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Samantha Wathen
@samanthajwathen.bsky.social
Press/Media Officer for Keep Our NHS Public and Operations for Frontline19. Occasional bylines on the NHS. Passionate about mental health support for HCPs. Once got to say Hold the front page. Own views, obvs.
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@frontline19.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialThis #WorldMentalHealthDay the theme is 'Lived experiences heard: Real voices, real change'.
This is particularly pertinent to what we do at Frontline19, listening to the experiences of healthcare workers who come to us for counselling.
A 🧵 1/8
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialI was naively full of hope at the new PM, but he's just like all the rest. Telling the NHS to "live within its means" and assuming that bunging in a few quid for winter at the last minute will stop the carnage. FFS, when will they learn & how many more must be sacrificed on the altar of stupidity.
@frontline19.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialTrigger Warning: Domestic abuse
Healthcare workers experience domestic abuse too. It isn't always physical, and no one should face it alone.
Frontline19 offers free, confidential counselling to NHS and frontline staff affected by abuse.
Support: frontline19.com/get-support/
@keepournhspublic.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialOur Press officer @samanthajwathen.bsky.social said:
“Corridor care has become a dangerous, year-round reality in hospitals up and down the country. Govt cannot talk seriously about patient safety while accepting it as a normalised way of running the NHS.”
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialNice to get in a rare named quote from yours truly, and pleased that my words made the headline.
Having a public outlet for anger - and occasionally getting to put your own name to it - is one of the perks of being a press officer.
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialNothing makes me more disenchanted with the state of the world than reading the Facebook comments on covid-related news posts. No Karen, it's not the flu, and yes, it's (sadly) real. I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain it to you.
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialLove this! My husband used to doodle the 2 in all his school textbooks, so funny
@retrojames.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialIt takes BBC 2 to make a thing go right... Remember these idents? You just might. Just a little something from me 2 you:
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialOn my way down to Bath, fully laden with posters, leaflets & display equipment for tomorrow’s doctors wellbeing event at Royal United hospital.
Looking forward to giving a talk and running a @frontline19.bsky.social stall. It’ll be nice to meet some of the people our work supports 💚
@bma.org.ukReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialThere is a worldwide crisis of burnout in the medical profession and doctors need to work together to find solutions. Doctors at the International Conference of Physician Health are hoping to identify ways to combat some of the challenges contributing to ill-health among healthcare professionals.
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialThe interest rate setting body was set up by Tony Blair, but she's still an idiot.
@keepournhspublic.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialOur Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:
"The lesson could not be clearer: when commercial incentives enter healthcare, robust safeguards, transparency and public accountability are essential, and in this case they catastrophically failed."
@frontline19.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialToday we pause to remember those health and care workers we have lost to suicide, which happens alarmingly often. We must foster a culture where staff feel supported and cared for at their worst
If you are a frontline worker in need, you can confidentially self-refer for counselling frontline19.com
@frontline19.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialThe Practitioner Health Programme @nhsprachealth.bsky.social have launched an online memorial wall to remember all those health and care workers tragically lost to suicide.
To leave a tribute/message or find out more, please visit:
www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/remembrance#...
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialLove it.
@samanthajwathen.bsky.socialNothing to see here, just me currently beating a Cambridge university lecturer at Scrabble 😁
@keepournhspublic.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialWatch/view our regular Podcast - Not the NHS Again - with @thedauk.bsky.social & @drstevetaylor.bsky.social and hear from a range of experts.
Here, former bond trader @vincegomez.com explains how the idea that we can't afford the NHS is a myth.
Watch/like/subscribe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOmM...
@frontline19.bsky.socialReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialIt's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
We know how tragically common suicide is among NHS staff. But we also know that the right support at the right time can save a life - we’ve seen it happen.
No frontline worker should suffer in silence. Reach out for free, confidential counselling: frontline19.com
@rcem.ac.ukReposted by @samanthajwathen.bsky.socialToday, Dr Ian Higginson, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, responded to the publication of the National Audit Office (NAO) report ‘Managing the flow of patients through hospital from A&E’.
“The system is in a state of permacrisis"
