Lorraine Burchell
@lorrainehdx.bsky.social
RN, dialysis & education are my areas of expertise. ICU and medical device manufacturing is part of my history.
Humanist, curious, creative is part of my nature. 🩷 📚 📷 🪡
Humanist, curious, creative is part of my nature. 🩷 📚 📷 🪡
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Australia’s women remain an untapped resource in the hunt for productivity | Zoe Daniel
Female empowerment is more than just ‘nice to have’, as I was once told in the halls of parliament. It’s good economic policy
www.theguardian.com
"Australia ranks equal first in the world for women’s education but is much lower down the list for women’s economic opportunity."
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Between 1980 and 1989, the death rate of cancer patients living in the most disadvantaged parts of NSW was four per cent higher than those in the most advantaged areas.
By the 2010s, the difference had swelled to 35 per cent."
#Medsky 🩺
By the 2010s, the difference had swelled to 35 per cent."
#Medsky 🩺
'Demands urgent attention': Study finds widening disparities in cancer survival rates
'Demands urgent attention': Study finds widening disparities in cancer survival rates
The equity gap has swelled since four decades ago, according to analysis of data from almost one million cancer patients.
www.sbs.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Between 1980 and 1989, the death rate of cancer patients living in the most disadvantaged parts of NSW was four per cent higher than those in the most advantaged areas.
By the 2010s, the difference had swelled to 35 per cent."
#Medsky 🩺
By the 2010s, the difference had swelled to 35 per cent."
#Medsky 🩺
A shameful event that should never have happened.
"A Sydney public hospital has conceded avoidable errors were made in the lead-up to the death of an elderly Deaf man."
#Medsky 🩺
"A Sydney public hospital has conceded avoidable errors were made in the lead-up to the death of an elderly Deaf man."
#Medsky 🩺
Bruce Drabsch's daughter Melinda Dagger, who was travelling to hospital to be with her ailing father, was phoned by a doctor and asked to inform her mother her husband of more than six decades had died, because no Auslan interpreter was provided.
Errors in the lead up to elderly Deaf man's death 'avoidable', report finds
Bruce Drabsch's daughter Melinda Dagger, who was travelling to hospital to be with her ailing father, was phoned by a doctor and asked to inform her mother her husband of more than six decades had died, because no Auslan interpreter was provided.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A shameful event that should never have happened.
"A Sydney public hospital has conceded avoidable errors were made in the lead-up to the death of an elderly Deaf man."
#Medsky 🩺
"A Sydney public hospital has conceded avoidable errors were made in the lead-up to the death of an elderly Deaf man."
#Medsky 🩺
Solar sharer program for NSW, SE QLD, & SA
#ClimateEmergency
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australians to get at least three hours a day of free solar power - even if they don’t have solar panels
Labor announces ‘solar sharer’ program for households in NSW, south-east Queensland and South Australia
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Solar sharer program for NSW, SE QLD, & SA
#ClimateEmergency
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
#ClimateEmergency
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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The world learned a painful lesson during COVID; respiratory infections are airborne. This changes a great deal - especially the need for better indoor air quality and high quality masks. If there was a single most important person responsible it was Prof Morawska.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
World expert in air quality and COVID wins Australia's top science prize
Lidia Morawska, an internationally renowned expert in air quality and its impact on human health, has won Australia's most coveted prize for scientific research.
www.abc.net.au
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The world learned a painful lesson during COVID; respiratory infections are airborne. This changes a great deal - especially the need for better indoor air quality and high quality masks. If there was a single most important person responsible it was Prof Morawska.
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Fossil fuel companies and governments have argued it’s not possible to link climate impacts to specific projects, but Australian researchers have done the numbers.
Scientists calculate the cost on climate and human lives of gas project emissions
Fossil fuel companies and governments have argued it’s not possible to link climate impacts to specific projects, but Australian researchers have done the numbers.
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Fossil fuel companies and governments have argued it’s not possible to link climate impacts to specific projects, but Australian researchers have done the numbers.
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless thousands of jobs. And it all hinged on one disastrous decision in an Adelaide boardroom.
Why Santos is behind your soaring electricity and mortgage costs
It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless thousands of jobs. And it all hinged on one disastrous decision in an Adelaide boardroom.
www.abc.net.au
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It was a primary force behind Australia’s inflationary surge, it’s forced businesses either to the wall or to shift offshore, undermined national industry policy and resulted in the loss of countless thousands of jobs. And it all hinged on one disastrous decision in an Adelaide boardroom.
Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 awarded to
Maria Corina Machado
“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
#nobelpeaceprize
Maria Corina Machado
“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
#nobelpeaceprize
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 awarded to
Maria Corina Machado
“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
#nobelpeaceprize
Maria Corina Machado
“for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
#nobelpeaceprize
Thinking about @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social interview with Sally Sara, on abc Radio National, this morning while watching this.
I don't think I have ever laughed so much during one of Sally's interviews.
👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
I don't think I have ever laughed so much during one of Sally's interviews.
👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
September 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Thinking about @johnthelyonsden.bsky.social interview with Sally Sara, on abc Radio National, this morning while watching this.
I don't think I have ever laughed so much during one of Sally's interviews.
👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
I don't think I have ever laughed so much during one of Sally's interviews.
👏
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Seems like an appropriate time to re-watch.
All the President's Men.
1976.
#RobertRedford
#DustinHoffman
#Watergate
Free to watch in Australia on #sbsondemand
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
All the President's Men.
1976.
#RobertRedford
#DustinHoffman
#Watergate
Free to watch in Australia on #sbsondemand
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
Watch All the President's Men
Watch All the President's Men for free with SBS On Demand, your ultimate destination for diverse entertainment. Stream now!
www.sbs.com.au
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Seems like an appropriate time to re-watch.
All the President's Men.
1976.
#RobertRedford
#DustinHoffman
#Watergate
Free to watch in Australia on #sbsondemand
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
All the President's Men.
1976.
#RobertRedford
#DustinHoffman
#Watergate
Free to watch in Australia on #sbsondemand
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/mov...
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Dignity of risk in residential aged care: a call to reframe understandings of risk
✍️ Maria Foundas
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Dignity of risk in residential aged care: a call to reframe understandings of risk
✍️ Maria Foundas
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August 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
🔔 NEW in the Medical Journal of Australia
Dignity of risk in residential aged care: a call to reframe understandings of risk
✍️ Maria Foundas
buff.ly/wdSM7t4
Dignity of risk in residential aged care: a call to reframe understandings of risk
✍️ Maria Foundas
buff.ly/wdSM7t4
"Australia ranks equal first in the world for women’s education but is much lower down the list for women’s economic opportunity."
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Australia’s women remain an untapped resource in the hunt for productivity | Zoe Daniel
Female empowerment is more than just ‘nice to have’, as I was once told in the halls of parliament. It’s good economic policy
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Australia ranks equal first in the world for women’s education but is much lower down the list for women’s economic opportunity."
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
#GenderEquity
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Anschau family started sponsoring Edward Kankaka in 1995, exchanging letters and photos. Three decades on, they finally meet the man with the "huge smile" in person.
Australian family meets Ugandan child sponsor after three decades
The Anschau family started sponsoring Edward Kankaka in 1995, exchanging letters and photos. Three decades on, they finally meet the man with the "huge smile" in person.
www.abc.net.au
August 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Anschau family started sponsoring Edward Kankaka in 1995, exchanging letters and photos. Three decades on, they finally meet the man with the "huge smile" in person.
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
Paramedics are less likely to identify a stroke in women than men. Closing this gap could save lives – and money
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August 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Paramedics are less likely to identify a stroke in women than men. Closing this gap could save lives – and money
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buff.ly/f9qeYS0
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Two states- my #gaza cartoon for @theshot.net.au
August 15, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Two states- my #gaza cartoon for @theshot.net.au
Case begs questions re. many basic steps in medication administration, esp schedule drugs like opiods
- Written prescription
- Schedule drug register
- Independent 2 person check
to name but a few
Even before highlighting lack of communication in the room
#medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
- Written prescription
- Schedule drug register
- Independent 2 person check
to name but a few
Even before highlighting lack of communication in the room
#medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Lethal dose of morphine given to grandmother a 'failure' of staff, inquest hears
Sheila Thurlow died in June 2022 after being given a lethal dose of morphine during a procedure to insert a pain pump into her spine.
www.abc.net.au
August 5, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Case begs questions re. many basic steps in medication administration, esp schedule drugs like opiods
- Written prescription
- Schedule drug register
- Independent 2 person check
to name but a few
Even before highlighting lack of communication in the room
#medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
- Written prescription
- Schedule drug register
- Independent 2 person check
to name but a few
Even before highlighting lack of communication in the room
#medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
✍️ New article: Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this? (link in 🧵 )
August 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
✍️ New article: Death rates from cardiovascular disease have fallen dramatically — what were the breakthroughs behind this? (link in 🧵 )
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
This powerful message to our representatives in Canberra and the rest of the world:
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This powerful message to our representatives in Canberra and the rest of the world:
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
This drone footage of the march for Palestine over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.
🎥 ahmed.bassal.official
#Australia #auspol #Palestine
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
Reposted by Lorraine Burchell
Winter warning: Meningococcal cases rising as experts urge vigilance
Winter warning: Meningococcal cases rising as experts urge vigilance
Jacob Blackwell was a healthy 23-year-old until meningococcal disease changed everything. As winter sets in, experts are calling for greater awareness of the signs.
www.sbs.com.au
July 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Winter warning: Meningococcal cases rising as experts urge vigilance
"Dr Clements said before he resigned, Dr Hoare advocated for separating the hospital and private practice roles, but his pleas went unanswered"
The health & well-being of both the medical team & the public seems under-valued in rural areas of Australia.
#Medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The health & well-being of both the medical team & the public seems under-valued in rural areas of Australia.
#Medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
Burnt-out doctor's resignation forces change in one-GP town
The resignation of the only GP in an outback Queensland town forces health authorities to step in to ensure residents can get medical help when they need it.
www.abc.net.au
July 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Dr Clements said before he resigned, Dr Hoare advocated for separating the hospital and private practice roles, but his pleas went unanswered"
The health & well-being of both the medical team & the public seems under-valued in rural areas of Australia.
#Medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
The health & well-being of both the medical team & the public seems under-valued in rural areas of Australia.
#Medsky 🩺
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
If you can do CPR please consider signing up to be a #GoodSam responder.
Help out your neighbours at a critical time & support ambulance services until they arrive.
Sign up, download the app & respond when you can. 🙏
You may help save a life.
🩺 #Medsky
youtube.com/watch?v=KO-Y...
Help out your neighbours at a critical time & support ambulance services until they arrive.
Sign up, download the app & respond when you can. 🙏
You may help save a life.
🩺 #Medsky
youtube.com/watch?v=KO-Y...
GoodSAM explainer video
YouTube video by NSW Ambulance
youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
If you can do CPR please consider signing up to be a #GoodSam responder.
Help out your neighbours at a critical time & support ambulance services until they arrive.
Sign up, download the app & respond when you can. 🙏
You may help save a life.
🩺 #Medsky
youtube.com/watch?v=KO-Y...
Help out your neighbours at a critical time & support ambulance services until they arrive.
Sign up, download the app & respond when you can. 🙏
You may help save a life.
🩺 #Medsky
youtube.com/watch?v=KO-Y...
