#NHS health alert

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NHS says people need to take 2p 'anti-dementia' pill every day from to News Buzz

The NHS has issued a health alert, advising the public to start taking a 2p pill daily from this month to boost their wellbeing and potentially stave off serious health issues including dementia. Taking to social media, the health service highlighted the importance of vitamin D supplements during the darker months, stating: “From October to March we can’t make enough vitamin D from sunlight. To…

[roger-paladino]

Sorry for being really slow with like. everything art related guys I have been going through it so bad

[thebibliosphere]

I was diagnosed with ADHD by my uni (and am having to wait 50 million years for an NHS diagnosis), so I'm wondering if b12 would help, but I had my bloods done a few months back (have some weird health problems, get regular blood tests), and both my b12 and folic acid are within the normal range apparently. The NHS seems to use different units than American healthcare tho. Idk if you've ever been in a similar situation, but do you think b12 would help even though I apparently don't need it? Apparently anxiety also messes with b12, and I have panic disorder, but still, normal blood test results

I can only speak from my own experience, but even when my numbers are in the "acceptable" range, I suffer the mental symptoms of having a deficiency. It's only when my numbers are at the absolute top range that I feel adequately alert. Obviously, I've got some unique problems going on, and I'm not saying that's true of everyone, I'm just saying a lot of my brain fog and other cognitive problems were ignored for decades because my numbers were "acceptable."

That said, it might be advisable to take a B complex or something of the like just to make sure you're getting enough of them. There's been some ongoing research about ADHD being linked to lower levels of B2, B6, and a few others.

Obligatory check with a doctor before starting any new medications or supplements, but taking a B complex is generally considered safe because B vitamins are water soluble, and whatever your body doesn't need, it flushes out. Basically, it may or may not help, it really depends on your own body. But it likely wouldn't hurt to try?

[thesilversun]

Nie Mingjue thoughts due to previous reblog.

It feels like so many people forget how young Nie Mingjue was. He was only old 6 years older than Nie Huaisang.

Which makes Nie Mingjue, Chifeng-Zun, who’s a well established leader in combat, all of 23/24 years old at the start of the Sunshot Campaign, and barely/maybe not even 30 at his death.

It’s so easy to see him as being of an equal age to the other sect leaders of the time - Wen Rouhan, Jin Guangshan, Jiang Fengmian, Lan Qiren (standing in for Qingheng-Jun) when he’s basically the same age their kids.

He probably around the same age as Wen Xu. He’s only 3 or so years older than Lan Xichen, about 2 or 3 older than Jiang Yanli.

In his early 20’s he had also been a sect leader for nearly a decade.

NMJ has such a rigid view of things and of right and wrong. Childishly simple seems an unfair way of putting it, but he was a child when he had to lead.

He was 14 when Wen Rouhan, the chief cultivator had killed his father. He was left with a leaderless sect and little brother (nhs) who was about 8.

He’s tall for his age and strong. He knows he has to lead now. His childhood is over. He needs to be strong and decisive. He trains hard (he knows what this means for him, what it has meant for all the Nie sect leaders), he makes decisions and doesn’t back down (no weakness will be attached to Qinghe Nie because of him and his youth)

Qinghe Nie keeps in place in 5 great sects, despite its barely teenage leader.

There is nothing in his life apart from training, to be strong enough to protect his sect and his brother, and to finally avenge his father.

Perhaps there had been hope once that after it was done, after Wen Rouhan was gone, he could stop pushing so hard. After all he doesn’t want to leave his brother all alone too soon.

But the sunshot campaign happens. He’s betrayed, but told he hasn’t been, told he needs to put it aside. He sees cultivators from his sect die in front of him, unable to protect them, is tortured and unable to escape. He never gets to have his vengeance against Wen Rouhan in person.

Then the conflict is over.

Years of fighting, of pushing himself, of all that has happened to him, means there is no peace in victory.

He doesn't know how to come home. He's built for war, and can’t believe that another enemy won’t appear.

His health declines, physical he’s mostly fine, but he’s angry all the time, expecting attack, always alert to danger. It feels like there are enemies watching him everywhere. He can’t relax even for a moment. He’s tired, but he can’t rest. He’s exhausted, afraid (although he’d never say that aloud) and all comes out as anger. He shouts at Huaisang, pushes him to train harder, his own fear that he will no longer be able to protect driving a wedge between them.

Huaisang doesn’t seem to care, still acts like a spoilt child. And Mingjue breaks some of his fans, some of his books and paintings.

He knows he’s gone too far, but he doesn’t know how to stop. The only relief is that he didn’t harm Huaisang. He knows too that it will only get worse until he’s a danger to all those around him.

Lan Xichen offers a solution, not a cure, but a reprieve, a chance to buy him a few more years in which to get his brother ready to lead.

It’s not to be.

He doesn’t know why the music stops working as it should. It all sounds the same to him.

He endures it the best he can, until he can’t.

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So yeah, many Nmj feels

[thegreatobsesso]

WIP intro, working title: "gay crime bdsm story"

What happens when you let a fantastically dangerous man hurt you in a sexy way while secretly doing something that, should he find out about it, would make him wanna hurt you in a decidedly non-sexy way?

Milo McKenzie, an unassuming sex therapist living on the outskirts of London, has been selected to sub for a notorious dom, Octavius Sinclair. But when their first scene is rudely interrupted by a sniper, it becomes rapidly apparent that Octavius is not just a flamboyant walking cliché of a supervillain in a pin-striped suit, but a major kingpin in the city's underworld of organized crime.  No matter how hot this guy is (and he is hot), it's a hard no from Milo. But when a Scotland Yard detective offers to whisk Milo's mentally ill sister away from the overworked and understaffed NHS facility to a state-of-the-art private hospital, he can't turn them down. He agrees to continue seeing Octavius and report back about anything and everything he learns about "the enterprise" - the only name the triad of crime families seems to go by, when they're spoken of at all. Despite Octavius's mob ties and clinically diagnosable lack of empathy, Milo finds himself more and more taken by the man the longer they play together. It doesn't help that Octavius seems to feel the same way about his brand-new toy. But as the detective's demands become more pointed and Octavius gets drawn closer and closer into a trap, Milo has to decide whether his loyalty lies with the only family he's got left or a professional criminal he might be in love with. And that choice is gonna hurt way more than any lash of Octavius's whip.

vibes

organized crime

BDSM

smut

posh skyscrapers, expensive scotch, five-figure suits

romance

angst

smut

literally so much angst

it’s going to be AWFUL 😈😈😈😈😈😈😈

lots of talk about sex and mental health

smut

guns and knives and money

violins and pouring rain

if I didn't already say so.......... s m u t

format

This is, at least for now, being written in script format. Ask me how fun I am finding that. Spoiler alert: it is a lot.

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My friends, let me know if you want to be on it!

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By: Benjamin Ryan

Published: Oct 24, 2024

[ That’s a quote from a talk that pediatric gender medicine doctor Johanna Olson-Kennedy gave in which she was dismissing concerns about young people potentially regretting getting double mastectomies for a gender transition. ]

Some of the biggest names in the pediatric gender medicine field are part of an entrenched global trend in which they prioritize the transgender advocacy mission over honest and direct science. They hide inconvenient research findings. And they seek to prevent other researchers from even asking questions that might yield inconvenient answers. Supporting them is a cabal of activists and LGBTQ nonprofits standing at the ready to bully and cancel any scientists or journalists who might bring to light any of the more questionable aspects of pediatric gender medicine.

This pattern is not just limited to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy. If you haven’t already heard, according to reporting in The New York Times, this major leader in the pediatric gender medicine field has been sitting on null findings from her National Institutes of Health–funded study of puberty blockers for gender dysphoric children because, she said, publishing them would prove politically inexpedient. (I wrote about an undercover video of her talking about mastectomies here.)

Where have we heard this story before?

Let’s take a trip across the pond to the British National Health Service’s now-shuttered pediatric gender clinic, GIDS. (I encourage you to read all about this troubled clinic in Hannah Barnes’ book Time to Think. Make sure to get the new 2024 U.S. paperback, which has a vital new epilogue.) After it was founded in 2011, GIDS’s leaders sought to recreate the findings of the original Dutch protocol that was first cultivated in the mid-1990s and that ultimately gave rise to the global pediatric gender-transition treatment movement during the 2000s and 2010s.

But the British team failed. They did not find a substantial benefit from providing puberty blockers to gender dysphoric children by following the Dutch protocol. So did these researchers alert the world to their troublesome findings? Did they send a word of caution to a field that by then was circumnavigating the globe, setting up what would soon be hundreds of pediatric gender-clinic outposts?

No, they kept their failure secret.

It wasn’t until Oxford sociologist Michael Biggs became suspicious and ultimately rooted out the truth��that the GIDS clinicians finally owned up and published their failed study.

Also in England, the NHS’s Cass Review, which was published in April after a four-year effort to assess pediatric gender medicine at home and worldwide, sought to assess the long-term outcomes of the wider population of former GIDS patients. But the adult NHS gender clinics refused to share their de-identified data on those now-adult patients, providing only specious reasons for their refusal.

Now it seems as if the NHS will ultimately force them to do so. But for now, the world is poorer for not having that data. Because this entire field is compromised by a woeful lack of long-term data, in particular about the more recent cohorts of gender-dysphoric adolescents who have undergone gender-transition treatment, and whose profiles are vastly different from those kids who entered the original Dutch study.

After the Cass Review came out, activists went into overdrive to tell wild falsehoods about it, as I reported at the time. Hilary Cass, the pediatrician lead author of the report, was appalled, and told a reporter that those activists were harming children.

There are also plenty of examples of academics being discouraged from even asking research questions that might lead to an answer that would prove inconvenient for the pediatric gender medicine movement. Take, for example, the trio starting a long-term study to assess whether rapid-onset gender dysphoria is a true phenomenon. These three seasoned investigators have had to self-fund their research and are subject to persistent derision and scorn by trans activists for daring to ask difficult questions about this medical field and about the reasons for the recent surge in trans identification in natal girl adolescents in particular.

One of those three investigators, physician-researcher Dr. Lisa Littman, spoke to me for my article on The Trans Tipping Point in the New York Post. She said of the activists who attack her: “It’s as if their loyalty is to the transition interventions and not to the long-term health and well-being of transgender-identified young people.”

Here’s another example. When UCL neuropsychologist Sallie Baxendale sought to obtain peer review for her review paper about what scientists know—and don’t know—about the neuropsychiatric impacts of puberty blockers, here was what happened, according to what she wrote in Unherd:

None of the reviewers identified any studies that I had missed that demonstrated safe and reversible impacts of puberty blockers on cognitive development, or presented any evidence contrary to my conclusions that the work just hasn’t been done. However, one suggested the evidence may be out there, it just hadn’t been published. They suggested that I trawl through non-peer reviewed conference presentations to look for unpublished studies that might tell a more positive story. The reviewer appeared to be under the naïve apprehension that studies proving that puberty blockers were safe and effective would have difficulty being published. The very low quality of studies in this field, and the positive spin on any results reported by gender clinicians suggest that this is unlikely to be the case. Another reviewer expressed concerns that publishing the conclusions from these studies risked stigmatising an already stigmatised group. A third suggested that I should focus on the positive things that puberty blockers could do, while a fourth suggested there was no point in publishing a review when there wasn’t enough literature to review. Another sought to diminish an entire field of neuroscience that has established puberty as a critical period of brain development as “my view”.

Dr. Baxendale ultimately published her vital review paper, which concluded: “Critical questions remain unanswered regarding the nature, extent and permanence of any arrested development of cognitive function associated with puberty blockers. The impact of puberal suppression on measures of neuropsychological function is an urgent research priority.”

Meanwhile, the American Academy of Pediatrics has assured the public in its 2018 policy statement on the gender-affirming care method that puberty blockers are “reversible.” Twenty Republican attorneys general recently sent a stern, probing letter to the AAP, suggesting that that claim, which they assert is false, violates consumer protection laws. A lawsuit is likely imminent. The AAP is already being sued by a detransitioner over the statement. The original legal complaint lambasts the AAP for never responding to Canadian sex researcher James Cantor’s scathing fact check and critique he published of the policy statement in 2019.

Personally, I don’t think the claim that puberty blockers are reversible is definitively false, given what science is able to tell us at this time. But on the flip side, we also know that it is not definitely true either. As Dr. Baxendale’s paper demonstrates, there remain too many substantive and unanswered questions about how using drugs that throw vital human development processes out of synch might impact a young person, possibly for the rest of their lives.

The AAP announced in August 2023 that it was going to conduct a systematic literature review of the evidence behind pediatric gender medicine—and then never said another word about it. The authors of such reviews are expected to publish their methodology in advance, and the there is no sign that the AAP has done so.

Then there’s the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH, which as the Alabama attorney general’s subpoenas have revealed and Jesse Singal reported for The Economist in June, suppressed systematic literature reviews about this field that it commissioned from Johns Hopkins. And after a Biden Health official and the AAP strong armed WPATH into removing the age restrictions on gender-transition treatment and surgeries in the update to its trans-care guidelines in 2022, WPATH president Dr. Marci Bowers coordinated for the leadership to lie about why they had done so. All of this is detailed in scathing, unsparing detail in the Alabama AG’s amicus brief to the Supreme Court, which argues that the court should uphold Tennessee’s law banning pediatric gender-transition treatment.

And in the wake of today’s news about Dr. Olson-Kennedy, we have an example of yet another front in this battle over pediatric medicine: the sheer denial and deflection coming from transgender activist Ari Drennen of Media Matters and the LGBTQ “media watchdog” GLAAD. As you can see from the tweet below, all they could do in the face of such a damning report was deflect.

This makes me wonder: What exactly is GLAAD’s endgame? This is the same nonprofit that had the temerity to condescend to the New York Times last year and falsely claim that the “science is settled”��on pediatric medicine with their protest truck they drove around the Times building in Midtown Manhattan.

The science is, of course, not settled. No science is. It is always evolving, in particular in this tempestuous and troubled field of pediatric gender medicine. And there are many people in this wider movement who are seeking to suppress the full, ever-changing truth from coming to light.

At the center of this story is a burgeoning population of very troubled children. They are owed the best science possible. They are owed the truth, whatever that might be.

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I previously posted about Olsen-Kennedy's tone-deaf endorsement of medical mutilation.

Imagine a medical study of a cancer treatment that was found to be ineffective, which was then covered up. Why would a report about that coverup need to quote people who had had cancer? These fanatics think we're stupid.

People wonder why the trust in our institutions is so low. It's because they keep producing this kind of fraud, which isn't science any more than Intelligent Design is science.

When the devoutly Christian John Templeton Foundation funded a study on intercessory prayer, they were forced to publish it, even though it found that it was ineffective. Or worse.

Conclusions Intercessory prayer itself had no effect on complication-free recovery from CABG, but certainty of receiving intercessory prayer was associated with a higher incidence of complications.

These genderists are doing religious proselytization.

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NHS Calls for 10-Day Isolation for New XEC COVID Strain as Cases Rise; Experts Warn of Worsening Symptoms and Possible Return of Masks and Social Distancing The NHS has issued a critical alert recommending a 10-day isolation due to a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in the UK. Recent UK Health Security Agency data shows a 17.8% week-on-week increase in infections and a 27.3% rise in related fatalities. As of October 9, there were 3,496 new COVID-19 cases reported, an increase of 529 from the previous week. The death toll rose to 163, an increase of 35, while hospital admissions reached 2,622, up by 149 cases. The NHS stated that you can remain infectious for "up to 10 days." You can also catch or spread COVID-19 if you: Do not have symptoms Are fully vaccinated Have had the virus before

Therefore, if you test positive for Covid, the NHS says you should:

Try to stay at home and avoid contact with other people for five days after the day you took your test if you are 18 years old or over

Avoid meeting people who are more likely to get seriously ill from viruses, such as people with a weakened immune system, for 10 days after the day you took your test.

If you have symptoms of COVID-19 or have tested positive, there are things you can do to help you avoid passing it on to other people, including those you live with:

Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze and encourage children to do this

Regularly clean surfaces you touch often (such as door handles and remote controls) and in shared spaces, such as kitchens or bathrooms

Try to stay away from other people, including those you live with, until you feel better

Let people who need to come into your home know that you’ve tested positive or have symptoms

Think about asking friends, family or neighbours to get food and other essentials for you

avoid indoor or crowded places (including public transport or large social gatherings) or places where there is not much fresh air if you need to leave your home

Wear a face covering when it's hard to stay away from other people

Let healthcare professionals know about your positive test result or symptoms if you’re asked to attend an appointment in person.

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i swear to christ every reply is either

"it's a good thing because [fringe case that happens once a century. or thing we definitely ALREADY have other ways of communicating (which are not being maintained, if not actively dismantled) that don't require hijacking everyone's phone]"

or "in my country we have this! it's [significantly better implemented and/or VOLUNTARY system that does not take over every single 4G device so is actually not the same thing at all] and we use it for [things that don't even happen here]"

-we have (or had) flood sirens/alerts in areas that actually do need them. from lack of funding, lack of care (both) they're disused, dismantled, or not updated. they are both more useful and also almost certainly cheaper to repair or upgrade than implementing a whole new system of taking over the 4G network

-they would also still work if cell towers are knocked out. something likely to happen in the sort of natural disaster that's going to warrant an emergency notice

-the met office literally give out warnings for severe and emergency weather that you can get notifications for on your device on an entirely voluntary basis. something you should probably do if you live somewhere that's a problem. this system exists ALREADY.

-people paying no attention to weather warnings aren't magically going to pay attention to the gov saying it either actually. not sure why you'd think people who don't believe the met office would believe the government

-no, you don't need to take over every 4G connected device for nuke warnings. by the time you get those it's too late.

-there are currently no plans to use it for terrorism incidents which makes it even more pointless and stupid given that's just about the only thing to warn for we aren't already warned for some other way when applicable

-they did use the phrase "marauding terrorist" which will live in my head rent free though

-"what about for pandemic stuff or health crises" this same government gutted the NHS and also pandemic response stuff before covid in defiance of WHO warnings there would be a pandemic within 10 years. they aren't building this for the next round of swine flu and you know it

-incidentally you can get covid related alerts on an opt-in basis already

-yeah maybe an opt-in notification service for all types of emergencies by area would be a useful thing so you don't have to get met office alerts, covid/nhs alerts and news alerts separately! sure! but that is literally not what this is at all. it's not by area and it's not opt in. or at all voluntary. that's just defending a bad idea because you can imagine a nonexistent better version of it. i can imagine nonexistent better versions of lots of things.

-this is a government that have quite literally never cared about public safety or health and in fact often make a point of endangering it. just. in general.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Mira Lazine for Erin In The Morning:

[Note: This edition of Erin In The Morning is brought to you by Mira Lazine, who is guest writing for Erin In The Morning after the passing of Erin’s mother. Mira Lazine is a freelance journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues, politics, and science.] On Thursday, Jo Maugham - director of the United Kingdom legal advocacy organization The Good Law Project - wrote a detailed thread on X/Twitter in which he alleges that there has been a substantial increase in the number of suicides for young trans people on the National Health Service (NHS) waitlist, and that the NHS has been suppressing the evidence. Maugham says that this occurred after the infamous 2020 Bell v. Tavistock ruling that restricted care for those under 16. While this ruling has since been overturned, the damage from it is still being felt today.

Maugham, who first announced some of these claims in a Good Law Project fundraiser opposing the British puberty blocker ban, says that he spoke with two whistleblowers. “I have seen their staff IDs and each has provided me with some internal Tavistock documents. There is no doubt they are who they say they are.”  The first whistleblower reportedly said that prior to the 2020 Bell ruling, only one young trans person died from suicide in seven years and that since the ruling, there have been sixteen deaths. This data is reported to come from an anonymous doctor referred to as “Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children.”

He then goes on to say that the whistleblower tried to alert higher ups about this, including a director at the Tavistock gender clinic and Dr. Hillary Cass. Cass is the primary person behind the infamous Cass Review, a systematic review that has led to the temporary prohibition of puberty blockers for transgender youth in Great Britain. Details related to the whistleblower’s concerns aren’t apparent within the Review, suggesting that Cass ignored concerns as the Review was being drafted. Cass, who has no professional history working with transgender young people, collaborated with people who had ties to SPLC-designated hate groups like Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. During the writing of the Review, she met with Ron DeSantis-appointed members of the Florida medical board.

Maugham reached out to Tavistock and Cass for comment. Tavistock did not respond, while Cass referred Maugham to paragraph 5.65 in the Review, where she offhandedly discusses these suicides while underplaying the link between the NHS, Gender Identity Service (GIDS), and these deaths. Additionally, Cass fails to mention the total number of suicides in the Review from either before Bell or after. The second whistleblower claims to be able to substantiate the claims made by both the first whistleblower and the “Named Doctor for Safeguarding Children.” They claim that staff planned an open letter in response to these allegations, and that Tavistock retaliated and threatened them with disciplinary action before suppressing the material. Maugham then substantiates the allegations made by both whistleblowers by revealing meeting minutes that show Tavistock staff members were well aware of these deaths. He points out that this ignores attempted suicides and does not necessarily capture all deaths. Additionally, he shows additional notes that suggest that some data was deliberately left out of Freedom of Information Act requests.

[...] An investigation from The Guardian two years ago reveals that there are systemic failures in the United Kingdom’s mental health service which is attributable to many suicides, including some for transgender youth. Considering that several adults also died due to suicide while on waitlists, and that the majority of people on waitlists for gender affirming care have been there for more than 18 weeks, it’s possible that there are additional suicides unaccounted for This investigation, alongside the allegations made by Maugham, opens up substantial questions about how seriously medical professionals treat suicides of transgender youth. If Maugham’s allegations prove true, one of the country’s biggest medical scandals in history may unfold.

Mira Lazine writes in Erin Reed’s Erin In The Morning Substack about how the NHS in the UK covered up suicides of trans youths, especially after the Bell v. Tavistock ruling. The Cass Review ignored the impacts of suicide of trans youths as result of the post-Bell climate.

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So here you have something there's never been a complaint about in 40 years, that I've heard of, and now all of a sudden we can't do it because it'll offend people. What is one supposed to make of that?

Actors warned John Cleese that his Life of Brian stage show should not include a scene about a man wanting to be a woman and have a baby, the comedian has said.

The Monty Python star is working on a stage production of the troupe’s 1979 comedy film, The Life of Brian, which parodies the Messianic message of the New Testament.

In the film version, a character named Stan explains that he wants to be a woman called Loretta and “have babies”, before being told by Cleese’s character Reg that this was impossible.

This exchange reportedly met with opposition from actors in a readthrough of the script for the planned stage show because it could “offend people”, raising doubt as to its inclusion in the final production.

'You can't do that stuff nowadays'

Cleese said performers involved in the readthrough told him: “We love the script, but you can't do that stuff about Loretta nowadays.”

Speaking to the audience for his one-man show, he added:  "So here you have something there's never been a complaint about in 40 years, that I've heard of, and now all of a sudden we can't do it because it'll offend people. What is one supposed to make of that?

“But I think there were a lot of things that were actually, in some strange way, predictive of what was actually going to happen later."

The potentially offensive scene features Eric Idle as Stan telling his fellow members of the People's Front of Judea “I want to be a woman”, and adding “from now on, I want you all to call me Loretta”.

He explains that this is because he wants to have babies, and explains that “it's every man's right to have babies if he wants them”.

'You haven't got a womb'

Cleese’s character Reg explains “you haven’t got a womb”, but the People’s Front decide that they will champion Stan’s right to have babies, as it is "it is symbolic of our struggle against oppression”.

Cleese revealed the concerns with the script amid a growing debate about gender ideology, which purports that people born female who identify as male are men, and could give birth to children as men.

This idea has been reflected in the NHS, with the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust recently employing the phrase “birthing people” instead of mothers in an announcement about perinatal mental health care.

In 2021, Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust unveiled “gender inclusive” phrases to be used as best practice by medical staff, advising that “birthing parent” was the more appropriate term.  The word “breastmilk” was replaced with “chestmilk”.

'I've changed some things'

While it remains to be seen if Cleese’s script will include Stan’s wish to be a woman, the star has said that audiences can expect some differences between the stage show and the film.

Cleese said: "I think Life Of Brian is our best film. We are going to do it in London in the second half of next year and I've changed certain things."

According to the Daily Mail, he said: "There is a new character - Fiona Pilate, Pilate's wife - who falls in love with Brian. And, spoiler alert, Brian does not get crucified. But rest assured he will still sing Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life."

The film was accused of being blasphemous when it was first released, and was banned in Ireland as part of a clerical backlash against the comedy, often cited as the greatest of all time.

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Queen Camilla’s Patronages

Royal Voluntary Service (President from 26.11.2012)

We inspire and enable people to give the gift of voluntary service to meet the needs of the day. Through the power of volunteering, we provide one-to-one, group and online services that improve health and wellbeing, resilience, confidence and connections.

No need has been greater since wartime than the COVID-19 pandemic, and Royal Voluntary Service has been the largest single mobiliser of volunteers to support the COVID response. During the pandemic, our volunteers and staff have made a vital contribution, making hundreds of thousands of welfare and companionship phone calls, essential grocery and prescription deliveries, distributed emergency food packs, delivered activity packs to people living with dementia, made garden gate visits, delivered library books and accompanied clients on walks. They have assisted the NHS with medical equipment supply, patient transport and vaccination services.

We also built a new volunteer army for NHS England, the NHS Volunteer Responders, to shield the NHS and provide practical help to the 2.5 million people most at-risk from COVID-19. The programme represents a volunteering revolution, using technology to register, alert and deploy volunteers quickly, wherever needed. Enabled by the GoodSAM app, the programme has created a safety net of on-call support across England. To date, volunteers have responded to over 2 million help requests. High demand continues and the programme has expanded to support the vaccination programme.

Online, we have established the Virtual Village Hall, a popular activity hub and community that connects people and helps them stay active.

Volunteers will play an important role in the COVID recovery and beyond, and we will continue to support people and communities in need, particularly where there are health inequalities and social deprivation. We will also assist NHS hospitals during seasonal pressures.

To support our volunteers we run a full range of fundraising activities that enable them to continue their vital work.

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Brits have been urged to “drink responsibly” and avoid “risky activities” during pre-Christmas celebrations to avoid trips to the emergency room as thousands of ambulance workers take strike action over pay disputes.

“There is no doubt that the NHS is facing extreme pressure and industrial action will add to the already record demand we are seeing on urgent and emergency care,” said NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis. He added that the public can help in several ways including “drinking responsibly” to ease strain on emergency services.

Speaking on BBC radio, Powis said, "Don't get so drunk that you end up with an unnecessary visit to A&E."

Over 10,000 emergency workers and NHS staff across England and Wales are expected to partake in two days of industrial action over an ongoing pay dispute. The strikes are part of Britain’s most significant wave of industrial action in a generation, with mail workers, rail workers, barristers and other public service workers all holding walkouts this winter demanding pay rises in line with inflation.

“On health grounds alone, it is clear we have entered dangerous territory,” says Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation. “There is now deep worry among NHS leaders about the level of harm and risk that could occur to patients tomorrow and beyond.”

Nurses in Scotland also said on Wednesday that they will announce dates for strike action in 2023 after 82% of members of the Royal College of Nursing “overwhelmingly” rejected the Scottish government’s pay offer.

"Critical incidents" have been declared by ambulance and hospital trusts across the country, allowing the services to prioritize those who are most in need.

“Our service is under unprecedented pressure,” said Stephen Segasby, Chief operating officer of the North East Ambulance Service -- one of the eight NHS trusts declaring critical incidents. “Declaring a critical incident means we can focus our resources on those patients most in need and communicates the pressures we are under.”

Seagsby added that the trust has been operating at its “highest level of operational alert” since the start of the month.

Speaking at Liaison Committee on Tuesday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak defended NHS’s pay offer, saying “I’ve always been very clear in expressing my gratitude and admiration for our NHS workers and indeed our public sector workers across the board”

“I’ve acknowledged it is difficult for everybody because inflation is where it is. And the best way to help them and help everyone else in the country is for us to get a grip and reduce inflation as quickly as possible.”

Brits have also been urged to exercise caution partaking in “risky activities” including cycling and contact sports: “If there is activity people are undertaking tomorrow, whether it’s for example contact sport or other things they may want to review that,” said Health Minister Will Quince speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live.

The NHS has also urged the public to use services “wisely” at this time to ensure patients who need care the most get access to healthcare.

“There is no doubt that the NHS is facing extreme pressure and industrial action will add to the already record demand we are seeing on urgent and emergency care,” Powis said.

He added, “NHS staff have worked hard to minimise disruption but it is inevitable as with any industrial action that we will see an impact on services but it is vital if you need lifesaving care, to continue to come forward.”

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Covid app sends record number of pings

The NHS Covid app has sent a record number of contact-tracing alerts, informing people of their exposure to someone who has tested positive for the virus.

A total of 698,646 "pings" were sent to people in England and Wales between 16 December and 22 December.

That is nearly 8,000 more than the previous record of 690,711 sent during a seven-day period in July.

Data for the Christmas period is not yet available.

People "pinged" by the app with a "close contact" alert are advised to take daily Covid tests - or self-isolate if they are unvaccinated and over 18 - in order to reduce the likelihood of Covid transmission, but there is no legal requirement for them to do so.

During the summer, the app caused concern when large numbers of workers in various industries received pings, leaving them temporarily unable to do their jobs while they isolated many business listings.

A poll conducted at the time suggested a third of 18-34-year-olds had deleted the app, with another third planning to do so.

On Twitter, some users have recently complained of receiving an alert more than a week after exposure to someone with Covid, reducing the usefulness of the service.

The UK Health Security Agency has not responded to a BBC request for comment on this point.

But a spokesperson said: "The NHS Covid-19 app has prevented thousands of cases and is a vital tool to help protect against the spread of Covid-19 by alerting people when they may have been in contact with a confirmed case."

"The app is an essential part of the pandemic response... we encourage everyone to continue using it as another tool to help keep us all safe."

Spike in cases

The NHS app also allows people to report the results of a Covid test business listings.

Reports of positive test results also reached a new high - 243,406 across England and Wales during the same seven-day period ending on 22 December.

Not everyone who receives a positive result uses the app or will necessarily upload their result.

Official data shows that record numbers of positive cases have been recorded across the UK during recent days, with 189,213 added on 30 December alone free business listings.

Separate contact-tracing apps are used in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The Scotland data also suggests a record number of contact notifications were sent via the Protect Scotland app during the period.

The BBC has also contacted the Department of Health in Northern Ireland for comment.

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Digital Diabetes Management Market set to Witness Rapid Growth by 2030

The global digital diabetes management market was valued at USD 11.8 billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3% from 2023 to 2030. The significant growth of this market is largely driven by the rising prevalence of diabetes and advancements in digital technology. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 537 million adults were living with diabetes in 2021, and this number is expected to rise to 783 million by 2045. As digital tools and technologies continue to evolve, the landscape of diabetes management is undergoing a transformation, with innovations emerging to improve how the disease is managed. A key indicator of this shift is the rapid growth of smartphone applications designed to help individuals monitor their blood glucose levels. Today, over a hundred apps are available across various app stores, allowing patients to track and manage their diabetes more effectively.

The increase in diabetes cases is partly attributed to changing lifestyle factors, including smoking, higher alcohol consumption, and unhealthy eating habits. Obesity is another significant contributor to the growing number of diabetes patients. As a result, the demand for diet and weight management apps has surged, driven by the rising rates of obesity and growing awareness about the benefits of such digital solutions for diabetes care.

The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the demand for digital diabetes management devices. Managing blood glucose levels became crucial for patients hospitalized with severe lung infections caused by COVID-19. Treatments used to manage COVID-19 often impacted blood sugar levels, requiring careful monitoring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reported that individuals with diabetes who contracted COVID-19 were at a higher risk of being admitted to critical care, further emphasizing the need for effective diabetes management devices during the pandemic.

Gather more insights about the market drivers, restrains and growth of the Digital Diabetes Management Market

Product Segmentation Insights:

In 2022, the continuous blood glucose monitoring (CGM) systems segment dominated the market, accounting for over 40.6% of the revenue share. CGM systems are popular due to their advanced capabilities, such as compatibility with smart devices, allowing patients to use their smartphones or other gadgets as display devices for their glucose data. These systems also offer customizable alerts that notify patients when their glucose levels fall below or exceed certain thresholds, making it easier for individuals to manage their condition in real time. The product segment is diverse, including smart insulin pens, CGM systems, smart glucose meters, smart insulin pumps, and diabetes management apps. The app category is further divided into digital diabetes management apps and weight and diet management apps.

The smart insulin pens segment is expected to grow at the fastest rate, with a projected CAGR of 11.4% during the forecast period. This rapid growth is driven by an increase in new product launches and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into diabetes management tools. Several companies are focusing on developing innovative smart insulin pens, expanding their product lines, and enhancing their presence in the market. For example, in March 2022, Novo Nordisk launched smart insulin pens in the UK. This groundbreaking product, available to patients through the National Health Service (NHS), represents the first system capable of monitoring and recording insulin use through digital technology, enabling better diabetes care and improving treatment outcomes.

In summary, the global digital diabetes management market is poised for strong growth, supported by the increasing prevalence of diabetes, advancements in digital technology, and the rising popularity of smart devices and applications. Continuous blood glucose monitoring systems and smart insulin pens are leading product categories in the market, with innovations like AI-enhanced tools and real-time monitoring playing a crucial role in shaping the future of diabetes care. As the demand for efficient, convenient, and accurate diabetes management solutions grows, the market is expected to continue its expansion through 2030.

Order a free sample PDF of the Digital Diabetes Management Market Intelligence Study, published by Grand View Research.

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Digital Diabetes Management Industry – Analysis, Industry Size And Forecast, 2030

The global digital diabetes management market was valued at USD 11.8 billion in 2022 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.3% from 2023 to 2030. The significant growth of this market is largely driven by the rising prevalence of diabetes and advancements in digital technology. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 537 million adults were living with diabetes in 2021, and this number is expected to rise to 783 million by 2045. As digital tools and technologies continue to evolve, the landscape of diabetes management is undergoing a transformation, with innovations emerging to improve how the disease is managed. A key indicator of this shift is the rapid growth of smartphone applications designed to help individuals monitor their blood glucose levels. Today, over a hundred apps are available across various app stores, allowing patients to track and manage their diabetes more effectively.

The increase in diabetes cases is partly attributed to changing lifestyle factors, including smoking, higher alcohol consumption, and unhealthy eating habits. Obesity is another significant contributor to the growing number of diabetes patients. As a result, the demand for diet and weight management apps has surged, driven by the rising rates of obesity and growing awareness about the benefits of such digital solutions for diabetes care.

The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the demand for digital diabetes management devices. Managing blood glucose levels became crucial for patients hospitalized with severe lung infections caused by COVID-19. Treatments used to manage COVID-19 often impacted blood sugar levels, requiring careful monitoring. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also reported that individuals with diabetes who contracted COVID-19 were at a higher risk of being admitted to critical care, further emphasizing the need for effective diabetes management devices during the pandemic.

Gather more insights about the market drivers, restrains and growth of the Digital Diabetes Management Market

Product Segmentation Insights:

In 2022, the continuous blood glucose monitoring (CGM) systems segment dominated the market, accounting for over 40.6% of the revenue share. CGM systems are popular due to their advanced capabilities, such as compatibility with smart devices, allowing patients to use their smartphones or other gadgets as display devices for their glucose data. These systems also offer customizable alerts that notify patients when their glucose levels fall below or exceed certain thresholds, making it easier for individuals to manage their condition in real time. The product segment is diverse, including smart insulin pens, CGM systems, smart glucose meters, smart insulin pumps, and diabetes management apps. The app category is further divided into digital diabetes management apps and weight and diet management apps.

The smart insulin pens segment is expected to grow at the fastest rate, with a projected CAGR of 11.4% during the forecast period. This rapid growth is driven by an increase in new product launches and the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into diabetes management tools. Several companies are focusing on developing innovative smart insulin pens, expanding their product lines, and enhancing their presence in the market. For example, in March 2022, Novo Nordisk launched smart insulin pens in the UK. This groundbreaking product, available to patients through the National Health Service (NHS), represents the first system capable of monitoring and recording insulin use through digital technology, enabling better diabetes care and improving treatment outcomes.

In summary, the global digital diabetes management market is poised for strong growth, supported by the increasing prevalence of diabetes, advancements in digital technology, and the rising popularity of smart devices and applications. Continuous blood glucose monitoring systems and smart insulin pens are leading product categories in the market, with innovations like AI-enhanced tools and real-time monitoring playing a crucial role in shaping the future of diabetes care. As the demand for efficient, convenient, and accurate diabetes management solutions grows, the market is expected to continue its expansion through 2030.

Order a free sample PDF of the Digital Diabetes Management Market Intelligence Study, published by Grand View Research.

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