Working @hwleeds. Passionate about people's voice in health and care, esp care homes @rightsforresid2 @johncampaign ambassador. All views my own.
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If you see someone having a seizure or fit, these 6 simple steps are useful to know. This advice applies to adults only.
You may also need to call an ambulance, so it’s important to know when to call 999.
More info ➡️ nhs.uk/conditions/what-to-do…
#InternationalEpilepsyDay
ALT The text reads "What to do if someone has a seizure (fit)." The NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.
ALT The text reads "If you see someone having a seizure or fit, there are 6 simple things you can do to help: 1) Note the time the seizure starts and finishes; 2) Only move them if they're in danger, such as near a busy road or hot cooker." The NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.
ALT The text reads "3) Cushion their head if they're on the ground; 4) Loosen any tight clothing around their neck, such as a collar or tie, to aid breathing." The NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.
ALT The text reads "5) Turn them on to their side in the recovery position after their convulsions stop; 6) Stay with them and talk to them calmly until they recover." The NHS logo is in the top right hand corner.
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If this is you, please take 5 mins to do this survey to help push for #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… @CarersLeeds @CarersUK @CarersTrust @CarersRefresh @CETurner1975
7 Feb 2025
We need your help! If you/someone you support has been in hospital/care/nursing home/hospice or mental health unit since April 2024 pls could you take our very short, anonymous, survey on visiting/being able to offer support. Thank you #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents @JohnCampaign
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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I was at a meeting this week where use of 'temporary escalation spaces' & long waits were being discussed. We talked about how distressing this is for both staff and patients, esp ppl with dementia and their carers. We cannot let this type of 'care' be normalised. @HealthwatchE
13 Jan 2025
'Unsafe, undignified, unacceptable' - mandatory reporting of corridor care is just the first step. Family carers have a short term role mitigating its worst effects & a vital longer term role supporting the RCN in its campaign for better johnscampaign.org.uk/post/co… via @JohnCampaign
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19 Dec 2024
Come and join us! Still time to apply for this digital inclusion role @CarersLeeds We have exciting #digital plans for 2025 so come and be a part of it! #unpaidcarers #leeds #jobs
19 Dec 2024
@CarersLeeds are recruiting for a Digital Inclusion Worker 4 days per week. Come join my fab team :-) Closing date 30th Dec, interviews 13th Jan. carersleeds.org.uk/home/abou… @CETurner1975 @100DigitalLeeds
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17 Dec 2024
This matters so much! I cannot understand the government's dilatory approach to introducing the Care Supporter Bill (Gloria's Law) fulfilling @Keir_Starmer 's promise. johnscampaign.org.uk/post/en… via @JohnCampaign
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I've lost two friends recently to suicide because they fell through gaps in the mental health system. Scrapping the commitment to invest in mental health will mean even more lives are lost in a system that is already creaking under ever growing demand @HWLeeds @hannahhwl
26 Nov 2024
We're worried the UK government might scrap the Mental Health Investment Standard.
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10 Dec 2024
So important to keep coming back to this again and again...
10 Dec 2024
Health is not a medical issue, it’s a social & political issue. If we want 2 enhance health & wellbeing we need 2 relocate authority from the institutional world of programmes & services to living communities where interdependence is found.
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Harriet Wright retweeted
6 Dec 2024
There is a real savagery to online exclusion. An elderly family friend is admitting himself to a care home because he isn't able to cope with online banking, phone services etc. He is an intelligent and capable man, but he lives alone, without family or friends near him
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4 Dec 2024
Thank you so much @RuthieHenshall for all you do for us. We will get #GloriasLaw, the legal right to a #caresupporter & we really hope that all will write to their MPs.. in fact here is a template letter to help! #RightsForResidents
rightsforresidents.co.uk/sen…
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4 Dec 2024
This is why I am a @johncampaign ambassador and am campaigning for #GloriasLaw. These could have been the words of my mum. She didn't have dementia but she did have cognitive impairments and delerium sometimes which meant hospital could be a very scary place to be on your own.
3 Dec 2024
Please re-Tweet this reason why hospitals must allow family caregivers to be present when people with #Alzheimers disease and other forms of #dementia are being evaluated or receiving treatment and care.
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29 Nov 2024
Please fill this in even if you did it in the last couple of years. This information is really helpful to show how things are staying the same or changing for carers in Leeds
29 Nov 2024
If you are an #unpaidcarer aged 16 in #Leeds please complete this year's annual #carers survey. I promise you, we put the info to good use to improve @CarersLeeds service and influence others. It takes 10 mins & you could win a £25 voucher. Thanks and please share widely!
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22 Nov 2024
New out-of-hours advice line for people caring for children and young people in West Yorkshire with life-limiting illness now live.
Open 6pm - 8am weekdays and all weekend, call 0300 102 1391.
ALT New out-of-hours advice line for people caring for children and young people in West Yorkshire with life-limiting illness now live. Open 6pm - 8am weekdays and all weekend, call 0300 102 1391.
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19 Nov 2024
Thanks @YouthWatchLeeds for highlighting the main health and wellbeing concerns of young people in West Yorkshire @WYorkshireVoice @WYpartnership
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17 Oct 2024
Tell us what affects older people's health, how you use services as you get older, and how things could be improved.
Find the survey at this link and on our website re-url.uk/WOBV
Closes on 31 October 2024.
ALT The West Yorkshire Voice logo and text reads 'What factors affect the health and wellbeing of older age adults? Take part and make a difference!'
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Harriet Wright retweeted
13 Oct 2024
Managing your own PAs: Tips & Good Practice Training Workshops from@LeedsCIL
📅25 September, 24 October, 19 November & 5 December
🕰️1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
🏢Leeds CIL, Cartelli House, 2 Arthur Street, Leeds LS28 6JY
For more information👉ow.ly/mRQr50TrBKK
ALT Image is of a carer pushing an older lady in a wheelchair.
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27 Sep 2024
My last day working as project worker @hwleeds for a while as I step into the @WYpartnership realm covering @HeathMac5 maternity leave, working closely with @healthywakey, @HealthwatchBfd. @HealthwatchNY @hwcalderdale @HWKirklees & @hwleeds Looking forward to the new challenge 😊
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Harriet Wright retweeted
17 Aug 2024
The promise of the above is to unleash power, creativity, innovation & resources now rather than become locked in to the idea of reform being contingent on growth & spending. Social care isn’t just under resourced, it’s under-imagined.
Time to open up the ‘possibility space’
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Harriet Wright retweeted
8 Aug 2024
‘Both views in medical relationships – patients’ depth of “lived” experience, and doctors’ breadth of “learned” experience – need to be respected and valued. This may reap many potential benefits, including quicker and more accurate diagnoses’ @PatientsAssoc @lgoodbu
Clinicians urged to move away from ‘doctor knows best’ view
independent.co.uk/news/uk/un… via @StormNewton &
theconversation.com/doctors-… @ProfRobHoward @LonSchneiderMD @seb_walsh @ajlees @SameiHuda @DrK_W1984 @sanilrege @RealJesseLuke @nvillain_alz @dr_shibley
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Harriet Wright retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Said the sun to the moon
Said the head to the heart
'We have more in common
Than sets us apart'
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