Pennie Taylor

Freelance journalist, health and social care specialist. Former BBC Sc. health corr, and briefly head of comms for an NHS Trust. So knows how it really works.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Hearing that unpaid carers in scotland save the public purse almost £16billion p.a. @VOCALEdinburgh - if even a fraction of that was reinvested in their support it would be truly transformative.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

@VOCALEdinburgh today brings together carers, practitioners and third sector partners to address the rising cost of unpaid caring. Hearing about the yawning gap between policy intent and real-life experience - need for solutions.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

@GlasgowCC You are a complete disgrace - just got off a train at Queen Street. No taxis anywhere. Misleading signs to a non-existent rank. What do people who have mobility problems do? Sort it out! This cannot go on.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

@SpringburnWG @PaulJSweeney @PastGlasgow @GlasgowHeritage @is_glasgow @ArchHFundScot @GordonBarr @marcgcairns @ruthhall1 @Collective_Arch @NarroAssociates Wonderful news.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Derek Feeley tells #allianceconf26 that we need to shift the balance of power to achieve social care progress in Scotland. #hopetoaction

[ScotlandTonight @ScotlandTonight]

On #scotnight

🔷 Does access to palliative care in Scotland need to be improved? @ptupdate and Narmadha Kali Vanan

🔷 The war in Iran and the Middle East continues - are there any signs of the hostilities ending?

🔷Inverness bids to become the next UK City of Culture - @mrlochness27 joins us

📺 STV at 10:40pm
📱 https://t.co/fwQuENrKiP

[John Paul Donnelly @Googlemail83]

@ptupdate

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Great to be chairing #DigiHealthCare26 @HolyroodEvents - widespread agreement that we need to be doing more in Scotland. EG Prevention could be tailored and targeted digitally - just need to make it happen!

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Cracking ⁦@CalMacFerries⁩ breakfast on MV Isle of Arran. Great service, great people.

[Catriona Stewart @CatrionaStewart]

After quoting Nigel Farage my replies were a binfire of folk who think 30% of Glasgow pupils are new to English - it’s 4.6%.
Pupils with EAL outperform their monolingual peers across attainment measures and are a boon for Glasgow classrooms
Here’s why 👇
https://t.co/GDkkWJqb8q

[Michael McEwan @mikieboy83]

here is my next column @barrheadnews

Over half of disabled people in UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility and more represenation for people with a disability in TV adds

@lokiscottishrap @ptupdate @DisabledInTV

[ScotlandTonight @ScotlandTonight]

On #scotnight

🔷 @selenajackson_ gains an insight into the challenges facing Scotland's social care sector

🔷 @ptupdate, @Murray_Leith & @AttaYaqub join us in the studio to put the week in focus

📺 STV at 8:30pm / https://t.co/pGyJqApiP6

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Thank you. We received no information before the bins appeared. Good to know.

[Glasgow City Council Help @MyGlasgowCC]

@ptupdate Hi Pennie, the kerbside grey bin service is for the collection of plastics, metals, cartons, soft plastics and film. The blue bin is for paper and cardboard. More information can be found here https://t.co/goK6hhUBWs. Thanks ^ C

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

@MyGlasgowCC Just received a new black recycling bin - does this replace the blue recycling bin? If so, how do I dispose of the old one? Thanks.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

This book by David Walsh and @gerrymccartney1 has been referenced many times @ALLIANCEScot annual event. It is a powerful read.

[Jane-Claire Judson @JCJudson]

At the @ALLIANCEScot annual conf with @CHSScotland & catching up with our MC for the day @ptupdate before we kick off - looking forward to engaging in discussions & seeing colleagues #OurVoicesMatter #NoLifeHalfLived

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Looking forward to a cracking day of discussion with @ALLIANCEScot members - and Sir Michael Marmot, public health guru.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

@ALLIANCEScot @neilcgray @MichaelMarmot @JCJudson @joannamacdona16 @Shabir_Beg_OBE Really looking forward to it.

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

… and older people

[Lynn Williams @Carer49]

and disabled people

[Pennie Taylor @ptupdate]

Awaiting arrival of first speakers @CIH_events Scotland’s Housing Festival @EICC among them, former FM @NicolaSturgeon who will be focusing on leadership.