If you are unable to get an appointment with your GP

If you’re waiting hours to be seen in A&E

If you’re unable to get access to an NHS dentist

If you’re waiting years for a routine operation to improve your daily life
1 If the nurses don’t answer the call bell because they’re also doing the work of the two colleagues they’re down on the shift

If there’s no carers in the community to undertake routine care

If there’s no Nursing or Residential Home bed for the elderly or disabled
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I managed to pick up a rare shift yesterday & lost count of the number of nurses who complained to me about the drop in NHSP hourly rate. My advice was to refuse to work any shifts from 01/04 when it comes into effect.
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change.org/p/stop-nhs-pro… Sadly for many this is not an option as they need the money to survive, so NHSP really do have them over a barrel. One young lady with 3 children works 2.5 days a week & will have to increase that to 3 just to receive the same pay. I really do feel for them.
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#OurNHS is massively underfunded & every single shift I witness the consequences of this. Basic items necessary for treating our patients such as IV giving sets, syringes, needles etc are cheap & nasty making even simple tasks much more difficult. 1/8 The adequate stock of a variety of wound dressings is no more resulting in visits to ward areas to try to locate the dressing you want. What’s the point of research based practice when you can’t get the appropriate dressing for the wound you’re treating? Utter madness! 2/8

Adaptation of a post seen on FB, original poster unknown.

If you have never zipped up a body bag as a norm, you should not be deciding how much a nurse earns.

If you have never watched someone choke on their own blood, you should not be deciding how much a nurse earns. 1/17 If you’ve never been physically assaulted by a patient, yet still want to take care of them, you should not be deciding how much a nurse earns.

If you’ve never had someone look into your eyes & beg you not to let them die, you should not be deciding how much a nurse earns. 2/17

The fact Care Home residents were not being protected in the early stages of the pandemic was identified in a damning report by Amnesty International in Oct ‘20. I wrote to my MP @tomhunt1988 & am still awaiting answers. I also had this letter printed in my local paper. 1/6 The full “As If Expendable”Report by Amnesty International is attached. 2/6

“Sending thousands of patients untested from hospitals into Care Homes, at the height of a pandemic, was wrong and put lives at risk.”

amnesty.org.uk/files/2020-10/…

Reflections on #WorldAIDSDay2022

They were not good times @danielgoyal, the fear & prejudice these poor souls endured, even from healthcare workers, was huge. Media coverage of the epidemic was shocking & very judgmental. 1/9 My son was a toddler & my Mum was really concerned I could put him at risk, I can still remember telling her I was nursing them not sleeping with them!

At its worst I was working on a small purpose built Infectious Disease Unit situated away from other wards & departments. 2/9

Brilliant from @PecksniffsDiary, not my MP @tomhunt1988 is in Parliament for one person only, himself. Any MP who blocks constituents for asking questions or disagreeing with them are not fit for office. #Ipswich #TinyMajority #ToryTarget🎯 #ToriesOut145

eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniffs-dia… “He hasn’t been seen knocking on doors since May. He takes a lot of photos, but has a reputation for not putting in the work. He takes up an issue, then loses interest. Fire-resistant cladding and special educational needs are two issues in point……. 2/

I can’t believe this evidence was given to the Select Committee in June 2021 but has not been reported by the MSM. It is a long & difficult read but leaves me in no doubt at all that this government & its agencies have been negligent in their legal duty to protect HCW’s. 1/ I have been writing to my MP @tomhunt1988 since April 2020 stating my concerns about his governments handling of the pandemic, the inadequate protection against Covid for HCW’s & providing considerable supporting evidence. To date I have not received any explanation. 2/

Johnson & his government don’t care about you, they didn’t even care that they were knowingly putting healthcare workers in danger. Please share this, it cannot be allowed to disappear. #JohnsonOut19
#CovidInquiry #CriminalNegligence 1/ “Copies of the bundle of letters seen by Byline Times reveal how Osborn’s efforts to draw attention to the widespread systematic failure to protect healthcare workers fell on deaf ears across Boris Johnson’s government.” 2/
#JohnsonOut19 #CovidInquiry

Can I please ask all my followers to retweet this, it cannot & must not be allowed to get lost in everything else that’s going on. This government are culpable & I want to see justice for all lost healthcare workers. #WilfulNegligence #LambsToTheSlaughter #JohnsonOut16 1/4 “There is sufficient prima-facie evidence to suggest that the offence has led to the potentially avoidable deaths of hundreds of healthcare workers and the debilitating disease known as Long COVID in thousands of other healthcare workers,” the letter says.” 2/4
#JohnsonOut16