Workshops from@LeedsCIL

📅25 September, 24 October, 19 November & 5 December
🕰️1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
🏢Leeds CIL, Cartelli House, 2 Arthur Street, Leeds LS28 6JY

For more information👉https://t.co/XWgVYdWZf5

[Harriet Wright @hazwright]

My last day working as project worker @hwleeds for a while as I step into the @WYpartnership realm covering @HeathMac5 maternity leave, working closely with @healthywakey, @HealthwatchBfd. @HealthwatchNY @hwcalderdale @HWKirklees & @hwleeds Looking forward to the new challenge 😊

[Neil Crowther @neilmcrowther]

The promise of the above is to unleash power, creativity, innovation & resources now rather than become locked in to the idea of reform being contingent on growth & spending. Social care isn’t just under resourced, it’s under-imagined.
Time to open up the ‘possibility space’