• The Secretary of State for Health receives £151,649. His food is subsidised; his travel, energy & parking free.
• A newly qualified nurse is on £20k- £22k pa, pay £1300pa parking, rely on food banks & pay all of their energy costs.
The Sec of State won’t discuss pay.
I can't put into words quite how hard this has been to write - it has literally taken days as my concentration levels are so bad - but it's something I really wanted to share... so yeah, here's how I'm currently feeling... https://t.co/3qurYyBsg1
I build custom wheelchairs. Recently had an incredibly rude customer who I overheard using racist language when he thought I couldn't hear. So I made one of his wheels slightly smaller than the other. Fucker is going round in circles for the rest of his life.
There was a baby chimp born at The Sedgwick County Zoo, the baby had to be put on oxygen for a few days. This is a clip of it being reintroduced to its mother for the first time.
Pay our nurses more. Stop making them pay for parking at work. Create proper rest areas for them. See their hard work and make them feel valued. It’s not hard. We are haemorrhaging.
🚨 BREAKING: Nurses across the UK have voted for strike action.
RT if you will stand with every single nurse that takes strike action to lift themselves out of poverty.
Claps won’t pay the bills.
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#EnoughIsEnough
So with everything going on in society and the negative outlook for the future. It is important to be mindful that all this can have a massive affect on a persons mental well being and self worth. Keep an eye out for people and support were you can. ❤️❤️❤️
Wow I’m absolutely speechless at my staff putting together this wedding on the ward for one of our patients. So so beautiful. Well done Ward 34 at Northern Centre for Cancer Care Newcastle. What a team so proud ❤️👰♀️🤵♂️