@LibDems team for #NHS, Health and Social care - supporting our spokesperson @libdemdaisy | DMs open for official journalists seeking #healthspokesperson
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Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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?
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
🧵 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
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
"Waiting times for children’s mental health services would not be tolerated for physical treatment." independent.co.uk/voices/cov…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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??
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
"@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…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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:
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
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
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🧵 👇as we’ve been warning @sajidjavid 🤷♂️ dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Exclusive: A wave of staff absences is crippling some NHS services. @thesundaytimes reveals details of 40 hour waits in A&E, operations delayed and ambulance services on the brink with 50k staff off due to Covid: thetimes.co.uk/article/115e4…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
Asking students and St John Ambulance first aiders to provide hospital care is the very definition of ‘overwhelmed’.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
With >300k classrooms in England, putting an air purifier in each one would cost around half the PM's royal yacht vanity project. Yet all he can manage is 7k classrooms. Johnson is taking parents, pupils and teachers for fools when he claims they're a priority.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
I'm just not sure the government has a clue what's actually happening in hospitals right now. We're paring back services because there aren't enough nurses. We're putting extra beds in offices, discharge lounges, broom cupboards. We're all stretched too thin. It's crisis mode.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
Patients in A&E @NGHnhstrust have experienced long waits for a bed, data seen by @thesundaytimes shows some have been in the dept for over 40 hours, dozens more for longer than 12 hours. The A&E at times ran with just 9 out of the 20 nurses it should have.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
At Lewisham Hospital in southeast London on Wednesday half of the unit’s nurses were off sick, prompting the trust to close some cubicles and redeploy staff from other parts of the hospital to keep patients safe. It has also cancelled less urgent operations.
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
NHS England said essential bedside care could be provided by a wider pool of staff including students, therapists, care assistants and volunteers with a health background. Trusts also told to consider using St John Ambulance staff and retired NHS staff.
Exclusive: A wave of staff absences is crippling some NHS services. @thesundaytimes reveals details of 40 hour waits in A&E, operations delayed and ambulance services on the brink with 50k staff off due to Covid: thetimes.co.uk/article/115e4…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
Young autistic man confined in hospital’s former storage room for four years | News | The Sunday Times This is really shocking and absolutely should not happen. @ThomasMorrison @libdemdaisy @LibDemHealth thetimes.co.uk/article/young…
Lib Dem Health and Social Care 🔶 retweeted
For @NHSEngland, last week Omicron was associated with absence (sick or isolating) of ~68,000 healthcare professionals, representing 5% of the workforce ft.com/content/3d2c5e38-a9aa…
