Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026So who still uses Bluesky? Are we all still on our best behaviour over here? 220
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 06/06/2025🚨 TOMORROW! 🚨 Come and join the “hard left eco mob trying to derail NHS pay deal” in London 👇 032
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Finally on my way to Liverpool for @rcn.org.uk Congress #RCN25. Looking forward to seeing some of the @nhsworkerssayno.bsky.social squad and joining the mental health forum as a voting member. ✊ 060
Reposted by KateDr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 07/05/2025To be absolutely clear, I will not vote for Labour if they continue to support Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians. I won’t be voting tactically I don’t care who that lets into power I’m not voting for a Party that can permit the wilful starvation of innocent people. 915935
Reposted by KateJordan Rivera @jordanrivera.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Thank you Ifhat for your support! I am standing for re-election to the female health seat on UNISON's NEC alongside Claire Miller and Kevin Corran. We also recommend voting for Adrian O'Malley for the remaining health seat. #TimeforRealChange #UNISON #NECElections2025 134
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Proud to join colleagues from West Yorkshire Health Workers 4 Palestine for a march remembering Palestinian health workers in Leeds this weekend. #NotATarget #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiya 280
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Many of the best people I meet are trans. Some of the biggest advocates for justice. No trans woman has ever threatened my rights. Today’s ruling is a win for hypothetical scenarios that barely exist in reality, and causes real life pain and anxiety for people already enduring so much. 040
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Outside the BBC building in Leeds this lunchtime: “BBC, pick a side: justice or genocide!” #FreePalestine 14113
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Just watched ‘Striking with Pride: United at the Coalface’ as part of Leeds Queer Film Festival and 100% recommend to anyone who gets a chance to watch it. An important display of solidarity I think a few on the left could do with being reminded of right now. 031
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 07/02/2025This ⬇️ It’s a sign that there’s something v wrong with society if one job isn’t enough to survive on And these people no doubt would be the first to complain about standards slipping. How can you expect good service when an employee is exhausted? Would you want a doctor straight off another shift? 050
Reposted by KateDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Obviously most ‘centrist’ media outlets don’t respond to those on the left-wing saying they’re focusing on the wrong things, so let me say this: your reporting is really super boring now, because it’s very clear that you’re using mental gymnastics not to call out Starmer properly. 216755
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Who needs nurses anyway?bbc.comCardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobsVice-chancellor Wendy Larner says "it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are". 001
Reposted by KateRoyal College of Nursing @rcn.org.uk · 16/01/2025Nursing staff are being forced to deliver care in inappropriate settings every day. Patient safety is being compromised. The true extent of the corridor care crisis has been revealed in our new report, using the testimonies of over 5,000 NHS nursing staff. Read it here: bit.ly/3WiS8wB 23026
Reposted by KateAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 15/01/2025'Talk of an upcoming ceasefire deal in Gaza must be treated with caution, especially as the implementation of the terms will be fraught with difficulties', says Al Jazeera Senior Analyst Marwan Bishara. 🟥 Read analysis: aje.io/upmvx5 924480
Reposted by KatePalestine Solidarity Campaign @pscupdates.bsky.social · 03/01/2025🚨 Tell your MP - Protect healthworkers Israel is escalating its genocide on Gaza and its attack on Palestinian healthworkers. Write to your MP to demand they push the govt to #StopArmingIsrael, and protect healthcare workers (1/5) Write here: palestinecampaign.eaction.online/healthcarewo...palestinecampaign.eaction.onlineWrite to your MP: Palestinian healthcare workers under attack 24126
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Horrendous to think that nurse went to work in A&E - in already dire circumstances - and ended up a patient there herself. I hope our unions are really going to stand up for us. @rcn.org.uknews.sky.com'Nurse' stabbed at hospital A&E department - man arrested on suspicion of attempted murderThe woman in her 50s, who has suffered life-changing injuries, is being treated at her place of work. 1248
Reposted by KateCandy Gregory @candyrn.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Wake up Streeting! Address the healthcare professional's recruitment & retention crisis. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Patients are collapsing in the waiting room': A&E nurses speak outNurses working on the front line of emergency care have spoken to the BBC about pressure they are facing. 3911
Reposted by KateAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 08/01/2025“We’re forgotten about here... nobody cares.” A Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in Mexico's San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry. So who is to blame for the water shortages? ⤵️aljazeera.com‘Forgotten’: How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for waterA Coca-Cola plant pumps millions of litres of water in San Cristóbal de las Casas. But locals say their faucets run dry. 15356136
Reposted by KateCarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Can anyone point to *any credible* sources for the claims I’ve seen vaguely waved around, that private health has a whole load of meaningful & useful spare capacity just waiting around for NHS patients? I saw 20% mentioned but that seems to have come from industry lobbyists - about something else! 2245
Reposted by KateGeneral Federation of Trade Unions @gftu.org.uk · 08/01/2025We’re supporting the #SafeSickPay campaign. Raising Statutory Sick Pay would mean millions of workers in would finally be able to afford to take time off sick when needed. Write to your MP to back the campaign: bit.ly/sickpayaction #GFTU 0159
Reposted by KateCarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025When we tell you that privatising NHS delivery a bad idea, it’s not “ideology”. It’s cos we know that health services redesigned by corporate stooges end up *undertreating* the poor, sick & complex - but also expensively *overtreating*/overtesting ppl where there’s money to be made. Case in point 👇 8236124
Reposted by KateMarcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 06/01/2025An inconvenient truth for Labour: NHS privatisation is entirely un-evidence-based and the public has never agreed to it. All evidence is that privatisation is: 1) more expensive for taxpayers, and 2) has worse outcomes for patients 26735
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 04/01/2025I’m afraid that as a politician you sometimes have to ask the question: is the toboggan really worth it? 030
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I’ve always said that what our social care system is lacking is yet another long and boring report 190
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024Revolting. Thinking of hospital patients and staff in Gaza; healthcare facilities are #NotATarget. 020
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Merry Christmas! Thinking of my amazing colleagues working in the NHS this Christmas, but also those trying to save lives in unimaginable circumstances elsewhere. Wishing for peace in 2025. 🙏 2244
Reposted by KateAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 23/12/2024A series of Israeli attacks on displacement camps and designated “safe zones” in Gaza has killed several Palestinians, including children. 24388253
Reposted by KateAl Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/12/2024‘Dead bodies, blood and body parts all over’. At least eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Musa bin Nusair School in Gaza City, where forcibly displaced Palestinians were sheltering. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️t.coWorld ignores us as Israeli shelling, blasts rock Gaza hospital: DirectorDozens killed in across Gaza as Kamal Adwan Hospital heads warns medical staff are ‘slaughtered before eyes of world’. 10352237
Reposted by KateKeep Our NHS Public @keepournhspublic.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Never forget that this situation was completely avoidable. When you inflict 14 years of austerity on an essential service, this is the result. KONP has been fighting for the NHS for 20 years, and we're not about to stop now. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...theguardian.comSurge in flu cases risks overwhelming hospitals in England, says NHS chiefHealth service concerned that early ‘flood’ of infections will be made worse by family gatherings at Christmas 28339
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Who won’t this government throw under the bus to save the precious billionaires? This lot won’t have *any* votes at the next election at this rate. 2164
Reposted by KatePrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Private Equity Is Devouring Everything And Is Coming for Your Pets. It is taking over animal clinics. Profiteering, wage cuts, asset stripping, tax dodges are standard practice. UK govt has handed care homes and parts of the NHS to it. Disasterous. jacobin.com/2024/12/vete...jacobin.comPrivate Equity Is Coming for Your PetsPrivate equity is taking over animal clinics to raise prices and close down practices where workers demand better wages. 34487238
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024theguardian.comDeath feels imminent for 96% of children in Gaza, study findsNeeds assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people 0105
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 11/12/2024independent.co.ukGPs halting transgender patients’ hormone treatment or refusing prescriptionsInvestigation: GPs cite lack of expertise or funding as key factors in withdrawals of trans patients’ prescriptions. Billie Gay Jackson and Holly Bancroft report 022
Reposted by KatePeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 10/12/2024A shocking revelation today in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal It turns out the Health Secretary is using tax payers money to pay the GMC’s costs in defending the legal action brought by @anaesunited.bsky.social to protect patient safety - an outrageous use of public money youtu.be/T-BDHQop1zk?...youtu.beA shocking revelation in the #PhysicianAssociates scandal - hold onto your seatsYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 621429738
Reposted by KateWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 06/12/2024🚨Private healthcare companies are lobbying the Health Secretary to sign up to a new PFI deal. ⏰We’re running out of time to stop this deal. 📋Add your name to the petition now and show Wes Streeting YOU stand against new #PFI in our #NHS. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...weownit.org.ukTell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS! 43606528
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I’m so glad Streeting’s glittering career in the NUS and Westminster has equipped him with so much insight into the National Health Service that none one of those clowns who’ve spent years and years training and saving lives day in day out there could possibly comprehend 012
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Oh come ON. 2.8%! The government of the workers various unions and the TUC have been falling over themselves to lavish praise on. Might as well ballot us for strike now. If you need me I’ll be dusting off my megaphone… 193
Reposted by KateDr Mike @emergmeddr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024BBC News just said that Netanyahu being at the corruption trial, distracts from the war in Gaza. There is no war in Gaza. It's an occupation, an illegal land grab and a genocide of the Palestinians. BBC News, it is shameful of you to describe it this way. @bbcnews 062
Kate @katermn.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Absolutely gutted to read this. 😢 Outsourcing is always a big mistake - thinking of all our colleagues in Colchester. www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/2478213...gazette-news.co.ukColchester Hospital staff lose battle to stay in NHS as outsourcing plans confirmedThe Trust's Board has confirmed it has decided to contract all soft facilities management services to an external partner. 053
Reposted by KateFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024If you’re applying for PIP, the charity Turn2Us has launched The PIP Tool: a free guide to navigate the benefits process. Their goal “is to make sure you know your rights and can afford what you need to enjoy life fully.” Share widely! pip.turn2us.org.ukpip.turn2us.org.ukTurn2us PIP HelperUse the Turn2us PIP Helper to learn how to manage each stage of your PIP (personal independence payment) application process. 22498427
Reposted by KateDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 09/12/2024“Women pushed into private sector because NHS inadequately resourced to provide timely care and treatment” There, fixed this title for you, the BBC. 🚨 www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comGynaecology patients going private to escape NHS waiting listsWomen in agony are using their savings to pay for urgent treatment to avoid waits of up to two years. 17505193
