Therapy Service Lead for Yorkshire Burns Centre & Mid Yorks Hand Therapy Unit. Want to develop leaders of the future & a compassionate culture. (she/her)
Leeds, England
Joined January 2014
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Please take a moment to read this and give what you can. 🙏
Live, Love, Fight for Abby gofund.me/773204d2
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@EagleAHPs: A peer support network for Internationally Educated AHPs currently in the UK, ran by its members!
Our first meeting will be on 14/11/2024 at 7.00pm. More information to follow. For any queries, please DM @EagleAHPs.
#SaveTheDate #InternationalAHPs #IRAHPs #EagleAHPs
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Hi @Fortnums 👋 as you’re aware, the Olympic and Paralympic medalists were invited to Buckingham Palace yesterday. It would be nice to understand why you hosted an after party for the Olympic medalists but made the decision not to invite the Paralympic medalists? Why? 😅😅
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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.
This #OTWeek2024, we’ve been celebrating the incredible work of our OT colleagues with a range of activities - from designing T-shirts that highlight how they support patients, to showcasing them in Pinderfields Hospital’s atrium, and hosting a special celebration event 💙
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Initially starting her career as an occupational therapy assistant in 1999, Kirsty steadily climbed the professional ladder and with one opportunity leading to another, Kirsty became the trust's first consultant therapist role for stroke and complex rehab in 2023.
#OTWeek2024
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The horrifying reality of being a woman, perfectly summarised by @_CaitlinORyan
If you give even the slightest shit about women, watch it all. This is what it’s like.
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The criminal justice system has been on its knees for years because Robert and his colleagues voted to defund the police, CPS, courts, probation, prisons and legal aid, causing record court backlogs and overflowing prisons.
Yet apparently the solution is “simple”.
Who knew?
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“We need to get to a point where we are measuring mobility no differently to falls, bladder and bowel, cognition, nutrition and hydration etc” @HopkinsAMP
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Horrifying news from Southport. If you're sitting at home wondering how you might be able to help the victims, donating blood is one way you could help.
National blood stocks especially of group O blood are low, and whatever you can give will help.
🩸 Blood shortage Amber alert 🩸 The @NHS urgently needs O type blood. There are over 12000 appointments available over the next 2 weeks that we need your help to fill.
If you are an O type donor call 0300 123 23 23 to make an appointment or visit orlo.uk/bPTiE
ALT Image shows a smartphone with a low battery icon in the shape of a blood bag. Text reads - O type blood stocks are running unprecedentedly low. Book at blood.co.uk, on the app, or by calling for a priority appointment on 0300 123 23 23.
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What a fantastic outcome! Massive thanks to the @MidYorksCTS and @MidYorksPsych teams who contributed to this! So proud of all the fantastic work you do everyday! 🙌🏼 @MY_FCSS
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❤️URGENT APPEAL ❤️
National shortage of Group O blood in stock. Please consider donating.
blood.co.uk/news-and-campaig…
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On the 6th October 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS for a strike cover shift. I accept that my words were misleading as the subject in question Dr Tom Dolphin was not on strike on the date of the shift in question but was simply covering a shift as a consultant for junior doctors who were on strike on 11th August 2023. I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to Dr Dolphin for any distress upset caused. I will also like to add that I understand that Dr Dolphin actually donated his pay for the covered shift which I believe was £1870 to the BMA strike fund and whilst I do not agree with the strikes I want to go on the record to say that I think it is a very unselfish act on the part of Dr Dolphin to put his money into something he strongly believes in. I will make the same contribution to compensate the upset I may have caused Dr Dolphin. Please Repost.
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One of my least favourite things in the NHS is people cc'ing in increasingly senior people when they don't get the response they want.
You can tag in [email protected] my friend but it's still going to be a no.
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Looking for Physios/OTs/Prosthetists who have experience/expertise in treating people with complex multi trauma injuries inc limb loss, sight/sensory loss & brain injury. For charity/humanitarian reasons.
DMs/tags/RT appreciated. Ping @ADAPT_CSP @theRCOT @BAPO2 @BACPAR_official
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Many degrees related to NHS jobs don't lead to massive lifetime earnings - think nurses, physios, paramedics. But their value to society is enormous.
Listening to the Education Secretary on #r4today attacking ‘inferior’ degrees - in her view, those that result in lower career earnings. Nick Robinson fails to challenge her at all on this.
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Great to see Nicko from @IronMaiden giving a shout-out to his occupational therapist for helping with his stroke recovery!
Thanks Nicko for sharing the value of occupational therapy! 💚
We wish you a full recovery and an amazing tour! 🤘🏿
A message from Nicko:
Hello Boys and Girls,
I hope this message finds you all well!
The reason I'm writing to you all today is to let you know of a very serious health problem that I have been through. In January I had a stroke, thank the Lord it was a minor one referred to as a TIA. It left me paralyzed on my right side from my shoulder on down, of course I was very worried that my career was over but with the love and support from my wife, Rebecca and family, my doctors, especially Julie my OT (Occupational Therapist), and my Maiden family I was able to bounce back to somewhere near 70% recovered. After 10 weeks of intense therapy it was almost time to start rehearsals for our tour. I feel it's important to let you know about this now instead of earlier as I was mainly concerned with doing my job and concentrating on getting back to 100% fitness. I'm not there yet but by the grace of God I'm getting better and stronger as the weeks go by.
Thank you all for a most wonderful and magical tour so far, you have all been so amazing.
Well that's it from me. God bless you all, stay safe and well and I look forward to seeing you all somewhere in time. 🙂🙂
Nicko
Manager Rod Smallwood adds - “The rest of the band and l think that what Nicko has been able to achieve since his stroke shows incredible belief and willpower and we are all very proud of him. With this new and musically very complex set to learn ahead of him, he just got his head down and concentrated on recovery. We honestly did not know if he would be able to play a whole show until band rehearsals started in May and there was just so much support for him from the band and then genuine relief for all when we saw he was going to be able to do it!”
"Nicko being Nicko he did not want to make a fuss and cause any distraction to the tour at the time but, now that he is sure he will soon get there, he thought you fans should know straight from him rather than by any rumours!"
"We are all of course delighted he battled through this so well and look forward to many more tours together starting with the three Western Canada shows and Power Trip in California coming up in a couple of months time. We can’t wait! This tour is that good!”
#IronMaiden #NickoMcBrain #TheFuturePastTour
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Happy 75th Birthday to the NHS! A few moments of celebration with our fantastic Therapy Teams at our “Big Get Togethers” on all 3 sites today. @MidyorksAhp @MY_FCSS
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After months of behind the scenes work, our Parkinson’s exercise video with Joe Wicks has been released! So excited for everyone to see this! Thank you to everyone @GSTTnhs for all the support
Check out the video below
youtu.be/ufat0isRhSw
