Lisa Cowan

@bethy_poo82 @djeglin @FattusPrickus 😂 You can get away with a lot I think, you see a lot of skater type dresses that are clearly princess themed and identifiable, but are ok because all the actual princesses are in full length dresses.

@OTLHENAC @djeglin @FattusPrickus Oh! My mistake! They must have recently changed the rules! I know in Asia it was for sure allowed before because I kept seeing TikTok’s where the Disney adults were meeting the characters they dressed up as and some of the ‘influencer’ costumes were nicer lol!

I have spent the past five days in Disneyland Paris, I’m still here but I’m sitting about waiting to get a flight the absolute fuck home. if you can be arsed reading about my experience of Disney adults, then here is a wee thread about them.

@djeglin @FattusPrickus Some liberties being taken with the truth here for dramatic effect I fear

@FattusPrickus Huh. I thought adults weren’t allowed to dress up as Disney characters, princesses etc? Was certainly the case when I took my girl to Florida last year. Disney adults were just wearing teeshirts and ears.

@bethy_poo82 @djeglin @FattusPrickus Not if you’re over 12 and the staff consider that it could be mistaken for a character costume. It’s a bit of a judgement call re where to draw the line on their part though 😂

@djeglin @FattusPrickus They are allowed to at Disneyland Paris

@functional_rqmt @ExplosiveEnema2 Not pretending, so either I’m stupid or you’re callous. Suspect we won’t agree on which though, so have a good day 🙂

@OTLHENAC @ExplosiveEnema2 Amazing how you people pretend not to understand. No, a mother who lost their child is not a snowflake for grieving. Yes, a person who gets offended by their non physical issue being categorised as "minor", in the context of medical severity is a snowflake. See also: nuance.

The wheel of unintended consequences keeps turning Access to notes means coding terminology can be misinterpreted Incredibly distressing for patients

@functional_rqmt @ExplosiveEnema2 Just re-read and you’re referring to a mother who lost a child to a brain tumour, and may well see this, as a snowflake. I’m not entirely sure why I bothered to engage.

@functional_rqmt @ExplosiveEnema2 I think the OP and most healthcare workers reading this will know that, but the intent doesn’t change the impact for the patient reading it. If the system lets them see it, the NHS needs to be accountable for what info is included.

@Jean_Jeannie1 @kcisc “Taught masters” as opposed to research masters, I think.

@kcisc I am reading this incorrectly? Did they teach on the course they were taking?

Nope. Nope. Nope.

@MichaelRosenYes @ChiswickLion Also completely wrong - there was no “6 month rule” for travel to EU countries when UK was an EU member. This specific issue is 100% related to brexit.

@ChiswickLion And that's an interesting and original point that hasn't been made a 100 times on this thread already. Even so, your comment feels very alert and fun. Thanks.

Ha! I’ve just been refused entry onto a plane from Stansted to Bologna because my passport issue date is March 2016. The expiry date is August 2026 but the rule is 10 years from issue date. Another Brexit benefit. Apparently. Go home now.

@theveindoc @trentconsultant @doctorcaldwell @Telegraph @wesstreeting 😂 And who do we want to try to attract to be the next generation of doctors? The mediocre?

@trentconsultant @doctorcaldwell @Telegraph @wesstreeting Why are we channelling the brightest A level students into medicine where much of the work is pretty mundane? Surely we need the brightest students to go into areas where they will help build the great businesses of tomorrow to produce the wealth to enable us to employ more Drs

✍️ "The doctors’ union opposed the NHS's creation in 1948. We won’t let them break it now," writes @wesstreeting. 🔗: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/0…

@Maximus728388 @VonnSand @ScottishLabour Young person is immediately placed back on a different waiting list to actually see a CAMHS professional, which can have a further wait of many months to years. 2/2

@Maximus728388 @VonnSand @ScottishLabour AI not the most reliable source, and as always, there’s a story behind the numbers. Almost 1/4 of referrals are rejected without being seen - so that won’t count in these figures. samh.org.uk/about-us/news-… I’ve also seen first hand an appointment given for triage where the 1/2

The scandal of thousands of children & young people on CAMHS waiting lists for years, many of whom are not managing to attend school, should shame the SNP. I am proud that @ScottishLabour has a plan to tackle these waiting lists and crucially to get help & support in place fast.

@feebee_69 We’ve let the nation down, won’t happen again 🫡

@OTLHENAC I know of two Scots currently out of the country, Lisa. I am holding both of you personally responsible. I think the cone will be atop his heid within minutes of your touchdown, lady.

Fuck me. END. OF. DAYS. 🔺🐎 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #Glasgow

@markbishopuk @DocEmUK Spectacular miss of the point here - the fact that you think this is about money says everything.

@DocEmUK Would you be willing to disclose your pre-tax income for the past three years, whether you have a full- or part-time contract, and your economic interest in the partnership, including the property it occupies? Pretty sure you're not doing this 'at your own expense'...

I’ve been doing this GP malarkey for nearly 20y now. It struck me today that the only way I can carry on practising the way I used to is if I do it at my own personal expense. It never used to be like this - there was enough time in the day for bereavement visits, wellbeing checks, proactive care, time with colleagues to discuss patients & build relationships. General practice today is decision making at the same speed as a shoot-em-up game. Today was just me for 55 same day requests for appointments, clinical supervision of three members of staff, medical student education, paramedic education and all routine needs for a population of 1250 patients. We’re fortunate to have personal lists - though the new contract doesn’t value the continuity at all - and that matters to me deeply. Leaving work at 7, I decided to pop in to a patient of mine that I’ve known for 14y. In their 80s, they’ve just had joint replacement surgery and are having a bit of a wobble. We had a chat, they felt better, we have a plan & I’ll check in next week. This is the kind of GP I want to be. My day would have been less frantic, I’d have eaten/urinated at a sensible time, and I’d would have been less snappy with the children whom I saw briefly before bed if there hadn’t been so much nonsense crowding my day: 25 mins on hold trying to get through to a specialist (and failing), an insurance company slyly demanding a conversation with me about a non-urgent issue because it saves them money, dealing with consequences of private tests not requested by me but with the inevitable ‘see your GP’ as disposition, missing discharge medication, delayed follow-up, inappropriate ‘GP to’ as the heart failure team have a waiting list - and much more. Commissioning gaps, poor clinical pathway planning, govt targets on access over quality, media perpetuation of entitlement over responsibility and disproportionate investment & expansion of specialists over general practice have caused this. This is not ‘part time’ GP working - as a partner that’s never a thing. This is expectations from everywhere without resourcing to match. We want to deliver the things we did 20y ago - that’s why we went into this. If you want your family doctor back then you need to support us - because we want to be that too. I’m a GP, but also a Mum, wife and daughter of aged parents. I can’t do this at my own expense any more, and nor should I have to. Arguments of laziness and greed always abound, but really what we need is a properly resourced service. Please stand with us - a fight is coming.

@feebee_69 The show is not cancelled…but the show is…cancelled. 🤯🤣

What an unrelenting bellend Morrissey is. Lying in the dark on his fainting couch. #Morrissey

@feebee_69 Didn’t know that! Defo a thing up here in the frozen north, but they’re dry stane dykes 😁

I was just told that dry stone walls are not a thing in that Down South. Is this true?

@unintrstngcritt @ditsonlyme1 @folklorefairies @southrunner24 @nimbusdis Not profit, but if everyone has accommodations then no-one has accommodations - music venues have a ltd number of places on accessible platforms for example, so if no checks are in place then a space given to someone lying about a disability is 1 less for those who actually need?

@OTLHENAC @ditsonlyme1 @folklorefairies @southrunner24 @nimbusdis What harm does someone lying cause? Venue makes slightly less profit? Do you actually care??

just got off the phone with @nimbusdis agent as i have been denied access support despite having medical evidence of my severe spinal injury…the agent instead went on to tell me how people regularly abuse the system and of their own accessibility needs? how is this appropriate?

@unintrstngcritt @ditsonlyme1 @folklorefairies @southrunner24 @nimbusdis How do you protect this system from abuse by people who are not disabled though? Or is that a risk worth taking?

@ditsonlyme1 @folklorefairies @southrunner24 @nimbusdis No venues should not have a team. They should simply believe disabled people who are more than qualified to tell them what they need.

@leylasanai @SocialistHB @ItsnotrightUK I am neither a doctor nor a nurse, but I believe that consultant should not be used in job titles by anyone working in the NHS (as I do) who is not medically qualified, for many reasons. I can make that case without throwing insults though.

@leylasanai @SocialistHB @ItsnotrightUK “Jeered” from the person who brought us “go and play with your plastic stethoscope”? Play the ball, not the person.

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