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🚨 EXC: An over-prescribing epidemic is sending 1,000 elderly patients to A&E every single day - a consequence of a fragmented NHS unprepared for the ageing silver tsunami heading its way as 468k baby boomers turn 80 this year: thetimes.com/article/ddf452b…
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Dad died after a fall. Was his prescription of 10 drugs to blame? thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
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EXC: Sir Ed Davey backs 10p fuel duty cut in conference interview for tomorrow's ST
– Says the Lib Dems will be “increasingly talking about tax cuts” from now on
– Hints at more tax cut pledges in Tuesday's speech and says 3p fuel duty rise from January should not go ahead
– Tells restive Lib Dem MPs he shares their concerns: “I've never been as frustrated”
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Dewi Evans responds to The Guardian | Snowdon Substack snowdon.substack.com/p/dewi-…
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This is an excellent read by the wonderful @GarrickKingston.
How the New Yorker article shaped the minds of some of the main players driving the Letby innocence narrative.
#innocencefraud
💥Nurse Death's little helper💥
How journalistic fraud by the @NewYorker sparked one of the nastiest moral panics in UK history.
And how a lawyer, a PR firm, and @DavidDavisMP fanned the flames into Parliament.
Weekend Lucy Letby reading 🔖
👉 lobster-magazine.co.uk/artic…
🔊🎶✅
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#WorldPatientSafetyDay
No ones final days should be included in the pages of an NHS Inquiry. Our final memories I believe become our shadows.
Thank you to everyone who remains passionate about Patient Safety. 🙏
Healthcare begins with trust & trust is built on safety.
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Constantin recently received a grant from the MND Association to help with the cost of a new mattress and walking stick.
So far, £867,000 of the money raised from Sir Kevin Sinfield's 7 in 7 Challenges has been given directly to people with MND, their families and carers.
Learn more: mndassociation.org/supportfu…
#ThankyouSirKev
Lucy Letby: Thirlwall inquiry lays bare the responsibility of NHS management – here’s what needs to change for the future, by @DrJudithSmith theconversation.com/lucy-let…
🚨 EXC: An over-prescribing epidemic is sending 1,000 elderly patients to A&E every single day - a consequence of a fragmented NHS unprepared for the ageing silver tsunami heading its way as 468k baby boomers turn 80 this year: thetimes.com/article/ddf452b…
Thirlwall Inquiry confirms many of the internal documents and goings on at the Countess of Chester that was reported by The Sunday Times in 2023. We were first to report the details of the grievance, the Hawdon review and the internal management failures. Original read below:
🚨 INVESTIGATION: How #LucyLetby - Britain's worst child killer - was promised a role at Alder Hey Children's Hospital by managers who dismissed fears she was a killer.
The Sunday Times has the definitive story of how she almost got away with murder thetimes.co.uk/article/lucy-… 🧵1/7
Here again, another public inquiry recommends regulation of NHS managers and duty of candour for individuals. 13 years on from Mid Staffs, 25 years since Bristol Heart inquiry, 21 years since Shipman. The Kark Inquiry set out a sensible approach. Here is Thirlwall recommendation:
Key findings from Lucy Letby Thirlwall Inquiry
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c64g…
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The Inquiry report will be published this afternoon on the Inquiry website: thirlwall.public-inquiry.uk/
Researchers at the University of Cambridge said that regardless of “what or how we read”, sitting down with a book is linked to improved health and problem solving thetimes.com/article/fa07008…
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An over-prescribing epidemic is leading to thousands of elderly people being admitted to hospital suffering reactions to cocktails of medicines.
A Sunday Times investigation by @ShaunLintern has found doctors are routinely giving out potentially harmful levels of medication to elderly patients, leading to falls, low blood pressure, dizziness and irregular heartbeats.
Almost eight million people in the UK are at risk of medical side-effects because they are being prescribed five or more drugs to take daily. About 2.2 million take ten drugs a day, a study published earlier this year reveals.
The Sunday Times wants the NHS and government to do something to address the problem, which is why we’ve launched a campaign calling for more training on the risks of over-prescribing, better monitoring for patients and an increase in the number of geriatricians to carry out full reviews of older frail people and the drugs they are taking
🔗 Tap the link to read more: thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/a…
🚨 Millions of elderly Britons take drugs known as anticholinergics - they can have serious side-effects and have been linked to a risk of dementia but patients aren't routinely warned. Another aspect of the polypharmacy crisis: thetimes.com/article/b5fb0cd…
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Reform has now gone public with the second element of the story The Sunday Times approached about on Friday.
Christopher Harborne has also given £36 million to the party, the same amount as Ben Delo.
That’s a remarkable **£72 million** combined donation - unprecedented in scale in modern British democracy.
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The Sunday Times approached Nigel Farage and Reform about this story this morning.
A confidential source told us that Delo, a crypto billionaire criminal pardoned by Trump, had given £35m to Reform.
Now, as with other stories on Reform finances, it has been given elsewhere.
Farage lands record £36m donation telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
