Lorraine Britton

Speech and Language Therapist with Trent Regional Cleft network.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

This is shocking

Our junior doctors have always been there for us, now let’s be there for them
#IsupportJuniorDoctors

[Dignity in Dying @dignityindying]

Thank you for speaking out Esther, the public overwhelmingly supports you.

It’s time for politicians to catch up.

Doing nothing is simply not an option.

#YesToDignity

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

DOCTORS STRIKES - CONTEXT IS KEY

100million hospital appts/year
12m cancelled by hospitals
7m cancelled by patients
8m not attended by patients
1m cancelled because Govt won’t negotiate realistic deal with Drs
In Scotland - no strikes - pay deal agreed with doctors

BLAME GOVT

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Doctors. They’re doctors. Stop belittling & infantilising highly trained & skilled professionals who could be saving your life in a cardiac arrest, operating on your brain to remove a tumour, transplanting your kidney or ensuring your last days on earth are pain free & dignified.

[Heather Sahunta @HSahunta]

Highly recommend this particular card, Super talented Stanley has designed this #trentcleft @Charlene0189 @magsy72 @lbritton43 @FayeHill88 @Catnip116Webb let’s share 😊

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

The. Best.

Want to nurture your baby’s early language? It’s really not rocket science, but it does take your time and attention.

First, your baby is never too young to be spoken to. It may seem odd to have a conversational partner that can’t yet respond in conventional ways. But your baby is soaking your language up like a sponge.

And never forget they learn language from YOU. Not a screen. Speak face to face with your baby. Make eye contact. Put down your phone and light up that developing brain 🧠.

Talk, talk, talk. Engage, engage, engage.

You’ll be amazed by the results - and you will have set your baby on the path toward a lifetime of success.

[Prof Joanne Cleland @DrJoanneCleland]

Thank you! The award is for this paper: The Impact of Real-Time Articulatory Information on Phonetic Transcription: Ultrasound-Aided Transcription in Cleft Lip and Palate Speech https://t.co/D5HB7kQl33

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

I have kids. I love people. I love the world. I love its creatures & trees & grace & beauty. I want it all to have a future. And my heart burns at the unfathomable curse of being governed by people who seriously believe the British public is this selfish and stupid.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

So much smearing & belittling of consultants in the press, but this, from today’s @thetimes letters page, could not have put it more beautifully.

Pls RT if you agree.

#NHS 💙

[Prof Yvonne Wren FRCSLT @yvonnewren]

The roleholder will set up a Specialist Speech Clinic at Cardiff Met for children with persistent, complex and severe SSD which has been resistant to standard intervention and establish masters module in SLT in the field of cleft. Contact [email protected] if interested.

[Ollie Burton @ollieburtonmed]

Current senior medics. You know how bad this will be for the care you receive when you're older with comorbidities. Speak out and take steps to halt the driving down of healthcare, for the sake of self-preservation if nothing else. If we're not trained, we can't care for you.

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Dear @RishiSunak,

This simply isn't true.

Spiralling waiting lists long pre-date the pandemic.

In 2010, when Cameron took office, 2.5 million people were waiting for hospital treatment.

By 2019, that number was 4.6 million people.

Source: https://t.co/T2lxEoOStv.

[Britain People @Britain_People]

🔴UK loses £120bn every year due to tax avoidance through tax havens and companies refusing to pay tax in the UK.

🔴If this were fixed we wouldn’t have to make any cuts and we would have enough money to properly fund Public Services.

#TaxDodgers

[James Steen @BMA_James_Steen]

So now both Sunak and Starmer have or will pledge to “doubling” medical student numbers.

Yet neither have committed to restoring doctors’ pay/retention.

Result & translation:

UK government commits to train thousands more doctors for Australia, Canada and New Zealand 🤦🏻‍♂️

[Keep Our NHS Public @keepnhspublic]

Spot on Jo Brand

Pls RT if you agree.

#SpreadTheWord

[Robert Peston @Peston]

This from ex government chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance today to the Covid-19 inquiry is important: “By 2020 UK vaccine manufacturing had almost gone . . . while we didn’t have a diagnostics industry on any scale, which made it very hard to scale up testing.” This is one of the less obvious - but incredibly serious - costs of allowing the hollowing out of high-value manufacturing in the UK. It has not been reversed

[Dr Steve Taylor @DrSteveTaylor]

COST COMPARISON

Glastonbury weekend ticket £335

Full car service + MOT £225

Pet insurance £360

Football season ticket £380

5 take-away Coffees/week £3.40 - £884

Did you know that you get all your GP practice services for a year for £163

It’s too little

#GPCrisis

[CleftSLT CEN UK @cleftslt]

@LucySouthby @lbritton43 @debbie_sell @yvonnewren @imogenund @stephmck1971 @kilcoyne_sarah @DrJoanneCleland