#cutskill — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cutskill, aggregated by home.social.
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1/2 of Britons avoid calling GP when ill
48% across #UK didn't ask their GP for help when got sick over past year, a survey found
Just over 1/4 (27%) managed ailment themselves or waited for it to go away, despite #doctors fearing avoiding #GP care could seriously damage person’s health
- Findings underline deep public concern about ability to access to vital #NHS services such as A&E, #GPs, #hospital treatment or #ambulance
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#NHS #physician associates should not diagnose untriaged patients, review finds
Government review says PAs sometimes used to fill roles designed for doctors, potentially exposing #patients to risk
NHS physician associates should be banned from diagnosing patients who have not already been seen by a #doctor, a government review has concluded.
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#IsleOfWight councillor: Military Road’s Cliff Waring System failed over decade ago
She was prompted to act after noticing the flashing cliff warning lights along Military Road have not been operational for years
She was told that the early warning system installed in 1997 became failed sometime before 2013
These were never reinstated under the #Highways #PFI contract, it has been revealed.
#CutsKill #IOW #ToryScum #roads #RoadSafety #PrivatisationFail
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Former Labour MSP has resigned from the party after 35 years following Labour's deep cuts to #disability #benefits
Neil Findlay, represented #Labour at Holyrood for a decade, said in letter to #Starmer that he was betraying Labour’s proud history & laying waste to any claim of moral principle
Findlay said: I can no longer remain a member of a party that lied to British people at last election & regularity betrays people who voted for it
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UK minister suggests cut PIP claimants don’t have significant needs
#Labour minister suggested people who will lose #disability payments amid sweeping #Labour cuts do not have “significant needs"
Work & Pensions Minister #McGovern was quizzed on BBC Radio Scotland when she struggled to answer some of the questions posed & declined to answer others
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Labour sticks with Tories £1.3bn benefits #cuts branded shameless
#Labour expected to retain changes to “work capability assessment” that were introduced last year by #Tories with critics saying they “should be utterly ashamed of themselves”
#Disability rights activists called on Kendall to reverse changes, as they pose severe risks to vulnerable people with mental and physical conditions
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24663294.labours-plans-stick-tories-1-3bn-benefits-cuts/
#SameOldGovt #LabourLies #ToryLies #corruption #PeopleNotProfits #UK #CutsKill
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Save the Winter Fuel Payment petition!
We believe as many as 2 million pensioners who find paying their energy bills a real stretch will be seriously hit by this cut:
- Those on low incomes who just miss out on #Pension Credit
- Those with high energy needs because of #disability or #illness- 1 million who don’t receive #PensionCredit for which they are eligible.
https://campaigns.ageuk.org.uk/page/154268/petition/1?ea.tracking.id=Mastodon
#austerity #CutsKill #OAP #pensioner #retirement #FuelBills #poverty #Energy #CostOfLiving #Labour