msmellis.bsky.social
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Discharging a patient from hospital shouldn’t be complicated

However increasing cuts in community funding, social care & community staff has created delays
42% fewer district nurses
14% fewer community beds

NI employers & staff costs for the community sector has made this worse
#Medsky
January 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Winter crisis - GPs are not to blame

20% more appts with 20% less funding than 2016.
With 1/7 of population waiting for hospital treatments or investigations they are overwhelmed with work.
GPs now have 2300 patients up 500

Funding not matching demand & some GPs unemployed

Blame MPs not GPs
January 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Vaccines save lives. Keep repeating the message. It’s the truth.
Vaccines against COVID-19 saved over 20 million lives in the first year alone, according to a study in Lancet Infectious Diseases. Anti vaxxers conveniently ignore such stats.
November 23, 2024 at 11:56 AM