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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 15h
Being Disabled Person is costly. My new wheelchair suitable to take also ordered electric wheels will cost c £12,000. Many power chairs the cost of small new car. Costs that non disabled people don’t face Motability vital to many of us to stop us being housebound 2/2
elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 15h
She doesn’t realise few WAVs are suitable for wheelchair drivers Most of us have adapted cars, storing our rigid frame self propelling wheelchairs on front passenger seat Those with folding chairs usually need special roof storage. We often need seat adaptions as well hand controls etc. 1/2
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John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 21h
Campaigners say it is “deeply worrying” that there does not appear to have been a single disabled peer appointed to a new House of Lords committee set up to consider proposed new laws that will legalise assisted dying.
#AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/concern-over...
Concern over ‘deeply worrying’ omission of disabled people from Lords assisted dying committee
Campaigners say it is “deeply worrying” that there does not appear to have been a single disabled peer appointed to a new House of Lords committee set up to consider proposed new laws that will leg…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 19h
Infections don’t respect borders - as Kennedy pushes disinformation about measles, its treatment and the vaccine the cases of measles increase in US also driving surges in S America and Canada necessitating big vaccine drives to protect citizens
US anti-vax stance to blame for continent-wide surge in measles, say experts
The disease was eliminated across the Americas in 2024, but urgent vaccination drives are now under way as cases rise from Mexico to Bolivia after outbreaks farther north
www.theguardian.com
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 21h
US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.

Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.

What do you think?
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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 19h
This is disastrous on multiple levels. We already have a high level of mistrust & people opting out of sharing will hit medical research so hard. I’d also hesitate to encourage people to share their protected characteristics data to monitor equality & diversity because of the plausibility of misuse.
goodlawproject.bsky.social Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 21h
US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.

Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.

What do you think?
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 18h
Next Wednesday 22 November we are hosting Pledge Connections '25.

Don't miss out on our future events, register your interest in the Pledge today: buff.ly/ge6GFy3

#AgeFriendly #OlderEmployers #OlderWorkers #OlderEmployees #OlderEmployers
Age-friendly Employer Pledge
Sign up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge and show you recognise the value of older workers
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 18h
Last year we hosted our first in-person Age-friendly Employer Pledge event where we were joined by Pledge network members and our speaker, Christine Armstrong of Armstrong & Partners, a researcher, speaker and author whose mission was to help us understand the new way of work.
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 16h
Something you have done right.
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@doublewhammied @doublewhammied.bsky.social · 1d
Just Dx'd w/#metastatic #breastcancer & looking 4 support, #clinicaltrials, new treatments? Check out this FREE pt event Sat, Nov 1, 8-3:15 PDT at @fredhutch.org. Topics include: financial health, sexual health, new #MBC treatmnts, nutrition, exercise, CTs & more! #CanSky @thankscancer.bsky.social
2025 Metastatic Breast Cancer: From Surviving to Thriving
This is a free, educational event for patients with metastatic breast cancer & their caregivers hosted by Fred Hutch.
www.eventbrite.com
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Abigail Johnston @amjohnston.bsky.social · 17h
Hope you will consider participating! @thankscancer.bsky.social #oncosky #oncsky #bcsm #cansky 3/3
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Abigail Johnston @amjohnston.bsky.social · 17h
Interested in sharing about yto consider participating. You can learn more here: www.mbcalliance.org/this-is-my-m.... There's also a place to sign up to receive information as people add their stories and sharing has begun. 2/3
This Is My MBC
www.mbcalliance.org
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Abigail Johnston @amjohnston.bsky.social · 17h
Interested in sharing about your experience of living with MBC? The Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance has launched a new initiative designed to educate the public on the experience of living with MBC and I would like to invite anyone who is living with MBC or their person is living with MBC 1/3
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 16h
Rachel is planning to leave us housebound hoping we will accept assisted suicide. It will stop Disabled People getting to work etc. They will be sanctioned for not getting to work coach at job centre as no accessible taxis or bus to get us there.
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Adam Fare 🖤🤍💜 @adamfare1996.bsky.social · 17h
"Quick let's put the focus on disabled people having cars so that we can push the benefits cuts through the back door and create rhetoric to go even further next year".

This is what they're doing. It's sickening.
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 19h
There are shortages of GPs because Government & NHS England has failed to fund GP practices to retain, employ or increase their capacity

A cut in funding by 20% £/patient in the last 10yr & investing in other roles instead & now have unemployed GPs who are unable to get work

Simply fund practices!
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Anna Goodall @annagoodall.bsky.social · 17h
'In total, 14,630 new mothers had to be readmitted within 30 days of birth in the last 12 months, which equates to 40 every day. In the most recent quarter for which data is available, April to June 2025, one in 20 new mothers had to be readmitted shortly after being discharged' ...
Thousands of new mothers in England readmitted to hospital after birth, figures show
Exclusive: More than 14,600 women readmitted within 30 days of birth in last year, raising alarm over early discharges
www.theguardian.com
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 16h
Open Reach came & checked. No fault on copper wire. BT had disconnected my broadband!
At least I found out that Open Reach are going to install fibre soon. 2/2
elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 16h
After a week of intermittent broadband discovered cause. I had signed up for Halo service from BT so a mobile data link had kicked in but mobile reception poor. Spent c. 2 hours on mobile on Thurs mostly on hold. They said not their issue so would arrange OpenReach to come.
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 16h
Different Trusts use different colours in England.They have introduced a national one for England but not easy to spot subtle differences.Few trusts if any use it.
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 1d
A long time ago since matrons had such power. Modern ones very different with limited responsibility & power.
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 1d
I am having a wry smile at the warnings in the NHS about "Fake CQC Inspectors"

How would you know, considering the *real* ones are so random themselves

"How can you spot a real fraudster from a fraudulent fraudster"

Next? Warnings about "Fake GMC executives"?
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John Pring, DNS @johnpring.bsky.social · 2d
Concern over ‘deeply worrying’ omission of disabled people from Lords assisted dying committee
#AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/concern-over...
Concern over ‘deeply worrying’ omission of disabled people from Lords assisted dying committee
Campaigners say it is “deeply worrying” that there does not appear to have been a single disabled peer appointed to a new House of Lords committee set up to consider proposed new laws that will leg…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 5d
Shouldn’t do as one drug is classed as a steroid. Not telling any porkies.Still on treatment for cancer
No pharmacies in town offering private covid jabs that I can find.
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elisabe.bsky.social @elisabe.bsky.social · 5d
Quite a few birds & odd squirrel take bites wasps probably did damage some.