I had treatment in a hospital in Spain and the consultant personally apologised for the delay in being scanned. I waited 30 minutes - itโs another world out there!
07.08.2025 11:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@unaroseauthor.bsky.social
WRITER (journalism, publishing, novels, YA, short stories, plays) โค๏ธ cats, travel, British comedy
I had treatment in a hospital in Spain and the consultant personally apologised for the delay in being scanned. I waited 30 minutes - itโs another world out there!
07.08.2025 11:32 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh how those able folk are blissfully unaware of the everyday frustrations, stresses and incompetence put on patients by a malfunctioning NHS ๐ค Will you (bother to) complain?
06.08.2025 21:48 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I once called the service and got through to someone at home who then had to abruptly end the call. Totally not what I needed at that point - felt abandoned in a fragile moment!
30.07.2025 10:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Likewise!!
29.07.2025 17:16 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโd be happy if the cabinet kicked him out! Lammy for PM ๐
29.07.2025 17:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Oh jeez! The real issues though are poverty and mental health crises which governments are burying heads in sand over.
29.07.2025 17:12 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0As ever semantics either play down or blow up the facts in the media. We have a massive problem thatโs totally under reported or acknowledged!
29.07.2025 17:10 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโm confused (and a disabled writer) - is this referring to LGBTQ+ disabled writers (which Iโm not)
29.07.2025 10:25 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0They just want a quick fix!
29.07.2025 10:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My mistake it was in 1996, nearly 30 years ago! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblan...
29.07.2025 10:11 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0True, horrifying and as bad as guns! In Peckham I saw my neighbourโs teen sons being shown how to load a gun on street. I rang police who asked ME go identify gun and car registration. I told them do YOUR job as risky 4 me. They rang later - was replica. Still a weapon to intimidate I reminded them!
29.07.2025 10:05 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And everyone else in the UK is saluting the Scots ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ช๐ผ
29.07.2025 09:39 โ ๐ 19 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In UK knife crime is the biggest problem among people aged 14-30. So sad and usually drugs related.
29.07.2025 09:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 025 years ago we had an infant school mass shooting -that our tennis legend Andy Murray aged 5 witnessed too. The next day the government banned hand guns. Never had another school shooting. That simple!
29.07.2025 09:27 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0We think that everyday looking at you from across the pond where even most of our police are not armed!
29.07.2025 09:23 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Other financial journalists will tell you the BBC has the worst understanding of economics and just parrots what Trump and Farage say as facts. I cry every time as a former finance reporter!
28.07.2025 19:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Not for you to be sorry but I know who should say that - I will take it up with the NHS consultant who last year did a endoscopy and said โall normalโ when that was impossible given the stage Iโm at now! Next stage is pre-cancer and takes years to develop. I am still having cheeky coffees too ๐คญ
28.07.2025 19:14 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Yesterday my 22 yr old did a 3 hour trial shift in a pub and funny how they chose her to come in during the Womenโs football final. After 3 hard hours she was told wonโt be paid but they invite her return for a paid 8 hr shift and then MAYBE can add her to roster. Total exploitation of young folk!
28.07.2025 17:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Who else just wants to be a cat these days? #catsky #lifegoals
28.07.2025 17:10 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโve just been diagnosed with stage 4 Gerd and coffee is banned - Iโm still in shock at both facts ๐ฑ
28.07.2025 17:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0It was 2 decades ago when we had the first vaccine scare over the MMR but itโs probably the same story for so many parents now. Our daughter was very ill with measles but the anti vaxxers wonโt want that known!
28.07.2025 17:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is the answer non vaccinated nurseries and schools? Iโm so done with this endless fake news on vaccines. A friend of 40 years has blocked me cos I suggested her bf who has cancer should have covid jab. Heโs refusing chemo too cos of what he reads online ๐
28.07.2025 15:32 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My child was too young to be vaccinated by several months. GP worried vaccine too young could affect her as already a child on lower percentile growth. Measles also affected her growth. LA was at fault to not alert other parents and no doubt nursery didnโt want loose money.
28.07.2025 15:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Omg Frances yes! My daughter was aged 10 months and caught measles at nursery (and was already a prem baby) But get this the authorities told the nursery not to tell other parents until affected childโs condition confirmed! So they left it 3 days and my child got infected. Sheโs so petite now.
28.07.2025 15:26 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Iโve stopped wearing it when meet my most flippant friends/relatives!
27.07.2025 18:27 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0You do know wives prolong husbands lives!
27.07.2025 18:26 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโm ex-media and totally disgusted with what it has become!!
27.07.2025 18:25 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Too many boobs on display here on Bluesky! Please can we agree this is a space to let off steam only ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ซ
27.07.2025 18:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Oh but the commentsโฆ you look so well ๐ณ๐๐ซ
27.07.2025 18:22 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0??? Not a translation
27.07.2025 18:21 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0