Thread by @AlisonGeorge10

Hi Mr Javid 👋, I wanted to check in with you briefly today.

As Health Secretary, currently overseeing the management of #Covid19UK from a HEALTHCARE perspective, I know you’ll be keen to be up to speed on the current situation ON THE FRONTLINE.

@sajidjavid @DHSCgovuk
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There’s really no point in me mincing my words…

❗️THE SITUATION IS ABSOLUTELY DESPERATE❗️

Telling the public that “pressures on the #NHS are currently sustainable”, is frankly a disingenuous lie.

You & I both know that!

@BorisJohnson
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Incase you think I’m being hysterical, I’ll recount 2 examples from my experiences of the past week.
As a Dr in A&E & UTCs I’m well placed to see how the government’s catastrophic management of #COVID19UK is effecting patient care in both Primary & Secondary care.
@Jeremy_Hunt
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Two patients (X + Y) aged btn 35-45yrs seen with CLASSIC #COVID symptoms that had started 10-14 days earlier.

➡️Cough, shortness of breath, fever, headache, fatigue, ⬇️ appetite, runny nose, sore throat, muscle aches & pains.
1 had loss of taste/smell.

@UKHSA @CMO_England
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Both were poorly, required further assessment & possible admission.

Both previously fit & well, on no meds.

BOTH had been falsely reassured by a neg #LateralFlowTest & neither had requested a PCR.

BOTH had school aged kids, 1 w/ confirmed #COVID.

BOTH DOUBLY VACCINATED!
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Because ALL parts of healthcare are CURRENTLY OVERWHELMED, X was directed to A+E by NHS 111, where the wait to be seen that day was 5hrs+.

The partner of that pt, went to various retail outlets whilst X waited to be seen, unaware that X may have #COVID19.
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Both X & partner were surprised that #COVID may be the cause of X’s worsening symptoms & had not limited their contacts following the negative LFT.

X sat in the crowded waiting room for >5hrs, feeling very unwell & coughing throughout.
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Y said “It can’t possibly be #COVID dr, my LFTs are negative” when I informed them that they most likely had #COVID pneumonia.

Staff sent Y from another part of the hospital.

Y was visiting a family member w/ a non-Covid illness, & also waited in a crowded WR, coughing.
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The spread of #COVID19 from those 2 patients alone in the preceding 10-14/7 AND whilst sitting coughing in the packed waiting room is likely to be significant.

To their families & communities, to other patients AND to staff.

AVOIDABLE, UNNECESSARY SPREAD of #COVID19 !
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In the last few weeks, waits to be seen have skyrocketed.

The <4hrs target is a distant memory.

5hrs+ is deemed by yourselves as “nothing to see here”.

But to those of who know better, A 5HR+ WAIT TO BE SEEN IS FAR FROM OK.
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Sometimes the wait is significantly more, THIS CAN BE V DANGEROUS!

Considering only A+E, prolonged waits like these can have deadly outcomes.

But the waits are everywhere @sajidjavid , waits for investigations/results//appointments/treatment/surgery/ambulances/medication…
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We’re already seeing AVOIDABLE morbidity & mortality in the UK & over coming months, probably years, we will sadly see much much more!

You starved the #NHS for 11yrs & with your woefully inadequate ignorant pandemic mismanagement, you have enabled it to be totally crushed.
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As you’re actively ignoring desperate pleas from many ordinary Drs like me & from health/union leaders such as @CNagpaul @profchrisham @ChrisCEOHopson & from public health experts at @IndependentSage, @doctorshaib …..

We must assume @sajidjavid …#ItsAllDeliberate

Bravo👏

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https://twitter.com/AlisonGeorge10/status/1456951022228750347

@dgurdasani1 @chrischirp @martinmckee @trishgreenhalgh @theAliceRoberts @ReicherStephen @Zubhaque @GabrielScally @Dr2NisreenAlwan @Kit_Yates_Maths @doctor_oxford @danielgoyal @SGriffin_Lab @ProfColinDavis @HZiauddeen @DRTomlinsonEP @KatyMcconkey @DrSimonHodes @ahmedaftab68

If you’re wondering why I’ve not mentioned our most senior HCPs (CMO/deputy CMO, some SAGE members) in my list of those asking for help, it was deliberate, not an omission.

Their silence suggests that any HCP “attached” to Govt is unable to speak independently to protect us.

I’m attaching links to 2 very important & eloquent threads from my #NHS colleagues @danielgoyal & @DRTomlinsonEP below.

Please read & share them…

@10DowningStreet @Conservatives @JonAshworth @Keir_Starmer @CarolineLucas @EdwardJDavey @LaylaMoran @AppgCoronavirus @CMO_England

https://twitter.com/danielgoyal/status/1451133556609126402

Make some noise, tell your family & friends, write to your MP…

Thank you 🙏🏻💙

#COVID19UK #NHSCrisis #DeliberateMassInfection

#YourNHSNeedsYou💙
#writetothem👇🏼

https://twitter.com/drtomlinsonep/status/1456918121940459520