A GP. All comments are personal opinions only. Unapologetically Pro-choice. She/her. Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain. Woke.
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Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
GPs have won a major protection for patients in their negotiations with NHSE & Govt
Guarantee of referral, no target for rejections, clear documentation of Advice and Guidance with Consultant name & GMC number
Patient safety is always the priority
Govt needs to listen to GPs
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
I do not support the introduction of a 'maternity commissioner'.
We already have a person responsible and accountable for maternity care - @wesstreeting.
All of the things it is said a maternity commissioner would do are his job. I don't want any distractions from that.
🧵Debate in Parliament after 4:30 today.
A petition calling for a Maternity Commissioner is being debated as a potential solution to the maternity crisis, led by @theodoraclarke and @LouiseAThompson. 1/
What I’m taking away from is is #boycottSharpies.
So, what I want to know is, as door chains cost £7 each and take almost no time or skill to install, has @TravelodgeUK ensured that every bedroom is fitted with one?
If so, good!
Make it public.
If not, why not?
It’s the easiest gesture to say “we care about your security!
A woman who was sexually assaulted in a Travelodge hotel room after her attacker was given access to her room, has told Good Morning Britain she believes this could happen again to someone else.
Labour MP Matt Bishop, who has been supporting Emily and joined her in the meeting with CEO Jo Boydell, tells @PaulBrandITV and @kategarraway about the meeting and what needs to be done.
So, what I want to know is, as door chains cost £7 each and take almost no time or skill to install, has @TravelodgeUK ensured that every bedroom is fitted with one?
If so, good!
Make it public.
If not, why not?
It’s the easiest gesture to say “we care about your security!
A woman who was sexually assaulted in a Travelodge hotel room after her attacker was given access to her room, has told Good Morning Britain she believes this could happen again to someone else.
Labour MP Matt Bishop, who has been supporting Emily and joined her in the meeting with CEO Jo Boydell, tells @PaulBrandITV and @kategarraway about the meeting and what needs to be done.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
If you choose to become a Dr in the NHS (or any HCP) know that
1. You will need a therapist
2. You will be treated as cannon fodder in the event of a health crisis.
3. That no one in authority has your back even though you make really tough decisions - life changing ones
It can still be a good job, but this is the reality.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
Again, public needs to understand this. These training places are how you get the specialists that patients require for clinics, operations and cancer care. They should not be anything to do with a scrap between unions and politicians - they're necessary.
The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has vowed to withdraw promised extra specialty training places unless resident doctors call off their next strike
bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s608…
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
Wes is failing to understand extent of the bargain that the men who went before him struck. They asked young doctors to graduate early and throw themselves into a disease response. Compromise health and behaviour working in a broken NHS. To treat them like this is beyond contempt
The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has vowed to withdraw promised extra specialty training places unless resident doctors call off their next strike
bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s608…
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
6 GPs working at this practice today, in 3 hours the team has processed an insane 585 clinical tasks.
If you are struggling to see your GP, it isn't because they aren't busy. Lack of chaos doesn't equal quiet, we are just very efficient at processing an invisible workload.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
BBC investigation I was involved in about preventable deaths of babies in Oxford. My daughter isn't even counted in those numbers of 58 babies where internal reviews found care issues, despite an independent MNSI report making 5 safety recommendations "contributory" to her death.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
As I reflected on the Covid Enquiry with @NickFerrariLBC on @LBC
I was reminded of the loss
We need to take healthcare/NHS away from Politicians
The politicians need to be told what is necessary & it’s their job to make it possible with funding
The opposite is happening
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
Jeremy Hunt ruined the NHS, oversaw yrs of historically low funding increases~1%
Compared with 6% 1997-2010
And 4.3% advised by the OBR
He finished it off by refusing to pay staff & fund GP Practices
Wes Streeting isn’t doing enough to fix it sadly
opendemocracy.net/en/jeremy-…
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
6300 Neighbourhood Health Centres already in walking distance of 90% of the population
Cost to bring hospital to community just 1.5% of NHS budget
£50 per patient per year
Yet @wesstreeting doesn’t want to do it instead it’s 43 centres rather than investing in GP practices
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
Advice and Guidance is going to move NHS waiting lists to the community
‘From Hospital to Community’ that’s what @wesstreeting meant
It doesn’t reduce referrals the data proves this there are more A&Gs but no fewer referrals
It will remove patient choice & undervalues GPs
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
Well that was bloody exhausting again. Less people overall, but more I was worried about.
I think I need to write about this, and how the response post- covid had shown NO learning and how HCP are considered expendable, physically and mentally and public health responses and Comms are still confused.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
A friendly reminder that #Meningitis B #vaccines weren't part of routine #childhood immunisations until 2015. "Regular" meningitis #vaccine doesn't cover men B. If you think you have symptoms, listed 👇, speak to your GP. Antibiotics are effective and easy.
If Social media is a person, X is bots and Nazis and some earnest people still trying to find connection, while Threads is a chaotic AuDHD perimenopausal bisexual auntie, and it’s a hell of a lot more relaxing over there.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
How meningitis rash looks on Black skin 👇🏾
Take note because there is no mention of how it presents itself on Black people.
Dr Katie Cairns retweeted
perhaps some calming words to stop half the country trying to request Men B vaccines they can't have today would have been helpful.
Health secretary Wes Streeting said the strain of meningitis associated with the outbreak is uncommon and ‘potentially lethal’.
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