Ruth O’Connell
@r0connell.bsky.social
NHS 💙nurse & health visitor for over 45 years (retired) Advocate & supporter of women affected by domestic violence & abuse.
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ICYMI on Feb 14th 🌹 the UK watchdog the CMA recommended 11 actions to ease high infant #formula prices & their drivers, incl inappropriate #marketing. 1 is ‘to display all brands of infant formula together on retail shelves in a separate cluster from all other brands of other formula milks’.👀
February 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
ICYMI on Feb 14th 🌹 the UK watchdog the CMA recommended 11 actions to ease high infant #formula prices & their drivers, incl inappropriate #marketing. 1 is ‘to display all brands of infant formula together on retail shelves in a separate cluster from all other brands of other formula milks’.👀
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Why is our taxpayer's money going to the Royals in so many ways?
Empty Dartmoor prison pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year & has another 24 years left on its lease
Charities which the Royals are patrons of also pay millions to them in rent
Make it make sense
www.thetimes.com/article/ddf3...
Empty Dartmoor prison pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year & has another 24 years left on its lease
Charities which the Royals are patrons of also pay millions to them in rent
Make it make sense
www.thetimes.com/article/ddf3...
Dartmoor jail that pays Duchy £1.5m a year may never reopen
Riddled with rats, HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease
www.thetimes.com
January 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why is our taxpayer's money going to the Royals in so many ways?
Empty Dartmoor prison pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year & has another 24 years left on its lease
Charities which the Royals are patrons of also pay millions to them in rent
Make it make sense
www.thetimes.com/article/ddf3...
Empty Dartmoor prison pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year & has another 24 years left on its lease
Charities which the Royals are patrons of also pay millions to them in rent
Make it make sense
www.thetimes.com/article/ddf3...
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Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7!
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, report finds
Rate of wealth growth last year was three times faster than 2023, Oxfam inequality research reveals
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Wealth of world’s billionaires grew by $2tn in 2024, with UK leading the way in G7!
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
Number of billionaires rose by 204 to 2,769.Their wealth jumped from $13tn to $15tn – the second-largest annual increase since records began.
TAX THE SUPER RICH
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...
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Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales
Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales
Police and probation services will be legally required to share with one another information that suggests offenders are risk to others
Coercive control is to be put on a par with other forms of domestic abuse in England and Wales with police and other…
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Coercive control to be put on par with other types of domestic abuse in England and Wales
I was once the trusted health professional able to provide this level of postnatal support. Depleted resources and cost cutting skill mix has changed the role of the health visitor and has made the idea of connecting with all new mothers a novelty
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New mothers don’t need to be bombarded with unsolicited advice – they need reassurance | Jodi Wilson
When we talk about the difficult parts of motherhood we provide emotional cushioning for what can be a deeply challenging experience
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January 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I was once the trusted health professional able to provide this level of postnatal support. Depleted resources and cost cutting skill mix has changed the role of the health visitor and has made the idea of connecting with all new mothers a novelty
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How low will British politics go? Ask Elon, master of the Muskoverse – he’ll decide
January 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
How low will British politics go? Ask Elon, master of the Muskoverse – he’ll decide
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 PM
From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy