NickyProctor I'm not sure about public bodies. BUT as individual health professionals we have professional standards - this thread explains in more detail from a physio perspective
twitter.com/PhysiosForME/s…

Almost 6 years now #MEDebate Sajid Javid

Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) Exactly this. We can only provide as much medical evidence as the NHS can offer us

Well if you want people with #LongCovid to supply more medical evidence for #PIP than they already can or do perhaps you’d like to tell us what #NHS services are available for us ? Hearing of #LongCovid clinics closing but what is opening up for patients ?

Professor Sir Sir Michael Marmot has written to 58 MPs, including former PM Liz Truss, imploring them to act if they care about their local population’s health, after a The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL report confirmed that UK government policies are cutting people’s lives short ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/may/…

New The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL analysis confirms since 2010 central government spending cuts to local authorities were highest in areas with lower life expectancy and more health inequalities, further harming health in these places @MichaeMarmot @UCL bit.ly/LEGAP

Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) WorkingAndNotWorkingWithLongCovid SOMCEO VRA UK Tony Wilson Dame Carol Black Royal College of Occupational Therapists RCOTSSWork Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK Long COVID Physio Long Covid SOS Kirstie Sivapalan Catherine Hale Cat Fraser It's just phenomenal.
The individual suffering is unfathomable.

Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) Conservatives The Labour Party The Green Party Russ Jones bringing your attention to this. Something must be done to #saveourNHS

Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) Royal College of Occupational Therapists Georgia Vine (She/Her) DeathsByWelfare OT History Matters #RetiredNotRetiring #LegacySkills💚🌞🌐 OT_Skiff 💚 OT_Expert DrLecturerMish PhD 🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸💙🌺 She/Her/Hers Dr Linda Renton Dr Anita Atwal AbleOTUK Rox TalbOT (she/her) Professor Elizabeth McKay Professional Adviser Gen RCOTSSWork RCOT Campaigns, Policy & Public Affairs RCOTSS Housing RCOT IP HCPC As a disabled carer I face every obstacle possible. I am seriously thinking of collecting my miniscule pensionearly due to ill health

Thank you for all your responses to this column. I know this issue deeply affects people and I’m sorry if I miss 『S』 (I try!).

If you’d like to, please write to The Guardian’s letters page
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We're calling for the creation of a baseline vulnerability criteria to ensure nobody falls through the cracks ⛑️

This is the part of the benefit system with the biggest repercussions for the people impacted by it, yet it has the least safeguards in place. That needs to change!

Thousands of people on Universal Credit have had their benefits suspended while their claim is investigated - many are in vulnerable circumstances.

New blog out now: we need to talk about benefit suspensions❗️
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/we-need-to-tal…

Some of the rhetoric govt uses for pushing disability benefit reforms is that the world of work has changed and disabled people now have more opportunities to work from home. Professor Kim Hoque says this argument is false, using DWP's 'Find a Job' website to explain why.

The report also includes data on the economic burden of #LongCovid in Brazil, France, Japan, Saudi Arabia and Spain.

impact.economist.com/perspectives/h…

In the UK, #LongCovid could result in 251.8m work hours lost in 2024 – a potential cost of more than US$15.5bn

I sat waiting in car park while husband was in shop. A young man stopped at the window asking for money, he had a bag on his back and a bag in his hand. He looked so unwell and was so alone with no shelter . I gave him a bottle of water and £ for mobile shelter. #CruelEngland

As a #PwME , I’m so fed up with being so sick all the time.

I’m fed up with being so neglected by healthcare and society.

I’m fed up with having to fight so hard for basic recognition, care and accommodations.

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Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT) Dan White : Disability Campaigner & Author ♿️ I absolutely agree with Dr Jenny Ceolta-Smith (PhD OT)
I too am witness as a Mental Hralth Employment Specialist with the CMHT - many individuals just are unable to work. Some can’t even do the basic tasks, let alone carry out duties and hold such responsibilities. It’s criminal & dangerous