Freelance journalist, health and social care specialist. Former BBC Sc. health corr, and briefly head of comms for an NHS Trust. So knows how it really works.
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On #scotnight
🔷 Does access to palliative care in Scotland need to be improved? @ptupdate and Narmadha Kali Vanan
🔷 The war in Iran and the Middle East continues - are there any signs of the hostilities ending?
🔷Inverness bids to become the next UK City of Culture - @mrlochness27 joins us
📺 STV at 10:40pm
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After quoting Nigel Farage my replies were a binfire of folk who think 30% of Glasgow pupils are new to English - it’s 4.6%.
Pupils with EAL outperform their monolingual peers across attainment measures and are a boon for Glasgow classrooms
Here’s why 👇
scotsman.com/education/our-b…
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here is my next column @barrheadnews
Over half of disabled people in UK avoid gigs due to poor accessibility and more represenation for people with a disability in TV adds
@lokiscottishrap @ptupdate @DisabledInTV
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On #scotnight
🔷 @selenajackson_ gains an insight into the challenges facing Scotland's social care sector
🔷 @ptupdate, @Murray_Leith & @AttaYaqub join us in the studio to put the week in focus
📺 STV at 8:30pm / player.stv.tv
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At the @ALLIANCEScot annual conf with @CHSScotland & catching up with our MC for the day @ptupdate before we kick off - looking forward to engaging in discussions & seeing colleagues #OurVoicesMatter #NoLifeHalfLived
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🚀 How can AI advance healthcare? Our Day 1 chair, @ptupdate, highlights how our event will help you share experiences, scan the AI horizon, and drive innovation:
Join us at #DigiHealthCare25 on 18 Feb for insightful panels, masterclasses and networking: bit.ly/4ehlrpe
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This is an important story. Gentrification in Govan.
🔴 NEW: In Glasgow’s Govan, the Stringfellow family — Showpeople with roots stretching back centuries — are fighting to save their home. Their yard, part of their cultural heritage, faces eviction due to a £25m redevelopment plan.
Find out more: bit.ly/41Pn2Ac
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There's something the matter with Glasgow. . . bdonline.co.uk/opinion/empty…
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Join @ALLIANCEScot and @DHCScot in Glasgow tomorrow, 29th October, for the annual DigiFest event, designed in collaboration with the Digital Citizen Panel.
More information can be found here:
alliance-scotland.org.uk/blo…
#DigiFest2024
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At some point in life, every person needs support to care for themselves. And the longer people live, the more support they may need.
On International Day of Older Persons, @WHO calls for urgent action to transform the way countries provide care and support to older people.
It's International Day of Older Persons
The world is living longer, but not necessarily healthier. Across all regions, millions of older people are still experiencing unmet care needs.
To make the most of our longer lives, transform the way we care: bit.ly/4duNIIA
Photo credit: Pexels / Kampus Production
ALT An older man receiving help with being physically active from a younger woman, who is supporting him to lift his arms.
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Courageous people trying to do good by speaking truth to power in dysfunctional organisations & systems are often vilified, marginalised, pushed out. They are usually advocates for the citizen. Imagine if they were set loose on system reform & leaders saying “we have your back”
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Strong challenge from @ptupdate to social work leaders to “change the narrative” about our profession; lots of room for debate about how we platform experience of social work
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💯 and we need to the no how we prepare leaders of the future to engage positively with the media
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Alcohol-specific deaths in Scotland are rising, with 1,277 lives lost in 2023. At Holyrood’s #HealthoftheNation event, experts from Public Health Scotland, Renfrewshire Council & SHAAP will discuss what urgent steps can be taken to reduce these deaths. bit.ly/3UP09Jb
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A huge success for the determination of John and Lorna Norgrove @LindaFoundation as 20 female medical students win UK visas to beat Taliban’s study ban. They are due to arrive in Scotland this week.
thetimes.com/article/ae88e9c…
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Disabled People hv been deprioritised & dehumanised by @GOVUK for decades: rights have regressed, lives have been lost through Covid, poverty & inequality & through suicide due to extreme distress. Disabled people need #Support #Rights to live our lives. #ActionNow #GDAManifesto
Read our @GDA__online Manifesto 2024: Action for Disabled People's Equality & Human Rights to find out what our 5,500 members are asking of the parties standing in #GE2024
ALT Front cover of GDA Manifesto titled "Manifesto 2024: Action for Disabled People's Equality and Human Rights". Above title is a cartoon of a small crowd of people holding up signs that spell out People Power. At the top of the page is the GDA logo with strapline "Promoting Equality, Rights and Social Justice".
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@ptupdate and @Carolineslamb start todays #NHSScot24 - planning for the future: delivering health and care services through innovation and collaboration
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We are inviting our members to send us their UK General Election 2024 manifestos. We are welcoming manifestos from our members which outline the key issues and policy priorities they’d like elected officials and Government to focus on.
Find out more: alliance-scotland.org.uk/blo…
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“Experts say it is absolutely possible for everyone to live in their own home with the right support.” It’s totally unacceptable for people in Scotland to be denied their right to independent living and appalling that the number is growing. bbc.com/news/articles/ck5k91…
