The apathy repeatedly demonstrated by govt, certain health leaders & HCPs as our #NHS collapses around us resulting in the normalisation of ‘avoidable death/harm’, is staggering.
I never thought I’d see the day that #FirstDoNoHarm became utterly meaningless! 1/3
When we look back at this time & reflect on the thousands of lives that didn’t need to be lost & the millions more that suffered bc of unnecessary bereavement/#LongCovid/#NHS neglect/the end of public health messaging ETC…& wonder how this happened in a civilised society…
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….& why we seem to have learnt absolutely nothing from our collective pandemic experience?
Why can’t @DHSCgovuk@NHSEngland see the unacceptable harm done by actively encouraging an individual response to a novel🦠, reinstate a #MasksInHealthcare mandate & upgrade staff😷s?
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1/14 I hesitated at voicing my opinion on this rather contentious issue…
But I feel that without individual testimonies, we will fail to understand why some GPs (myself included) feel mainstream primary care is no longer for them.
2/ Obvs the relentless vilification from the MSM hasn’t helped, esp the claim by some that the number of ‘part-time’ GPs is the problem.
Those on the inside know that a typical day is 11-12hrs long & a ‘half-day’ is regularly 7-8, but hey, let’s not let facts get in the way.
3/ & I don’t suppose those of us who volunteered to work f2f in acute #COVID services within the community in spring 2020 will forget that our pleas for effective #PPE were repeatedly ignored & dismissed by govt, PHE, NHSE, HSE & senior advisors.
The situation in the #NHS is as bad as I’ve ever known it.
Multiple HCWs in our area are off sick with #COVID - nurses, consultants, GPs…all likely to be triple vaxed so they should avoid serious illness but still a risk of #LongCovid.
Operations, procedures, investigations, treatments, therapies….are delayed & cancelled every single day.
Waits for urgent care in A+E/UTCs is ⬆️, pressure on the ambulance service⬆️.
Care ACROSS the #NHS is being negatively affected by staff absences & a lack of beds.
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Care in some areas is no longer safe, in many it can only be described as ‘adequate’.
As @RachaelMaskell points out, hospitalisations are ⬆️….A LOT! Even admissions for other problems will be made more challenging if the patient has #COVID19.
The government’s plan for ‘Living SAFELY with Covid’ is a terrifying joke. The key to their ‘strategy’ is to conceal the truth & allow spread to continue unchecked.
Even the @UKHSA is urging caution - surely that should raise alarm bells 🚨!
After all, they gave us the limited & inaccurate list of #COVID symptoms, mixed messaging on testing & ‘you can only catch #COVID from ppl you don’t know’ BS.
2- If 🇬🇧school kids had been offered vaccination like their international peers, the health, wellbeing & education of 1000s would’ve been better protected & countless lives could’ve been saved!
British exceptionalism has caused so much avoidable harm & suffering!
3- At what point will @10DowningStreet@educationgovuk & members of the #JCVI reflect on whether they’ve abused their power & failed an entire generation?
2/You know the pain of losing a loved one to #COVID19, but are willing to subject millions of others to that pain to save @BorisJohnson, a man devoid of a moral compass or a shred of integrity & humanity!