drbalsamahmad.bsky.social
Consultant of Public Health in the #NHS Passionate about art & science #PlanetaryHealth; Mother #SEND ♿️ Ally #LivedExperience #SocialJustice anti-war, loves #parkrun 🐈⬛ 📖 & cooking/catering
Views are own; reposts # endorsements; lives in the proper North!
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I ordered your book and picking it from my local Waterstones this Saturday. I can’t wait to read it. Congratulations
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I am deeply saddened to read this. I know how much the work means to you but also the impact it has had on other disabled artists. So sorry & what a sad world we live in
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It is. A friend advised me to fly to Poland from Newcastle on a cheap airline and then from there to London. She worked it out as cheaper. We aren’t flying for various reasons including mainly the environmental.
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Yup. The carbon footprint of having to pursue an alternative course of action that is financially attainable is ridiculously high. We all know this is a financial rip off & the reasons: greed & lack of political commitment to change the status quo. If other countries can do it why can’t the UK?
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Good question. I expect the impact of these job losses will hit more in the North of England given our local economy and reliance on work in the public sector. We are already seeing job losses in local universities and ? in the automotive industry such as Nissan as globally operations are cut
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So many reasons for missed appointments: letter didn’t arrive; nobody could read it; person was unwell/in another hospital; coincided with another appt and they thought they were the same; transport fell through; couldn’t afford to get there; not accessible…
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Absolutely. It should have added to illustrate the positive experience of the North East of England (baseline rates were worse than the South or England average) but with adequate funding & a system wide approach to treating tobacco dependence we closed the gap faster than any other region.
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Sending love. This is tough.
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It is a loss for all of us