NHS Consultant HIV/Hepatitis/GUM @MMC_cnwl | Hon. Assoc. Prof @UCL | @BritishHIVAssoc Guidelines Subcommittee Chair | @NHSEnglandLDN Hep B Group | Views my own
Humilitas est Veritas
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Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
We've delighted to be in Westminster tonight, launching our new report "Hepatitis B: Break the Silence" with MPs at parliament.
We're speaking with MPs about how to best work towards the @WHO's ambition to eliminate #hepatitisB in the UK by 2030.
Read the report: britishlivertrust.org.uk/wp-…
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
"These patterns suggest that #AssistedDying may exploit systemic neglect, particularly at the intersections of gender, poverty & isolation, and may better be described as structural coercion to die—essentially the opposite of autonomy."
A Canadian #AssistedDying case reviewer speaks out:
Discrimination-driven deaths - Analysing Ontario Coroner Reports on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide - go.shr.lc/4gdtuWh
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Devil in the detail of the assisted dying Bill.
Letters in The Times, including one from me and 14 other palliative care specialists.
@Dr_N_Wiggins @drkathrynmannix @doctor_oxford @pollyedmonds @CarolUHS @SBajwah @ProfMarkTaubert @BakerIdris @drol007 @bathmatt
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
I have attended. It is holy ground. There are deep, unspoken emotions for the one preparing to leave. Deep lessons for the ones that remain.
Dying was the sacred part of living. It still is.
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
The age old custom of sitting with the dying confirms that suffering differs; emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Accompanying the dying soothes the first two. Palliative care soothes the third.
Myths abound to justify euthanizing the vulnerable. We can do better.
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
I don't want anyone to say, a decade down the line, that they were not warned, that they did not know this would happen, if this bill passes.
"Kim Leadbeater suggests fear of being a burden is ‘legitimate reason’ for dying
"MP bringing assisted dying Bill to Parliament has not grasped ‘subtleties of societal coercion’, opponents say"
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
**Assisted Dying** Friday's parliamentary vote on @kimleadbeater's Private Member's Bill risks introducing such a profound change to the fabric of society. While I understand that the subject is highly emotive, I believe the risks associated with legalising assisted suicide far outweigh the presumed benefits. It is a subject I have written about and been interview on before. Here are several reasons I am concerned about this bill: 🧵1/
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
This is ludicrously idiotic. Her bill itself, in sections 24(3) and 29(2) respectively, changes the Suicide Act (1961) and Births and Deaths Registration Act (1953), and in section 29(1) also changes the interpretation of certain parts of the Coroners and Justice Act (2009)!
"The concept of a slippery slope, I will dismiss that, because once this bill is passed... The bill cannot be changed."
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater responds to concerns that, if passed, restrictions in the assisted dying bill will be amended over time.
#R4Today
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
In many states with assisted dying laws, the courts have re-interpreted the laws to wider scopes than legislators envisaged:
theguardian.com/society/2024/n…
Activists have indicated they will try to use the ECHR to expand the scope of any law in the UK:
ukconstitutionallaw.org/2024/11/19/phi…
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Proponents of AD point to the limited scope of the Bill: terminal illness.
But once the principle behind suicide prevention has been set aside, once any part of the ground has been ceded - not only to allow suicide but to assist it - we have lost something we may not get back.
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
The oldest trick in the book by politicians who want to legalise assisted suicide is to discredit opposition as being religious
Opposition increasingly comes from all directions including 350+ disability rights organisation in the UK - & not one is religious.
#AssistUsToLive
Every disabled-led organisation in the UK has rejected assisted suicide - none of them are religious. It is a cheap and nasty trick to characterise opponents of AS as religously-motivated. Listen to us - every person eligible for AS is a disabled person. theguardian.com/society/2024…
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Prof. Graham Foster receiving a distinguished service award at #BASL2023 for his lifetime of clinical and academic work in hepatology, striving for global hepatitis C elimination and championing care for people with liver diseases.
I’m privileged to count him as a mentor.
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
#Multimorbidity #HepatitisC remains a common #BBV and #OlderPeople are often overlooked during screening, luckily our local blanket BBV testing in @NCL_ICS EDs has les to better identification and treatment @Dr_Stuart @MMC_cnwl @EuGMSSociety @GeriSoc #EuGMS2023 #EuGMS #Hepatitis
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
And we also have this poster at BASL @aelsharkawy75 @pippa_matt @LiverTrust @Dr_Stuart People with HBV experience extreme stigma. Time to make changes.
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Street testing: @FindandTreat & @MMC_cnwl & our new mobile testing electric bike, Mark from @ItsGroundswell & Mustapha @NazProjectLdn
East London testing on our van @HepatitisCTrust
And John out on our other BBV bat bike delivering meds to people's homes
#WorldHepatitisDay
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Today is #WorldHepatitisDay. Check out our new Pipeline Report on long-acting formulations for hepatitis C, opioid use and overdose prevention therapy, and malaria, which assess the R&D and potential impact of such therapies: treatmentactiongroup.org/wp-…
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Thank you to @DHSCgovuk minister @willquince for supporting #HepCElimination in England today for #WorldHepatitisDay.
ALT Graphic with a picture and statement from Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, about World Hepatitis Day, supporting The Hepatitis C Trust's 'Don't miss the target campaign.' Quote: “We are making huge headway in eliminating hepatitis C, with England on track to be one of the first countries in the world to do so. “Deaths and prevalence of the virus have fallen consistently thanks to improvements in diagnosis and access to treatments. We are at the forefront of tackling this serious disease, by swiftly procuring the best treatments and tackling inequalities through targeted screening and will continue to work towards the World Health Organisation’s target of eliminating this virus by 2030.”
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
For #WorldHepatitis Day, read Joy's story – the first #NHS Hep B Peer Support Worker in the UK
She is originally from Hong Kong, and will support the 800 people who attend our Viral Hepatitis Service at the Bloomsbury Clinic
cnwl.nhs.uk/news/world-hepat…
ALT Read Joy's story – the first NHS Hep B Peer Support Worker in the UK. She is originally from Hong Kong, and will support the 800 people who attend our Viral Hepatitis Service at the Bloomsbury Clinic
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
Updated messaging for people living with #HIV from @WHO @iasociety #IAS2023.
1. Undetectable = Untransmittable (zero risk)
2. Suppressed but still detected (<1000 copies, almost zero or negligible risk)
3. Unsuppressed (>1000 copies)
Dr Stuart Flanagan retweeted
People on ART with low but detectible levels of HIV viral load have almost zero risk of sexually transmitting the virus to others, in-depth review suggests #IAS2023
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