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24 Apr, 3 tweets, 2 min read
Iโ€™ll be honest as an ICU doctor this actually makes me want to cry. A gut punch for NHS staff everywhere tonight. Iโ€™m gutted ๐Ÿ˜”

#Antilockdown #Tootiredforthisshit

This is in Hyde Park. The thing that tears me up about this is we have been coming out of lockdown slowly to PREVENT a third wave and further lockdowns. This kind of selfish behaviour risks not only everyoneโ€™s safety but further lockdowns.

I canโ€™t...I just canโ€™t.
NHS staff are still living through the trauma of the last year. This is a slap in face for all us and for everyone who has lost friends, colleagues and family members. Why canโ€™t these people just go and have a beer in a nice pub garden?

#londonprotests

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Dr Samantha Batt-Rawden ๐Ÿ’™ Profile picture
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It happened. It finally happened. A man talked down to me about my specialist subject. He quoted a paper. I wrote the damn paper. Small victories. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป
For those asking whether I told him, yes I did. I said nicely that the author might disagree with his conclusions. After some protest I put him out of his misery and told him that I was the author. He had the good grace to look mortified. ๐Ÿ˜‡
Wow this blew up, thank you. For those men who are saying this isnโ€™t about gender, please take a seat. For everyone else if you get this and would like to support women in medicine and STEM I would love you to follow me! Letโ€™s lift each other up ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป
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I am worried we will be facing a mass exodus of NHS staff at the end of this wave. If we do not look after our staff now there will be no-one left to look after our patients. If you support us will you follow and RT to your followers? A very tired ICU doctor ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
I would never have got through the last year without my colleagues. So I am so sad that many of them are planning their exit from the NHS. These are dedicated doctors and nurses, the same people we clapped for every Thursday, and there is a very real risk we could lose them.
There is no doubt there is a lot of trauma. We were never trained to hold iPads so families could say their goodbyes. To ventilate our colleagues. To clap as their hursts drove past our EDs. But when you listen, really listen to people about why the want to leave, itโ€™s not that.
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NHS staff are devastated that the UK now has the highest death rate in the world. I am leading a group of doctors taking the Govt to court for a public inquiry.

We will keep you updated as the evidence comes out. Could you RT and follow to help us hold the Govt to account? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป
We are a group of frontline NHS doctors. So far we have collated evidence from frontline health & social care staff, experts & sadly from bereaved families. It is truly shocking. We will share when we can, the case is going before a judge next week for an inquiry. Wish us luck ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป
For those asking sadly this testimony includes texts and emails sent by nurses and doctors begging for PPE in the days before they caught COVID and died. From those who saw COVID ripping through care homes after patients with COVID were discharged back to them ๐Ÿ˜”
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19 Jan
NHS speaking up feel a great duty to ensure the public are aware of what is happening on the frontline. We are our patientโ€™s advocates. But we shouldnโ€™t be finishing 22 hour shifts fighting the virus and then spend time off fighting disinformation and abuse on social media...1/4
It is exhausting trying to dispel COVID myths, trying to engage with those who donโ€™t believe COVID even exists to those who donโ€™t want to put on a mask. Iโ€™ve had all sorts. From death threats to multiple abusive DMs a day. It is so demoralising 2/
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6 Jan
I am devastated by the abuse NHS staff are getting on Twitter. You might have noticed Iโ€™ve been posting ๐Ÿ’™ for a while hoping it will catch on...but if you stand with the NHS and itโ€™s staff please you will help turn Twitter blue and pop an #NHSblueheart on your name? Pls RT! Image
Wow, I am almost in tears to see the overwhelming support for NHS staff and each little blue heart ๐Ÿ’™ Well actually I am in tears. Please if youโ€™re putting a little blue heart in support of your NHS staff could you tweet #NHSblueheart? Letโ€™s get this trending ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™
If you want to leave a message of support for NHS staff with #NHSblueheart as well so they can read that would be just so lovely. Twitter has been a really hard place for NHS staff, lets show them how much support they really have ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’™
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Please help frontline NHS staff get their voices heard. Itโ€™s very difficult for us to get out what is happening on the ground at the moment and things are at breaking point. Please will you RT this and follow those speaking out? ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿป #thread
Hereโ€™s @doctor_oxford Dr Rachel Clarke. She is a palliative care doctor working on the frontline. The last time I saw her she had just done a 96 hour on call and still spent her one day off advocating for the NHS, itโ€™s staff and patients. Definitely follow if you arenโ€™t already.
This is @Rupert_pearse Dr Rupert Pearse, a fellow ICU doctor. He is accurately reporting what is happening on the ground in London.
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