“feel there is collusion between senior officials and the council leaders.
"This is vulnerable children. It’s a disgrace for the capital city of Scotland.” (1/4)
Ms Scott was among those who spoke to top QC Susanne Tanner for her review of the council’s organisational culture, which included examination of several previous scandals. But Ms Scott has said whistleblowers view her report as a whitewash. (2/4)
The secure accommodation allegations were only mentioned briefly in the Tanner report.
Ms Scott said: “I can't understand why Susanne Tanner didn’t really include it in her report but was quite happy that the monitoring officer was handling it. (3/4)
“That’s why we’re calling for a public inquiry. There are all these scandals and the scope of Susanne Tanner's report and the terms of reference were too narrow to allow the real truth to come out.”" (4/4)
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"James was six when he had PIMS. He was misdiagnosed twice at a local hospital and eventually treated in intensive care at St Mary's, Paddington.
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The rare post Covid condition is sometimes missed multiple times by medics"
"parents fear the situation will get worse with the end of free coronavirus testing."
PIMS – Paediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome
"PIMS is caused by the immune system which fights off the virus but then over-reacts to affect other parts of the body."
"prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential for best outcomes with PIMS, as delays can lead to life changing heart and organ damage and sometimes death. Diagnosis is challenging, however"
Rachel Clarke:
"We are drowning – in Covid patients, cancer patients, the patients on the waiting list backlogs, and the patients whose conditions have become infinitely more complex and harmful because they’ve been waiting so long.
There are (1/6)
so few staff – and those left are so burned out and traumatised – that patients are inevitably being neglected. Oddly, NHS England seems to be following Sajid Javid’s lead in remaining silent about this. So much for NHS candour.
If patients matter, then being candid (2/6)
about Covid matters. The government must first be honest about the crisis conditions inside the NHS, and then commit to resourcing an urgent and long-term expansion of frontline staff, future-proofing the NHS against new waves of Covid. (3/6)
@WmHaseltineforbes.com/sites/williamh…:
"A series of recent studies document long term brain-damage in as many as 1/4 of all those infected regardless of the severity of the initial disease. (1/27)
@WmHaseltine Those numbers are daunting considering that an estimated 140 million Americans have been infected by SARS-CoV-2.
Symptoms, such as brain fog, fatigue, depression and a host of other maladies, may be mild or incapacitating. (2/27)
@WmHaseltine Several studies warn that treatment of those with long term brain injury will strain the healthcare care system for years to come. Understanding the origin and treatment of Covid-19 related brain injury is a high priority for medical science. (3/27)