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Carmichael leads debate on #cuts to #coastguard payments

Whatever reasons behind it, the outcome could be catastrophic. A change in course must be found

#Shetland's MP secured parliamentary debate on plans to stop paying coastguard `#volunteers

The #Maritime & Coastguard Agency ( #MCA ) to remove ability for coastguard #rescue volunteers to claim around £11/hr for attending call-outs, training exercises.

https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/06/24/carmichael-lead-debate-cuts-coastguard/?utm_source=mastodon_fediverse

#CutsKill #austerity #safety

Every student at #university today was born before July 2015, meaning every one of them missed the cut-off.

The #NHS [NICE?] never offered them the jab and NO catch-up programme was ever provided. A decade of students has passed through higher education with no routine protection against the most common form of bacterial meningitis.

https://theconversation.com/kents-meningitis-outbreak-was-years-in-the-making-heres-why-278003?utm_medium=mastodon_fediverse

#CutsKill #healthcare #CostSavings #FalseEconomy

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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

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/25/half-of-britons-avoid-calling-gp-when-they-are-ill-survey-nhs

#CutsKill #PrivatisationFail #SaveOurNHS

#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.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jul/16/physician-associates-banned-from-diagnosing-untriaged-patients-report

#HealthCare #CutsKill #GPs #medical

A large chunk of #Americans have voted AGAINST their best interest for over 50 years.

#Trump #flooding #Texas #DictatorTrump #fascist #traitor #ComradeKrasnov #Cuts #CutsKill #weather #PublicServices #coup #DemocracyNOW #DODGE #Musk #national_weather_service

#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.

https://www.islandecho.co.uk/councillor-reveals-military-roads-cliff-warning-system-failed-over-a-decade-ago/

#CutsKill #IOW #ToryScum #roads #RoadSafety #PrivatisationFail

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

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25019131.former-scottish-labour-msp-quits-furious-attack-keir-starmer/

#BringBackLabour #CutsKill

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

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25020827.uk-minister-suggests-cut-pip-claimants-dont-significant-needs/

#NoCuts #BringBackLabour #LabourLies #CutsKill

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

The 'Sick man of Europe' describes countries with severe economic turmoil or social unrest. #Britain today, it's a literal reality

We lag our peers on

- Health outcomes
- Number with a long-term condition rising
- People are longer in poor health
- Health is worsening throughout one's life

All bring huge challenges for children, adolescents, working-age adults, & retired

UK's health problems have reached historic proportions

https://www.thenational.scot/news/24589592.britain-sick-man-europe-finds-new-report-nations-health/

#NHS #SaveOurNHS #CutsKill #Healthcare

Flood defences in disrepair across #England

#ToryWreckage

The asset condition of #FloodDefences shows proportion of those being in adequate condition now stands at just 92.6%, it was 97.9% in 2018-19

Optimal level is 98%

Approximately 5.7mil properties in #England at risk of flooding. an increase of 500k between 2021-22 & 2022-23 alone

1% decrease in adequate flood defences puts additional 10k properties at risk

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/15/key-flood-defences-in-disrepair-across-england-as-wet-autumn-looms-data-reveals

#CutsKill #austerity #flooding #ClimateChange #UK

Attention #British citizens …

Americans (insured or not) still receive no-cost Covid vaccines.

WTF is wrong with the #UnitedKingdom's government? [Rhetorical question]

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/adults/pay-for-vaccines.html

#Covid19 #vaccines #UK #America #HealthCare #SaveOurNHS #ProtectUs #CovidIsNotOver #PeopleNotProfits #NHS #SaveOurNHS #OurNHS #ToryCorruption #CutsKill #cuts #Austerity

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

Save NHS dentistry

I’m Tom Thayer, a hospital consultant. I treat patients with horrifying mouth injuries after trying to pull their own teeth out

Everyone who needs an NHS dentist should be able to get an appointment.

Underfunded, there are now fewer #NHS #dentists available.

A recent survey found 9 out of 10 practices are no longer taking on new NHS patients

Petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-nhs-dentistry-2

#CutsKill #ToryDictatorship #dentists #ToryScum #profiteering #PeopleNotProfits #ToriesOut

#Coastguard response times could quadruple under new plans

Controversial new proposal from #Bristow’s a private, profit motivated company Tories contracted to #privatize the service

Coastguard will have 60 min to launch after call is made

Currently they have 15 min during day, 45 min at night

This will risk lives

https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/10/06/coastguard-response-times-could-quadruple-under-new-plans

#ToryScum #CutsKill #Rescue #Shetland #Maritime #UK #greed #ToryDictatorship #Privatization #SearcjRescue #OilRigs #Ships #CruiseShips #PeopleNotProfits