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Dr Alison Twycross RN

15 days

I'm taking a break from social media. I'll be back sometime in early October. Take care everyone and remember that evidence based practice is important.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

18 months ago today I developed the first symptoms of Covid-19 and I am still not better. I’m better than I was but nowhere near back to full health and still off sick (now unpaid) from the job I started in Feb 2020. This is living with #LongCovid . #CountLongCovid

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@alitwy

10 months

So I tested positive for covid this morning. The second time in less than three months. I’m in the CEV group and hoping I get antivirals. I’m so angry that the Government is standing by and ignoring the evidence and not putting mitigations in place.😡🤬😤😖😠

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@alitwy

3 years

21 months (630 days) today since I got my first covid symptoms. Still nowhere near fit or well enough to go back to work. Grateful to my partner (David) who is now my carer and the #LongCovid community and others for their ongoing support.

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@alitwy

1 year

Just to say I'm going to have a lower profile than normal for the next couple of weeks having tested positive for covid while I was away. Despite a course of antivirals I am still feeling unwell and trying to take it easy for a couple of weeks. #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver

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@alitwy

3 years

2 years ago today I developed my first covid-19 symptoms never expecting to still be ill after all this time. My life has changed - maybe forever - there are lots of things I miss. I have made many new friends in the #LongCovid community - thank you for your ongoing support.

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@alitwy

2 years

Just breaking into Twitter to let you all know I'm in the Financial Times today!! @FT @LCNMUK . Long Covid: the invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages

Long Covid: the invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages

Many people with lingering symptoms of Covid-19 have been forced to leave the workforce entirely. Can businesses create policies to help?

www.ft.com

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@alitwy

2 years

Just arrived @BucksHealthcare for my diabetic eye screening wearing my N95 mask and been asked to replace it with a surgical mask. Have resisted so far …. @Karenbonner88 #NotGoodEnough @LCNMUK @ClareRayner6 @fearnley_k @trishgreenhalgh @ProfEmer

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@alitwy

3 years

Hearing some nurses with #LongCovid in England are having their pay stopped & being taken down a sickness capability route. This is CRAZY. Loosing experienced nurses from the workforce & abandoning those who have served on the frontline during the pandemic. Surely this is IMMORAL

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@alitwy

2 years

Today is 1st Sept. NHS staff with Long Covid in England & Scotland are no longer receiving Covid sick pay. Staff in Wales have been in this position since 1st July. I am so incensed I have written a blog: . NHS staff with #LongCovid please read and help.

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@alitwy

2 years

So yesterday I published a blog by @EvonneTCurran examining the evidence that #CovidIsAirborne . Imagine by surprise to receive an email from @LinkedIn telling me the post had been removed as they allege it contains misinformation. Not sure what to think about this ....

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

I’ve just set up a Twitter group for UK based nurses and midwives living with #LongCovid . I’ve added a few people. Please contact me if you’d like to be added to this list. (NB this is the first time I’ve set up a Twitter group and so apologies in advance if it doesn’t work.)

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Covid in March 2020. I can no longer go walking. #LongCovidAwarenessDay

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@alitwy

3 years

600 days ago (20 months) I developed my first Covid-19 symptoms. I’m still no where near recovered and still off sick (unpaid). Will I ever recover completely? Adapting to a new reality is hard. Thankful for the support of the #LongCovid community and others. #LongCovidWork

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@alitwy

4 years

Update: I’m going home today. Oxygen sats holding their own in air. Steroids for three months. Lung function test as an outpatient. Thanks for all the messages and sorry I haven’t replied to them all but they really help. #CountLongCovid

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@alitwy

2 years

I caught covid in March 2020. During #LongCovidAwarenessDay I'm going to post a series of photos of things I can no longer do.

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@alitwy

3 years

23 months today (701 days) on 12th March 2020 I developed my first covid-19 symptoms. I had started a new job the month before. I have not been well enough to return since and recently handed my notice in. My life with #LongCovid is very different to my “old life”. #COVID19

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Today is my 3 year covid-anniversary. I am better than I was but nowhere near back to my pre-covid said. I am the same person I was but a different shape (both physically and psychologically).

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

One of the things that surprises me most about how NHS staff with #LongCovid are being treated is the lack of compassion 👇👇👇 #NeedtodoBetter #ImmoralandUnfair

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

12 hours after I rung 111 the duty doctor has just phoned. Apparently the antiviral service is only open Monday-Fri during office hours. I guess this is due to a belief that covid is over (it isn’t) among the Government and many NHS senior managers. 🤞they call me on Monday.

Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

So I tested positive for covid this morning. The second time in less than three months. I’m in the CEV group and hoping I get antivirals. I’m so angry that the Government is standing by and ignoring the evidence and not putting mitigations in place.😡🤬😤😖😠

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

5 years

Today I start a new chapter in my life. I’m now officially a Senior Lecturer in Children and Young People’s Nursing at @OpenUniversity . Looking forward to focusing on children’s nursing again and working on the role out of the pre-registration course.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Numerous NHS staff with #LongCovid are reporting HR are preventing their return to work by insisting they can only have a 4-6 week phased return at 50% of normal hours. This goes against all the best practice guidelines. #NHSHeroToZero @CIPD @SOMnews

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

My latest @EBNursingBMJ blog is now live. NHS staff please read it to see what your employers should be doing, infection control teams please read & reflect, chief execs there’s something in there too. NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW -

NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW - Evidence-Based Nursing blog

NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

blogs.bmj.com

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@alitwy

3 years

I’ve been writing papers for a quarter of a century but I think the one I am proudest of is this one: . It took me a long time to write. David also had to proof read it several times. (NB: I have now had my appointment at the stroke clinic.)

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@alitwy

2 years

Lots of NHS staff with Long Covid feel guilty about not being able to get back to work. Anna Carey describes how she feels in a letter to her colleagues:

Dear Work Colleagues or Long Covid, Nurses and Guilt

This week’s blog is written by Anna Carey I’ve been living with Long Covid for 2 years now and I also reacted to the covid vaccine in early 2021. As a result I have had more than a year off w…

allaboutlongcovid.uk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

@Azeem_Majeed I know locally they only had funding for the #LongCovid clinics until the end of March. They also had double the number of referrals they had the capacity to see. @sajidjavid where is the ongoing funding for people living with #LongCovid #treatlongcovid #NeedToDoBetter

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@alitwy

3 years

2 nurses/midwives with #LongCovid who requested a career break to give them time to recover have NOT being granted this. This is MADNESS! Do we want to loose people from the workforce for ever? Another example of the need for national strategic approaches to #LongCovidWork .

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Great to see this being talked up. Let's get it trending. @rogerkline @ClareRayner6 @LCNMUK Government 'ignores' official advice to increase sick pay for NHS staff with long-term Covid - Vendi Life

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@alitwy

3 years

I have just spoken to my GP and she has agreed to try and refer me to Tertiary care as my #LongCovid symptoms have gone on for so long. I also been referred for a 48hr ECG. Feels like some progress is being made .... my #LongCovid buddies will understand my excitement!!

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@alitwy

2 years

Two exciting things have happened today. First, I have started on anticoagulants - micro-clots found in my lungs (and presumably elsewhere in my body). Secondly I have been appointed as an Honorary Associate Professor in the Institute of Health Sciences @unibirmingham .

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Today it is 2.5 years since my first covid symptoms. That's 891 days of being ill. I had just started a new job now I am retired (early). I am still waiting for some diagnostic tests. I am now disabled. I am better than I was but nowhere near back to normal. #LongCovid

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@alitwy

2 years

Today I was discharged from my local #LongCovid clinic just over 2 years since I had my first appointment & 3 years into my Long Covid journey. Am I better? No. Disappointed the clinic only offers workshops about learning to live with Long Covid. Apparently it's over to my GP now

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

11 months

My diabetic review was cancelled today because of staff sickness. There’s no masking or HEPA filters at the surgery so I wonder what the problem could be. (Sarcasm.) @JCeoltaSmith @ScribblerPen @long_covid @LongCovidSOS @EvonneTCurran @SupportingHH_UK @SafeDavid3 @DRTomlinsonEP

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@alitwy

2 years

Nurses with long-COVID are being abandoned instead of supported @LCNMUK

Nurses with long-COVID are being abandoned instead of supported

Nurses with long-COVID are facing a ‘postcode lottery’ of care and need better support from NHS and employers

rcni.com

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@alitwy

2 years

Today is 1st June. NHS staff with #LongCovid in Wales do not know what is going to happen to their sick pay at the end of the month. Staff in England await the revised @NHSEngland guidance with trepidation. Is this right? I don't think so. #NHSHerotoZero #ImmoralandUnfair @LCNMUK

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@alitwy

2 years

Important graph here. The Government and public health decision makers don’t seem to want us to know that every time we get an acute Covid infection our risk of getting Long Covid increases exponentially.

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@NateB_Panic

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If there's no lasting immunity to covid and no upper limit on infections and the CDC's central estimate is a 70% risk of long covid after 5 infections won't most people that don't die get long covid? Isn't this the brutal logic on the current path? What am I missing?

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@alitwy

3 years

On #TreatLongCovid day I am asking @sajidjavid @BorisJohnson to provide long term funding for #LongCovid clinics and rehab services in all four UK nations. Many of us are still ill 20 months after being infected with #COVID19 .

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

To mark #researchlongcovid day I am going to tweet about my #LongCovid story.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

The blog can be seen here:

Part 2 – Prove to me it’s airborne – well it’s the aerosol scientists that have done that…

This week's blog is the second in a series by @EvonneTCurran examining the evidence that covid is airborne.

allaboutlongcovid.uk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

Great news. I’m with ⁦ @Plaid_Cymru ⁩ - this decision should have been made earlier but very pleased for my Welsh friends and colleagues that this is the case. Welsh NHS staff sick with long Covid stay on full pay - BBC News

Welsh NHS staff sick with long Covid stay on full pay

Some health workers had been been due to have their money cut by half from 1 April.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

My GP just rung. The Bucks covid medicines unit have been in touch with him over the weekend. Because it’s less than 90 days since I last had Covid they won’t prescribe antivirals. Even though I tested negative several times between infections. 😡🤬😤😖😠

Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

12 hours after I rung 111 the duty doctor has just phoned. Apparently the antiviral service is only open Monday-Fri during office hours. I guess this is due to a belief that covid is over (it isn’t) among the Government and many NHS senior managers. 🤞they call me on Monday.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Have you read my latest blog? Out now on the @LCNMUK website.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

It’s Day 11 of my current covid infection & I’m still testing positive. It’s too late for me to take antivirals but I’d still like a response to my email to @BucksHealthcare last week. In the email I asked for a copy of their antiviral policy and the evidence underpinning it.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

Two years into my #LongCovid journey there are some things I really miss. #researchlongcovid

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

10 months

Being #CEV on #PlagueIsland is hard particularly so when your partner is admitted to A&E & is still on a trolley 24 hrs later. The lack of infection control measures mean this is a no go area for people like me. @cv_cev @EvonneTCurran @1goodtern

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Feeling a little depressed today. Even friends who weren't doing much because of covid-19 are starting to do more - I feel like I am being left behind. My mum suggested the solution is that I should go out more. No understanding of risks or that I am clinically vulnerable.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Just to let everyone know that I stepped down from my role as Chair of @LCNMUK last week. I will continue to advocate for nurses, midwives and other NHS staff with Long Covid - see details below.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

1 year

Today my partner, and since Long Covid my carer, is 70!! He’s not on Twitter but I just want to but it out there how grateful I am 1) for how well he looks after me and 2) that I met him 19 years ago!!

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

I’m looking for papers about #LongCovid causing cognitive dysfunction (brain fog) & poor decision making. I have the paper by Hampshire et al but am sure there are others. #AskingForAFriend @elisaperego78 @chrischirp @lesleymacniven @Occ4LifeLtd @long_covid @LongCovidSOS @LCNMUK

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

1 year

I will not pretend the preventable deaths of hundreds & disabling of thousands, every day, is 'mild'. I will not forget the millions lost to COVID, so far. Will you remember them, too? Tweet a candle for #CovidVigil #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #LongCovid #CleanTheAir

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

@DrP_Manc @trishgreenhalgh Outrageous. Maybe they need to read my latest blog:

NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW - Evidence-Based Nursing blog

NHS staff need adequate RPE and they need it NOW

blogs.bmj.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

4 years

Day 201 update: I appear to have post Covid lungs. Apparently they’re seeing a lot of late presentations. Still in hospital and struggling to breath without oxygen but glad beginning to get some answers. Thanks for all the best wishes. #CountLongCovid

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

This week's blog is written by me ( @alitwy ) and is a personal perspective of Long Covid: As a patient and a professional A thread ⬇️

A personal perspective of Long Covid: As a patient and a professional

allaboutlongcovid.uk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

I'm delighted to announce that after a few technical issues all the way my new website is now live: . I hope you find it useful There are still a few gremlins to sort out - let me know if you find any!

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

5 years

Today is a new start for me. I left @LSBU @LSBU_HSC yesterday. Looking forward to continuing to edit @EBNursingBMJ . Going to take some time out and then set up as an Independent Consultant. Keep following me on Twitter and Facebook to see what I get up to.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

@long_covid @LCNMUK asked NHS staff with #LongCovid how they felt about the changes to covid sick pay provision for NHS staff with Long Covid in England, Scotland and Wales? The results are below.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Important episode of @BBCPanorama this coming Monday (30th) at 8pm in England (times vary in other UK nations). @rogerkline @LCD4A @LongCovidSOS @long_covid @longcovidwork @ClareRayner6 @JCeoltaSmith @LCNMUK @ScribblerPen @Leona_Cameron01 @RehanaAzam @PMarquisRCN @ShirtyPhil

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

@Aimt05 Really sorry to hear this. You will find a new path but devastating just now. Remember the #LongCovid community is here for you. @LCNMUK @LongCovidSOS @ScribblerPen @long_covid @JCeoltaSmith @ClareRayner6

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@alitwy

2 years

I am concerned that some NHS staff with #LongCovid appear to be having pressure put on them to apply for ill health retirement. In some cases, once the application has been submitted, staff are then being taken down the sickness capability route.

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@alitwy

2 years

Anyone who thinks the NHS looks after their staff should read this blog by @rogerkline . #NHSHeroToZero Long Covid: A catalogue of shame – Ali-Twy Consulting UK

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

5 years

Today I’m starting my first adventure as an independent consultant in nurse education and research. I’m flying to Toronto to attend the @KidsInPain knowledge translation two day workshop in Toronto. I’ll be writing about what I learn in an @EBNursingBMJ blog later this month.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

11 months

So today David’s phone call with his GP was cancelled due to staff sickness. Again, I’m wondering what this could be due too (I’m being sarcastic). Still no masks or other Covid mitigations in GP surgeries or health care settings. When will this change?

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Today I am celebrating #InternationalNursesDay & also marking 26 months since I caught covid & developed #LongCovid . I am thinking of all nurses out there in a similar position - many no longer able to do the role they love because of ongoing symptoms. 💙💙💙 @LCNMUK

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@alitwy

2 years

@BucksHealthcare @LCNMUK @Karenbonner88 @ClareRayner6 @fearnley_k @trishgreenhalgh @ProfEmer Thank you. Is it possible for you to clarify what your current guidance is? Staff all seemed to be wearing surgical masks despite them being evidence they are not effective against current variants.

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@alitwy

2 years

@EvonneTCurran @LinkedIn I've asked them to take a second look at the blog - only option available at this stage .... will keep everyone posted.

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@alitwy

2 years

@ProfGrahamTowl @BucksHealthcare @Karenbonner88 @LCNMUK @ClareRayner6 @fearnley_k @trishgreenhalgh @ProfEmer @CDDFTNHS @NHSEnglandMedia That’s appalling. @NHSEngland @CNOEngland @CMO_England @AmandaPritchard @MRadford_HEECN @theRCN @thebma @unisontheunion @MidwivesRCM @UKHSA It’s time to take action to protect both staff and patients. N95 masks should be standard @LCNMUK

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Covid sick pay withdrawal an 'insult to our sacrifices', say nurses - Nursing in PracticeNursing in Practice ⁦ @LCNMUK ⁩ ⁦ @Esslinger_Raven ⁩

Covid sick pay withdrawal an 'insult to our sacrifices', say nurses

The DHSCs decision to withdraw special leave and Covid sick pay is not only insulting to nurses sacrifices but risks staff and patient safety.

www.nursinginpractice.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

4 years

Today I mark the 110th day since I first developed COVID19 symptoms back in March. I am pleased to see the Government/NHS England are beginning to address the issues of those of us with long haul COVID and, what appears to be, post-viral syndrome.

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@alitwy

2 years

@Jeremy_Hunt looking forward to hearing what help you are going to provide to the 2.3 million people in the UK who have #LongCovid .

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@Jeremy_Hunt

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If anyone still doubts the seriousness of long COVID listen to this evidence to @commonshealth this morning

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3 years

Posting this blog again: . This week I have heard of several nurses with #LongCovid being told they can only have a 4 week phased return to work. This is setting them up to fail. @longcovidwork

Support for Health Care Professionals with Long Covid returning to work: A national disgrace -...

Alison Twycross – Editor-in-Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing Journal (@alitwy) Just over a year ago @jakesuett and I wrote a Blog titled: Health Care Professionals with Long Covid: Have they been...

blogs.bmj.com

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@alitwy

4 years

In case you missed it yesterday here is this week's @EBNursingBMJ Blog written by @jakesuett and me reflecting on the experiences of UK health workers with #LongCovid :

Health Care Professionals with Long Covid: Have they been forgotten? - Evidence-Based Nursing blog

This week’s Blog is written by our Editor-in-Chief Alison Twycross (@alitwy) and Dr Jake Suett, a staff grade doctor in Intensive Care, (@jakesuett) who both have suspected “Long Covid”. In the Blog...

blogs.bmj.com

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@alitwy

3 years

I have signed the petition calling for a public inquiry into the UK's response to the coronavirus outbreak.Sign here. via @march_change

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Evidenced-based infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines: are just not evidenced-based | Great editorial in latest edition of ⁦ @EBNursingBMJ ⁩ by ⁦ @EvonneTCurran ⁩ (free to access).

Evidenced-based infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines: are just not evidenced-based

One of the principles of evidence-based guidelines (EBGs) is to enable registrants to practise effectively.1 But what if the guideline writers recommend unsafe practice? Presented here are examples...

ebn.bmj.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Look what’s just gone live. @rogerkline has written a blog for @EBNursingBMJ . Make sure you read it now, Long Covid: The price of risking one’s life to save others? - @LCNMUK

Long Covid: The price of risking one’s life to save others? - Evidence-Based Nursing blog

During the Covid pandemic NHS staff have worked to save other people’s lives knowing there was a real risk of catching Covid themselves. Front line staff such as nurses, midwives, doctors and...

blogs.bmj.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

This week's blog is by Anna Carey: Dear Work Colleagues or Long Covid, Nurses and Guilt

Dear Work Colleagues or Long Covid, Nurses and Guilt

This week’s blog is written by Anna Carey I’ve been living with Long Covid for 2 years now and I also reacted to the covid vaccine in early 2021. As a result I have had more than a year off w…

allaboutlongcovid.uk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

NHS staff with Long Covid @longcovidwork @LCNMUK have produced an advice leaflet for those of you who recently transitioned to standard sickness absence procedures: @ClareRayner6 @JCeoltaSmith @PMarquisRCN @rogerkline

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@alitwy

2 years

@1goodtern You might be interested in this blog by @elisaperego78

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

@JCeoltaSmith @trussliz we at @LCNMUK would love to talk to you about the issues we are having getting back to work. Some of us have been sacked. Others have had to retire early (but didn't qualify for ill health retirement). Feel free to DM me to arrange a meeting.

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@alitwy

2 years

If you are concerned about the fact that NHS staff with #LongCovid are having their covid sick pay removed please sign this petition. Over 8K people have signed but I'm sure there are more people out there who think this is WRONG:

Sign the Petition

Covid sick pay for NHS staff

www.change.org

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

One of my uncles is in critical care at @cuh_nhs (not covid related). Please pray for him or keep him and my aunt in your thoughts. Thanks to all the health care professionals looking after him. @LorraiSzeremeta

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

Looks like NHS staff in Wales with #LongCovid who have been off sick for more than 12 months are going onto half pay from 1st April 2022. This is national guidance & differs from that in the other 3 UK nations. #NHSHerotoZeroPay @suenaidoo73 @Eluned_Morgan @MarkDrakeford @theRCN

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

If the NHS cares about its workers with #LongCovid (and I sometimes doubt that they do) NOW is the time for action. Unions and the NHS need to lobby the @UKGovernment for money to support the return to work of NHS workers with Long Covid as part of their workforce plan.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Saw this cartoon on Facebook from @guardian . Sums up for me the lack of attention the Government are playing to the reality of what is happening in the NHS. @SteveBarclay @RishiSunak @NHSEngland

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Have you read my latest blog yet? If not why not?

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Today is the 22nd June. NHS staff off sick with #LongCovid in England & Wales still don't know what is happening with their pay. In Wales the extension to full pay is until 30th June. In England, some are being told pay arrangements change on July 1st. #ActionNeeded @LCNMUK

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Your chances of Long Covid following a covid infection increase with each re-infection. You might expect that NHS organisations were ensuring their guidelines guaranteed staff were fully protected against covid-19. This does not appear to be the case: .

Long COVID after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection

Nature Medicine - A new analysis using the US Department of Veterans Affairs national healthcare databases demonstrates that Long COVID can occur after breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection; however,...

www.nature.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

7 months

@vipintukur @mariacaulfield you might want to read this article. Last week you said in a tweet that infection prevention and control guidance was based on clinical expertise. This study suggests @NHSEngland advice for Covid is wholly inadequate. Time to acknowledge Covid is airborne.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

I really thought NHS employers couldn't sink any lower in their treatment of staff with #LongCovid but I was wrong. @rogerkline @DianaKloss3 @JCeoltaSmith @ScribblerPen @long_covid @LongCovidSOS @LCNMUK @LCD4A @RehanaAzam @ShirtyPhil @bjgw @PMarquisRCN @theRCN @TUC @acasorguk

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Long Covid: A catalogue of shame My latest blog by @rogerkline A thread ⬇️

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

So today, I am proud (and a little excited) of the work @LCNMUK has done since we set it up just over two months ago. We have just launched our website: . You can also follow us on Twitter and Instagram ( @LCNMUK ).

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

This petition now has over 4,000 signatures - thanks to everyone who has signed it. However, I can’t believe only 4,000 people think our NHS Heroes with #LongCovid should have covid sick pay reinstated. If you haven’t done so already please sign it now:

Sign the Petition

Covid sick pay for NHS staff

www.change.org

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

Support for Health Care Professionals with Long Covid returning to work: A national disgrace - . The last of our four blogs focusing on the impact of covid on nursing has gone live.

Support for Health Care Professionals with Long Covid returning to work: A national disgrace -...

Alison Twycross – Editor-in-Chief of Evidence-Based Nursing Journal (@alitwy) Just over a year ago @jakesuett and I wrote a Blog titled: Health Care Professionals with Long Covid: Have they been...

blogs.bmj.com

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

I’m sure that like me, many people with #LongCovid didn’t celebrate the arrival of a new year. Lots of questions about what 2022 will be like. Will treatments be found? Will they be available on the NHS? How much (little) will I be able to do? #countlongcovid

Cathy Thomson

@cathythomsonPT

3 years

“I don’t live. I exist. My life has no spontaneity.” This is life with #LongCovid after a ‘mild’ infection March 2020. We absolutely need to #CountLongCovid Thank you @OT_Skiff for sharing your story 🙏💕

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

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@drclairetaylor @mrmickme A&E are already struggling. My partner spent 30hrs on a trolley in a corridor after being blue lighted into hospital last Sunday - after a 6 hr wait for an ambulance. We need to stop spreading Covid NOW. I’ve got my 2nd Covid infection in 3 months it’s not good. Long Covid sucks.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Some good news. I have been been awarded Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Thanks to everyone who helped and advised me during the application and assessment process.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

If I'd been at Congress today this is what I would have said. Thanks to @RCNMandLForum @pauljebb1 @Dkell999 @bjgw for a great debate on #LongCovid today @LCNMUK @theRCN @PMarquisRCN #RCN22 #LCNMUKFriends

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

Covid in March 2020. I can no longer go skiing. #LongCovidAwarenessDay

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

4 years

Amazingly it’s a year ago today since I got my first COVID19 symptoms which led to Long Covid. While I’m now much better, I’m still not anywhere near fit enough to go back to work. It’s been an interesting year & looking forward to being fully recovered sooner rather than later.

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

2 years

@BinitaKane @RCPCHtweets @LongCovidKids @SGriffin_Lab I’m also at a loss for words as a former Professor of Children’s Nursing, as Editor-in-Chief of @EBNursingBMJ and as a human being. @RCPCHtweets @RCPCH_and_Us @rcpch_trainees @RCPCHPresident @RCPCHScotland @RCPCHWales @rcpch_ta @rcpch_ta @Emma_rcpch

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

3 years

I am still looking for answers.... as are many other people with #LongCovid #researchlongcovid

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Dr Alison Twycross RN

@alitwy

4 years

Day 145 of #LongCovid today. Celebrating small achievements like being able to drive the 20 mins to my parents’ house for the first time since 29th Feb on Friday. Managing to go for a 1000 step walk outside the house yesterday. #pacing

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