Sue Crocombe

Please please please share and comment about this thread of posts below concerning the use of pedal bins in disabled access toilets #disability #disabledaccess #disabledtoilets #ableism

A🧵about Pedal Bins in #disability toilets:

1) Having used said toilets over past 4 weeks I’ve found a major flaw in ALL bar one
Pedal bins
With no other way to open them except with a foot
How crazy is that:

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5) so PLEASE people who design or advise re #disabledaccess toilets STOP PUTTING PEDAL BINS IN THEM

Because a large percentage of people with a #disability who need to use #disabled toilets CANNOT USE THEIR FEET

4) Surprisingly I’ve found some hospital toilets have this flaw too.

The ONE #disabledaccess loo I applaud👏🏻 is at @JerseyWarTunnel

Their bins had alternative access at the top
& the drying facilities were next to the sink

(PS fab Museum too by the way)

3) I end up putting towels either on top of bin or throwing them on the floor

Plus the towel dispenser or hand dryer is often too far away from sink so
I’m left leaning against it with wet hands unable to dry them
Then I can’t use my crutches safely!

2) I’m non weight bearing using either traditional crutches
or @iwalkfree knee crutches to get around.

So how am I supposed to open the pedal bin when I’ve only got one leg?
More importantly how do people #disabled with a spinal cord injury open the bin with ANY foot?

A🧵about Pedal Bins in #disability toilets:

1) Having used said toilets over past 4 weeks I’ve found a major flaw in ALL bar one
Pedal bins
With no other way to open them except with a foot
How crazy is that:

I fell

Waiting for emergency surgery in the sunshine
#maisonneuve fracture

#medsky

Even in the rain the gardens look beautiful at
@kingstonlacey.bsky.social

🚨Breaking: The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the meaning of ‘woman’ in law is based on biology.

Phew.

Tell your MP to #ProtectNurse I've told my MP to protect the title nurse in law. Will you? Together we need their support to see the bill up before government given time for debate. Only registered nurses should be able to use the...

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Did you know that 'Nurse' isn't a protected title in the UK? Anyone can call themselves a nurse, even without training. Help protect patients and the profession—ask your MP to sign the petition to make 'Nurse' a protected title! #ProtectNursing #PatientSafety

Western leaders to work on Ukraine ceasefire and present plan to Trump, says Starmer The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump.

BREAKING: The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump

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Crescent moon 🌙, Venus & Salisbury Cathedral at sundown yesterday
@salisburycathedral.bsky.social

I took this photo from our back door last night & a knowledgeable friend told me what I was looking at:

Mars, Castor & Pollux:
Below them - Orion & lots of bright stars inc the distinctive belt running left-right & the sword below it running roughly up-down
#astronomysky

Agree. But Trump KNOWS that. This was planned. It was unpresidential, incredibly rude, and as Trump showed by his final remarks, only meant for his base.
It has backfired on him though. 👍

The argument & finger pointing etc should not have happened in public. In my line of work I would have been severely reprimanded if I had done this to ANYONE in public - even if I had just cause to do so. it’s unprofessional, disrespectful & downright rude

BREAKING: WHO BEARS THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVAL OFFICE ARGUMENT? WITH 79,312 VOTES 👏

This pair of absolute thugs berating, bullying & humiliating President Zelensky because he won’t roll over for a dictator whose forces have invaded his country, raped & murdered his people, bombed hospitals, killed children & filled mass graves in the forests.

What a vile, venal pair they are.

it's not just this. It seems pretty obvious to me that Trump would *love* to be a dictator and sit on a golden throne and have people fawn over him all day long.
Basically a James Bond villain type dictator of the early days with hench men and dancing girls.

He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.

My niece is an ambassador for suicide & co after her dad died from suicide. I’ve sent the link of your book to her mum x

Sue, this is such a lovely message to receive and so kind of you. THANK YOU! And thank you also for your hard work in the ICU. That is far more impressive

As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story:
🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky

Tori I heard you on radio 4 #TheLifeScientific last night. I’m an ICU nurse & was driving home from a 12.5hr shift. I know nothing about your line of work but your ability to explain complex stuff to a layperson is astounding. Your enthusiasm was infectious. I could have listened to you for hours

Note the fact that they’re not wearing gloves. (Circa 1970s prior to Universal Precautions when gloves weren’t worn for anything except in theatres)
For dressings, we were simply taught good hand washing techniques & we used forceps for a non-touch technique
#nursesky

Feeding the ducks 🦆
didn’t go quite as planned
#grandparenting
#blueskykids
#blueskygeese

Feeding the ducks 🦆
didn’t go quite as planned
#grandparenting
#blueskykids
#blueskygeese

I asked this Question to our private “40th nurses reunion” FB group:

“Does anyone know when nurses were finally allowed to get married but still work as a nurse?”

See one of the replies 🤭
#nursesky #historysky