Speech and Language Therapist/Musician
Cotswolds, England
Joined August 2009
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It’s the extra mile in the #NHS that no one sees. Here is a table set-up for two of our patients for breakfast today, fresh flowers on the table, classical music playing in the background, eggs and bacon in the pan….
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The NHS depends on people who are selfless, compassionate and resilient. People that do not work for salary or numbers. The government seems insistent on continually exploiting other people’s kindness for more money in their own pockets.
I feel it’s important to reiterate - for the record - that while @10DowningStreet fell apart (as per Cummings), the NHS spent Feb & March 2020 transforming itself from top to bottom - a Herculean effort against horrific odds - to become an emergency pandemic service. (1/n)
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Our rehab unit transformed and re-resourced itself to become a COVID End of Life unit almost overnight. Staff re-trained and, those who could, put themselves forward for more additional hours, contactable 24/7, knowing there would be nothing additional in it for them.
I feel it’s important to reiterate - for the record - that while @10DowningStreet fell apart (as per Cummings), the NHS spent Feb & March 2020 transforming itself from top to bottom - a Herculean effort against horrific odds - to become an emergency pandemic service. (1/n)
Got my dreammmm job as a therapist at a complex brain injury rehabilitation centre..... if anyone needs me for the foreseeable I will be here....
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Just a thought, as the NHS workforce is 77% female, why have we never had a female health secretary under a conservative government?
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YYEEEESSSSSS I could shed tears of joy. Hate will not win.
Piers Morgan leaves Good Morning Britain following discussions with ITV in wake of Meghan Markle criticism
itv.com/news/2021-03-09/pier…
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ABSOLUTELY SMASHED IT
Ima leave this right here. 👏🏾#piersmorgan #BlackTwitter #blackbritishtwitter #MeghanAndHarry #MeghanMarkle
I’ve worked an additional 9 hours on the ward in the last week (for free). How can we expect this government to award a pay rise when they don’t even respect the NHS enough to fund for it to be safely staffed at a basic level? We don’t have the foundations in the first place.
It is moments like being able to support a patient to say ‘hello Mum’ for the first time since his stroke yesterday that gives me light and hope in this world 🙌🏽
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Been working with a patient 2-3x a week for the last x3 months. We don’t speak the same language. I don’t know how he knew but the first thing he asked the interpreter today was how was my birthday yesterday and did I have any photos of the day 🥺💙
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#mysltweek
It is such an honour to be a part of patient’s journeys. So grateful to be able to give so much time to patients that even though we might literally speak different languages, we still kinda know what the other means 😌
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I just got to tell him he can leave hospital on Monday 😌
A fortnight ago I had my first and I hope my only experience of facilitating a potential last conversation between a man who had COVID and his wife. It was absolutely excruciating. I can’t begin to imagine the mental health impact on staff doing it daily ❤️
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