VicBills

fetal medicine & obstetrics

[Marcus Chown @marcuschown]

It doesn't take genius guess the Tory plan. Starve our NHS of money for 13 years until there are SEVEN MILLION people on waiting lists, then say "Hey, look, the NHS is failing. We need to privatise it."

Our NHS is not failing.

It is BEING FAILED by the Conservatives

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

In 14 years as a doctor I’ve never known such horrific conditions. Patients dying on trolleys with zero dignity. Or screaming & moaning in corridors. Dickensian overcrowding, total implosion. Despair. Weeping staff. Abject misery.

Do you care at all @Jeremy_Hunt? @SteveBarclay?

[VicBills @vic_bills]

Brilliant glycocalyx talk from @CharleyHeffer at #BMFMS22 with @RachelLiebling @janecurrie @melgriffin14 @BristolRenal @SimonSatchell @StuartMires

[Kelly-Ann Eastwood @K_AEastwood]

How cool is fetal life?!
@BMFMSNews @RCObsGyn @UlsterOGS @RachelLiebling @vic_bills @kevinglackin

[VicBills @vic_bills]

@K_AEastwood @BMFMSNews @RCObsGyn @UlsterOGS @RachelLiebling @kevinglackin Extremely cool-amazing to bring those ultrasound images we’re so familiar with to real life!

[Kelly-Ann Eastwood @K_AEastwood]

Great to be at my first meeting post pandemic!
@kt2morris @ARCantenatal @vic_bills #prenatal #screening #choices

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Dr Camilla Kingdon, President RCPCH, explained why children are more vulnerable to air pollution (3)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Disappointing that not a single MP joined this pre-arranged meeting. This evidence shows why the government should set its legally binding target for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) of 10 mgs per cubic metre to be met by 2030 – 10 years earlier than their current proposal. (11)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

And from Professor Eddie Morris, President RCOG, who is on the Intern Feder of Gynec + Obs Committee on Climate Change + Toxic Environmental Exposures. He's advancing a global strategy to address the impact of the environment on women+ girls’ health throughout their lives.(10)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

And from Dr Max Davie, a community paediatrician in south London who couldn't believe the levels of asthma in children living close to the south circular. (Er.. 3.1m children in England go to schools in areas with toxic air) (9)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

We heard from Professor Siobhan Quenby who led on the recent Lancet series Miscarriage Matters and how air pollution increases the risk of this common and shattering issue for women (8). https://t.co/7iUfo8tjwr

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

And how air pollution affects the expression of genes that may contribute to diseases in childhood (7)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

And evidence for the huge range of adverse outcomes... (6)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Dr Victoria Bills, fetal medicine specialist, explained why exposure to air pollution in pregnancy is dangerous (5)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

She presented the scale of the problem. Globally a staggering 90% of pregnant women and children breathe unsafe air. (4)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

They'd invited MPs, civil servants + parliament researchers to hear evidence on why we must tighten regulation on air quality to protect women + children.
Attendance:
MPs 0
Civil servants 0
Parl res. 1 (frm shadow Min of Health). So here's some evidence for the 650 MP noshows (2)

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

On Wedn I had the privilege to chair a joint Royal Colleges of Paediatrics + Child Health, and of Obstetricians + Gynaecologists parliamentary roundtable “The air we breathe: putting women and children at the heart of the debate on air quality in the UK”. What happened? (1)

[VicBills @vic_bills]

Clean Air Day 2021: RCOG calls for stronger targets on air pollution to protect the health of pregnant women and their babies https://t.co/a8iQ9uI5cI

[VicBills @vic_bills]

Bev-you were BRILLIANT tonight! My sister has done 14,000 steps on her fit bit!! We were 2 enthusiastic dancing nutters right at the back!! #lovingyournusicsince