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AutisticMumTo3<p>Labour must raise benefits if they want to 'get Britain working again'<br> <a href="https://www.bigissue.com/news/social-justice/dwp-benefits-support-get-britain-working/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bigissue.com/news/social-justi</span><span class="invisible">ce/dwp-benefits-support-get-britain-working/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitRates</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sanctions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sanctions</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GetBritainWorking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GetBritainWorking</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FoodBankBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBankBritain</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/FoodBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodBanks</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BenefitClaimants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenefitClaimants</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/UniversalCredit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniversalCredit</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/LongTermSick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongTermSick</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poverty</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Health<p>Hungarians facing long hospital waiting lists, dissatisfaction rising [Advocacy Lab Content] <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/health-consumers/news/hungarians-facing-long-hospital-waiting-lists-dissatisfaction-rising/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/health-co</span><span class="invisible">nsumers/news/hungarians-facing-long-hospital-waiting-lists-dissatisfaction-rising/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/healthcareaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>healthcareaccess</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a></p>
Jennifer Moore 😷NHS cardiology waiting lists
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hospitals</span></a> to share <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> under Labour plans for quicker care</p><p>Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/18/hospitals-to-share-waiting-lists-under-labour-plans-for-quicker-care" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/18/hospitals-to-share-waiting-lists-under-labour-plans-for-quicker-care</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AlternativesToToryPolicies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlternativesToToryPolicies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CooperationNotCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CooperationNotCompetition</span></a></p>
SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>''Cuts will result in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PatientDeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatientDeaths</span></a>’: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> shed medical staff after being told to balance the books</p><p>As more <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> trusts in <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> report budget deficits health leaders warn that <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WaitingLists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaitingLists</span></a> will rise<br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/may/05/cuts-will-result-in-patient-deaths-hospitals-shed-medical-staff-after-being-told-to-balance-the-books" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/may/05/cuts-will-result-in-patient-deaths-hospitals-shed-medical-staff-after-being-told-to-balance-the-books</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NHSEngland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHSEngland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BreakThenPrivatise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakThenPrivatise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryInhumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryInhumanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ProfitBeforePeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProfitBeforePeople</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CassReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CassReport</span></a> must not be ‘<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/spun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spun</span></a>’ by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/opponents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opponents</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, says <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MP</span></a>. </p><p>Young <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a>, who already face “huge <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/barriers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barriers</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a>, including years-long <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/waitinglists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waitinglists</span></a>”, should not see their <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a> become a “front in a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/culturewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culturewar</span></a>”. </p><p><a href="https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/10/cass-report-labour-mp-nadia-whittome/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thepinknews.com/2024/04/10/cas</span><span class="invisible">s-report-labour-mp-nadia-whittome/</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>I'm not entirely surprised that in polling for Healthwatch England, while 28% of those polled said they'd used private <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> in the past year, 14% (that's half of them) had been advised to do so by <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> professionals.</p><p>Around a third were advised to go private as <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/waitinglists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waitinglists</span></a> were long, or they'd get better quality care, while just under a quarter required treatment no longer available via the NHS.</p><p>The <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> two-tier system is firmly established fed by the <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NHScriris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHScriris</span></a> they engineered!</p>