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Pushing for the 4hr standard target to be the most important thing we do this March is a fundamentally flawed approach to improving the UEC system unless it is associated with either appropriate resource and/or a long term work force strategy.

Every winter we see our services at breaking point due to illnesses caused by viruses such as RSV. An RSV vaccination programme could be transformative.

We need your help to persuade the UK Government to make this a reality.

Sign our open letter today! rcpch.eaction.org.uk/RSV

This Government is an absolute disgrace

Please RT if you agree

This tree looks like it's sneaking out of the woods. 😁

The NHS is by no means perfect, but no one in the UK has ever been declared bankrupt because of medical bills.

Yet.

We must never take our NHS for granted.

The sight of two immensely wealthy men placing a £1000 bet on the lives of immigrants is a new kind of sickening…

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In the last 24 hours:

🚨 Cornwall NHS declares critical incident

🚨 Plymouth's Derriford Hospital declares critical incident

🚨 University hospitals Morecambe Bay declares critical incident

Yet, NO junior doctors striking!

Maybe they weren’t to blame after all?!

In the first 5 years of your child's life their brain develops faster than at any other time.

Please help share these new #LittleMomentsTogether resources which aim to help all children achieve their best start in life.
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Power of Niservimab now clear & JCVI support so Q’s are:

1) When will immunisation programme begin?

2) And how dramatic will impact be?

Our BronchSTART study (academic.oup.com/jid/advance-ar…) showed burden of non-RSV disease but note Niservimab also ⬇️ all cause resp disease as well!

Remember only 4% of us &
96% of Tory MPs & their donors would benefit from abolishing #InheritanceTax
Whose side are they on?

#JuniorDoctorsStrike

Look at Dr Kat Parmar payslip as
first year doctor in 2005 - £2168

Kat took home per month in 2005 than
first year doctor in 2023 - £2108

They get LESS 18 yrs later

Highest tax burden in 70 yrs, except if you're a Tory non-dom or offshore as many are 😡

Most children growing up in poverty have at least one working parent - and often parents are doing several jobs Yet the cost of living is such that tough choices about healthy food is a daily issue. We have to take action Our healthy future as a nation depends on it RCPCH

If you have had experience of having a baby in neonatal care in the West Midlands in 2022 or 2023, we want to hear from you. Please share your feedback by completing this questionnaire to help us plan for the future and make sure that families are at the heart of improvements.

Here is the problem with attacking Benefits, as Jeremy Hunt chooses to do.

Instead HMRC should be going after the 360x as much Tax Avoid/Evaders.

People like Zahawi, Cameron, and Bamford.

Hi!

It's really common while working as a doctor to be interrupted while you're in the middle of doing something. I'm trying to find out more about how we learn or teach managing these interruptions safely.

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'Children who arrive to our country seeking asylum are frightened and highly vulnerable. They’ve often faced traumatic events, both in their home country and on their journey to the UK. We must ensure they’re kept safe and protected as all children deserve.'

Imagine if every young person could get the mental health support they needed, when they needed it, no matter what - from school, in their community or NHS services.

Imagine the amount of pressure taken off parents.

Imagine how many less young people would end up in crisis.