Jen Kenward

Rainbow Trust's response to the Spring Statement Rainbow Trust's response to the Spring Statement

Rainbow Trust’s Chief Executive, Zillah Bingley, said:

“Today’s Spring Statement was a missed opportunity to recognise the daily pressures faced by families caring for a child with a terminal or life-threatening illness.”

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Care Data Impact and Analytics Lead Rainbow Trust Children's Charity provides emotional and practical support to families who have a child with life-threatening or terminal illness.

Great opportunity to join the brilliant Rainbow Trust Children's Charity & be a part of my spectacular Care Leadership Team! I’m looking for a data impact & analytics lead, please share via your networks & help me find someone special 🌈

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The additional strain on top of the social care problem is caused by #COVID. COVID is causing a continuous cycle of health problems and immune problems leaving many open to more infections. We urgently need #CleanAir & masks in healthcare. It’s unsurprising as we are still in an official Pandemic. 🧵

Please share for anyone who might not find Christmas an easy time of year

Our tree is up & topped with the traditional Christmas TARDIS, you’re welcome 😉

Special day with wonderful friends, what a team we were 🥰

Travelling up to Leeds this morning to meet up with my old NHS England team, you never forget a fabulous team 🥰

Supporting families with a seriously ill child We offer in-depth practical & emotional support to families with a seriously ill child. We support the whole family through diagnosis, treatment & bereavement. We provide a lifeline to families, so th...

I posted our impact report recently, highlighting the incredible work our teams do to support children with terminal illness & their families. Please support our Xmas fundraising campaign, it’s match-funded by the Big Give, so all donations have double the impact! 🌈

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UK police forces quietly withdraw from X platform amid content concerns Musk’s social media platform X-communicated amid accusations of promoting violence and spreading disinformation

Several British police forces have largely withdrawn from Elon Musk’s X social media platform as concerns over its role in promoting violence and extreme content persist, a Reuters survey of forces’ social media output showed

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Such an important question, we also key young people done when they transition to adult services & often they just end up with nothing as there is no capacity within current services. We have a health service that knowingly puts people at risk

“We are at a heat the human not the home stage for many.”

Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis tells #Newsnight the situation facing pensioners who’ve lost the winter fuel payment and cost of living payment is "devastating", with the energy price cap also rising in January.

Alas neither Labour UK nor Wes Streeting on here yet, but could we all agree that however MPs vote on AD next week, this is a huge opportunity for the government to announce - finally, after decades of successive governments failing dying people - proper NHS funding of palliative care?

Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law

Wherever you stand on assisted dying, I’d urge you to read this superb, thoughtful, evidence-based piece from @iandunt.bsky.social.

A couple of points to add, from my perspective as an atheist palliative care doctor who opposes legal change at this time 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Love this, not sure who the creator is to credit but I think it is worth sharing 🥰

Tackling racism ‘must be core’ to 10-year health plan The government's 10-year plan will fail if it does not tackle racism in the health service, the chair of the NHS Confederation has said.

The success of any furure NHS plan will depend on the extent to which it embraces tackling ethnic and racial inequalities: www.hsj.co.uk/policy-and-r...

My great uncles went to war for Australia but returned homeless. It’s time to face the truth about Indigenous injustice | Travis Lovett The Yoorrook Justice Commission will help Australians understand what happened when Europeans arrived and how it led to ongoing Indigenous suffering You might have heard of the famous Lovett brothers. They were my great uncles. Five Aboriginal brothers who represented Australia in the first world war. Against the odds, all five came home alive. When they returned, however, they continued to face racism and discrimination. While white soldiers were given parcels of land to farm, many Aboriginal soldiers had their land taken while they were away. Continue reading...

My great uncles went to war for Australia but returned homeless. It’s time to face the truth about Indigenous injustice | Travis Lovett

TONIGHT 7PM on The Mission. Deputy Chair of the Yoorrook Justice Commission, Travis Lovett on the Commission's Land, Sky and Water hearings. Tune in on 102.7 FM in Naarm or listen via rrr.org.au everywhere else. DO LISTEN!

This week the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published two nationally representative surveys exploring public opinion on assisted dying / suicide.

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Some interesting findings: 🧵

81% of the public agree (54% strongly agree) that people at the end of life should have continuity of care with their Gp and a social care plan that meets their needs

And 80% agree (52% strongly agree) that the government should commit more support and guidance for home carers

These new surveys show that the public care more, and more strongly, about fixing palliative care, social care and home care than they do about assisted dying / assisted suicide. This is important.

Keen to start a discussion, why, when children’s palliative is commissioned by an “integrated” care board, is the social care element left out? Often this is packaged as LA short breaks, but to provide holistic support to families children’s palliative social care has to be integral to their support

Visited our amazing family support @rainbowtrustcc.bsky.social team in Manchester last week, love how they’ve set up their bereavement cupboard. Thoughtful activities to take out to support children experiencing loss #childrenspalliativesocialcare 🌈

Milton Keynes children 'pretending to eat from empty lunchboxes' More than one in three children in Milton Keynes are living in poverty, an organisation says.

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Fears grow over UK children at risk placed in illegal care homes Rising number of vulnerable youngsters are being forced into unsuitable accommodation including Airbnbs, bedsits and caravans

NEW: Hundreds of children are being deprived of their liberty - and placed in illegal/unregulated care.

AirBnBs, security guards, restraints - and often costing the state £1m+

Ministers want to act on this shocking failure of our welfare state:

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Rainbow Trust Impact Report 2023-24 We are delighted to share our Impact Report, Imprints: in which families with a child with a life-threatening or terminal illness describe the lasting effect Rainbow Trust has on their lives.

I am so incredibly proud to work for @rainbowtrustcc.bsky.social if you would like to know more about how we support children with life threatening or terminal illnesses and their families please look at our impact report impactreport.rainbowtrust.org.uk 🌈

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