Geriatrician, violinist, belated husband and dad, word botcher (orthinologist), environmental worrier, cycle commuter, sconnoiseur. No views of my own.
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Roger Jay retweeted
My brave and courageous friend Paola who died in Dignitas earlier this. Her Stage 4 bowel cancer treatments had stopped working and she had a terrible intolerance to opioids. Paola was already in a huge amount of pain and knew she could face a horrific painful death due to what was already happening. She made the decision to travel alone to Switzerland, so as not risk her family being prosecuted and before she was ready. She wanted to be at home, surrounded by her loved ones, but was denied by the current cruel blanket ban.
Many terminally ill people can’t afford to use this as an option, and over 600 a year resort to taking their own lives, often in catastrophic ways, in desperation to end their suffering.
I hope that tomorrow MPs vote to stop this injustice from continuing to happen to terminally ill people #AssistedDying
Before travelling to Switzerland to control her death, Paola spent some of her final moments making the case for a law that gives dying people choice.
MPs have a unique opportunity to allow that option for us all.
#YesToDignity
Roger Jay retweeted
I’m simply horrified to see @NHSEngland now literally breaking the law in how it misrepresents physician associates & other allied health professional - who are NOT doctors - to the public.
These posters are from the Bradford District & Craven Health & Care Partnership. 1/n
Roger Jay retweeted
Brilliant
Today marks World Diabetes Day, so we're shining a spotlight on Professor Roy Taylor, whose pioneering research at Newcastle University has shifted how we perceive and treat type 2 diabetes today. 🏥
#WeAreNCL #Type2Diabetes #WorldDiabetesDay
from.ncl.ac.uk/discovering-c…
Roger Jay retweeted
Read the @Age_and_Ageing paper 'New national #osteoporosis guidance—implications for #geriatricians' doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac0…
Roger Jay retweeted
Lord (David) Pannick, perhaps the most brilliant KC of our times, is a busy man. He is defending two major clients right now: Boris Johnson and Manchester City. One is accused of debasing the premiership on a historic scale. So is the other.
Roger Jay retweeted
Simple fun ways get people moving in creative ways
I dare you not to 😊
#rehabilitation
#endpjparalysis
@Age_and_Ageing @betterageing @BrianwDolan @Dochayter @SJM_NHS @PriyaO_NHS @krjacks @EstherClift @southernscampi @zoepackman117
#supportingpeopletolivetheirbestlives – at Annahilt, Northern Ireland
Roger Jay retweeted
474 days since the Taliban BANNED teenage girls from school and 17 days since the Taliban BANNED women from university.
Education is NOT a privilege. It is the most basic of human rights. How can the world still remain silent? – at London, England
Roger Jay retweeted
Fmr Environment Sec George Eustice has spoken about the post-Brexit UK/Australia trade deal in the Commons. He says now no longer a minister: "I no longer have to put such a positive gloss on what was agreed...the Australia deal is not actually a very good trade deal for the UK."
Roger Jay retweeted
Today MPs recommended all plastic waste exports should stop. At the UCL @PlasticWasteHub we agree. It will reduce global pollution of the oceans and the soil. The UK has the technology to deal with all its own waste. It will create UK jobs too.
🆕We've published our Report on Plastic Waste today
Our key recommendation is that all UK plastic waste exports should stop by 2027🚮
To support this, @GovUK needs a strategy to reduce use of plastics and increase re-use, and also to boost recycling
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ALT "Our plastic waste is being illegally dumped and burned abroad. The UK must not be a part of this dirty trade and that’s why we are calling for a total ban on waste plastic exports", Sir Robert Goodwill MP, Chair, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee
Roger Jay retweeted
Quite the email from a Tory back bencher to leaky Sue. How long does @RishiSunak want this to drag on for until the inevitable takes place?
#LeakySue #SuellaBravermanOut
Roger Jay retweeted
The politicians who removed legal aid from parents of terminally ill children, bereaved families and people accused of serious criminal offences are very much in favour of taxpayer-funded legal representation for themselves, ta very much.
telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
Roger Jay retweeted
CLIENT: Why are you here?
ME: I’m your barrister
CLIENT: But I sacked you months ago. Remember? You lied and broke the law and proved yourself wholly incompetent.
ME: Yeah, but you instructed me in 2019. So I have a mandate. Boom!
*HIGH FIVE. WE ENTER COURT. CLIENT GETS LIFE*
Roger Jay retweeted
Very cool to show students how borders have changed over time… @TMHistoryIcons
