#victoria atkin

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Raise a glass for my underrated beloveds— the unstoppable Frye Twins!!! 🥂💓🎉

After 177 years, still aging better than a fine wine. Happy Birthday to the best Assassins that London has ever and will ever have 💖💅😌

(And a VERY big thank you to Paul Amos and Victoria Atkin for bringing these magnificent characters to life so beautifully. The Jacob and Evie that we love so much would never have graced our screens the same without you xx 💖)

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I'm listening to Victoria and Paul's podcast interviews while at work, I fell HARD.

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If only I were she!

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This has to be Ethan Frye because he really looks like a fusion between Paul Amos and Victoria Atkin

When I’ve read the Assassin’s Creed: Underworld, I’ve very much wanted to see Ethan Frye! I’ve searched all Internet, but there was only a screen from the Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India. But Ethan… He is the real assassin which hide in plain sight always! Even when he is a portrait!

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Erin Reed at Erin In The Morning:

On May 31, NHS England sent a letter to every patient on the waiting list for puberty blockers, stating that possession of such blockers will be considered a crime. The letter follows an edict issued by Conservative Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Victoria Mary Atkins and also mandates that transgender youth who obtained their puberty blockers through private doctors must discontinue their medication. This letter and edict mean that the United Kingdom now has some of the harshest policies targeting transgender youth of any liberal democracy in the world. On May 29th, Atkins announced on twitter, “Today I have taken bold action to protect children following the Cass Review, using emergency powers to ban puberty blockers for new treatments of gender dysphoria from private clinics and for all purposes from overseas prescribers into Great Britain.” Following the announcement, she linked to an edict declaring an “emergency prohibition” on puberty blockers in England, Wales, and Scotland.

The prohibition relies on a decades-old law that allows for the emergency prohibition of medications without the need for a full legislative process; no vote was taken on the edict, and the order was issued just before parliament dissolved for the general election, meaning it could not be overturned. According to UK-based advocate Trans Safety Now, the last and only time such powers were used was in response to deaths among users of an herb found in some Chinese medicine in 1999. Jo Maugham, who leads the Good Law Project, stated about the use of these powers, “It is breathtaking that thousands or tens of thousands of loving families are going to be criminalized by a law made by a Minister, never approved by Parliament, subject to no consultation and the media is not reporting it." On Friday, following the announcement, Lee Hurley of Trans Writes released a copy of a letter sent to families on the NHS waiting list for puberty blockers. The letter indicates that those receiving puberty blockers from the NHS can continue taking them. However, given the enormous wait lists, a substantial number of families opted to get their puberty blockers through private practitioners registered in the European Economic Area or Switzerland—a fully legal practice in the United Kingdom. For those receiving their care through those systems, the letter states, “You will need to stop taking GnRH analogues unless you are newly prescribed them by a UK-registered doctor, nurse, or pharmacist. These medications can be safely stopped and you do not need to be weaned off.”

Critically, the edict does not only target providers; it also targets patients and their families. The letter states, “It will also be a criminal offence to possess these medicines, where the individual had reasonable cause to know that the medicine had been sold or supplied in breach of the ban.” When asked about this provision, Jo Maugham stated, “It basically says puberty blockers are being treated like other illegal drugs like cocaine and heroin.” He then followed up with the applicable law, which indicates that those who violate the ban could be imprisoned for two years. The decision comes following the publication of the Cass Review, a highly politicized document developed with a secretive list of advisors, some of whom were later found to be meeting regularly with political operatives of Republican Governor Ron DeSantis in Florida. 

The UK's hateful anti-trans crusade against gender-affirming care for trans youths continue, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Victoria Mary Atkins (Con) issues a reckless edict ordering trans youth who obtained their puberty blockers through private doctors that they must stop using them.

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By: Ella Pickover

Published: Apr 30, 2024

The term “woman” should not be “eradicated from our language in order to be inclusive and welcoming”, the Health Secretary has said as she announced plans to overhaul the NHS constitution to “ensure that biological sex is respected”.

Victoria Atkins said changes to the NHS Constitution will ensure language used in the health service is “clear” so that pregnant women are not referred to as “service users” to bolster inclusivity.

The Department of Health and Social Care said it is “defining sex as biological sex” with the new document, which underpins NHS care.

Proposed changes will also ensure hospital patients in England have the right to request to be treated on single-sex wards, with transgender people placed in rooms on their own.

But the British Medical Association warned the proposed changes could mean transgender and non-binary patients “potentially find their access to vital NHS services limited” while the Royal College of Nursing said changes to health policy should be done with patients “not unto them”.

Officials said that the update “is about putting patients first” and includes plans to accommodate requests for same-sex intimate care.

Ms Atkins told Sky News: “We have said in the consultation that we would like language to be clear.

“We know that in some parts of the NHS some language is used which is meant with the best of intentions to include, be inclusive, but it can, I think, also actually exclude people.”

She added: “For example, I visited a wonderful maternity unit recently full of warmth and joy and happiness with wonderful members of staff, but they were talking about ‘service users’ and I realised after a while they meant women or mums-to-be or mothers – the language that we would use in conversation when talking about someone having a baby.

“So that sort of language … we shouldn’t have to eradicate women from our language in order to be inclusive and welcoming.

“If somebody walks in and they want to have a specific phrase or term used, of course we respect that, but it’s also about ensuring that biological sex is respected.”

She told Times Radio: “There will be listeners who are worried about the fact that they see articles in the paper about ‘chestfeeding’ and language such as that.

“We want language to be clear and make sense to people.”

Under the planned revisions, transgender people could be placed in a room on their own if another patient requests to be in a single-sex ward.

This would be permitted under the Equality Act 2010 when appropriate, “such as respecting a patient’s wish to be in a single-sex ward”, Government officials said.

In October, former health secretary Steve Barclay said he would look into changing the constitution to address concerns about trans women using wards intended for biologically female patients.

Ms Atkins told Sky News: “We want to ensure that biological sex is respected and that if someone wants, for example, to have an intimate examination by a person of the same biological sex, then they can make that request and it is dealt with appropriately, and with respect and recognising that person’s right to privacy and dignity and safety.”

She said in a statement: “We have always been clear that sex matters and our services should respect that.

“By putting this in the NHS Constitution we’re highlighting the importance of balancing the rights and needs of all patients to make a healthcare system that is faster, simpler and fairer for all.”

Maya Forstater, chief executive of Sex Matters, a human rights charity that campaigns for clarity on sex in law, policy and language, said: “Victoria Atkins explicitly referring to biological sex is very significant.

“It will benefit anyone who needs same-sex intimate care in the NHS in England, or who may do so in the future.

“We can expect an outraged response from trans rights activists, but this is simply a return to common sense, and an overdue recognition that women’s wellbeing and safety matter.”

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said “rights on paper are worthless unless they are delivered in practice”.

He added: “The NHS Constitution already pledges that no patient will have to share an overnight ward with patients of the opposite sex, but that is not the case for too many patients.

“Labour supports single-sex wards and will provide the staff, investment and reform the NHS needs to make sure every patient can be cared for safely.”

Professor Nicola Ranger, chief nursing officer and deputy chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said: “Trans and non-binary patients are deserving of high-quality care like any other patient and changes to health policy should be done with them, not unto them.”

Dr Emma Runswick, deputy chairwoman of the British Medical Association (BMA) council, warned some changes “run the risk of causing more harm than good – with the potential to incite further discrimination, harassment and ostracisation of an already marginalised group”.

“If these proposed changes come into effect, transgender and non-binary patients will potentially find their access to vital NHS services limited,” she added.

The NHS Constitution outlines the rights of patients and staff and is updated every 10 years.

Other proposed changes, which are subject to an eight-week consultation, include committing to providing families with a second opinion when a patient’s condition is deteriorating.

The rollout of the escalation process, also known as Martha’s Rule, started earlier this month and follows the death of 13-year-old Martha Mills in 2021.

She developed sepsis after suffering a pancreatic injury following a fall from her bike.

Martha’s parents, Merope Mills and Paul Laity, raised concerns about their daughter’s health a number of times but these were brushed aside.

A coroner ruled she would most likely have survived if doctors had identified the warning signs of her rapidly deteriorating condition and transferred her to intensive care earlier.

The new constitution will also reinforce the health service’s commitment to unpaid carers and will aim to reduce inequalities in access among different groups.

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A headline like this would have been unthinkable, or an element of some absurdist comedy, ten years ago. Now that's the world we live in.

That sex is actually real, and "sex" means "biological sex" (as if there's any other kind) is "HUGE news" shows how far society has fallen.

Trans and "nonbinary" people are still male or female. Their access is exactly the same as for any other male or female person. How you "identify" doesn't change the reality of your biology. Pretending otherwise is idiotic. (And don't we keep hearing that "gender" and sex are separate?)

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Swarm, Season One (2023)

Directed by Donald Glover, Adamma Ebo, Ibra Ake & Stephen Glover

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THE CROWN 2016

To do nothing is the hardest job of all. And it will take every ounce of energy that you have. To be impartial is not natural, not human. People will always want you to smile or agree or frown. And the minute you do, you will have declared a position. A point of view. And that is the one thing as sovereign that you are not entitled to do. The less you do, the less you say or agree or smile, the better.

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You must learn how to manage your problems with men better.

High Heels (Tacones lejanos), Pedro Almodóvar (1991)

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Bad movie I have Maniac Cop 1988

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https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/victoria-atkins-criminal-lawyer-defends-rolling-out-nhs-pritchard-ma-ffd3e/https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTW1KxQnvsuEb5ZjOUNi7r6goTnTezkvixIImofeNmkGjj03Fx7wQxLyHzzVQBFJL4HiCeC4zz8LNEy/pub Victoria Atkins, ‘Criminal Lawyer 'Defends Rolling Out Fujitsu IT Software for Faster Junior Doctors' Destruction of NHS' #WithDeepestSympathyAndCondolencesForBereavedPostOfficeStaffAndCOVIDVictims #Political Satire #GeneralElectionNOW ‘The British Medical Association BMA insists that the power to end the strikes is in the hands of Atkins. They have expressed willingness to talk at any time and have stated that it is in the government's hands to put forward a credible offer, which could end the strikes.’ ’The right to take industrial action is protected by UK employment law, and the BMA provides support to its members who are involved in industrial action.’  “The Health Secretary says she wants to ‘get this done’. If she is serious about this, she should stop trying to divide the profession and instead turn her focus to getting back around the table with us.” #WithDeepestSympathyAndCondolencesForBereavedPostOfficeStaff #PoliticalSatire #PoliticalLawyer #Bias #SaveTheNHS #StopToryPrivatisationOfPublicServices #DeepAIGeneratedImage #AtkinsLies #PeopleDie #GeneralElectionNOW #VoteLabour Llewelyn Pritchard 11 January 2024

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Help challenge the UK ban on puberty blockers

One day before the UK parliament was dissolved on 30 May 2024, the health secretary Victoria Atkins introduced an immediate ban for trans young people using puberty blockers.

Possession of puberty blockers for trans children is now punishable by up to two years in prison in the UK. Puberty blockers for cisgender children remains legal.

The timing of this act was careful and deliberate. As parliament was dissolved the next day, there are now no working MPs in the UK, meaning that citizens have no way to challenge the ban.

The Good Law Project is running a crowdfunder to challenge it in court. They have about £2,000 of £75,000 needed. Please support it if you can, in any way that works for you.

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Story #14: Dream of Making

This story was developed around the time when I was a junior in high school. Great times with the women who were used for characters back then. Now a days, I chose some different looks for various characters. Looks lovely to me but moving along…

Synosis (Green), Reve (Red), Xifui Nu (Gold), Tweet (Silver), Milian (Black), Carolina (Blue) & Bombaiza (Vapor) are the seven nations of this story. Of this version of their Earth. The leaders are on top, then their leading war council in the order they see fit. Some have one right hand, some have multiple; but all in all… These are the men & women that stepped up to fight against the Tyrannical Spirit! He’s back to prove that humans will never live perfect lives of light. Bringing out the utter darkness of humanity has always been his drive behind his god powers.

He turned the world upside down by getting the preceding council under his wings. Manipulating ways of life to infiltrate all of world peace, almost got what he wanted. His work isn’t done when the next heroes step up to the plate to calm the sudden coup. I’m the end, Chronic & his legion will pull ultimate strings to destroy humanity again.

I like doing these things, they really help with the staging of scene set ups. Toodles for now…

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Government reform of audio-visual creative tax reliefs

A few days ago before Parliament closed down for the Summer there was a statement entitled Finance Bill: draft legislation and tax documents which was presented by Victoria Atkins who is the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. At the beginning of this statement Victoria stated “In line with the Tax Policy Making framework, the government is publishing draft legislation ahead of potential…

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Amelia Hansford at PinkNews:

An emergency order implemented by former health secretary Victoria Atkins, under the Tory government, banned private prescriptions for puberty blockers, which are already inaccessible through the NHS.

The medication, primarily used by teenagers under the age of 18, halts unwanted elements of physical puberty. The NHS has described it as physically reversible. Following the emergency order, the not-for-profit group TransActual, alongside the Good Law Project and an unnamed claimant, challenged the decision, arguing that it was implemented outside of the health secretary’s powers. However, the court has now decided that she acted in accordance with the law. Throwing out the case, justice Beverley Lang said: “In my view, it was rational for [Victoria Atkins] to decide that it was essential to adopt the emergency procedure to avoid serious danger to the health of children and young people who would otherwise be prescribed puberty blockers during that five-to-sixth month period.”

Atkins’ emergency order was implemented following the publication of the Cass Report, a review into the way healthcare is administered to transgender young people in England. The controversial review made upwards of 32 recommendations, intended to build upon a “holistic approach” to treatment, but was criticised for potentially making it harder to access puberty blockers. Justice Lang said the review’s findings supporting an emergency halt to the prescription of puberty blockers, with claims of the “very substantial risks and very narrow benefits associated with the use of puberty blockers” were made clear. While the report did not definitively say that puberty blockers are harmful, the judge said this was not the question that it was asked to address.

A shameful ruling by the UK’s high court to ban puberty blockers in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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"Sex is biological fact, NHS declares."

Fuckin FINALLY.

The article's behind a paywall, so I had to grab a screenshot fast. It's not the clearest picture, and I may have cut some off.

Here's the article, if you can get around the paywall.

From BBC News via Yahoo News:

NHS England charter to stress biological sex when placing patients in wards

Transgender women should not be put on single-sex female NHS wards, the government is proposing.

The measure is part of a raft of changes to the NHS Constitution for England, the charter of rights for patients.

The proposals stress the importance of biological sex for the first time when it comes to same-sex accommodation and intimate care.

In both cases, the rights are available only where possible.

For example, same-sex accommodation rights, which have existed for years, can and are breached where there is a clinically urgent need to admit and treat a patient and do not extend to areas such as critical care or accident and emergency.

The guidance also means that trans men should not be housed on single-sex male wards.

Under the proposals:

transgender people, whose gender identity differs from their biological sex, may be provided single rooms, where appropriate

patients will have the right to request a person of the same biological sex delivers any intimate care

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said it was about making it clear that "sex matters".

"We want to make it abundantly clear that if a patient wants same-sex care, they should have access to it wherever reasonably possible," she said.

"By putting this in the NHS Constitution, we're highlighting the importance of balancing the rights and needs of all patients, to make a healthcare system that is faster, simpler and fairer to all."

'Trampled over'

Maya Forstater, of the Sex Matters campaign group, said the changes were "excellent news".

"The confusion between 'sex' and 'gender' in official policies like the NHS Constitution is what has enabled women's rights to be trampled over in the name of transgender identities," she said.

But Cleo Madeleine, of Gendered Intelligence, said robust policies were already in place and the government had its priorities wrong.

"After 14 years of austerity, medical professionals are crying out for more funding, more resources, and better conditions for staff and patients," she said.

"The government seems hell-bent on pursuing its obsession with the transgender community instead of addressing these longstanding needs."

'Martha's rule'

The changes are part of a wider review of the NHS Constitution, which the government must complete every 10 years.

They also include a plan to embed patients and their loved ones' right to access a rapid review from outside the care team if the patient is deteriorating.

This is the right behind "Martha's rule", which is being introduced in the NHS, to ensure patients know they can ask for a second opinion, with the government providing funding to hospitals for posters and leaflets informing patients and their families.

Martha Mills died aged 13, after being admitted to King's College Hospital, south London, in 2021, having injured her pancreas slipping on to the handlebars of her bike while cycling.

She later developed sepsis - but with better care, could have survived, an inquest found.

All the changes will be consulted on over the next eight weeks, before the constitution is updated later this year.

Labour's shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: "Rights on paper are worthless unless they are delivered in practice.

"The NHS constitution already pledges that no patient will have to share an overnight ward with patients of the opposite sex, but that is not the case for too many patients."