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Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Respiratory & Pulmonary Rehab Physio. All views my own

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Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reposted

This quote is from our Big Mental Health Report, which came out last week. The report shows the scale of the mental health crisis. It’s a clear, consistent source of information to lay out what’s happening right now in England and Wales, and what needs to change.

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I still think this is a great wee exercise video made during those dark Covid times. Obviously I'm biased though! #pulmonaryrehabilitation #WorldCOPDDay

Too cold to go for a walk outside, why not try our exercise video instead?-20 minutes long and 3 different options which make it suitable for all fitness levels. #WorldCOPDDay #pulmonaryrehabilitation



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Eternal shame @Keir_Starmer @DavidLammy @RishiSunak @David_Cameron How can any leader arm, support,enable,give impunity to a country,on trial of genocide: committing mass slaughter of people. Mass slaughter, maiming, burning, orphaning & traumatising tens thousands of children?

When Al Jazeera revealed the US 🇺🇸 & UK 🇬🇧 as partners in Israel’s 🇮🇱 genocide: •More than 6,000 military flights, 100s delivering weapons •More than 1200 military cargo flights for Israel’s 🇮🇱 ‘air bridge’ •645 UK 🇬🇧 surveillance flights alone. The UK 🇬🇧 is guilty.



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Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/rc…

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Thanks to all the amazing people living with COPD and their families and healthcare professionals for sharing their top tips from around the world. Please share @sarah_rylance @IoannaTsili1 @VIrazola @russwinn66 @COPDdoc @renlawlor @kjdukie @EuropeanLung @KikeCimas

Issue 2 of our COPD Magazine is out now - a self-management resource for people with COPD to eat, sleep, and feel well. Use infographics, instructional videos and top tips to manage your mood, energy, diet and relationships to live well with COPD. buff.ly/3cOxTD3

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On #WorldCOPDDay, visit the IRC's Lung Facts resource for the latest data on COPD across the EU & WHO European region. Up to date data on respiratory disease is a powerful tool that demonstrates why respiratory healthcare needs attention & investment. …ternational-respiratory-coalition.org/diseases/copd/

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#PRSimpleThings Fix the root cause of low referral to pulmonary rehabilitation Have pulmonary rehabilitation on the curriculum for all universities that train future health care staff #pulmonaryrehab #pulmonaryrehabilitation youtu.be/WfHyu5R9CrQ?si…


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If you are the parent or carer of a young person aged 11-19, please encourage them to complete this year’s Young Person’s Health and Wellbeing Survey to share their views on issues such as wellbeing, lifestyle, mental health, relationships, bullying and safety.

Hertfordshire's Young People’s Health and Wellbeing #Survey 2024 is open 4 Nov-20 Dec for 11-19-year-olds to share their views anonymously about #mentalhealth #bullying #relationships & more to help improve services: buff.ly/48hnKrd

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Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reposted

In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her “improper” hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping to her underwear and marching through campus—defying a regime that constantly controls women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful…


Shame indeed

Absolutely have to call-out Isobel Oakeshott. To say benefit claimants are 'parasites', sit on the sofa, drive their 'free motability' is completely outrageous. At @scope we call out ableism. Call out discrimination. And to not let language like this go unchecked. Shame.



What do we have here I ask you? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Are you interested in working in the Pulmonary Rehab team as a band 5 #physio but unsure about committing long term? Why not design your own rotation and come on secondment for 9 months. #trybeforeyoubuy! nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Hertfor…



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We're proud to support Hertfordshire and Mid Essex Talking Therapies ‘Talk for your Health: Emotional Support for Long Term Conditions (LTC)’ mental health campaign. Take the first step towards better mental health today: hpft-talkingtherapies.nhs.uk #TalkHealth2024 @HCTNHS

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Important and devastating thread. Hospitals were reluctant to go against IPC guidance. Many of us tried hard to raise concerns, to protect ourselves and others, but ultimately could not effect change because ‘national guidance’.

COVID INQUIRY I’ve posted a number of tweets from the Inquiry hearing on 16 Sept. This was the day that Dr Lisa Ritchie took the stand. She chaired the IPC Cell which wrote the Covid infection control guidance for UK hospitals. I’ve collated all the tweets in this thread 🧵



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I think it's totally wrong that we have the Triple Lock for the State Pension, but disability benefits only increase by inflation each year and don't have any protection. It means disabled people will always be seen as second-class citizens in society, and it's disgusting.


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i wish people had got 1% as angry about the tories saddling young people with insane student debt; reducing benefits from the poorest people; and the constant stagnation in wages in this country, as they are getting over rich pensioners losing £200 they don’t need


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The fine line between male and female intelligence. 😂


Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reposted

As if we're having to say this in 2024, but we’ll say it again because stigma has real world consequences: 📢 mental health problems are real 📢 the national mental health crisis is real Some recent articles have been lacking facts and evidence, so let us share some (1/6)


Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reposted

Personal Independence Payment is not about whether you can work, it's about the additional cost of living with a long-term health condition or disability. But while we're on the topic of work - being too unwell to work is not a choice. (4/6)


Gillian MacDonald 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Reposted

While we celebrate A level results today, think of the disabled kids who’ll never be able to do sixth form because local authorities refuse to provide them with transport.

Staggering to think of thousands of disabled kids over 16 up and down the country not sure whether they can go to school in September because local authorities are refusing to provide transport. So awful for everyone involved.



Hero

This man, Abdhullah, deserves some recognition. He heard the screams of the 11 yr old child & her mother being stabbed, ran to help them & GRABBED THE KNIFE from the attacker?! He’s nothing short of a hero 🙏

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