Debbie Casey

Nottingham baby deaths families 'deserve answers', says Wes Streeting The health secretary said a meeting with families was the most

Good to see @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social acknowledging our call for a public inquiry into Oxford University Hospitals’ #maternity services. We are supported by a number of leading #medicalnegligence firms. We need URGENT action.
bbc.in/3Zqzy7l #MaternitySafety #MakeOxfordshireMaternitySafe

How many people in your constituency have signed our Petition to *Retain the legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND*? petitionmap.unboxedconsultin...
SIGN & SHARE HERE: petition.parliament.uk/petit...

Microvascular obstruction is known to be a #LongCovid feature. Now a potential mechanism found for the obstruction induced by death of endothelial cells->sticky red blood cells. Which wouldn't respond to blood thinners or anti-platelet Rx
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The worst thing about EHCP denial is the 'golden ticket' trope. The notion that an EHCP gets your child top-of-the-line, gold-plated, elite schooling.

It doesn't.

It gets your child support to get a good-enough education. Without those supports, SEN ed. is nowhere *near 'good enough' — it's dire.

Yes - the report also contains the term “golden ticket” to describe getting an EHCP which, having spent my son’s life fighting for every substandard scrap of support, is a particularly cynical - and hateful - way of putting it.

Some critics, including the Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, suggest much of this demand is confected: pushy parents seeking a “golden ticket” EHCP to gain advantages for their children, facilitated by an unthinking bureaucracy. A variant of this “culture war” view holds most children with EHCPs “don’t really” need support, but are simply “badly behaved” and requiring proper parenting and discipline. The consensus, however, is that the rising level of diagnosed need is genuine (and common to all wealthy countries). There is greater scientific understanding of autism, and a pile of evidence indicating a clear impact of pandemic lockdown isolation on levels of anxiety and mental illness in young people.

Nobody is denies the current SEND system is under pressure, under resourced and under invested. The idea EHCPs, or diagnosis, are a "golden ticket" is as offensive as it is ignorant though. The fight which many people have to access either shows that. #r4today

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

The article describes EHCP’s as a “golden ticket” which must be news to anyone who actually has an EHCP

Angela Rayner using the EHCP is a “golden ticket” is an offensive and disrespectful trope. She should apologise, but won’t.

Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable children with SEND can access education and achieve their potential.

Let’s get this Petition over the finish line—just 13k short of the 100,000 for a parliamentary debate: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND petition.parliament.uk/petit...

🚨 The gov plans to cut nearly £100/week from disabled young people aged 16-21 by removing the LCWRA element of Universal Credit. We can’t support this — and we must stop it 🚫

Read more & support the campaign: https://f.mtr.cool/zakewstuth

Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support Exclusive: Schools minister declines to rule out replacing EHCP documents as part of plans to change Send system

We’re quoted in this story— and our Rachel is on LBC with Matthew Wright at 8am tomorrow. “Children with special needs in England may lose legal right to school support” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Public Accounts Committee: DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 (14 May 2025) This report presents the Public Accounts Committee’s analysis of the DHSC Accounts for 2023/24.

🗨️It is unacceptable that the Department is yet to develop a plan to deal with the cost of clinical negligence claims, and so much taxpayers’ money is being spent on legal fees🗨️

Public Accounts Committee report on the Department of Health & Social Care accounts 23/24⬇️
www.pslhub.org/learn/organi...

Dani Yates - The Sutton Trust Dani took part in the Chemistry Summer School at Imperial College London in 2019. Dani currently works as a Finance Analyst and...

💬 "The main barrier I faced in my career was not knowing anyone personally who worked in business or finance."

Our alum, Dani, discusses his journey from our Summer School to becoming a Finance Analyst ⬇️

Under rules introduced by Lansley reforms and built on by successive Govts, companies don't need contracts with NHS areas. Coupled with optometrist referrals it's an ideal model to "drive patient flow" to their clinics. @chpithinktank.bsky.social found 84k ops done without contracts in 3yrs

Parents get £35m payout after NHS failures damaged baby’s brain

Staff delayed giving antibiotics to a mother with strep B despite clear warning signs. Campaigners are asking why Britain doesn’t test all pregnant women for the infection

This article is very revealing re inflated cost by the private sector doing NHS work.

More tax payer funded profiteering.

Sort it out Wes Streeting.

Full monthly state pension for post-2016 UK retiree is £997.75. Only 27% receive it.

Elsewhere:
Luxembourg £5,426
Norway £1,839
Switzerland £1,657
Denmark £1,486
Sweden £1,373
Belgium £1,338
Netherlands £1,322
France £1,254
Spain £1,238

UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.

Parents get £35m payout after NHS failures damaged baby’s brain Staff delayed giving antibiotics to a mother with strep B despite clear warning signs. Campaigners are asking why Britain doesn’t test all pregnant women for the infection

🚨 EXC: The NHS doesn't routinely test pregnant women for Strep B. The US, France, Germany do. Instead the NHS takes a risk based approach...

Today we report the NHS paying £35m to family of a baby left brain damaged by GBS. It could pay for 2.3m tests: www.thetimes.com/article/3f81...

“The days are long, but the years are short. These must be the most amazing, resilient, and smartest little children."

Eight-year-old Isaac was born with a cleft palate, hard and soft, and Pierre Robin Sequence. [1/3]

We now offer telephone counselling for our community.

To make the first step towards feeling better, fill out the self-referral form on our website and a member of our team will be in touch with you to discuss the next steps: buff.ly/3DfNNUz

Imagine a world where men used to be able to dress up as women and strip search women, as members of the British Transport Police. Well, that’s what we had in the UK, until it stopped today.

British hospitals introduce treatment for heart failure that cuts deaths by 62% People in Britain with heart failure are being given larger doses of drugs at the start of their treatment after a global study found that this led to a huge fall in deaths. Experts say the new approa...

News article on the hub today - British hospitals introduce treatment for heart failure that cuts deaths by 62% www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/... (via @theguardian.com) #patientsafety

Imagine a time when the Supreme Court had to ‘rule’ that men aren’t women.
The rage of those fetishist men could power British Steel.

To make sure every adult born with a cleft in the UK feels confident about getting the help they need in returning to treatment, we have relaunched our popular resource 'Adults' Guide to Returning to Cleft Care', with thanks to @bc_consultancy for their design services.

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Our annual Cleft Youth magazine is currently making its way to the homes of young people across the UK affected by cleft.📰

🔗 Request your copy: buff.ly/j2oxM03

Of course Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, didn’t grow up in poverty. Not all comprehensives were the same. Have you heard his posh accent?

1/ Grapefruit juice: a nutritious breakfast staple or a hidden disruptor of medication metabolism? Let’s delve into how this citrus juice impacts your liver’s processing of drugs and why it matters.
#Pharmacology #DrugInteractions

Why innovation in healthcare needs patient involvement Healthcare innovation is advancing at an incredible pace, with new technologies and digital solutions transforming the way care is delivered. But for these innovations to truly benefit everyone,…

"Recognising the patient is the ‘expert’ in their own condition and their inclusion in the innovation development pathway is key to successful outcomes and patient empowerment.”

Find out why patient involvement is critical to healthcare innovation:

How will Ofsted’s inspection overhaul affect children with SEND? And why you need to respond to the consultation - Special Needs Jungle NEW POST: How will Ofsted’s inspection overhaul affect children with SEND? And why you need to respond to the consultation. Matt Keer explain

Perfectly put from ⁦‬⁩Special Needs Jungle around OFSTED and inclusion:

“The more inclusive a school is, the more seamless its approach is—and seamless approaches tend to be invisible unless you really know what you’re looking for”

www.specialneedsjungle.com/how-ofsteds-...

Our Children and Young People’s Council created a tip sheet to help settle the nerves for other young people facing the surgery.

The guide explains the procedure, offers tips to help guide others through the surgery, and offers recovery advice: buff.ly/vpg90A7
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