📻 Listening to #Drivetime discussion on women’s health.
🏥The political is personal. Yesterday I was treated by @wearehairmyres breast team for cysts (again!) - the staff are always amazing.
👩⚕️To improve women’s health we must support and invest in the NHS workforce. 🧵1/
🏥The political is personal. Yesterday I was treated by @wearehairmyres breast team for cysts (again!) - the staff are always amazing.
👩⚕️To improve women’s health we must support and invest in the NHS workforce. 🧵1/
https://twitter.com/fionasstalker/status/1560638073406652416
If you notice lumps or changes in your breasts, contact your GP. In the past I have delayed, which only adds to the worry.
I find that @BreastCancerNow has the best information on breast cysts. You can check it out at breastcancernow.org/information-su… 2/
I find that @BreastCancerNow has the best information on breast cysts. You can check it out at breastcancernow.org/information-su… 2/
Now, back to the Women’s Health Plan which was published by @scotgov 12 months ago.
It’s an ambitious plan because it needs to be. As we are being reminded today, conditions like Endometriosis are still being diagnosed far too late. 3/
It’s an ambitious plan because it needs to be. As we are being reminded today, conditions like Endometriosis are still being diagnosed far too late. 3/
https://twitter.com/cpgwomenshealth/status/1560611767721398273
📣 In my party @ScottishLabour, @CMochan is amplifying the voices of women stuck on long waiting lists while their physical and mental health deteriorates.
Sadly, these delays pre-exist Covid and have been exacerbated by poor workforce planning on the part of @scotgov. 4/
Sadly, these delays pre-exist Covid and have been exacerbated by poor workforce planning on the part of @scotgov. 4/
In @ScotParl we must see the Women’s Health Plan backed by the right resources.
I’m proud to chair @CPGWomensHealth working with MSPs across Parliament and women and groups working in our communities. We will always advocate for women’s health and push for progress. Join us. 5/
I’m proud to chair @CPGWomensHealth working with MSPs across Parliament and women and groups working in our communities. We will always advocate for women’s health and push for progress. Join us. 5/
Women’s health champions should have been appointed by @scotgov now. In their absence, activists are organising; women are fed up waiting.
Grassroots campaigns are holding the Scottish government and health boards to account, with @backoffscotland being a brilliant example. 6/
Grassroots campaigns are holding the Scottish government and health boards to account, with @backoffscotland being a brilliant example. 6/
https://twitter.com/monicalennon7/status/1528326507629891584
One further example is reproductive health. It’s ridiculous that a woman in Glasgow endured a six-month wait and 170-mile trip to have an IUD coil removed. 7/
https://twitter.com/monicalennon7/status/1526894279544782848
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