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Nye Bevan, founder of our NHS was born today, 127 years ago. A LOT has changed since 1948, but we're still here fighting for a fully public and properly funded NHS, and we always will be. Are you with us? RT if you are 💙

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This clip has caused quite a stir - I stand by every word. It's estimated that the NHS spends £100 million a year on translation/interpretation. Is that a cost the British taxpayer should bear? The answer is a resounding no. I'm told that foreign patients feel 'more comfortable speaking in their native language'. To be entirely honest, so what? It's not our problem. If that's the case, they can bring a friend/translator - as Brits have to do all over the world if we want to access healthcare. That, or use tech/AI, which can provide rapid and incredibly accurate translation services. Not forgetting that we also have a huge issue with foreign nationals using the NHS, and then not paying. The Department of Health has confirmed to me that £100,000,000 was the amount due from 'chargeable overseas visitors' in 2022/23 for NHS treatment. The amount actually collected? Just £32,000,000. So yes, we should be more aware of people unable to speak English accessing NHS services - failure to pay invoices is costing us a vast amount of money every year. Clearly, exceptions should be made for sign language and Welsh speakers, but this is a minuscule amount of overall translation costs. Why should the British taxpayer fund translation into Romanian? Urdu? Bengali? And hundreds of other languages. Sorry, but it is NOT our problem. And you know what? A huge number of MPs agree with what I'm saying, but don't have the balls to say it. The country would be in a far better place if our politicians would outline uncomfortable truths, even if it results in being insulted and abused. I don't care. The NHS pleads poverty, then pumps money into translation/DEI. Health service leadership needs to get urgently get its priorities in order. We need a selfish NHS, that puts the British people first.

Watching babies being raped gets you community service, whilst @TRobinsonNewEra sits in a cell, for a victimless crime.. no one is injured, afraid or mentally damaged by TR's crime,. I just don't understand the British Justice system

Sooooi … Free luxury hotels, free food, free heating, free money and now free private healthcare. Are we being treated like mugs or what ? I WILL NEVER VOTE LABOUR OR CONSERVATIVES EVER AGAIN .. THEY HAVE BETRAYED EVERY TAXPAYER IN THE UK

@speedoftrust27 I was unable to connect on Wednesday, the 30th. Was there a glitch 🤔 or did the drop-in not run?

SLT supporting people with MND in voice banking? You are welcome to attend a free support drop-in 0900-10:30 UK every Wednesday -link below. the new ElevenLabs, Acapela, Speak Unique - demo the latest updates too. richard.cave@mndassociation.org pls shr meet.google.com/dqe-azqt-xzc

@TamsonSLT You have achieved so much in such a short time! Smashing it!! 🌟 Proud of you, buddy #NQP

Lots achieved during my first two months working as an #SLT - started my RCSLT NQP goals ✅ started my dysphagia competencies ✅ started my preceptorship ✅ and have my own growing caseload ✅ #MySLTDay #NQP

Labour call emergency cabinet meeting.😁

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Increasing awareness of motor neurone disease is key. You can help us do it. Share our key facts graphics with friends and family. Make at least one more person aware of #MND today!

Do you work with people with MND, or perhaps you have MND yourself - pls share this important survey on Brain Computer Interface tech and the expectations of people with MND around it. This is our chance to influence how this important technology is developed. Please share thks!

Sure seems like unequal justice in the UK

Rotherham police arrested little girls who were raped by gangs of certain men - dads who tried to rescue their daughters were also arrested.

Next week we're handing in our open letter to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street. It closes for signatures tomorrow, so it's your last chance to add your name! Join 10,576 carers and urge the Government to act decisively to improve carers’ lives. go.carersuk.org/3UH7uKI?utm_so…

Estimated £40 BILLION a year owed by the super rich who base themselves offshore Let’s just guess which political parties they support so that this obscenity can continue? “HMRC withheld offshore tax avoidance figures for UK’s wealthy during election” theguardian.com/politics/artic…

@TamsonSLT I'm proud of you, too, mate 👏 👍 👌 🙌

Thank you for supporting me to follow my dream career #SLT

The beauty of wildlife - a thread 🧵 1. Dick Van Duijn captured the exact moment a squirrel stopped to smell a flower