Full time mum. Part time plastic surgery trainee (11yrs&counting!) Co founder of @womenspeakershc passionate about diversity, equality & the environment
Too often we hear health event organisers say they tried... But they just couldn't find an inspiring female speaker. Where are they living? Mars? I see them everywhere. Allies. Let's eliminate the excuses and #changethenorm. Please RT on your networks
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How can health services reduce their environmental impact? Telemedicine is an important tool to reduce emissions and pollutants. Read Ravindrane and Patel's systematic review to understand the environmental benefits of using telemedicine:
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Leadership representation is so important
They have the power to change the status quo and they help people to see what they can be
You can not be what you can not see
These stats are disgraceful
What does the data show for bame AND women- dare i ask?
#wres#medleadership
Tired of data showing discrepancy based on race in the #NHS? I am not
Let me repeat.
You will NOT tackle health inequalities based on ethnicity unless you have representation in leadership positions
Further granularity coming too
Don't like the data?
CHANGE it; CHAT less.
Women Speakers in Healthcare - for balanced gender representation at all healthcare conferences and events, with parity of opportunity for all. We now have >700 women speakers on our database and approaching 4000 Twitter followers. We are so proud of our community #genderbalance
As part of our commitment to diversity in surgery, we are excited to be hosting the first ever LGBTQ event for surgeons at The Royal College of Surgeons of England on Friday 25 March! More info coming soon... #LGBTQ
Some of you may know that a lot of personal pain led to this work but grateful for the support of incredible women and male allies to speak truth to power rcpjournals.org/content/futu…
Moral injury has 3 mechanisms.. acts of commission, acts of omission and betrayal. When you suffer a moral injury it changes your beliefs about yourself.. do we talk about these things with our teams and accrediting bodies? Discuss #LeadersHealth21
A heat pump in a poorly insulated home just won't work. It’s like buying a teapot with cracks in it: leaky, inefficient and a waste of money. We need joined-up action on climate change & a *comprehensive*, well-funded home insulation scheme - not token gestures
This means we now have a set of ambitions, in line with the legislated UK targets, to measure progress against.
So, that's just what we'll do...
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Join us for our third online seminar for 2021, with James Godfrey (Birkbeck, University of London) speaking on 'Palestine Justice at English Universities'. Wednesday October 6, 17-18.30 (Sydney time). All welcome. Register at bit.ly/3tGBKGD. #BDS#FreePalestine
October "is when six million of the poorest households will lose £20 a week because of benefit cuts. The Job Retention Scheme, better known as furlough, comes to an end. On top of this, the fixed cap comes off energy prices."
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