Sue Thomas

Thank you to the organisers and speakers at the COPD UK 2025 conference! What an inspiring and thought provoking couple of days 🫁

Great to see our Matter of Life and Breath report highlighted and hear Chris highlighting the need for us to “champion patient perspectives”

What a retrograde step. Healthwatch has been the voice for many marginalised groups. Who will speak out for them now? Proud to have been a volunteer and board member of Somerset Healthwatch!

Healthwatch Somerset responds to Government decision to end local Healthwatch services Healthwatch Somerset have expressed serious concern over the Government’s decision to stop commissioning local Healthwatch services as part of the NHS 10-year plan and Penny Dash report. This change w...

Healthwatch Somerset has expressed serious concern over the Government’s decision to stop commissioning local Healthwatch services as part of the NHS 10-year plan, and the Penny Dash report. You can read more: bit.ly/3IhAzc6.

Healthwatch Somerset Neuro Rehabilitation in Somerset for People with an Acquired Brain Injury. June 2025 with a photo of two doctors looking at brain images on two computer monitors.

We've just launched our latest report, in which we detail engagement with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) survivors and professionals. The report has revealed gaps in the Somerset's healthcare and rehabilitation pathways for people with an ABI. Read more: www.healthwatchsomerset.co.uk/post/neuro-r...

#COPDvoices the patients and carers have spoken. It’s our duty to listen. @monabafadhel.bsky.social @nikkismallcombe.bsky.social @thomassue.bsky.social

People with COPD feel like 'second class citizens', finds new report A report from King’s College London sets out the stark reality people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) face in securing diagnosis and accessing care.

A new report has found that people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) feel like ‘second class citizens’.

Launched today at the House of Commons, the report sets out the stark reality people with COPD face in securing diagnosis & accessing care.

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/people-...

#COPDVoices ‘patients must have more opportunities to participate in respiratory research’ check out the report for more quotes!

#COPDVoices detail how services can improve patient care through the 3 strategic shifts for effective change in the NHS. This will put patient voice central to service commissioning

🚨 1 person is hospitalised every 3 minutes from COPD
🚨1 in 2 patients are readmitted or die within 90 days of a COPD exacerbation
🚨COPD is the 2nd most common cause of emergency admission
🚨In the UK someone has a COPD exacerbation every 20 seconds

It’s time for change

A big day today with the launch of the “COPD Voices: A matter of life & breath” detailing the lived experiences of people w COPD 🫁

A matter of life and breath details 9 key recommendations for service improvement highlighted from #COPDVoices check the report out