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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Voting for the Tories to fix nine years of the Tories doesn't make any sense

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

Absolutely nobody I knew in the NHS had routine gatherings or drinks after work during covid restrictions. We left exhausted, stripped, showered, terrified we might pass something on, ate, stayed in and slept. Day off meant a solo walk in the park. Rinse & repeat

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Ben White

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3 years

Dear London journalists, Please go to London hospitals and report what is happening and why.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

I have now spoken to the healthcare professional who wrote this and can verify it is a 100% true account of a recent Boris Johnson NHS visit. Please RT.

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@HinduMonkey

5 years

This is the truth of what happens when @BorisJohnson visits your hospital. This has been written by an anonymous friend of mine. Please read. Please share. It is the truth about our #NHS - the lies cannot continue @JonAshworth @OwenJones84 @shaunjlawson @jonworth @IanDunt

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

Whitty saying what everyone wants to

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Do not get your coronavirus advice from Karol Sikora. He is not a public health or infectious disease specialist and has more conflicts of Interest than a trade war history book

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

If the NHS was funded properly the @England team would not have to donate money to it

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Sunday Telegraph letter from Professor Hawking (in response to Hunt)

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

It makes me incandescent with rage that hospices are desperate for money whilst we have literally thrown away billions into failed track and trace and crony covid contracts. This is what failing your people looks like

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

1 year

Just to put things into perspective for a second. This government is currently objecting to raising a newly qualified doctors pay from £14 to £19 an hour

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Dont forget, in the General Election, you'll be voting for the future of your national health service

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

People should know about Professor Karol Sikora. He has transformed into something of an NHS advocate of late. He has supported free marketeers and is a vocal advocate for private healthcare. He has a long track record as an anti-NHS activist.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

I know this Oncologist. She is telling the truth about NHS cuts

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Wish British Media would question why and how the NHS has reached a point where it needs elderly war veterans to raise money

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

In a hotly contested field, this is one of the worst things they have ever said. Nurses had it particularly bad. It was absolutely awful. There was no let up, no parties, no during or after work drinks. People often couldn't even access the staff room

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

"Theresa May, the Prime Minister, didn't want any of this to get out". Truly horrifying govt coverup over #NHScrisis . Transcript of account:

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

It is scandalous @SkyNews continually promotes Karol Sikora as a covid19 'expert'. He is not. He has also been deeply politically motivated throughout his career and his conflicts of interest are rarely made clear when he appears.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

I'm as critical as anyone of Jeremy Hunt's record-breaking failures as health secretary, but he's just a hubristic human shield. Focus on the corporate capture of the NHS as a profit-making industry. We need a government who will restore & protect the NHS as a public service

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

@LittleMix The gradual defunding and denationalisation of NHS

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

The Tories say we need a strong economy for a working NHS. But they've already been in charge of the economy for nine years, and the NHS is broken

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

8 years

Zac Goldsmith: two local A&Es shut isolating the sick, maternity services cut, & you don't bat an eyelid. New runway? Resign. Goodbye

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Cheers guys, I'm free now. 👍

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

Something people don't really understand about privatisation of the health service. There is a finite number of staff. When they leave for private jobs due to public sector pay and conditions, they rarely come back. So we need a govt which prioritises NHS pay and conditions

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Clear. Factual. Blunt. As good as it gets from @piersmorgan and @susannareid100 . About the only TV broadcasters who could say they have consistently held this govt to account over repeated covid19 failures.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

I'm really looking forward to seeing full declaration of links between Matt Hancock, the new health Secretary, and free market group IEA London (who wish to dismantle the NHS)

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

If Damian Green has gone for breaching ministerial code, how on earth has pathological liar Jeremy Hunt still got a job?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

The privatisation of health and social care is not a conspiracy theory: it's been happening in plain sight for many years. The question is, what does it take to make you interested?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

8 years

Well, I won't be asking anyone for their passport before resuscitating them, thanks.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

Daily Mail doesn't want to campaign for pay rise for nurses. Does want a campaign for volunteers to prop up NHS services. Wake up.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

@Jeremy_Hunt @IpswichHosp You do understand what that sheet is actually saying, don't you Jeremy?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Oncall specialty doctors: it's your job to give advice overnight. If you don't like that, change jobs. Belittling, undermining, humiliating behaviours are not acceptable at 3am or ever.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

In light of Carillion, do we really want to start handing over large chunks of our NHS to private companies for 10+ years?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Carrie Fisher- unafraid to talk about #mentalhealth

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

During the covid19 crisis 'the positive professor' Karol Sikora, CMO of Rutherford Cancer Centres, has been promoting his private interests.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

Please don't feel like you have to clap. It feels like a hollow gesture in the face of the government's appalling handling of the pandemic and decade-long assault on the NHS.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

been told Milton Keynes hospital in meltdown. So bad, a senior A&E dr asked to close hospital. &there were no ambulances serving MK for a time on Sat night due to queues at hospital. &staff genuinely fear for patient safety esp in the corridor.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

The NHS is not failing, it is being failed. Remind yourself of this simple fact every day.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

I didn't go to medical school to work for @Virgin , sorry @richardbranson . Keep #OurNHS public. #OurNHSDemo #NHSMarch

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

You might remember hearing Professor Stephen Hawking was taking Jeremy Hunt to court over changes to the NHS. The @JR4NHS case is in High Court on Wednesday 23rd May. He cared deeply about it and so, I think, should you.

Stephen Hawking to take Hunt to court over NHS

A judicial review is granted over government health policy plans.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Some people are 'fatigued' by talk of a creaking NHS. Well, unfatigue yourselves, because there are sick patients and staff far more tired

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

my worry is how this govt have somehow conned public into trusting Theresa May on the NHS, when it's had worst period in living memory

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

This is stunning idea, also a huge beneficiary would be the NHS which is crying out for better connectivity and bandwidth, particularly in community care

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@PeoplesMomentum

5 years

This is HUGE 🔥🔥🔥 #GeneralElection19 #FastandFree #BritishBroadband

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Absolutely incredible- @GNev2 guarantees his staff and hands hotels over to NHS workers. Thank you

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

No, that's called the NHS. What you're thinking of is making lots of cash off illness

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Putting Jeremy Hunt in charge of social care is like putting a fox in charge of the chicken coop. Refers to ageing population as "one of the biggest commercial opportunities".

Jeremy Hunt says Britain's care time bomb is a 'big commercial opportunity'

The top Tory made the eyebrow-raising remarks - and suggested more people could be saving for their own care

www.mirror.co.uk

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

FYI Is this immediate NHS crisis due to immigration? No. (We would be stuffed without it) Too many managers? No. (We are relatively undermanaged) The 'ageing population'? No. (We had this 7 yrs ago) Underfunding? Yes. Bed cuts? Yes.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

The @Conservatives say we will have 50,000 more nurses under them. Unbelievably, this figure includes simply retaining 18,500 existing nurses who ALREADY WORK IN THE NHS. Therefore, this is a lie. A vast, public lie. Do not believe their lies.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Dolly is not a 'Bed-blocker'. Dolly is a victim of neglect. Dolly deserves a society that supports her. Invest in social care @theresa_may .

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

To all healthcare professionals battling through covid shifts right now. We appreciate you. Thank you.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Tom Harwood of Guido on BBC cautioning against media character assassination 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #CumGate

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

😒 Someone wants you not to think about @theresa_may 's eye-watering NHS cuts. Again: 'Health Tourism' is less than 0.5% of NHS budget.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

Jeremy. In your time as health sec, general & acute hospital beds were cut by 7,606. You oversaw NHS pay squeeze. You diverted more resources into private pockets. Don't you feel any sense of guilt or responsibility for our situation now?

Jeremy Hunt

@Jeremy_Hunt

3 years

Happy NY to all - horrible yr but 2 big silver linings: vaccines, where we may even be the first country to immunise all those at risk; & a Brexit deal which hopefully concludes a painful period in our politics. The future is now in our own hands - and never underestimate the UK!

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Ben White

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6 years

Sigh, this again. Why is the NHS creaking? The economy collapsed, then we elected govts who do not value the NHS and wish to shrink and dismantle it. It's. Not. Immigrants. Idle bigotry must be challenged at every opportunity.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

8 years

My Open Letter to Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Philip Dunne MP just told parliament if people dont have hospital beds in A&E "there are seats to sit on"

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

This govt is quite simply taking the living piss

NHS staff offered 6.5% pay rise over three years if they forfeit day's holiday

Exclusive: £3.3bn deal nears for staff in England, eight years after last meaningful pay rise

www.theguardian.com

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Karol Sikora, a cancer doctor, has been very prominent on social media, repeatedly invited on TV and appeared in newspapers including @SkyNews , @itvnews , @Telegraph and @Daily_Express during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Professor Stephen Hawking on the NHS. #NHSBirthday

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@drbenwhite

4 years

After being redeployed from research onto the wards I've been overwhelmed by how committed everyone is to a common goal. I would not wish to work anywhere else. #NHS

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

People are queuing in the corridors of A&E But at least passport colour

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

The story of 2016

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Words fail. Broomfield Hospital- facebook post by an unwell person's relative. Which definition of 'crisis' you using @theresa_may ? How much harm will it take for you to be honest

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

It's those few days a year when press are REALLY interested in the NHS again. It's a 'crisis' now. No mention of preventable root causes: denationalisation, financial stress, bed cuts, market-style competition, deskilling and demoralization of the workforce

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

Public service announcement (in case Jeremy Hunt confused anyone this year) #24hrsAE #NHS - credit @DrRobgalloway

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

Those who still claim the gradual privatisation of the NHS is a myth will feel regret when it's too late.

Capita wins £1bn NHS contract to oversee administration

Deal will encourage a private sector expecting more healthcare opportunities

www.ft.com

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

1 year

@Keir_Starmer Seriously? You have an opportunity to lead the narrative now. Please stop regurgitating this nonsense. Characterising staff as heroes is unhelpful. Tell people NHS staff are humans who should be paid appropriately for their work- focus on retention before recruitment.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

Delete tweet please. Clearly not all sepsis deaths are preventable. Identifying sepsis faster is laudable, misinforming the public from your position is not.

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@MattHancock

5 years

Sepsis kills over 52,000 every year - each death a preventable tragedy. So we’re introducing new guidance to use #data to identify & treat sepsis faster - and save more lives

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

Should pensioners do laps of their garden for charity to support the NHS or should we just fund it properly so they don't need to?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

I'm biased. But #Hospital tonight at 9pm on @BBCTwo is unmissable if you want to understand the NHS . @willjessop

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

A&E doctor writing in @guardian - via @DrDavidWarriner

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Ben White

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4 years

Am getting serious deja vu. Sorry but I am very worried. We have no idea if there will be a second peak of infection and if so, what it might look like. We have not got a national track and trace up to speed.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

The more commercial the NHS becomes, the more corporate, the further it drifts from its beginning. Don't listen to those gorging the corridors of power who deny this- clinicians see it every day. It's worth thinking about and putting up a fight against.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

Finally Jeremy Hunt has the opportunity to fund the NHS appropriately, having never before been in a senior influential government role

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

@piersmorgan In my (insignificant) opinion you are making a difference Piers.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

I realise the #RoyalWedding is super important and everything, but there is also the small matter of the future of your health service in court on Wednesday 👍

JR4NHS

@jr4nhs

6 years

Please join us at the High Court on 23rd & 24th May 2018 where we fight against privatisation of #ourNHS

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

BMA just put Tories on notice about junior doctors pay

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Right wing media (Guido, Daily Mail) is trying to demonize and discredit the healthcare professionals on Panorama because the harsh truth hurts the government. Exactly the same thing happened during junior doctor strikes.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

I agree with @MichaelRosenYes . Please don't help introduce the profit motive into the NHS. @YourNHS2021

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

“When politicians and private healthcare industry lobbyists claim that we cannot afford the NHS, this is the exact inversion of the truth. We cannot afford not to have the NHS” Stephen Hawking - master communicator. It was an enormous privilege to work with him.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

If you are exasperated with the state of things, please choose to amplify @doctor_oxford , @sbattrawden , @chrischirp , @devisridhar and @DrDomPimenta

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

So, Jeremy Hunt moves on, five minutes before official NHS figures released showing £1bn spent *in a year* on buying health care from non-NHS sources. DEFINITELY not a coincidence.

Private firms cash in on over-stretched NHS

Hospitals, ambulances and mental health services are spending £1bn a year on care from outside the NHS.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@drbenwhite

7 years

FYI. This front page should read: "MILLIONS FAILED BY THIS GOVT ON NHS"

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

To be entrusted to care is a privilege- #juniordoctors & NHS staff starting night shifts in Westminster #staysafe

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

2 years

best Christmas present ☺

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Do you really want to allow US Pharma into the NHS?

Social Security Works

@SSWorks

5 years

"There is no reason for a drug as simple as insulin, which costs $21 in Canada, to cost the equivalent of a mortgage payment." - @AOC #Insulin4all #medicareforall

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

Very interesting. A good friend of mine is a senior nursing sister - she says the NHS wouldn't survive five more years of the Tories

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@drbenwhite

6 years

Share, share, share this truth

NHS Nurse In Floods Of Tears As She Tells James O’Brien: “We Are Broken”

An exhausted and emotional nurse burst into a flood of tears as she told James O’Brien “we are broken”.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

Professor Stephen Hawking should definitely be part of #NHSheroesAwards for leading a fight against undemocratic, covert NHS changes to increase involvement of private companies

Stephen Hawking to take NHS England and Jeremy Hunt to court

Campaign group says health system shake-up opens door to privatisation

theweek.com

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

5 years

The people at Led By Donkeys are very smart. Have a look at their recent NHS stunt which has over a million views and Donate here:

Led By Donkeys

@ByDonkeys

5 years

EXPOSED: Guess who used taxpayer funds to host the lavish launch of a think tank campaigning to let American corporations run NHS hospitals? Yes, Boris Johnson. (Location: St Thomas’ Hospital - SOUND ON)

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

He made these claims on #Marr . Why do press not interrogate this stuff?

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

The fact there are *still* front line health care professionals not offered vaccination (and some who still wont get it for weeks) is an utter scandal

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

6 years

In case you wondered why @Jeremy_Hunt still has his job despite the worst tenure in history: he's effectively underfunded, downsized, outsourced and fragmented the NHS as asked.

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

@MattHancock Thanks Matt. Could you just clarify what your definition of a test being "Done" is? Because in medicine we use the definition that there is a result which has been processed, which can be viewed. Just checking that we are using the same definition. Cheers 👍

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@drbenwhite

6 years

Professor Stephen Hawking joins legal battle v Hunt. Says ACOs "attack on fundamental principles of the NHS" #JR4NHS

Stephen Hawking joins lawsuit aimed at foiling Hunt's NHS shake-up

Physicist’s dispute with health secretary is reignited as he joins action against changes he fears could lead to more privatisation

www.theguardian.com

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

4 years

So let me get this straight: The hospital apologised. The health secretary apologised (he was ON SITE at the time), saying clearly the unit 'lacks space'. But it never happened? K

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@drbenwhite

7 years

VISUAL: Deliberate health tourism vs. Projected govt NHS cuts of £22bn #NHS

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@drbenwhite

7 years

Whilst training I never thought I might have to deny people care based on nationality or means to pay. Come on Britain. #NHSMarch #OurNHS

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

7 years

A year ago #juniordoctors were vilified & dismissed as hyperbole and crying wolf. We tried to warn of an impending crisis repeatedly

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Ben White

@drbenwhite

3 years

The Nightingales were never set up as normal NHS hospitals, they were 'worst case scenario' decanting zones. There was no staff to run them properly because that would take staff from another part of the NHS and we already started the pandemic 40,000 nurses down.

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