Our 5YO needs an urgent blood test—but the current NHS wait time in Oxfordshire (for a pediatric blood test) is FIVE MONTHS!

And yet we still don't have air quality standards in our hospitals to protect patients & staff from preventable airborne infectious diseases.
#Flu #Covid #LongCovid

Asian countries handled COVID better as they acted on lessons from previous outbreaks such as SARS, doing hard work on policies such as normalizing mask wearing.

Western countries are recklessly doing the opposite & making us more vulnerable to future pandemics by
stigmatizing & banning masks.

As a GP I genuinely believe there is a coordinated & ongoing effort being made to ensure doctors are not exposed to much of the research on COVID induced illness. I have rarely seen COVID mentioned by any single system specialist as a contributor following outpatient visits.

The dangers of outsourcing NHS eye care to private companies The Labour Government is planning to increase the outsourcing  of NHS care to the private sector as a means of bringing down waiting lists. But David Rowland argues that eye care offers a cautionar…

Dangers of outsourcing NHS eye care to private companies.

High street optometrist refer people to private clinics over the NHS. Payback is guaranteed follow-up work.

All funded by public purse. 30%-40% profit margin. NHS hollowed out and privatised.
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Latest England COVID data... Context: NHS hospital beds filling with poorly patients. Yet COVID is mentioned in the past tense - even though infections are still causing debilitating symptoms, hospitalisation, and Long COVID, and worse, can still be fatal. https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/

Latest England COVID data...
Context: NHS hospital beds filling with poorly patients. Yet COVID is mentioned in the past tense - even though infections are still causing debilitating symptoms, hospitalisation, and Long COVID, and worse, can still be fatal.
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk

UK Update: Chesterfield Royal Hospital requires masking

Staff, patients and visitors must now wear masks when visiting or working in clinical areas, including outpatient areas.

Labour’s vision for the NHS is getting grim As Labour tries to please both private and public interests, its policies for the NHS are in danger of costing a lot and achieving little

The government's own commissioned report highlighted quite clearly that the NHS is too small and is grossly under-resourced. Despite this, Labour continues to focus on “reform” and on pushing more NHS resources into the private sector | Dr Daniel Goyal

@dangoyal.bsky.social

Harrogate Spring Water planning to cut down wood planted by schoolchildren Conservation groups join those who helped plant woodland in opposing expansion of bottling plant

So, community woodland to be cut down for pointless, polluting product.

Really Harrogate Spring Water?!

You might have noticed we have a #NatureCrisis, #ClimateEmergency, not to mention a planet choked by #PlasticPollution?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'Festive flu' warning: 'Tidal wave' of infections leads to 70% jump in hospital cases The boss of NHS England is urging people to get vaccinated before Christmas to protect against serious illness and "festive flu".

Many of those admitted for influenza will then get Covid-19 in hospital through nosocomial infection. Co-infection with both flu and Covid leads to increased morbidity and mortality, and increased duration of hospital stay. Yet little to no airborne infection control.

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[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Dr Tedros at yesterday’s @who.int media briefing:

“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.

“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.

“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”

Long COVID: pathophysiological factors and abnormalities of coagulation Acute COVID-19 infection is followed by prolonged symptoms in approximately one in ten cases: known as Long COVID. The disease affects ~65 million individuals worldwide. Many pathophysiological proces...

Having seen a patient yesterday who has been ravaged by COVID19 with multiple complications - just a friendly reminder that we know an awful lot about the pathophysiology. Superb review here;

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

The boat is sinking so no more room. But we insist on the right to drill holes in it and will be abusive to anyone trying to plug them.

Why don’t public health ask us to mask up so that it reduces the pressure on the NHS? Why won’t they tell people that it would reduce their risk of catching anything airborne?

After trying for 4 years many of us have given up trying to influence this. Losing battle - utter failure of leadership at the top of infection prevention which has been laid bare at the Covid Inquiry.

Sean, my Ambulance colleagues weren't even wearing masks this week bringing in patients who tested positive for COVID. Only 15% of colleagues have had a flu or COVID vaccine locally.
If healthcare can't follow science now we're in big trouble this winter.

If only govt & NHSE would sort #CleanAir in healthcare settings. This would reduce number of NHS staff being ill & unable to work, reduce poorly patients & the length of hospital stays-thus freeing up beds, reducing pressure on ED/ambulances & electives! #FutureProofOurNHS
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‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

“But UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad; they have to be tested in the country in a certified lab of which there are now none.”

I mean… ffs…

Brexit never gets any less idiotic or ruinous, does it?
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Seems reasonable.
IPC c 1961
Blowers J Clin Path 1961 Control of Infection in Hospital Wards

Looking forward to this one! Dr Dempsey is a leading authority on MCAS.
Join us 7pm GMT on Wednesday evening ⬇️

They probably should have checked if Covid was teratogenic or carcinogenic before giving it to…

everyone….

constantly….

With the holidays coming up, many of us will be having people over. To help lower the risk of catching something, now is a good time to measure how well your home is ventilated, and what you can do to improve its ventilation.

In this video I show you how (it's easy, get on it!):

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A selfie phot of a white male with glasses and a grey hat, wearing a black winter coat standing on the corner of a road. A black and yellow university of Waterloo sign can be seen in the background along with cars and traffic lights. He is carrying a black garbage bag.

Still N95 masking.

Still lugging around air cleaners.

Still monitoring CO2 levels.

Still advocating for improved indoor air quality on campus because clean air is an accessibility issue.

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad

Just when you thought it couldn’t possibly get any worse…

‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down

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Dr Rae Duncan @Sunny_Rael I've already spoken to my kids schools about the benefit of Covid & hepa filters - they dismissed all my concerns and said if I tried to bring up the subject of Covid again they'd seek legal advice against me... 12:30 am • 7/12/2024 • 12K Views 39 t>71 203 贝 13 Most relevant replies v Dr Rae Duncan @Sunny_ _.. •16h And they said that all in writing so keeping that letter as evidence for future use x

Dear School.

The receipts are being kept.

Sincerely

Doctors that know what they are talking about.

Doctors call for major incident as Queen Elizabeth University Hospital 'unsafe' - BBC News Documents show one patient at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital was left in the back of an ambulance for six hours with a fractured hip.

I don't think senior managers refusing to call incidents to try and save face helps anyone.

Patients & staff suffer and won't receive any extra support as the msg publicly is "we're okay".

Staff are the canaries in the coal mine and their concerns must be recognised.
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This is still true. It will remain true however high such individuals are promoted.

“and on tonight’s #bbcqt I’ll be letting Nigel Farage regurgitate the same old nonsense without any pushback at all from me, just like the last 437 times”

‘Quad-demic’ warning: How to protect yourself against Covid and other winter illness “Now is the time to get protected” against winter illness, health experts say

Not one mention of opening a window or using a Hepa or wearing a mask (ffp2) all 4 viruses are airborne: COVID, flu, RSV & norovirus. Does our government want to keep the NHS overloaded?
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UK uncovers vast crypto laundering scheme for gangsters and Russian spies Multibillion-dollar ring across London, Moscow and Dubai connected cash-rich criminals with sanctions evaders

#Corruption - there's London at the centre again

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