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10 Jan, 37 tweets, 15 min read
NHS staff have had an awful lot of abuse for speaking up about the benefits of vaccines, many had gone quiet as a result. But this week they have been speaking up in their droves.

Because vaccines save lives.

Still unconvinced? If you won’t listen to us, listen to them 🧵👇🏻
Consultant intensive care doctors @ICUbreeno
Another ICU consultant and clinical director
@jessandzz
And another ICU and Anaesthetic Consultant @lizgoingon
Senior intensive care registrars
@iceman_ex
Another senior registrar in intensive care medicine
@sbattrawden
Critical care nurses (including the Chair of @BACCNUK) @credland_nicki
Critical care physios
Radiographers
@steven_j_barry
Anaesthetists
@pjsouthall
More anaesthetists
@ExternalJugular
Another anaesthetist
@karenstacey82
And anaesthetic registrars
@silv24
Respiratory physiotherapists including the President of the British Thoracic Society @NHSLeader
Acute medicine physicians
@jfdwolff
Neurologists
@djnicholl
Junior doctors
@beckybeckyfish
GPs
@DrNeenaJha
More GPs
@DrWallBolton
And GP registrars
Emergency physicians
@HumanFact0rz
And a few more in Emergency Medicine
@Medic_Russell
Paediatricians
@DrZeshanQureshi
Palliative care doctors
@doctor_oxford
Orthopaedic surgeons…
@RoshanaMN
Pregnant junior doctors
Consultant physician in acute medicine and elderly care
@drphiliplee1
Errm. Due the the slight competitiveness of medics we will tweet that this thread is in no particular order 😅

But all agree equally that vaccines WORK and save lives. We will keep adding to this thread but please feel free to add your own.

#teamNHS
EM consultant with clinical extremely vulnerable parents 💙
Not a medic, but arguably an even more important voice from a previous ICU patient

@Resus2Runner
Consultant in Acute Medicine and a single Mum 💙
Ooph. Consultant Anaesthetist and a Medical Director at @KingsCollegeNHS 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@oj_long
Anaesthetic consultant who has also been an ICU patient with a new cancer diagnosis
@joteare2

(Thank you for sharing, and we are all sending you our love Jo)
Another NHS GP (who you might recognise) with a vulnerable family member 💙
Another consultant orthopaedic surgeon
And another ICU consultant…
NHS manager and matron

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5 Jan
Um…@DailyMailUK what is this? How we have gone from clapping to telling exhausted staff they shouldn’t take leave?

Let’s set the record straight shall we? 🧵👇🏻(1/9)
We have a workforce crisis in the NHS. That existed before the pandemic. Why? We have a retention problem. We can’t retain staff because they feel so devalued, are asked to do too much with too little and end up burning out and leaving.

This was pre-pandemic.

(2/9)
Now take those exhausted, burnt out staff and throw them into the pandemic.

They gave everything they had, and made enormous sacrifices to keep people safe. Many got COVID, more than once. Some got seriously ill. Over 1500 NHS workers died.

You clapped for us, remember? (3/9)
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3 Jan
Personal tweet now. We are receiving a lot of messages from NHS staff who are really struggling. Can’t get out of bed, can no longer face going into work, have no idea how to get through the next shift - struggling.

Please know we are here for you. Here’s where to get help 👇🏻🧵
Contents:
1️⃣ Who to call if you are suicidal

2️⃣ 24/7 📞📱💻 if you are in crisis

3️⃣ Helplines for:
NHS staff
bereaved staff
doctors/dentists
nurses/midwives
students
addiction/alcohol
your family

4️⃣ Services for:
England
Scotland
Wales

5️⃣ Counselling

6️⃣ Peer support
If you are in crisis please call 999 or attend your local Emergency Department. Every single paramedic, A&E nurse and doctor would be relieved to see you in the nick of time and I promise they will just want to help you as a human and as a colleague.
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23 Jan 21
NHS staff are risking their lives every day to save ours. We are overwhelmed that so many people are asking how they can give back. Here is a thread of 10 ways you can show your support, with some of the most wonderful initiatives you can donate to or fundraise for. Please RT 🙏🏻
1) Support a local hospital charity 🏥

Recently @charity_shc gave its 12000 staff an extra paid day of annual leave as well as a free coffee and lunch. Similar initiatives are going on at trusts across the country.

Here’s the @UHSFT NHS heroes appeal: southamptonhospitalscharity.org/current-appeal…
2) Support those delivering hot food to the frontline or donate some coffee pods ☕️

Believe it or not most NHS staff do not have access to hot food overnight. @HumdingersFood have been delivering food to staff and @nhscoffeeappeal helps you to donate coffee pods.
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12 Dec 19
THREAD:

24 reasons you should not vote for the Conservatives if you care about the NHS.

If people can read these and still give the current government 5 more years, we may as well close the doors now.

#GeneralElection2019 #GE2019

mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
1. A&E waiting times are now the worst since records began.

In 2009 just 2% of patients waited over 4 hours in A&E - by 2018 this had risen to 15%.

theguardian.com/society/2019/n…
2. The NHS is currently 44,000 short of nurses.

Even worse, more nurses are leaving than joining under the Conservatives.

dailymail.co.uk/health/article…
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10 Dec 19
THREAD:

10 times the Conservatives have backed privatisation of the NHS.

Featuring Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt, Dominic Raab and many more.

Please RT if you think everyone should be aware.
1. “Our ambition should be to break down the barriers between private and public provision, in effect denationalising the provision of healthcare in Britain.”

Jeremy Hunt, Former Health Secretary

2005 quote from 'Direct Democracy', co-authored by Hunt

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
2. “Private operators should be allowed into the service, and, indeed should compete on price.”

Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary

2011 quote from ‘After the Coalition’, co-authored by Raab

independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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5 Dec 19
THREAD: £9 billion of the NHS budget was spent on private providers last year.

The common response we receive is: “So what? As long as it’s still free for me.”

But we'll all be worse off if the use of private providers continues to grow and here’s why…
theguardian.com/society/2019/j…
1. The NHS payment system is complicated. Hospitals get ‘paid’ with government funds for each case or procedure they perform.

Private providers can and do receive this 'payment' instead, winning £15 billion of NHS contracts over the past 5 years.

theguardian.com/society/2019/n…
2. But private providers deliberately target stand-alone, ‘profitable’ services that are quick and straightforward, like orthopaedics.
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