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"I work in a specialist cancer centre.
I have seen patients pulled off chemo regimens half way through or not started at all because of Covid... otherwise curable patients now terminal.
The cancer tsunami coming will make Covid look like a walk in the park...
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"I work in a specialist cancer centre.
I have seen patients pulled off chemo regimens half way through or not started at all because of Covid... otherwise curable patients now terminal.
The cancer tsunami coming will make Covid look like a walk in the park...
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2/ "I work in a specialist cancer centre.
I have seen patients who have been pulled off chemo regimens half way through or not started on them at all because of Covid.
Unsurprisingly their cancers have progressed and in some cases they are now sadly palliative.
I have seen patients who have been pulled off chemo regimens half way through or not started on them at all because of Covid.
Unsurprisingly their cancers have progressed and in some cases they are now sadly palliative.
3/ "Lots of late diagnoses are now coming through - patients that would have been curable are now terminal.
Lots of DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) forms in patient notes that would never have even been discussed before this mass hysteria took hold.
Lots of DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) forms in patient notes that would never have even been discussed before this mass hysteria took hold.
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"I volunteered for the Nightingale Hospitals but was never needed...
...but Iāve watched patients become so unwell due to being too frightened to come into hospital or due to treatments being delayedā¦
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"I volunteered for the Nightingale Hospitals but was never needed...
...but Iāve watched patients become so unwell due to being too frightened to come into hospital or due to treatments being delayedā¦
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2/ "I've been a nurse for ten years and now work as a specialist in heart failure.
At the start of Covid we had to suspend all outpatient services, a few of my team stayed to perform telephone clinics and man the phones for patients but the rest of us went up to the wards.
At the start of Covid we had to suspend all outpatient services, a few of my team stayed to perform telephone clinics and man the phones for patients but the rest of us went up to the wards.
3/ "We created a new coronary care unit staffed by specialists so that the current unit could be turned into high dependency to allow it to take more ventilated patients.
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"Poor process meant many clean wards became infectious as patients were moved before test results backā¦
Track and trace app forbidden in the hospital for fear of whole teams isolatingā¦."
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"Poor process meant many clean wards became infectious as patients were moved before test results backā¦
Track and trace app forbidden in the hospital for fear of whole teams isolatingā¦."
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2/ "Throughout the pandemic the guidance on PPE changed several times, not for our safety but due to supply and what was available at the time.
Rest rooms and canteen occupancy cut by 75% and it was weeks before they opened up any other places to have lunch (one was the morgue!)
Rest rooms and canteen occupancy cut by 75% and it was weeks before they opened up any other places to have lunch (one was the morgue!)
3/ "People went outside to eat and were disciplined for not being distanced enough. I saw other nurses perched on window ledges in the corridor trying to eat.
During the heat of the summer fans were banned and people were fainting and dehydrating due to being wrapped in plastic.
During the heat of the summer fans were banned and people were fainting and dehydrating due to being wrapped in plastic.
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"I'm a paramedic. The lockdown backlog has risen to impossible levels.
I honestly think it will come to the point where there is simply no treatment available + patients suffer at home or die: not the v. elderly but the younger + fitter who are just told ānoāā¦
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"I'm a paramedic. The lockdown backlog has risen to impossible levels.
I honestly think it will come to the point where there is simply no treatment available + patients suffer at home or die: not the v. elderly but the younger + fitter who are just told ānoāā¦
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2/ "Iāve been a paramedic for seven years and have worked on ambulances as well as in walk-in centres and out-of-hours services.
The Covid restrictions have meant that there is an enormous backlog of patients who still need to be seen.
The Covid restrictions have meant that there is an enormous backlog of patients who still need to be seen.
3/ "Last summer this was bad enough but after the second lockdown over winter it has risen to impossible levels.
The local A&E has sensibly stopped seeing minor problems and instead sends them down into the main part of town to the walk-in centre.
The local A&E has sensibly stopped seeing minor problems and instead sends them down into the main part of town to the walk-in centre.
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"Covid took precedenceā¦ this led to unnecessary deaths.
I tried to raise concerns but was given many verbal warnings, pulled into the offices and spoken to about 'going above my pay grade' and whistleblowingā¦
Too many patients were failed...
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"Covid took precedenceā¦ this led to unnecessary deaths.
I tried to raise concerns but was given many verbal warnings, pulled into the offices and spoken to about 'going above my pay grade' and whistleblowingā¦
Too many patients were failed...
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2/ "I have been working in the NHS for many years and always loved what I do however the last 18 months has shown me that patient care isnāt at the forefront.
I specialise in Neurology, working with pre-op and post-op care...
I specialise in Neurology, working with pre-op and post-op care...
3/ "...however the amount of patients in my department through the last 18 months has been way below the expected rate.
The reason for this was because Covid took precedence so those patients who needed neurological treatment were pushed lower...
The reason for this was because Covid took precedence so those patients who needed neurological treatment were pushed lower...
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"In its impact on mental health provision in this country, Covid strategy has been a moral disgraceā¦
We have enacted by diktat a serious moral failure of state, impacting the most vulnerable people.
I am deeply ashamed to have been part of it..."
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"In its impact on mental health provision in this country, Covid strategy has been a moral disgraceā¦
We have enacted by diktat a serious moral failure of state, impacting the most vulnerable people.
I am deeply ashamed to have been part of it..."
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"I work in mental health in England.
The last year has been the worst by far of my entire career.
This has not been because of Covid itself but because of the obsessional focus on Covid related risks at the expense of all else...
The last year has been the worst by far of my entire career.
This has not been because of Covid itself but because of the obsessional focus on Covid related risks at the expense of all else...
"I strongly believe that the public health interventions we have had to implement have caused severe, avoidable, harm, and that we have enacted by diktat a serious moral failure of state, impacting the most vulnerable people...
"I KNOW lockdowns are a disaster - but what can I DO about it? MPs, the BBC/big media, civil liberties groupsā¦ most have let us down."
We hear this a lot! So, please:
#1 Download our flyer here, and start by talking to one friend or colleague about it: timeforrecovery.org/take-action/
We hear this a lot! So, please:
#1 Download our flyer here, and start by talking to one friend or colleague about it: timeforrecovery.org/take-action/
...it's precisely because institutions are failing us that getting ordinary members of the public on-side matters so much.
Be understanding. Most people have heard nothing but fear-mongering for almost a year now. They may not know some of the basic facts about C19 you do.
Be understanding. Most people have heard nothing but fear-mongering for almost a year now. They may not know some of the basic facts about C19 you do.
#2 Ensure you join our campaign here so we can keep you up to date, via email, and...
Encourage friends who have their doubts about the current approach to do the same:
timeforrecovery.org
Encourage friends who have their doubts about the current approach to do the same:
timeforrecovery.org
#LockdownVoices
"I have only seen Mum through a window since last yearā¦ given the choice, she would rather get Covid than not be with usā¦"
"I have found the fact of not being able to see my Mum except at a window since last year totally unacceptable...
"I have only seen Mum through a window since last yearā¦ given the choice, she would rather get Covid than not be with usā¦"
"I have found the fact of not being able to see my Mum except at a window since last year totally unacceptable...
"She is in a care home and although the care home has been fantastic it does not compensate for not being able to be with her.
Itās crucifying for her and our family.
If given the choice she would rather get Covid than not be able to be with us.
Itās crucifying for her and our family.
If given the choice she would rather get Covid than not be able to be with us.
"Iām less of a risk than the carers and nurses looking after her.
Please do something to let families in to see their loved onesā¦ before itās too late for some."
#EnoughIsEnough #TimeForRecovery
Please do something to let families in to see their loved onesā¦ before itās too late for some."
#EnoughIsEnough #TimeForRecovery
#LockdownVoices Please RT
"I have been in extreme pain since March 2020."
"I have an implant for nerve pain. My review which was due has been cancelled three times and as yet I still do not have an appointment...
"I have been in extreme pain since March 2020."
"I have an implant for nerve pain. My review which was due has been cancelled three times and as yet I still do not have an appointment...
"I have been too afraid to switch my device on in case something went wrong... worrying that they would be unable to see me.
So I have been in extreme pain since March 2020.
My breast cancer screening was also delayed by over 6 months.
So I have been in extreme pain since March 2020.
My breast cancer screening was also delayed by over 6 months.
"I live alone. My brother, sister and nephews live in different parts of the UK.
Being unable to see them for several months at a time has been devastating for me, as we are a close family who usually see each other every month at least.
Being unable to see them for several months at a time has been devastating for me, as we are a close family who usually see each other every month at least.
āMy partner is a lockdown policy death.
He was a serving police officer for 40 years, retired, and died in the first lockdown, on June 15th.
He wasnāt seen face to face until our 999 call, and died within 24 hours of heart failure.
He was a serving police officer for 40 years, retired, and died in the first lockdown, on June 15th.
He wasnāt seen face to face until our 999 call, and died within 24 hours of heart failure.
"He had been very, very ill all through since January 2020, he did have a heart scan eventually in April.
We were told he would be seen as a matter of urgency, but he wasnāt, nobody ever saw him until he called 999 and he died next day.
We were told he would be seen as a matter of urgency, but he wasnāt, nobody ever saw him until he called 999 and he died next day.
"The cardiologist told me that in fact when my partner had that scan in April he was a palliative patient then.
But his GP refused to see him face to face, then lost his scan, then told him he wasnāt sure how to refer him on to a specialist as it was lockdown.
But his GP refused to see him face to face, then lost his scan, then told him he wasnāt sure how to refer him on to a specialist as it was lockdown.
This evening we see @BorisJohnson and his Govt. desperately clinging to a failed strategy in the face of overwhelming evidence that harsh restrictions don't work.
It's destroying the country to no good purpose and the damage will last generations.š
It's destroying the country to no good purpose and the damage will last generations.š
Lockdowns cost lives:
āŖļø200k have spent more than a year waiting for an operation. It was 1,600 in Jan'19.
āŖļø@Ldn_Ambulance attends 60% more suicides or attempted suicides per day than in 2019
āŖļø560k lives will be lost because of lockdown according to experts @BristolUni
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āŖļø200k have spent more than a year waiting for an operation. It was 1,600 in Jan'19.
āŖļø@Ldn_Ambulance attends 60% more suicides or attempted suicides per day than in 2019
āŖļø560k lives will be lost because of lockdown according to experts @BristolUni
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āŖļø Children's development has regressed during lockdown say Ofsted dfemedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/11/10/ofsā¦
āŖļøJobs and livelihoods have been snuffed out
If you haven't already, join our campaign to back a better way timeforrecovery.org #TimeForRecovery #lockdown
āŖļøJobs and livelihoods have been snuffed out
If you haven't already, join our campaign to back a better way timeforrecovery.org #TimeForRecovery #lockdown
