Rachel Sylvester
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social
Political editor of The Observer. Email: [email protected]
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The government has flunked its curriculum review | The Observer
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November 9, 2025 at 8:20 AM
And why Starmer should make education education not immigration immigration his priority observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
That’s very kind of you , thank you
November 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
That’s very kind of you , thank you
It’s partly that more people are being released because of the early release scheme but many prisons are just so chaotic they cannot keep track. Some are not computerised - I visited one prison where they wrote the number of prisoners being released on a white board every morning with a felt tip pen
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It’s partly that more people are being released because of the early release scheme but many prisons are just so chaotic they cannot keep track. Some are not computerised - I visited one prison where they wrote the number of prisoners being released on a white board every morning with a felt tip pen
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@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
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@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
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Clinical negligence costs NHS almost the same as it spend...
Maternal death rate has risen 42% in a decade, while ombudsman reports a culture of cover-ups
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November 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Also in the paper this weekend:
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@rachelsylvester.bsky.social on how to fix the fact that the NHS is spending almost as much on clinical negligence claims related to maternity care as it does on maternity care itself
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
And @wesstreeting.bsky.social promises to tackle “medical misogyny” in the NHS observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
‘We’re working to root out medical misogyny and ensure mo...
To avoid preventable deaths, we must dismantle a culture that allows the dismissal of human experience
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November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
And @wesstreeting.bsky.social promises to tackle “medical misogyny” in the NHS observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Also @phoebeivy.bsky.social reveals how top-rated hospitals are being forced to turn away pregnant women fleeing failing maternity units observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Top hospitals turn away pregnant women too scared to use ...
Low care ratings at maternity wards across the country have put immense strain on a small number of units
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November 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Also @phoebeivy.bsky.social reveals how top-rated hospitals are being forced to turn away pregnant women fleeing failing maternity units observer.co.uk/news/nationa...