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Rachel Turner

@DrugsDocRT

GPSI addictions. Keen to connect healthcare up again, fighting for parity of esteem for my patients. Love a good sing song 🎵 Soprano with tenor sympathies x

Katılım Kasım 2021
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
Hi all- taking a long break as want to get back to reading/ other projects. It has been an interesting time and I have really needed to follow the politics recently, but time to breathe and think and read for a bit. I am finding it addictive (says the addictions doc!).Bye xx
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@CossinsJudith @dignityindying For me , choice/ autonomy is not the definition of dignity and suffering and illness and disability do not render a person undignified. Dignity is about love, care, connection and memory.
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Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@CossinsJudith @dignityindying It was an important time for us, I was chatting to my Dad about it the other day. It helped our grief. The love and commitment my Dad showed during that time was one of the most beautiful and dignified things I have witnessed. I will care for him the same way if he needs me to.
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Dignity in Dying
Dignity in Dying@dignityindying·
BREAKING: MPs back assisted dying Bill at Third Reading. ▶️ For: 314 ▶️ Against: 291 This is a landmark moment for choice, compassion and dignity at the end of life. #YesToDignity
Dignity in Dying tweet media
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Tom Gordon MP
Tom Gordon MP@tomgordonLD·
Today I voted for the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. As a new MP, being part of this process has been incredibly emotional and at times overwhelming. It was a privilege to sit on the Bill Committee and hear the powerful evidence that shaped this legislation. 1/4
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Julie Naylor
Julie Naylor@JulieNa18408831·
@DrugsDocRT @maggie_lavan @tomgordonLD There’s a lot more I could talk about mum’s last few weeks under the care of the NHS. Scans that came back no signs of cancer to 3 weeks later scan showing aggressive cancer and dead the following week. As an ex-nurse, I despair at what the NHS has become in certain areas.
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Julie Naylor
Julie Naylor@JulieNa18408831·
@maggie_lavan @DrugsDocRT @tomgordonLD We were asked to sign for funding for Fast Track Palliative Care for my mum last September but warned it would not arrive in time. She died a few days after on a general ward in lots of pain. No dignity and little pain relief.
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@jenstirrup @AngelaTilby @churchofengland The church of England, not being brave and clear on important issues but being all ' all things bright and beautiful ' to keep everyone happy- bland and inoffensive . Vanilla.
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Angela Tilby
Angela Tilby@AngelaTilby·
I am glad that the Catholic Church is speaking out about this. C of E bishops seem to have gone quiet…..
Archdiocese of Southwark@RC_Southwark

Archbishop John Wilson : “This is a terrifyingly dark week in British history, as MPs vote for legislation which endangers the lives of unborn children, and promote legislation which will endanger vulnerable adults and the elderly. All those who stand on the side on the side of life, and who uphold the dignity of human life from conception to natural death, need to raise their voice in defence of those who are voiceless. Irrespective of religious belief this is a matter of basic justice for every human life. “As followers of the Lord Jesus, we are a people of life. Jesus is our hope and in his name we will tirelessly make the case for the defence of human life. Life is sacred. It is a gift from God and we must never be afraid to speak this truth. “I urge you to continue to pray and campaign in defence of human life.”

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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@LindaBr31456660 @lewis_goodall I am not , the law already exists that assisting a suicide is unlawful . Already there. I have just as much right as you or anyone else to argue for my side of a debate. With palliative care being actively de-funded, I won't have the wonderful choice you think I will have.
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Lewis Goodall
Lewis Goodall@lewis_goodall·
I note how “respect” in the assisted dying/abortion debates, online at least, seems often only to flow one way.
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Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy
Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy@jenstirrup·
Without a hint of irony or self-awareness, the @ChurchofEngland has decided to launch a campaign called - yes, wait for it - #GreatAndSmall - aimed at celebrating all creatures great and small. Apparently, "Great and Small" does not include the unborn or those people faced with terrible choices when they are at their most vulnerable. Cue pictures of swift boxes in Church rooves instead....... You could not make it up. x.com/churchofenglan…
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@maggie_lavan @tomgordonLD Oh that is appalling. There isn't going to be 'choice' then is there? So sorry, that is way too much to ask the charity sector to do
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Maggie Lavan
Maggie Lavan@maggie_lavan·
@DrugsDocRT @tomgordonLD My local hospice received formal notification from the NHS Trust in November 2024 that the £400,000 Fast Track Funding it usually receives was being withdrawn. It was withdrawn in April.
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@HelenMagi @JakeBenRichards @jackabbott90 Totally unedifying and looks very tactical. Virtually every safeguard defeated by same margin with very few exceptions. It looked rigged, was it ? Can you say honestly that you weren't told to do a tactical no vote at 2nd reading in order to make the committee look balanced?
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Jake Richards MP
Jake Richards MP@JakeBenRichards·
My friend @jackabbott90 voted against the Assisted Dying Bill at 2nd Reading. Jack was then on the Bill committee - looking at the detail for almost 100 hours. He had concerns about safeguarding, but has been reassured. He is supporting the Bill tomorrow.
LabourList@LabourList

With MPs voting tomorrow on the third reading of the assisted dying bill, our tracker currently forecasts 221 Labour MPs to back the bill, with 156 against labourlist.org/2025/06/assist…

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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@maggie_lavan @tomgordonLD Have you got evidence for this already happening. Hospices are already largely charitably funded and only get a small amount of state funding. The rise in NI contributions has been a problem but I didn't know further cuts had been made
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@AlexanderHorne1 @yuanyi_z Suboptimal! Very Barristery language . In my line of work (I work for a drug and alcohol service as GP specialising in addictions) , we have much clearer language for that dodgy and unfair dealing. Not words I would share on here. There should be an investigation that rigging
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Yuan Yi Zhu
Yuan Yi Zhu@yuanyi_z·
This is not a manifesto bill. This is not a money bill. This is not a bill which the House of Commons has passed twice in two consecutive sessions. Peers have the absolute constitutional right to reject it.
Matthew Povey@mattpovey

@yuanyi_z any chance of this? It's not Government policy. Is this a moment where it could step-up?

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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@AlexanderHorne1 @yuanyi_z Also the unedifying debacle of the repeated 15:8 rejections of safeguards in committee stage. Utterly rigged towards supporters. Even one of the MPs who voted no at 2nd reading and got on committee on the basis of balance voted with the sponsor against most of safeguards. Dodgy
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Rachel Turner
Rachel Turner@DrugsDocRT·
@AlexanderHorne1 @yuanyi_z I totally disagree with you on the democratic mandate when this has been a conscience vote on a private members bill. My own MP did not represent me or many like me who wrote to him to beg him to reject the bill. He basically said I had no right to impose my view on him (my MP!)
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