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Carole
@carolefogg.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. Researching dementia and frailty using routine data. Dislikes inequality. Green 💚 #HopeNotHate Tree hugger and 🦔 fan. Owned by a chihuahua.
Now is not the time to stand still. Now is the time to fight and stand with the trans community. Join over 20,000 people and say loud and clear: I support trans rights https://goodlawproject.org/petition/transrightspetition/
I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
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"Look around at the paltry nods to accessibility in our public spaces or the degrading assessments of people seeking to claim disability benefits. For people who have lived their lives independently and able-bodied, the slip into dependency can be hard to accept" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher
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a thick trunk that I met in the Forest of Dean (a very green and beautiful place) #thicktrunktuesday #ForestOfDean
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
#Poetry #Painting #EverdayMagic Nature is not stingy with her miracles We simply forget to look - Sara Sarna 🎨 Lucy Grossmith
Care workers should be 'best paid' as Burnham seeks to overhaul social care crisis. Problems multiplied by privatisation of social care. Low wages/investment, profits, poor care. Billions taken out of public purse to profits. Can't address crisis without ending privatisation.
Social Care In England As Unfair As US Healthcare, Says Burnham
The Prime Minister has said that social care in England is “as unfair as American health care” as he pledged to do what successive governments have...
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We've just finished hearing from the new Prime Minister @andyburnham.bsky.social about his plans to tackle the social care crisis. The gap between people's expectations when seeking government support for social care and the reality of how they experience it has grown into a gulf. 🧵
It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens
Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests
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You never know when you might need the #NHS, a sudden change can occur at any age, at any moment The healthy & wealthy are the ones making decisions about how much & on whom the £s are spent A society that cares for the vulnerable & those in need is a better one @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
Africa's highest court is about to hear something historic. For the first time, we're arguing that the climate crisis is a violation of African people's rights and that polluters must be held accountable under African law. Add your name: act.gp/4lCrlH4
African Court to put climate justice into law
This is your moment to be part of history. Let’s tell the African Court to put climate justice into law.
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Stop scrolling!!! A puffling* has been spotted in Purbeck, Dorset for the first time in 30 years! *Baby puffin (yes, they have the cutest name)
Practice Environment and Job Outcomes Among Primary Care Nurse Practitioners Caring for Patients With Dementia. #geriatrics https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.70560
Why is women’s work so often neglected within traditional economic theory? How have pensions become affected by gender? Why does the gender pay gap still exist? This weeks podcast with Dr Daniella Jenkins - Executive Director of the Womens Budget Group. youtu.be/9zeGy4BNOhY?...
How The Economy Is Rigged Against Women | Dr. Daniella Jenkins
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Join the #HospitalAtHome Society and be part of a growing community shaping the future of hospital at home care 🏥🏡 Membership is a great way to stay connected, hear about the latest news and developments, and access updates. 👉 www.hospitalathome.org.uk/membership_s...
Left: Rachel Reeves says we have the fastest growing economy in the G7 Right: Boris Johnson said we have the fastest growing economy in the G7 GDP growth doesn’t automatically mean better lives. The real test isn’t how fast the economy grows, it’s who benefits from that growth.
UK income tax personal allowance frozen at £12,570 since 2021. If increased in line with inflation, it would be £16,048 for 2026/27. As a result, in 2026/27 someone earning £17,000 will pay additional £696 in income tax and £278 in national insurance. All because govts appease the rich.
We need to abolish state-sanctioned poverty
No one is ever born poor. They are condemned to poverty by societal policies which prevent millions from realising their full physical, mental, and intellectual capacities potentialities.
leftfootforward.org
PhD at the University of Southampton exploring quantum technologies for early dementia detection using MRI, quantum machine learning and hybrid algorithms. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-quan...
PhD: Quantum Technologies for Early Detection of Dementia
University of Southampton offers a PhD on quantum technologies for early dementia detection using MRI, quantum machine learning and hybrid algorithms.
dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
