Penny Lea

Parent experience in barriers to school attendance, SEND system, mental health. Advocate of therapeutic, trauma-informed, attachment-aware approaches.

[tern @1goodtern]

I've just written and deleted a few versions of a thread about how there are some health conditions that are socially acceptable.

The people who have them are somehow almost canonised just because they have those conditions...

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

Trigger warning. This is about Care Leavers dying.

I've been stationary for two hours on a train in Retford. Someone's been discovered on the tracks due to mental ill health. Police and ambulance services are attending to the person.

While here I received this news item from my friend Terry Galloway. It's about the high death rate of young care leavers. A care leaver is seventy percent more likely to take their own life. Two care leavers die each week.

Nick Martin is in the news item. He is the journalist who made a sky doc about "Nonita" a care leaver who took her own life via train tracks.

Terry Galloway is brilliant. . My train is still stuck in the station. I am tired.

[Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal]

Dr Evans is absolutely right: the question is whether when a GP of years of medical training and experience seeks specialist advice will the person providing that advice (or rejecting the referral) be an actual specialist? Or even a doctor?

Labour doesn’t know or care

[Dr Luke Evans MP @drlukeevans]

The Government was asked a simple question by @drcarolinej - could the Government show evidence for mandating a Single Point of Access for GP referrals to be reviewed.

The answer: "We trust GPs" 🤔

So why is Labour bringing in a system that literally overrides GP judgement?

[Penny Lea @PenEscapes]

@Keir_Starmer

[Dr Andrew Meyerson @AndrewMeyerson]

Please share with the Prime Minister. Thank you. Back on shift at 22:00. Goodnight.

#SOSNHS

[Roger Gustafsson |bsk.social @RogerGustafsso2]

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New evidence confirms that SARS-CoV-2 can reach the fetus through the amniotic fluid. This isn't just about maternal health; researchers have now detected the virus directly within fetal organs, including the lungs and intestines.
Here’s why this changes the conversation. ⬇️

[tern @1goodtern]

Please read and repost the thread below, and like it and comment on it.

The Cat has had her account visibility restricted by twitter, and the way to undo it is interact with her.

Please follow, and bookmark, and quote tweet.
I'll go through later and retweet any quote tweets ❤️

[Safe Air Schools UK @SafeAirSchoolUK]

Yesterday, the WHO European Region said people continue to develop Long COVID after new C-19 infections

“In the lab, COVID is a Level 3 biohazard. In schools, it's no big deal. I don't think you can reconcile those two statements”Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist

[Penny Lea @PenEscapes]

@ZackPolanski @TheGreenParty

[Dr Dave Triska @dave_dlt]

📝 GP partnership is a double life: clinician for the patient in front of you, steward for a whole community with finite capacity.
“Dunkirk in the Waiting Room” - the managed retreat of general practice, and why we’re blamed for the tide.

👇👇👇👇
https://t.co/BiKHFa7Fzd

[Steve B @75ThunderRoad]

Three years ago, when my daughter had become consumed by anxiety, her mobile phone was a lifeline for her at school.

She was in a mental health crisis.

In school, at breaktime and lunchtime (not during lessons), she would sometimes use her phone to message me or her mum.

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[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @DrTedros]

Appreciated my discussion on the bold and pragmatic steps being taken to address the health threats of indoor air pollution by health experts and advocates @DrBronKing and @glagoudas during the @WEF Annual Meeting.

I am particularly impressed by their efforts to boost global support for increased action to protect people from the harms of indoor air pollution, which kills and sickens millions a year, and impacts economies and workplace productivity around the world.

The Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air is one such initiative to increase awareness and commitment to address this threat.

https://t.co/ghRgaJPLrQ

[Lucy Easthope @LucyGoBag]

This is VERY important

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

After caring for my daughter 24/7 during a hospital admission, the DWP has written a year later to say I should have phoned on day one, wasn’t entitled to Carer’s Allowance - and must repay it.

That admission cost me my health

https://t.co/ImbVSTkmgr

👉 https://t.co/BB9Ofqgmry

[Rachel A-S @Chuffin_ell]

The only thing that changes when someone goes into hospital is the setting.
The caring role doesn’t stop — it escalates. Unpaid Carers are already exploited more so when they go into hospital .
This petition explains why the 28-day rule must change:
https://t.co/ImbVSTkmgr

[tern @1goodtern]

What if I told you there was a virus that makes every other health condition worse, and that you can catch it repeatedly, and each time you catch it it makes every other condition you have worse.

[Penny Lea @PenEscapes]

@wesstreeting What are you doing about this?

[Dame Sa 🐝 3.5% @LongCovidHell]

There are currently ZERO plans for N95s in UK healthcare.

Despite flu and Covid being transmitted through the air.

Despite outbreaks causing critical incidents in hospitals across the country.

Despite patents and staff literally dying every day.

The apathy defies belief!

[tern @1goodtern]

Oh my word, these people are so dense they are in danger of causing the earth to collapse in on itself and form a superdense singularity.

Wear a mask (FFP2+/N95+) that prevents airborne particles you ignorant numpty.

[Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cv_cev]

Ventilation maintenance is an essential part of IPC.

@AshleyDalton_MP @jenni_minto and @JenMurnaneOConn as you are responsible for Public Health and Prevention will you act to reduce airborne risks?

[tern @1goodtern]

You will be fascinated by this video on the sickness absence *rate* of ***young*** doctors.

Covid isn't just about the acute stage of illness, it's about what it does to you afterwards.

Thank you for listening and sharing ❤️

[Penny Lea @PenEscapes]

@wesstreeting

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

No, @wesstreeting.

Let’s be clear: You’re NOT doing all you can to arm the NHS with the latest tech to manage intense winter pressures.

What you SHOULD be doing is using tech to stop airborne viruses spreading like wildfire in hospitals:

▪️Ventilation
▪️Air filters
▪️FFP masks