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Dec 31, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
While I wait for The Sunday Times to be put to bed...2022 has been a busy year. Here are just some of my specific stories that I think worthy of noting as we had into the #NewYear
1) First up from Feb is this story where we revealed the fact midwifery staffing was going into reverse for the first time with serious concerns about care and maternity units closing 323 times in 2020-21
2) Then in March, we had this interview with the @MidwivesRCM chief which certainly made waves as we headed towards the publication of the Shrewsbury and Telford report:
3) In April The Sunday Times published a major investigation by me into the scandal of sodium valproate which led to the newspaper officially backing calls for compensation in a blistering leader column:
4) In June, the public inquiry into the Muckamore hospital scandal was launched - I think this has been overlooked and could potentially have a big impact for mental health care for vulnerable people:
5) In July - The Sunday Times published a significant investigation into safety at Salford Royal dating back years and revealing sexual misconduct, avoidable deaths, bullying and cover-ups. An ongoing story, thread here:
6) In August, amid ongoing ambulance crisis we looked at the link between A&E delays and excess deaths:
7) In October, we took a detailed look at the problem with cancer. This is still worth reading:
8) In November there was this LOVELY story about some amazing work being done under the radar by some NHS doctors:
9) Also in November, we did some detailed reporting trying to show the link between social care, bed shortages, A&E delays, and ambulance deaths:
10) Earlier this month we returned to valproate to report on the death of Jake Aldcroft, whose death was linked to damage done by the drug 20 years earlier. Valproate rules will be changed in the new year but how many deaths have there been:
I cannot sign-off without a very genuine #thankyou to all the people who speak to me when they shouldn't, who share screenshots, pass me tidbits and trust me with their often painful stories. It is a privilege. #HappyNewYear2023

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🚨 Exclusive: Hospitals across the country are reporting shortages of portable oxygen cylinders as the sheer number of patients in "grossly overcrowded" A&Es has soared:
thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
The Sunday Times has been told of problems across the country, including in Surrey, where GPs were told in a leaked message from Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board that hospital mortuaries in the area were nearing capacity thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
The Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Health and Care Partnership told staff hospitals were so busy “there is a real possibility we will need to erect tents in hospital grounds”. It appealed for staff willing to take on extra work to come forward: thetimes.co.uk/article/d55b3f…
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Dec 31, 2022
🚨 Extreme pressure at @WalsallHcareNHS has seen all teaching for doctors cancelled next week - the trust has also told staff it is seeing its worst ever pressures in A&E:
Yesterday @RCHTWeCare declared a critical incident saying its region was seeing "considerable strain" on services:
Unfortunately, I have seen several messages sent to NHS staff from directors of comms and other managers, deploring the fact staff have leaked data or critical incident emails to me. Some claim such leaks may make the situation worse. NHS transparency as opaque as usual!
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Dec 30, 2022
🚨 @UHDBTrust declared a critical incident last night - cancelling all meetings and training to ensure clinical staff "are on wards and patient facing"
Hospitals in Leicester have declared a critical incident due to "high levels of patient attendance" bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
🚨 @UHNM_NHS has declared a critical incident and warns of waits longer than 12 hours in A&E: uhnm.nhs.uk/latest-uhnm-ne…
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Dec 29, 2022
🚨 NEW: Across the West Midlands last night there were 561 999 patients waiting for an ambulance at around 10.20pm - while at the same time 138 @OFFICIALWMAS ambulances were waiting for over an hour outside hospitals in the region - not critical incident declare though:
🚑In the last seven days across the West Midlands 3,228 ambulance patients were waiting over an hour in the back of an ambulance - one outside the @sathPRH
waited over 30 hours - 118 people were stuck for 12 hours:
🚨 Last night @EastEnglandAmb declared an incident with 161 ambulances delayed outside hospitals according to a staff message: eastamb.nhs.uk/news/eeast-dec…
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Dec 28, 2022
I understand @UHMBT is also in "Opel 4 incident" this morning.
🚨 .@SWBHnhs declares critical incident due to immense pressure from exceptionally high numbers of payients waiting in A&E
Now South West Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident with 482 patients waiting for a 999 response across the region this morning and 106 ambulances stuck outside hospitals:
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Dec 17, 2022
🚨 Sick and injured patients will come to harm in Wednesday's ambulance strike, @unisonhealth head @SaraSoitgoes tells The Sunday Times. She warns of rolling strikes next year if ministers continue to stonewall talks on pay:
thetimes.co.uk/article/a-nerv… 1/8
Gorton says paramedics feel forced to strike over the "everyday harm" already happening to patients. On Wed crews will respond to life-threatening 999 calls from the picket lines on a “request basis” similar to being on-call, she said. 2/8
"There will be an impact on patients. This is why it is really important that the impact of the strikes is fully understood, so the public know the government can stop this at any point.” Gorton says unions have done a deal in Scotland and will be reasonable 3/8
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