Shaun Lintern

I am very sorry to hear that. If I can help in any way please do drop me a DM. My mum made me promise to help other people with MND.

Looking thru mum's finances. This is a real list of some direct debits.
Dogs Trust, Barnardos, RNIB, PDSA, CF Trust, Guide Dogs, Friends of Elderly, Donna Louise Hosp, Donkey Sanctuary, Age UK, Sal Army, WWF, Iris Cats in Need, Shelter, B Red Cross, RSPCA, GOSH, Doug Mac Hospice

💔 #MND Pls support the @mndassoc.bsky.social

Hospital at centre of inquiry pursued ‘natural birth’ ideology In the period that Leeds maternity unit had the lowest number of caesareans, its rate of stillbirths and newborn deaths became the worst nationally

A hospital under investigation for poor maternity care spent a decade pursuing a “normal birth” ideology that families believe compromised safety: www.thetimes.com/article/f3af...

Student midwives blocked from graduating after training ‘failures’ The regulator has intervened after The Sunday Times revealed that dozens of courses are still promoting ‘normal birth’ ideology

🚨 Student midwives are being stopped from graduating and forced to extend training "to make up for deficits in theory and practice" the NMC has said. 67 separate concerns have been raised with the NMC about university courses in the past year:
www.thetimes.com/article/24e9...

"I see evidence midwives don’t have the training, understanding, to manage women who are very sick because of the change in the characteristics of women giving birth. What worries me is curricula are not moving with the times to recognise that change" - Prof Marian Knight of @Mbrrace

The NMC wrote to all universities on Friday telling them to stop promoting normal birth and gave them 1 month to alert the NMC to any deviations from their approved course material.

Before I did midwifery training I worked as a nurse on renal dialysis and liver transplant units in the 90s.I remember being shocked by newly created direct entry midwives who knew little about diabetes monitoring or blood gasses. I wonder if the issue here is curriculum of direct entry midwifery?

Hundreds of deaf children misdiagnosed in NHS ‘disaster’ Many were wrongly given the all-clear when they needed hearing aids or cochlear implants, permanently stunting their development

🚨 Exclusive: A damning inquiry will reveal tomorrow how NHS leaders ignored warnings over unsafe hearing tests 12 years ago leaving 300 children permanently disabled.

@camillakingdon.bsky.social labels it a "disaster" and calls for a change in leadership:
www.thetimes.com/article/2f23...

Stop promoting natural birth ideology, midwife courses told Despite a litany of scandals, universities are still pushing ‘normal birth’ over medical interventions. Now our investigation has prompted the regulator to act

🚨 INVESTIGATION: Britain's maternity crisis has deeper roots, extending into the universities trusted to train the next generation of midwives. A majority are still promoting a normal birth ideology while women are more complex than ever:

READ: www.thetimes.com/article/b4fe...

Eeek! Thanks to Virgo Health for this event this morning. Helping me to raise money for the @mndassoc.bsky.social by being mouthy. Was a great chat and Q&A.

Inside the £105m rehab hospital that’s about to change lives Opening on time and on budget, the site near Nottingham will help patients with spinal cord injuries, brain damage and other conditions regain independence

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Inside Britain's new £105 million rehab hospital opening on time and in budget, promising a revolution in rehab and turning around the UK's poor record for those suffering life-changing injury and disease:
www.thetimes.com/article/21c3...

Did you know we have the 2nd lowest number of rehab beds in Europe? Six in 10 patients who need rehab following a trauma don't get it.

The new national rehab centre is redesigning rehab care promising to return £3.3bn to the economy. Read more 👇

Physio leader, Miriam Duffy,and her team show exactly what is possible when rehab is not an option. The new national rehab centre is exactly what any of us would want if we had a catastrophic event. This is the blueprint. Thank you Shaun for covering this important exclusive. #RightToRehab

New drugs to be approved faster so patients don’t wait years The medicines watchdog is changing how it oversees research of 7,000 rare diseases, which collectively affect about one in 17 Britons

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Lifesaving treatments for the millions of Britons who suffer from rare diseases could be approved years earlier under ambitious plans by the UK medicines watchdog: www.thetimes.com/article/0653...

Inside the £105m rehab hospital that’s about to change lives Opening on time and on budget, the site near Nottingham will help patients with spinal cord injuries, brain damage and other conditions regain independence

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Inside Britain's new £105 million rehab hospital opening on time and in budget, promising a revolution in rehab and turning around the UK's poor record for those suffering life-changing injury and disease:
www.thetimes.com/article/21c3...

NHS England's former CEO Amanda Pritchard received pay in lieu of notice of £105,000-£110,000 and a Lieu of Annual Leave payment of £5,000-£10,000. Her salary was £265,000-£270,000. She left NHSE in March and joined @GSTTnhs

NHSE's annual report:
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GMC restrictions placed on surgeon suspended from Addenbrooke’s after concerns over operations CUH is reviewing 800 cases.

GMC restrictions placed on surgeon suspended from Addenbrooke’s after concerns over operations www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/gmc-res...

'Gross failures' led to deaths of mum and baby in home birth tragedy A coroner ruled Jennifer and Agnes Cahill died in a 'Victorian-aged tragedy' played out in the modern day

'Neglect' and 'gross failures' led to deaths of mum and baby in home birth tragedy www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

The best!

Am having to visit my parents in Stoke a lot more regularly at the moment thanks to the horror of #MND but one silver lining is a decent supply of fresh Staffordshire oatcakes in London. #ifyouknowyouknow

I would be interested to see that...

Junior doctor strikes will mean fewer jobs, Wes Streeting warns The health secretary says walkouts from November 14 could force him to scale back plans for more specialist training posts

Wes Streeting has put junior doctors on notice that taxpayers’ cash will not fund more training posts if they continue to strike, in interview with Sunday Times

READ: www.thetimes.com/article/afbe...

Cannabis isn’t safe for young brains, UK’s top psychiatrist warns parents Aggressive lobbying and fashionable CBD are blamed for complacency about long-term effects

🚨 EXC - Cannabis isn't safe for young brains with teens smoking it regularly facing an 11 times higher risk of psychosis later in life, warns Britain's top psychiatrist:
www.thetimes.com/article/17fa...

Waitrose-rejected autistic volunteer receives job offer from Asda Tom Boyd's mum says she is

Waitrose-rejected autistic volunteer receives job offer from Asda
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This does now leave the crisis hit CQC looking for another CEO - the care watchdog has been in a mess now for too long and is one of the few supposed safeguards patients have. Crucial it picks itself up and gets back to its core mission - and resisting any Govt/NHSE interference.

CQC boss Julian Hartley has resigned from CQC in the wake of the Govt announcing an inquiry into maternity at his old trust. This was always going to be a problem for him - he had recused himself of any decisions on Leeds while at CQC but it was getting more difficult. 1/2

BREAKING: Resident - junior - doctors in England will go on strike for five days in November 14th to 19th over jobs and pay the The BMA has just announced.

The CQC is to prosecute the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust following the death of 16-year-old Ellame Ford-Dunn in 2022. She absconded from a ward at Worthing Hospital and later killer herself. The trust will appear at Brighton Magistrates Court on Monday 27 October.

Screenshot showing the "Top 4 Longest Wait Times" at UK hospitals. Derriford Hospital has the longest wait time at 597 minutes, followed by Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham at 551 minutes, Leighton Hospital at 545 minutes, and Forth Valley Royal Hospital at 540 minutes. Each hospital is marked with a "Very High" wait status, and the times were updated within the past 18 minutes.

A mobile screenshot showing NHS waiting times for the Emergency Department and UTC Cumberland Centre. The Emergency Department section displays the current longest waiting time to see a doctor as 602 minutes, with 27 patients waiting to be seen and a total of 79 patients in the department. The UTC Cumberland Centre section reports a longest waiting time of 158 minutes to see a MIU practitioner, 16 patients waiting, and a total of 22 patients in the department. The NHS blue headers and patient statistics are clearly listed.

Looks like University Hospitals Plymouth is already in the depths of a Winter crisis. 10 hour wait in A&E
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