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Heathcare and disability activist. #MBC #breastcancer of .

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@AudreyBirt

Audrey Birt

3 months

@cdbirt here. It’s with great sadness that I announce the death of our brilliant Mum, Wife, Grannie and friend Audrey Birt She died peacefully surrounded by family after the swift worsening of her cancer We’re all so sad but take comfort in her love, kindness and passion xxx

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5 years

Brene Brown has nailed it in this quote. @NicolaSturgeon #NewNormal #stichanewgarment

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3 years

Plan B shows Britain is still chasing Covid. Here’s how we can get ahead of it. As always ⁦ @devisridhar ⁩ talks sense, with a killer punch at the end! #covid -19 #leadership #trust

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@pearlylondon I’m keeping that one up my sleeve after I have a mastectomy on Tuesday. Only thing that’s made me laugh about it!

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4 years

I’ve made the most of cuddles today #grannie

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3 years

'Say anything positive about Scotland and it's pro-independence,' says Devi Sridhar looking forward to this. Keep talking truth to power please @devisridhar we need that!

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I’m voting #Snpbecause . I’ve needed #NHSScot so much of late and it’s ALWAYS been excellent. From my GP to neurosurgeon and breast cancer care, professional, skilled,compassionate. In know they care about the #NHSScot @JeaneF1MSP @NicolaSturgeon my family in England are envious

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1 year

Wow! After some tough days starting chemo again, my book arriveef. Look out for the launch but if you can’t wait DM me! #thejourneytobettertimes

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3 years

My latest news. Maybe best to sit down … #breastcancer

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3 years

I made it to see the spring flowers at the ⁦ @TheBotanics ⁩ what a wonderful day #spring #edinburgh

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@AudreyBirt

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4 years

Remember to be sensitive x

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3 months

Audrey’s funeral details ⏰ Friday 23rd August - 12:00 (noon) 📌 Warriston Crematorium (full address next tweet) With a celebration of her life in the Caledonian Hall, Edinburgh Botanics after 1pm. It will also be streamed (again details below) for those who can’t make it.

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4 years

Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It's a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well, can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity. - Pema Chodron -

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2 months

Hi from Audrey’s family quick reminder of the details for those of you coming to, or streaming Audrey’s funeral on friday ⏰ 23/8/24 - 12 noon - Warriston Crematorium, 36 Warriston Road, Edinburgh, EH7 4HW The service will be streamed for people who can not attend - details👇

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@AudreyBirt

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5 years

Some good news at last! @NicolaSturgeon ;)

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5 years

Borgen to return with new series on Netflix

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2 years

@devisridhar Hi Devi @WeAreMACS @ALLIANCEScot @DEScotTweets we have been exploring #20minuteneighbourhood and it encapsulates what you are describing. would love your thoughts?

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Exploring Scotland's 20-minute neighbourhoods: final report published - Health and Social Care...

Throughout 2021 the ALLIANCE’s Health and Social Care Academy programme, in partnership with Disability Equality Scotland and Mobility and Access Committee for Scotland, ran a series of events on...

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4 years

I love this one, Mabel and Olive on zoom. For all of you stuck on zoom meetings today #FridayMotivation

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I really like this. Don’t ignore how you are feeling and be kind to yourself and others. Great advice ⁦ @Jen_CarnegieUK ⁩

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2 years

I’d like to do a shout out #FF for @cdbirt who is super knowledgeable on all things poverty related plus honest about the causes and solutions. He’s a nice gentle humour too. I’d say no relation but that’s a lie! #maboy #proud #makingadifference

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9 months

Looking forward to sharing my book at the Alliance. Very warmed by these words from @MalcolmChishol1 ‘crucial, inspiring’ and including ‘amazing wisdom and helpful advice’ , join us, should be a great session. #booklaunch #breastcancer

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Just your typical day in #Fife Sitting in the sun ☀️ then dodging showers in the pub. Buying fresh crab and tablet. Followed by #dolphin spotting . #gratitude #justaperfectday

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3 years

Shocked at treatment of @GlasgowPam . When people can’t believe a disabled woman can be a candidate in an election, we realise huge challenge we have in our society. #disabled #attitudechange Pam is an excellent campaigner on #disability , we need her in Parliament!

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1 year

This piece reinforces so well the message I’ve been emphasising for so long-listen to patient experience. Wishing you well. @Liz_ORiordan good article @JBBC

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Dr Liz O'Riordan

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The breast surgeon who had breast cancer: ‘I used to say, “Don’t Google it.” First thing I did? Google it’ | Breast cancer | The Guardian

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3 years

Great to hear my daughter @birt_cat talk so warmly about listening to my old friend @tommyNtour . I can never listen to Tommy without shedding a tear. I know she will make an outstanding nurse especially learning about #whatmatterstoyou from the best @ALLIANCEScot #proud

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Cat Birt

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Just had the privilege of attending a #whatmatterstoyou talk by @tommyNtour with my fellow 1st yr nursing students at @EdinburghNapier . It was inspirational and I’ve headed out to stomp the pavements with the dug and reflect on all you shared Tommy. Thank you 🙏 #nursingstudent

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3 years

So this van was bringing me a new mobility scooter to try. Seems I’m too wee for that one 😂 Buti did love the message on the van 👏🤣 ‘the best a gran can get’ gave me a real giggle. 😆

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‘She is a woman of heart, wisdom and deep life experience, and this book allows you to gain from her guidance and from her inspirational life.’ Thanks Dr David Reilly for these words @WELjourney

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The Journey to Better Times - 10 Elements to living well with serious illness

Audrey has worked in healthcare for more than thirty years and from a variety of roles. These have developed from practice nurse to director of a breast cancer charity. She was a cofounder of The...

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I’m one of the statistics on second hospital stay, very ill with #flu and #covid plus #cancer treatment. Care has been excellent but full on for staff. Only neg.for ⁦ @NHS_Lothian ⁩ was porter availability and attitudes. #wearamask

People with a virus 'should wear face masks in public'

Scotland's national clinical director also urges people with a bug not to go to work to avoid passing it on.

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A new ALLIANCE management team: delivering the ALLIANCE vision - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland. My warm congratulations to ⁦ @redmond_kidd ⁩ and Susan as joint CO. Hold close those values we shaped and with fresh vision create the next stage

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A new ALLIANCE management team: delivering the ALLIANCE vision - Health and Social Care Alliance...

The heralding of a new year invites the opportunity to pause and reflect – both to look back and to look forward. At the ALLIANCE, the transition to a new leadership structure offers further reason...

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5 years

Compassion is the keen awareness of the interdependence of all things. - Thomas Merton - What a great quote, if only all policy could be shaped from that perspective?

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2 years

@Carer49 Oh Lynn, I’m so very sorry. Your love for him has shone through every tweet you’ve shared with us all. Words aren’t enough but I’m sending love and will donate as you ask to SiS, an organisation who do great work. Thinking of you. Audrey xxx

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Look what I saw on my trip to ⁦ @TheBotanics ⁩ ⁦ @sarasheridan ⁩ the prettiest book cover ever!

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Looking forward to this modern take on #SOCarmen

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I really believe this x

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Audrey’s Blog on living well with disability and breast cancer : Tae a lump thanks to all of you for such kind words and love and the bosies too. I feel the love and support, thank you.

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If you're right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth. - Mahatma Gandhi

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Oh yes…..this👇🏼 I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well. - Diane Ackerman

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3 years

Took ages to write this one…wish me luck #breastcancer #ukraine #insideimscreaming

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4 years

Again @ALLIANCEScot #ALLIANCEConf20 listening to @DrDMacaskill who again is challenging the current system with heartfelt words. Must be #choice must be properly costed and must use #sds properly. Must properly support #olderpeople

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So I went for a #scoot to the park #wheelie and it was bracing this wonderful #Easter I realised when I took my hat off that #lockdownhair is a thing #hairdressers are open soon I #hope .Wishing everyone #hope this #Easter whatever you believe, #hope and #kindness

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Care is love with its work boots on I enjoyed writing this #carers #ValentinesDay2020

Care is love with its work boots on - Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland

After getting my tonsils out as a wee girl, I was smitten. Although my memory of the stay in hospital wasn’t particularly happy, I loved the care of the nurses and I was certain I wanted to be a...

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Care homes now UK's coronavirus frontline, sector leaders say. Why aren’t the number of deaths in care homes across the whole UK known? ⁦ @DrDMacaskill ⁩ any thoughts? I know Scotland numbers have been shared.

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@Carer49 I’ve just seen this Lynn and hope maybe it’s helpful, thinking about you xxx

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What she said and I would add, who would be #young or indeed #old in #2020 . Time for #compassion for both ends of the age spectrum

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4 years

My @scotonsunday column on the students lured as cash cows to campuses then blamed for spreading Covid.

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Care Review chair: We need to start listening to children hugely important piece of work @fionacarereview

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@IanMWelsh He will stop at nothing…..we should all be alarmed and yet we just shake our heads and stop being shocked

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@NicolaSturgeon @breastcancernow @guardian I might have to get myself one of those hats!

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Where are the birds? #catsoftwitter

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I heard that this new variant could be really dangerous. #notoveryet

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2 years

Cara is teaching me how to give in to tiredness #chemotherapy #fatigue right I’m off for a snooze……that way I might stay up a wee while! #breastcancer #lurcher #60mileanhourcouchpotato

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1 year

So here to see the Chicks and seriously excited #Glasgow #thedhicks

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5 years

Just read this quote and wanted to share it in this place where so much anger can be expressed. Interesting insight? Let’s make Twitter a place of kindness too #BeKind Where there is anger there is always pain underneath. - Eckhart Tolle

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Audrey’s Blog on living well with disability and breast cancer : Captured by grief. #grieving #lurchers #breastcancer #MBC

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Maybe I’m sharing too many quotes just now but I really liked this one. That’s so so true. Nothing can make our life, or the lives of other people, more beautiful than perpetual kindness. - Leo Tolstoy -

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Audrey Birt

5 years

Excellent strategy in an impressive organisation. Well done @Shelley_Corra

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Corra Foundation

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Today we launch our new 10-year strategy, including multi-year, unrestricted funding through #HenryDuncanGrants . Read more here. #ThreeBigChanges

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Are you feeling a bit stressed this morning ( me too), look at this wee scene and imagine accompanying snores. It’s very soothing. #koshka #catsoftwitter

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Have a great conference tomorrow @redmond_kidd and team. Always a good date on the calendar. My book sounds very much in keeping with this theme.

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The Journey to Better Times - 10 Elements to living well with serious illness

Audrey has worked in healthcare for more than thirty years and from a variety of roles. These have developed from practice nurse to director of a breast cancer charity. She was a cofounder of The...

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The ALLIANCE

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This year our partner sponsor for our annual conference 'Our Voice, Our Rights, Our Future' is the @ABPI_UK #ALLIANCEConf24 The ABPI work in partnership with governments and the NHS so that patients can get new treatments faster, find out more here:

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3 years

We all need a laugh..

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5 years

I’ve joined with @BreastCancerNow to call for urgent action to ensure people with secondary breast cancer in the UK receive the best possible treatment, support and care. Will you? #Unsurvivors

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5 years

Edinburgh set to cut social care budget despite crisis this is dreadful news for the most ’s nonsense to put extra funds in NHS unless also fund social care properly. We need to fund social care differently! What do you think?

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2 years

Rest well my friend. We miss you.

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4 years

Two great visits yesterday. But dropped pavements or lack of gave me real issues. Please consider the difference a #droppedpavement can make #wheeliesmatter @WeAreMACS

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@ThatKerryHudson A pain specialist said to me, “you’ve suffered enough”, it took my all my strength not to sob. I felt so listened to and heard. #doctor #listening

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Delighted to see @GlasgowPam in Parliament. Many congratulations. Great campaigner on #DisabilityRights and of course many other issues. #goPam

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Care home residents 'losing will to live' amid Covid restrictions in England | Social care | The Guardian. A family member used the word ‘prison’. This frankly is a human rights issue. ⁦ @scottishcare ⁩

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My girl .Did race for life for us both. #BRCA2 . #breastcancer

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Cat Birt

2 years

I did it! #RaceforLife 10k. Despite the long up hill drags I made it in 1:12hrs and @AudreyBirt and Andy were there cheering me on at the end! Thanks for all your support, and if you’d like to donate to this amazing cause you can here @CR_UK

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Dying of a broken heart: the pain of care home deaths. A personal reflection. - Scottish Care you are absolutely right about this ⁦ @DrDMacaskill ⁩ we need a compromise between safety and human need to connect and for love. ⁦ @jasonleitch ⁩

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Thanks Cath, so many wise folk in one room, I was honoured. Hoping my book makes a contribution to all we’ve worked towards over the years. #compassion #selfmanagement wonderful to share it with the very special @birt_cat at this start in her career.

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cath cooney

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Wonderful session with mighty @AudreyBirt & wisdom of David Reilly "My deepest wish is that this book helps you find hope & purpose in challenging times" @SelfMgmtScot @redmond_kidd @ALLIANCEScot @AngelaD83621 @AlanMcginley6 @gracecbeaumont @JaneLizzieMi @derekfeeleyQI @IanMWelsh

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So if you have a fancy care does that mean you can park anywhere? Or maybe it just means you are incredibly selfish or stupid? @WeAreMACS #droppavement I had to go out on the road #unsafeparking

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What an excellent job has been done for @MaggiesCentres on The Joy of Living. So grateful to have my poem within it. And in good company @bodHelen #poetry do buy it to help people with cancer

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A companion to join me in my ⁦ @WeAreMACS ⁩ meeting on Transport to Health. No snoring please Koshka!

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3 years

Nanci Griffith - It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go via @YouTube Nanci I loved the music, powerful messages and your sweet soul. The world is a poorer place today. Thank you for all you gave us, the legacy of songs and the big heart the world really needs.

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Audrey’s Blog on living well with disability and breast cancer : Ticking clocks and who cares. new blog and a link to my book.

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Ups and downs of stage four cancer. #breastcancer

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From now on it’s all about the brooches....

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4 years

Great news and excellent appointment. Well done Andrew !

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Andrew Strong

4 years

Delighted to have accepted this new role at @ALLIANCEScot this morning - working alongside the amazing @LWPmakeslinks & @alissprogramme teams and on our innovative digital and sensory impairment programmes.

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Thank you @DrDMacaskill and Jean. Please pass on our thanks for the care and the love. At the end of this May we recognise this and reward carers properly.

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Donald Macaskill

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#Jean ’sstory shows the amazing compassion and care of #carehome and #homecare staff across #Scotland . Thank you to all- so #clapforcarers and let’s celebrate the lives of those lost to #coronavirus

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Audrey’s Blog on living well with disability and breast cancer : A Poem for Mental Health Day-Gratitude #gratitude #MentalHealthAwarenessDay

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A big shout out to the #Highland chocolatey in Perthshire! Your commitment to #accessibility is excellent. #inclusion staff well trained in a very nifty device to take me up a few stairs on my scooter. My grandson said that was so so very cool! The chocolate is devine btw! 1/2

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Terrific concert ⁦ @theusherhall ⁩ #edinburgh uplifting programme. Thank you. Very #accessible Great to be out-out! #sundayclassics

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QEUH oversight chief to step down from role @FionaCMcQueen has been a courageous chief nurse, really committing to person centred care.

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Thank you for reminding us. What an exceptional speech. Gracious and seeking to heal. It’s good to remember such times. May we see echos of those in the future.

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Amol Rajan

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I was in Grant Park in Chicago on election night in 2008, maybe 40m from Obama as he gave that unforgettable speech. I’d forgotten that, elsewhere that evening, John McCain was giving an even better one. What a hero. He personified American greatness:

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An important intervention from @scottishcare #socialcare

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What an excellent webinar and @DrDMacaskill on form advocating for care homes to be able to do what they do best. Care and connect. People as partners whatever their care setting. Well done all. Thanks to @AnneIFICScot #StayWell

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Donald Macaskill

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Looking forward to learning from #international and #Scottish #Covid19 experiences later this evening. Imp to start debate about how #personcentred care can grow out of the nightmare. @AnneIFICScot @IFICInfo @KramerGraham @AudreyBirt @ALLIANCEScot

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So it’s tomorrow, scooter is charged and nerves jangling. A HUGE thank you to all who have supported us. Please help +donate to Maggie’s, they make a difference every day. @maggiesedinburg #culturecrawl #whyiwalk please help if you can

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Audrey’s Blog on living well with disability and breast cancer : Christmas and Cara the good news is she doesn’t have cancer and we hope will run again on the beach #dogsoftwitter

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4 years

First prize for a laugh out loud moment #muchneeded

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4 years

As temperatures drop, take care on those roads and mind yer cannabis plantation might no be as well hidden tae.. 👀 #HashInTheAttic #BlawPatrol #BabyItsColdOutside #OpProspect

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Children in care need to be loved, not processed – Fiona Duncan well said @fionacarereview respect to all involved, especially to you for giving so much to this. #CareReview

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2 years

It was my pleasure and honour to serve on the committee and only sorry my health compromised my ability to carry on. I thank @LindaBamford151 and all in the committee for the opportunity to serve and send my best wishes to all who carry on with this vital work.

@WeAreMACS

Mobility & Access Committee for Scotland (MACS)

2 years

We also recorded our thanks to @AudreyBirt who has stepped down from the Committee. Audrey led much of our work on bus, taxi and community transport, and on 'transport to health', in recent years.

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Audrey Birt

3 years

Important thread, we shouldn’t be opening up totally anywhere. When will we learn. Covid is a risk as a long term condition too, life changing if not life threatening. We need to take that risk seriously as well. #COVID19 #LongCovid

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Prof. Christina Pagel

3 years

THREAD: Where are we in UK with cases, where are we going and should we care? TLDR: nowhere good, somewhere worse, absolutely yes. 1/24 (yes, I know, another long one. Still worth a read I hope!)

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Audrey Birt

4 years

All I’m asking… is for a little respect - Third Force News this is an important and painful read. #thirdsector #socialcare #equity really?

All I’m asking… is for a little respect - TFN

Annie Gunner Logan demands respect for third sector partners as we begin to rebuild society

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2 years

What a f****** #pain . Frankly it’s been a bad week.. #breastcancer #chemotherapy #pain -management

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3 years

Love it! I’ve been longing for a scooter pal, thanks for coming over @AngelaD83621 . First of many adventures 😉😎🥳

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3 years

Learned a new skill today on the road to independence. First time in years I’ve managed round the Edinburgh Botanics. @AudreyBirt #ladieswhoscoot . 🛵😎

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9 months

Thank you so much for having me, what better platform could there be to launch my book. I’ve been blessed with good people in my life and it was such a treat to see some of them today.

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The ALLIANCE

9 months

"There will be better times." We are delighted to have hosted the launch of @AudreyBirt 's new book, 'The Journey to Better Times' in the ALLIANCE offices today. Audrey's book supports people with health conditions, offering guidance to living well with a serious condition.

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Audrey Birt

5 years

Coronavirus hits ill and disabled people hardest, so why is society writing us off? | Frances Ryan Let’s get support +advice for vulnerable not relief its not you. #coronavirus #COVID19 @jasonleitch @SalWitcher thanks for share. We can do more in Scotland?

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4 years

Thank you Sam , my turn to amplify 10 of the many women who inspire me @AnnieCCPS @birt_cat @sarasheridan @DaniGaravelli1 @NicolaSturgeon @operanomad @fionawduncan @Shelley_Corra @cathcooney @IAMKP

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3 years

On my trip to GP I had to go on the road to pass as the yellow ramp was flat to the ground and I couldn’t use the safer pedestrian route. Add in wheely bins , road signs and uncut hedges and I was reminded of why I get exhausted when I’m out and about ⁦ @WeAreMACS ⁩ 🥵

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5 years

How Scotland is tackling a medical condition that affects nearly a million Scots – Dr Catherine Calderwood @CathCalderwood1 very welcome focus on neuro conditions. I hope the plan makes the difference to so many @ALLIANCEScot

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5 years

I feel strongly about it as you can see! Thanks for sharing it.

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H and SC Academy

5 years

Our Associate Director @AudreyBirt talks about challenging #WeightStigma in her latest opinion piece. Read Audrey's piece on our website @ALLIANCEScot @miss_forster_

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3 years

Storm warnings! #breastcancer

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2 years

Loved todays in person session with ⁦⁦ @bodHelen ⁩ #thirdthursday writers. #hope became a theme. It certainly lifted my spirits, thank you 🙏👏 ⁦ @NatGalleriesSco ⁩ #modone

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