@LibDems team for #NHS, Health and Social care - supporting our spokesperson @libdemdaisy | DMs open for official journalists seeking #healthspokesperson
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❗️ 57% of nurses surveyed are either thinking about leaving their job or actively planning to leave.
❗️ Nurses are exhausted, undervalued, and can not give the level of care to their patients they would like.
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Just to be clear:
Before Omicron we had:
~6k Hospitalised Covid Patients
~600 new admissions per day
And we were not coping!
Now we have:
~14k Hospitalised Covid Patients
~1,800 new admissions per day
~ 100k less staff
And This Government has decided to do…nothing. Right?
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🧵 If ever proof was needed that the Government is asleep at the wheel with this staff shortage crisis, the Vaccine Minister's non-answers this morning just about sum it up. /1
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"Waiting times for children’s mental health services would not be tolerated for physical treatment." independent.co.uk/voices/cov…
❗️ Govt ignored warnings of Covid testing shortages.
❗️ Problem could have been avoided with better planning.
❗️ Pharmacies leader raised issue with @UKHSA in early December & asked for a plan but they never answered the question.
inews.co.uk/news/health/covi…
“On a night shift last wk people were waiting for 9 hrs plus for ambulances & I waited 3 hrs to offload my patient to hospital. Hospitals are seriously strained with no beds,”
Chaos unleashed on #NHS is likely to be worse in about two week’s time.
inews.co.uk/news/nhs-covid-s…
"Our children have been failed again and again throughout this pandemic by Boris Johnson’s government."
“From air purifiers to rolling out the vaccine to teenagers, this Government has dragged its feet.
@munirawilson
👉 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/d…
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Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup on @SkyNews doesn’t have a clue how many Briton’s are in self isolation or how many NHS trusts have declared critical incidents. What is this Government basing its planning on??
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"@LibDems Education spokeswoman @munirawilson described the investment as "pocket change" compared to what was required to keep schools open."
@LDEA_UK @LibDemEducation
@LNethsingha @LibDemHealth
BBC News-More Covid absences expected as UK schools go back
bbc.co.uk/news/education-597…
Govt. plan for keeping schools open make little sense, and will probably ensure further spread of #COVID.
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Heart attack & stroke treatment is time critical.
Treatments such as clot-busters have short windows for a therapeutic affect.
Long delays for an ambulance to arrive & then sit in a queue outside A&E means many will not get the treatment they deserve.
thetimes.co.uk/article/heart…
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The UK situation & what is needed. Signed by >100 international experts & authored by a multidisciplinary subset. Evidence-based. Plz read & RT if you agree that this contains important points (sadly lacking from UK MSM at present). bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o1
❗️"Countries which tolerated high transmission have seen rises in.... mortality, healthcare worker shortages, & repeated lockdowns to control surges in case numbers."
✅"Countries which suppressed transmission early saw reduced mortality & less economic damage."
An urgent call for global "vaccine-plus" action @bmj_latest today, by @trishgreenhalgh and >100 researchers and healthcare workers bmj.com/content/376/bmj.o1
❗️ The @conservatives govt. has failed to protect the health of the people of this country, the NHS, and the economy.
❗️A triple whammy of fails that is building a legacy of long term illness, huge NHS waiting lists & a mountain of debt.
❗️The impact of govt. mismanagement of pandemic on the mental health of NHS staff is massive.
❗️One Clinic saw 5,000 NHS staff in its 1st 10 yrs, & is now seeing 650-700 staff per month.
❗️Demand has doubled in the last last year.
inews.co.uk/news/health/nhs-…
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The first hospitals to get hammered by Omicron and it is being driven by a shortage of staff.
BREAKING: A very serious situation at hospitals across Lincolnshire tonight as @ULHT_News declares a 'critical incident' over "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages. It says it is "unable to maintain safe staffing levels" leading to "compromised care" across its sites:
Shocking waiting times for management of children's mental health problems in many parts of the country.
independent.co.uk/news/healt…
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This is a very concerning development on top of what was already a crisis. I’ve requested a briefing as soon as possible, and will be keeping up the pressure on @sajidjavid to provide emergency funding for our ambulance service, and a short-term emergency strategy to save lives.
In the West Midlands, @OFFICIALWMAS has warned patients are coming to severe harm because 999 calls are being 'stacked' and left waiting with no ambulance able to respond.
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There are nowhere near enough lateral flow tests for Covid-19 in England to allow the government’s policy of their indiscriminate use. Access to tests must be prioritised and clear guidance given on their use. My article for The Guardian. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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If correct, this is damning. In short: it *looks like* the government is relying on just *one* distributor for all lateral flow test kits and they’re closed for chunks of time over the holiday! #WhereIsJohnson #whereIsJavid
