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Today the NHS turns 73 🎉
We look back at the London-based frontline heroes who have been keeping us safe during the pandemic
#NHSBirthday
timeout.com/london/things-…
We look back at the London-based frontline heroes who have been keeping us safe during the pandemic
#NHSBirthday
timeout.com/london/things-…
⭐ The Covid ward nurse ⭐
'At 1am I called to ask how a patient was. They said his breathing wasn’t good and he’d likely not last the next 24 hours. You know when you wish you could have done more? He passed away about half an hour after I called. It broke me'
'At 1am I called to ask how a patient was. They said his breathing wasn’t good and he’d likely not last the next 24 hours. You know when you wish you could have done more? He passed away about half an hour after I called. It broke me'
⭐ The firefighter delivering PPE ⭐
'I got a text message from my previous boss from when I was a station commander. He said: ‘Winston, we need your special set of skills. A minute later I replied saying: ‘I’m ready to start now''
'I got a text message from my previous boss from when I was a station commander. He said: ‘Winston, we need your special set of skills. A minute later I replied saying: ‘I’m ready to start now''
One of the things that are holding us back from change is the very widespread, very understandable belief that it is useless writing to your MP.
Thing is, is enough of us write asking for the same thing, they must take notice. We just have to be of one mind
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Thing is, is enough of us write asking for the same thing, they must take notice. We just have to be of one mind
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One thing that pretty much unites us all is that we value the NHS.
So we could all write to ask our MP (and all PPCs* too) that they will work to oppose and reverse the privatisation of the NHS.
Most MPs will respond with declarations of love towards the NHS, followed by guff
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So we could all write to ask our MP (and all PPCs* too) that they will work to oppose and reverse the privatisation of the NHS.
Most MPs will respond with declarations of love towards the NHS, followed by guff
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We must then start to disentangle and respond to their evasions, brining them back to a clear declaration of intent to halt and reverse the privatisation of the NHS.
This will take some work, but it can be done. Maybe in letter writing groups.
It’s will be hard. But…
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This will take some work, but it can be done. Maybe in letter writing groups.
It’s will be hard. But…
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I know the point at which the caller broke down and cried.
I was there, and I heard it all.
It was during my second call, to conclude on a grim possibility of Methotrexate overdose in a very sick child.
Multiple co-morbidities.
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I was there, and I heard it all.
It was during my second call, to conclude on a grim possibility of Methotrexate overdose in a very sick child.
Multiple co-morbidities.
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Its 7.45pm - I'm due to leave at 8pm. I hope.
It’s never happened of course.
I feel a little mentally drained, I sip my cold coffee and wince.
Must get that thermal mug I keep promising myself.
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It’s never happened of course.
I feel a little mentally drained, I sip my cold coffee and wince.
Must get that thermal mug I keep promising myself.
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Case open, I read scant notes, I will realise later why.
The case came through with some haste.
I start my call.
The caller: a father.
I start to hear that "whoosh" sound in my ears.
Fight and flight response. I grab my paper pad and pen, start scribbling down notes.
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The case came through with some haste.
I start my call.
The caller: a father.
I start to hear that "whoosh" sound in my ears.
Fight and flight response. I grab my paper pad and pen, start scribbling down notes.
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Did you spot #TeamStGeorges on the #ClapForTheNHS 👀?
Thanks to our staff who helped to spell out 7⃣2⃣ on our helipad to mark #NHS72 , and to everyone who has supported us in recent months.
#HappyBirthdayNHS | #NHS72 | #NHSBirthday
Thanks to our staff who helped to spell out 7⃣2⃣ on our helipad to mark #NHS72 , and to everyone who has supported us in recent months.
#HappyBirthdayNHS | #NHS72 | #NHSBirthday
📸Here are a few more pics from the helipad...
A pleasure to welcome @BBCOne to St George's for #NHS72
A pleasure to welcome @BBCOne to St George's for #NHS72
Re-watch the #ClapForTheNHS at St George's 👇
1/n Some reflections on #BAME inequality #covid19 and #NHSBirthday. Today is the 72nd birthday of the #NHS - founded upon a set of principles that we hold dear of universal access to healthcare, free at the point of delivery at a time when the nation was impoverished due to war
2/n A few weeks earlier, the Empire #Windrush arrived in the UK bringing the first of the “windrush generation” to help rebuild Britain, including the new #NHS. Things were not quite as promised for them. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #Covid19 #NHSBirthday #BAME
