Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

1/10👋Morning @krishgm, a number of issues are being completely missed out of current #Covid19 discussions.

Despite protestations from @sajidjavid & @Conservatives to anyone who knows anything about healthcare, this is no longer just about #Covid_19.

ALL HEALTHCARE WILL SUFFER!

2/Everything from cancer care to care for non-urgent but life-affecting conditions is already being affected & will inevitably be more effected if we continue with the current #DoAlmostNothing approach.
@doctor_oxford @doctorshaib @dgurdasani1 @Zubhaque @Dr2NisreenAlwan

3/When the entire system is under such extreme pressure, as it is RIGHT NOW, there is nowhere for ppl to turn.

Across the UK, ppl are waiting for advice, for appointments, for treatment, for ambulances, for therapy, for help RIGHT NOW!

@theAliceRoberts @chrischirp @martinmckee

4/This will result in AVOIDABLE, PREVENTABLE morbidity & very sadly mortality from a wide range of causes….

Cancer, ischaemic heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, chronic musculoskeletal problems…mental health problems & just about everything in between!
@cv_cev @_f4vl

5/ Follow ups are getting further apart, often now offered remotely & advice between such appointments is harder to access.

All of this has consequences!

@DrSimonHodes @HelenRSalisbury @mancunianmedic @DRTomlinsonEP @HZiauddeen @ahmedaftab68 @danielgoyal @DrRaviJ @drmeenalviz

6/ And as for offering any sort of level of PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE…that’s for the birds!

Obesity, diabetes, exercise, smoking cessation & alcohol reduction, drug addiction…..Pah!

@yvettedoc50 @sonia_chester @globalhlthtwit @KatyMcconkey @CNagpaul @MartinRCGP @trishgreenhalgh

7/ I have a daughter who’s a junior dr, another who’s a medical student, their training is without doubt sub-optimal!

What exactly does @sajidjavid think is happening to the education & training of the next generation of consultants, GPs, nurses, medical educators…

8/ We are all being told that the pressures on the #NHS are NOT currently unsustainable, by an economist who openly says this👇🏼….

@ChrisCEOHopson @CMO_England @uksciencechief @UKHSA @JonAshworth @AppgCoronavirus @LaylaMoran @CarolineLucas @Matthew_Wright @susannareid100

9/ Well Mr Javid, I beg to differ!

The grotesque & brutal #WifulNegligence of your government is taking 🇬🇧healthcare back decades, affecting 1000s of innocent “ordinary” ppl along the way, who’re viewed as irrelevant collateral damage.

I firmly believe THIS IS THE PLAN!

10/ Unconscionable & unforgivable #WilfulNegligence of an entire nation.

Reckless, ignorant, brutal & dishonest!

On your heads be it @Conservatives

#Covid19UK #ToryCovidDisaster #SOSUK

@JolyonMaugham @EmmaKennedy @DeborahMeaden @krishgm @bbc5live @mrjamesob @ShelaghFogarty

@SGriffin_Lab @HoppySaul @karamballes @Sandyboots2020 @MaryBoustedNEU @RichardJMurphy @13sarahmurphy @PeterStefanovi2 @CNagpaul @TheBMA @NafeezAhmed @BylineTimes @NjbBari3 @SafeEdForAll_UK @Parents_Utd @LongCovidKids @NHSMillion

@SunderlandLolly @mdbuckley @mattprescott @mikegoulden @SueLamerton @MartinRemains @DavidPNoble63 @ProfColinDavis @SurajitStat @microlabdoc @benking01 @DrNeenaJha