Trisha Elliott

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I had hoped this would be more straightforward…

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Dear Shabana, I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said: “A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats.” I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton, but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais, I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know, if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points, I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-torn Syria. She posted videos on X, talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK, she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said “we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe, and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas.” She said “maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again, the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when …

Dear Shabana,

Let's clear some things up around migration and remember we're talking about people's lives.

When the state of the world is as problematic as it currently feels, the supposedly small things actually feel huge.

Glad today was better.

The Iran War ends when Trump gets bored

That all sounds very stressful, and unnecessarily so.

Anyone got experience of merging pensions with The People’s Pension? I’ve got a silly wee dribble from a nonstarter job with a private hospital then 3.5 years with my last employer; wondering if I should merge them into my new pension. Not touching my NHS one (complicated enough in 2 lots!).

Aw! Thank you!

Thank you! That’s incredibly kind.

I’m very touched by how lovely you and all my online friends have been!

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So many of you have donated already.

Of all the emotional things that have happened in the last few months, being supported by people that I’ve only ever known online has been one of the most amazing and touching aspects of the whole journey.

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Thank you all so much!

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It’s only one week to go until the Supernova Kelpies 5km run!

Six months ago I found a breast lump. Tests, surgery (plus complications) and radiotherapy followed.

I was superbly well looked after.
This is my way of saying thank you!
@nhslothcharity.bsky.social.

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NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein

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If you thought food was expensive before wait until this cycles through the farming industry

Significant acceleration of global warming since 2015, finds news PIK study with @rahmstorf.bsky.social
Recent warming: around ~0.35°C per decade.
1970–2015 average: just under 0.2°C per dec.
➡️Current rate is higher than in any decade since records began in 1880.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

Loving the longer days already!

Former Chief Medical Officer calls out Streeting’s highly politicised ‘trial’ of puberty blockers. Meanwhile @goodlawproject.org have uncovered a spike in trans youth ending their own lives because they can’t access appropriate care. This is a national scandal.

“Self-driving taxis safe” says self-writing article.

From the new Private Eye, out now.

Well indeed!

I had a series of strokes in 2018 and just recovering from breast cancer. My knee is held together with physio tape… but I consider myself to be in good health!

Definitely!

Yes, I’ve seen that, when working in more deprived communities.

So many people simply accepting ill health because they perceive they are old and expect to be limited in what they can do, even in their sixties.

Thank you!

Interesting that it’s self reported. I saw a lot of people in my previous community roles who told me “what can I expect? I’m sixty something… isn’t that why I’m breathless/immobile/in pain.”

Very sad.

As a geriatrician, I’ve seen lots of different definitions of frailty over the years.

But most have some flaws!

I also don’t think that the onset of frailty and the end of “healthy life expectancy” are necessarily the same?

Thoughts?

I’m lucky to be in a good demographic group, so lots of things in my favour.

On paper, I’m an old lady with various comorbidities. But I like to think that my Strava account would tell a different story from my medical records!

I’m fascinated by the concept of Healthy Life Expectancy and how it’s not only worsening, but strongly associated with social determinants of health.

I’m struggling to find out exactly how it’s defined though. Can anyone help?

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#SDOH

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.”

-Dwight Eisenhower 1953

A sickening society is clear in these statistics

So why is it not in the news?

Powerful wake-up call from @chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In the blink of an eye, and at a fraction of the private ... First diagnosis, then chemotherapy, now surgery… and more discombobulating than the swiftness of a successful cancer operation was a stark realisation: some people want to sell off the NHS

For the @theobserveruk.bsky.social today the third part of my cancer journey, detailing my operation.

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"The day before I went into hospital, I wrote out a document for my wife, detailing life insurance policies, bank passwords, that sort of thing, and ending with “bins go out Thursday”.

@davidmbarnett.bsky.social we love you and we're all very glad you're still here.

(And f*ck cancer.)