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2025 DWP report admits the move from ESA to Universal Credit is a disaster for many disabled people 'I was petrified, and I went into shutdown mode'. Carer's spoke of the difficulties The report highlights disabled people were the hardest emotional hit completing Migration forms #r4today #GMB #Starmer thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Did Streeting ever consider that ppl see their care providers more than once, & if we "withhold payment" we could face considerable retaliation, putting us at risk of harm? We already get retaliation for complaints. Imagine how much worse it would be once money gets involved 😳

With the rise of new tools in molecular biology, it’s becoming clear that viruses and other pathogens can remain in the body or otherwise affect its workings for a surprisingly long time time.com/article/2026/0…

I’ve been an NHS doctor for over 15 years I can sit here and confidently tell you that the NHS is worse today than it has ever been Streeting’s NHS funding cuts, doctor replacement, referral refusals have led to astronomical hospital wait lists & GPs on the brink of collapse

Badenoch Wants to "draw a line on disabilities", because of course she thinks we all cost too much. I've got news for her, there is no magic wand that will make our needs go away, even redefining support criteria will not alter cold hard practical reality.

@JDaviesPhD Depends. They didn't give me antidepressants as a teen, said I was an OD risk. Didn't really get any support either So I ended up using other crutches to get by. So it depends if you think alcohol & heroin were better? Been off both 30+ yrs now (am on antidepressants instead)

It's disturbing that many GPs feel they have 'no choice' but to contradict guidelines & prescribe antidepressants to kids, as they can't find other support. This approach is defeatist & also wrongly assumes the drugs will cause more good than harm. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Severely disabled children, adults, and their carer's Those who won't be moved to Universal Credit, and can't move as their would face cuts Those who get help with the council Tax, and prescriptions because of low income Lost all the help with energy bills All cost of living payment No uplift pandemic And no one is talking about them #disabilitybenefits #HeatOrEat

According to some of my replies over the last few days, 'nobody hates disabled people or denies their right to exist they just don't like people taking the piss'. In reality, what this really means is, they don't like the idea of us doing anything that's not absolutely necessary for our survival. So according to them, they are fine with us 'existing' as long as that's all we do, but if we dare try living, that's when the resentment kicks in. Honestly, if you think like this (and I know many of you don't because you are good people) just fuck off. It's not our fault the economy is fucked, that would be the people who promise to Brexit was going to be brilliant and bring about a new golden age for the country, and their billionaire supporters who prioritise their own profits over making sure their workforces have enough. Modern capitalist economies are actually massive pyramid schemes, and those at the top have done a fabulous job of convincing those in the middle that those at the bottom of the real problem and people continue to lap it up in their millions. I long for the day when nobody believes in such bollocks any more.

@DocEmUK @JENBROOK8 @DishSmichri Really doesn't suit my non-verbal daughter (calls mean its me doing the talking) or me for some things - particularly my MH, which I can't talk about over phone as daughter is always in earshot.

@JENBROOK8 @DishSmichri It’s great if it works for patients. Doesn’t suit me - but that’s a secondary interest. What’s most important is to give patients the option.

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.

@kerstingfamily @BlokeOnWheels And the working population needs that ventilation just as much, because without it more will become sick/disabled. House of Commons has upgraded filtration/ventilation, the places us plebs go don't.

@kerstingfamily @BlokeOnWheels Places that really need ventilation/air filtration - schools (big source of illness spreading), hospitals (a very high risk place for cev people) crowded venues & public transport. How do we organise that? (People have offered hepas to schools but been refused)

That would be because the pandemic happened, millions of people are still suffering the long term effects, including young people. The problem is we never put in place things like adequate ventilation to ensure that people don't continually suffer.

Not all welfare claimants get "the lot". Many don't get help with rent, council tax, or "free cars". In fact, some only qualify for the PIP mobility rate, just £1,518.40 a year. That’s the reality for people who don't fit the extra criteria. Most I know get £1.5k to £11k.

Anyone can become disabled at any time. Arguing that disability is what happens to ‘others’ implies moral weakness.

Only some water companies offer a capped tariff, usually only for a combination of high user-low-income and debt situations. No gas or electricity tariffs offer help - but there are some hardship funds via suppliers which apply to people on low incomes. Mostly debt advice.

#DWP The think tank behind the DWP Universal Credit cuts is now saying the benefits system is too generous for young people thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

"When the bloody chancellor is going around saying young people on benefits are “stain on this country” and the DWP boss calling the growing number of young disabled people not in work or education a “disease”, how are young disabled claimants meant to feel like anything other than a burden?"

76% of inpatient Covid cases were caught in hospital. SEVENTY SIX PERCENT! How is the media not all over this? It’s a national scandal! Nobody should be catching ANY preventable disease while seeking medical treatment. We urgently need airborne infection control in the NHS.

So, as a doctor I can’t accept a plastic pen from a pharmaceutical company because it might influence my prescribing decisions, but MPs can accept thousands in cash from those who want to privatise the NHS and it won’t affect their decision-making??? CTFO thenational.scot/news/25967768.…

3.9 million people claim PIP. The DWP make this sound like a huge number — it’s only a fraction of how many disabled people there are in UK Via @h_sharland thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…