River
@riverlorien.bsky.social
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Happy escapee from the other place. Mix of interests inc health, welfare & disability policy, media, hospice/palliative care, the environment & animal welfare
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“When you have a disability people can’t see, you don’t get the same level of empathy. It feels like the world has moved on.”

It’s shameful how society is gaslighting people who are experiencing chronic illness and ignoring an ongoing public health crisis.
Long Covid Is Real -- And It's Changing an Entire Generation
Long Covid is affecting hundreds of thousands of kids in America, and many doctors and schools refuse to recognize their illness.
www.rollingstone.com
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Even in this place, I feel the sheer scale of foreign aid being demolished isn't fully appreciated. As it stands, it is perhaps *the* most catastrophic change to preventable deaths in our lifetimes, and the salience - even in presumably friendly spaces - is basically zero

apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
'Disabled people have suddenly become up to £200 pounds a month worse off because of unexpected impacts of being moved from their old legacy benefits.'

'The impact has come despite disabled people being told that they would – at least initially – be no worse off on Universal Credit.'
"Access to Work is supposed to remove barriers for disabled people, not create new ones."

“What we’re seeing instead is a system that’s being quietly dismantled – with devastating consequences for disabled workers and their ability to remain in employment"
We need so much more of this kind of positivity about immigration from our politicians
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New data shows 57% of hospices in England ended the last year in deficit, with 1 in 5 by over £1M.

Many are cutting services. This can't continue.

We’re calling for full Government funding of specialist palliative care and urgent action to ease the burden.

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www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
One in five hospices ‘face a deficit of over £1m’ while many axe services – data
Hospice UK is now calling for full Government funding of specialist palliative care provided by hospices as well as other measures to ease the burden.
www.independent.co.uk
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There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
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Many of the 90 bodies of Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli authorities under the ceasefire deal showed signs of torture and execution, including blindfolds, cuffed hands and bullet wounds in the head, according to doctors’ accounts.
Palestinian bodies returned by Israel show signs of torture and execution, say doctors
Almost all had been blindfolded and had gunshot wounds between the eyes, says medic at Nasser hospital in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
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Facts…
The polar opposite of what drives most media coverage of the issue.
There is no need for a moral panic about the UK's welfare system.

Far from perfect but recent discourse is nuts

Spending is controlled, not spiralling

Worklessness is near record lows

My column www.ft.com/content/ee67...
One way to ensure that the very poorest are hit too
Hope you manage to get a good night's rest. Glad you're on the strong stuff :)
Hope it clears up soon
Yuk - hope you get over it soon. Apparently the rapid tests are only around 80% accurate for negative results, so maybe you did have Covid, but it didn't show?
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More than one in 10 kinship carers are concerned they won’t be able to continue caring for their kinship children in the next year.
Kinship carers are sleeping on sofas and floors to keep children out of care
www.bigissue.com
He had her so rattled!
A public health approach is so long overdue
😂 (With a discrete sideline of removal of objects from humans?)
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc

Many pet meds are much cheaper online. Thankfully, our vet issued prescriptions to be filled elsewhere. We saved a huge amount on generic tablets for a long term pancreas condition and arthritis pain relief
Maybe your mother in law should set up a stall? She could make a fortune!
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@lbc.co.uk #lbc

“Without junior roles serving as training grounds, firms may struggle to develop senior talent internally while new entrants face shrinking opportunities to gain experience."