MitaBean
geeclarke3.bsky.social
MitaBean
@geeclarke3.bsky.social
Feels lost to multiple traumas, and a system feeling like more domestic abuse back in my home. Once a useful, bright, helpful, likeable intelligent soul, now reduced to a sad sad MitaBean.
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GP CRISIS

102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons

38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries

31 million people consult GPs every month & a similar number have haircuts

You can see the problem @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk

People spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons

27,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries

31 million people visit GPs every month a similar number have haircuts

You can see the problem @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social judging by Wes’s trim he is going to the hair salon a lot more than his GP unlike many
September 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As an unwell disabled unpaid carer who's had no choice than defer 2 spinal neurosurgeries for 6 months, due to care left down and nobody caring enough to get that addressed to date, this certainly does not surprise me.
Not everything has to be cost effective. Society is about caring too!

However the estimated loss to the economy of sickness is £150bn a year

www.oxera.com/wp-content/u...

And the UK has the highest waiting lists for healthcare in the G20
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Too many older renters are struggling to pay their rent due to shortfalls in Housing Benefit, pushing them to make impossible choices to make ends meet. Sign @IndependentAge.bsky.social pledge calling for Housing Benefit to be uprated #MakeAgeingFair
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Sign our pledge to make sure all renters can afford rent!
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November 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM