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2 years

@KatiePennick I suspect he will be reported. Unacceptable. They need more training. It is definitely a wheelchair space not a buggy space. Wheelchair users fought for the space!

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@Queenbee075 @Somesaylezzels Thats one reason why I am again assisted suicide/euthanasia . How many disabled & older people are made to feel a burden by others? Some will think they have to go ahead to make it easier for others. Thats on top of having my Q o L judged by others not myself.

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@Bob_Fischer Not everyone has or can use a smart phone. Dexterity issues can make use impossible. At many practices can’t order repeats by phone. For those virtually housebound unacceptable. Not everyone has a family member to do it online. Result many don’t get the drugs they need.

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@CathLoveday Lone disabled people often face this. Some people genuinely want to be helpful, but don’t touch us, wheelchairs etc. without asking. Leaning on our wheelchairs & breathing down our necks a no no. Worryingly some grab our chairs or us & try to take us places we don’t want to go.

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@beebeenic @iLeW This is also not legal! Under the Equality Act 2010 you are considered disabled from the point cancer was diagnosed. This gives you a number of employment rights, it would have been discriminatory for being disabled to simply sack you whilst getting treatment.

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@flickhwilliams @marksandspencer M&S has a bad track record with wheelchair access. If it’s not wine boxes, it is metal baskets on to the chiller cabinets that make getting near the contents impossible. Known to block ramped access with trolleys too, never mind the self check outs being inaccessible

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1 year

@DrPragyaAgarwal Volunteer or not, they are liable for the discrimination. V&A should ensure volunteers don’t inflict their personal views or discriminate against a visitor. The volunteer isn’t suitable for the role. V& A needs to reassess their training to volunteers/ staff.

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@tidaljunk @LordOrk @northernassist @AvantiWestCoast It should be an automatic requirement that they are set up for wheelchairs if rail replacement service.

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@CrippingQueer returning officer hadn’t ensured access, unlawful. Had issues at a few polling stations in past, being assertive meant access was eventually provided. Somebody should have got another ramp or found alternative entrance for you. They should have ensured you still could vote.

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3 months

@DrNeenaJha How did the PA issue prescriptions I wonder, or did they tell everyone they had a viral infection etc? Most of the public don’t know what a physician associate is I suspect. Public awareness to ask who you are being seen by is key. No other HCP tries to hide their profession.

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3 years

@DrFrancesRyan Please wear a mask after the 19/07 on busy buses, trains & in confined indoor spaces with poor ventilation. Wait until the 3rd wave is over before ditching them. Covid even mild can lead to debilitating Long Covid for months afterwards. Do it for others not just your self.

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2 years

@flickhwilliams @GHMansfield Bus shouldn’t move until buggy etc has moved out of space. I suspect there will be more cases going to court. The bus or train company isn’t meeting its legal requirement to provide wheelchair spaces.

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@SurtseyAna @KatiePennick Being lifted on/off trains, dangerous for all. Some power chairs can weigh 140 kg plus user. We need to be able to use the same trains, tubes & buses as others to get to work, meetings, Uni etc. Too often no staff for few step free stn lifts so often shut out.

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2 years

@NurseFrog76 @Dienekes_ I struggled to care for my 95 yr old father, I am disabled myself. Yes a relative drove down to provide care & collect medications from a pharmacy that couldn’t deliver for a few hours. I had undergone surgery a week before.

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@jayBwalker Spare a thought for those children they abused. Headlocks on a child sitting working, or drawing on another pupils face by “adults” in charge is completely unacceptable. They should never have got these roles, Those that appointed them should also face charges.

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4 years

@janelporter65 @flowergirl_lon They need taking to court. This is gross discrimination& completely unacceptable. Many disabled people at home were also sent forms to sign & told they would not get hospital care in some areas of UK. All people have human rights!

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3 years

@GHMansfield It would tip my wheelchair over. Lack of push handles discourages people, but yes others treat us & our wheelchairs like furniture on occasions. Most don’t even ask. I wouldn’t hang a bag over someone’s shoulder, our wheelchairs are part of us.

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@MickyMorris1981 @BBCNews Men as well as women can have incontinence issues either of bladder &/or bowel. Prostate issues are only 1 cause. May be you haven’t noticed Tena etc sell incontinence pads only suitable for the male anatomy? It’s vital they can dispose of pads & devices as well as trans men.

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2 years

@DisabledEliza Its amazing they don’t, even most non wheelchair users spend a large part of their day sat down.

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1 year

@GHMansfield Been thrown out of chair by unhelpful person who started pushing without looking at surface they were pushing over.

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2 years

@DHSCgovuk @SteveBarclay @Stamford_Hosp @NWAngliaFT How many Emergency Ambulances hand over patients to Emergency Department at Stamford? Oh NHS website does not list one in its facilities or departments. Not even an urgent care or Walk in listed. More absolute fiction from Steve Barclay.

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1 year

@WheelieGoodLife I have had this issue on trains many times. On 1 the luggage rack with space was opposite, Apart from signs telling him not to I politely asked him to move it for same reason as you, Abuse back, but did move it. He later had a lightbulb moment & came & apologised! 1/2

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@DrNeenaJha @TelegraphRoyals @AllisonPearson How dare the Telegraph refer to cancer patients as lesser mortals!

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3 years

@DrFrancesRyan plan to stop wearing a mask? few immune to contagious Delta variant, if vaccinated x2 mild if caught, but immunosuppressed friends/ relatives the jabs may not have worked or they can’t have it, + children. Do you really want to be responsible for their severe Covid/ death?

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3 years

@GHMansfield Why should disabled people wait for others when they abuse our spaces?

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2 months

@ediz1975 Cyclist, something wrong if he couldn’t see all the pedestrians. Shouldn’t be riding bicycle if their eyesight is that bad .

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5 months

@saj_anderson @HeathrowAirport WTFH. We are individual with different impairments. Assistance does not mean being pushed around. Sounds like Heathrow needs to go back to basic disability awareness training. Why would a blind person without mobility issues need a wheelchair? They need guiding.

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2 years

@oldagepsych @HelenRSalisbury Blame our Gov. They have done nothing to address the known situation. Allowing a highly contagious covid variant to spread unchecked is not good for hospital & ambulance staffing levels. Cutting hospital beds since they came into power has added to the situation.

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1 year

@GHMansfield Anytime I have had an op my 1st question is always where is my wheelchair. Seen people had their crutches locked up for days leaving them bed bound dependent on others. In the Uk there is a tendency to be admitted to an admissions ward, but returned from theatre to another ward

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1 year

@ediz1975 They campaign for cycle lanes then deliberately go into a road lane. They will tell you its not compulsory to use a cycle lane. They don’t care about others, only themselves. They use pavements too when there are clear cycle lanes.

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2 years

@Queenbee075 @Somesaylezzels Life is different as a disabled person, but most with time find new ways of doing things. Many of us will do things we never envisaged doing before we became disabled. We tend to excel in problem solving, thinking outside the box. It is society that puts barriers in our way.

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@BBCNews Rushi hasn’t a clue re issues/ costs that Disabled People face. Will vouchers pay for the extra water & energy used to deal with incontinence, pads , extra wear & tear on clothes, bedding,washing machines/driers? Replacement of flooring damage caused by mobility aids etc ?1/2

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1 year

@MrsMHeadteacher Branded bags obviously not fit for purpose must go! Uniforms are one thing but branded bags & exclusion etc because of it step too far.

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11 months

@shonalouiseblog How to make us feel no better than luggage.

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10 months

@DrEilidhMaria Many hospitals have no bins in ward patient toilets either. Some patients & staff will use medical devices as well as tampons/pads & incontinence pads. All toilets should have disposal facilities that can be used for intermittent catheters, stoma bags, wipes, pads & tampons.

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2 years

@hamgammon Pedestrians will never be safe on shared pavements designated a cycle way as well unless separated. Many older peoples hearing is not good, so ringing your bell expecting others to move out of your way with mobility issues won’t work.Highway Code, you give way to pedestrians.

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@mprez22la @irstiggles @KaySocLearn @provokedpedago1 Escorted, having to explain, threat of detention for a bodily function? I pity the pupils in your class.

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@GHMansfield In UK many have been placed on disabled peoples records without even any discussion simple because they are considered disabled. Too many clinicians value our quality of life differently to how we do. To me my wheelchair is a form of transport, to them a sign of frailty!

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8 months

@mmamas1973 Valuing healthcare staff is good, but not by a profession they are not. Yes value her as a PA in their own right.

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3 years

@AlansTweets Apart from spelling! They assume we have someone with us who can do stairs, & mums would leave precious baby behind in pram

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3 years

@Kit_Yates_Maths @KSchafheutle & all those people who truly thought the pandemic was over & made fun of those who wore masks in indoor public spaces/ trains/ buses. I suspect it has come as a shock to them that it isn’t

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6 months

@danielgoyal @DeborahMeaden Unfortunately yes! All that extra money the NHS didn’t get, that Gov claim to have spent on Healthcare.

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2 years

@DisabledEliza @SouthernRailUK A legal response to SR re the discrimination you faced would be better use of your time & energy. So much for London’s Turn up & go. Waiting in the cold for >40 mins for another train when the person in orange could have had ramp down not on. Disability Discrimination!

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3 years

@PatrickFlan Unacceptable I haven’t flown since Heathrow damaged my chair & another wheelchair users. Tossed out like other luggage it would seem. This was 10 years ago. Nothing has improved. Would those who handle our chairs treat their own goods that cost many thousands of £ this way?

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@annalandre @TfL Good luck in reporting. Drivers need better training . There should be a message that driver can play, & the driver shouldn’t move bus until pram or baby buggy moved. The bus company has failed to make reasonable adjustment. Unacceptable.

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@ediz1975 Impossible to pick up a taxi round there due to cycle lanes with raised Kerbs totally inaccessible to many disabled people needing to be dropped off at destination by taxi. Ramps can’t be deployed. It’s near to a hospital. How do the active cycling lot expect us to go?

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5 months

@DSEDunn I would still wear a medical device to keep me safe if needed. For some of us it is essential to keep us safe due to a long term condition. The Equality Act requires them to make reasonable adjustment if individuals are considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010. I am.

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2 years

@LitAUCheyenne Early days. He will probably learn to do tasks in differently. Be careful not to presume too much about what life will be like, Progress may be slow but many clinicians undervalue quality of life. Rehab will be important. Life very much goes on with useless legs, & more besides

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@ediz1975 Another cyclist who thinks he can ignore the law. In UK all road users have to give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to cross. Cyclists got the Highway Code altered to give them extra rights but ignore those of pedestrians

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@benn_elisbenn

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@BuDs_UK Good ventilation will be the key to living with covid & other airborne virus. I gather the same parents associate any air filtration/ ventilation system with covid. If they want to forget it they better do more to prevent it.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@crixmother Keep wearing your mask, preferable FFP2/ kN 95. I do when out shopping or public indoor areas, or even busy outdoor ones. Staying safe is better than covid. Ignore those who think pandemic has ended. Those who don’t take simple precautions fuel it more.

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@benn_elisbenn

8 months

@Hossylass WTFH Very few people can’t wear a mask, all you were asking was for her to put it on whilst seeing you. Even NHS policy to wear a mask if respiratory symptoms. On a train yesterday in a coach with someone with obvious cold symptoms. I was the odd one out with a mask.

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@DrSteveTaylor I gather Richard Meddings former banker & his family are happy that all their healthcare be provided by PA in NHS hospitals. Oh, do they have private healthcare? Personally I am glad all my surgery has been carried out by experienced doctors, & that I can see an experienced GP.

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3 months

@ediz1975 In olden days many learnt road cycling proficiency at school. Learnt to be patient, not get in vehicles blind spots, allow large vehicles to manoeuvre. Roads were just as busy as no by passes etc. & no special cycle or bus lanes. Now some cyclists think they are above the law.

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2 years

@DrFrancesRyan This is ridiculous. What happens for those in contact with immunosuppressed people of all ages? What happens to carers looking after a relative/ friend of any age? This could lead to an even bigger crisis. People will visit GPs, dentists, hospitals etc. Waiting room nightmare.

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2 months

@DrAsifQasim Personally I don’t think PA shouldn’t be in general practice unless fulfilling the role of an HCA.

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3 months

@ediz1975 How does a wheelchair user get through?

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10 months

@Abi_Rimmer Normal human function! though some of us have less control ! Hope she was embarrassed by your response.

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@benn_elisbenn

9 months

@DrHannahBB We shouldn’t have to divulge any personal information. Yes Disabled loos get misused, often by security guards who think it is their personal one! Advise anyone who has bladder &/or bowel dysfunction & doesn’t “look disabled” to carry a card that only gives basic info.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@MattHancock We are not past the pandemic. Many positive people spreading it to others in the work place as no sick pay. Children getting infected in poorly ventilated class rooms, how many will miss more schooling due to long covid. D of E encouraging sick children to go to school

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@Dr2NisreenAlwan Polio was common in the UK in the 1950’s . Like many other vaccinations you needed more than one to be fully protected. I was lucky that my parents ensured I was vaccinated. Some others were paralysed spending time on iron lungs. I can’t understand those against vaccination.

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@benn_elisbenn

3 years

@Thomas_Kitching @SHannamSwain @HyattBham They used to have a wheeled shower chair which was good, but had to ask, same problem when I arrived, no seat in shower. Rest of room was not great considering cost! This was a few years ago.There should be a seat as standard in an accessible shower.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@HelenRSalisbury @BBCr4today Suspect those who have been hospitalised due to covid or it has led to long covid don’t equate it to flu & those who have lost loved ones to it definitely not. With almost 200,000 deaths due to covid I can’t see how this equates to flu. Omicron variants may be milder in some.

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@Tanni_GT @thornaby_fc Sounds like they need challenging under the Equality Act. Sounds Discriminatory.

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8 months

@ELHopkins Many think our lives don’t matter, oh it’s ok we can ignore those with an pre existing condition or over 65. Gov happy, if we die fewer benefits & state pensions to pay. Not OK, all lives matter including hospital staff. Some will be immunosuppressed. Sick staff not good.

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3 months

@drruthannharpur Disability is not a bad word. Is this why Downs Syndrome now has its own law whilst all other Disabled People come under the Eq. Act? Many with Down’s syndrome are highly talented & skilled but some have long term health conditions & need full protection under Equality Act.

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@benn_elisbenn

4 years

@Richardmassey82 Even those with pre existing conditions shouldn’t be written off as if its alright, without CV19 most would be alive.

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7 months

@RachelCurtis82 @YorkDisability @Jeremy_Hunt Don’t worry, no doubt only your mobility assessed, you will be told to work from your bed. The PM, chancellor, MS & Tom Pursglove will forget it’s not just your legs that don’t function well, never mind much of the UK doesn’t have good mobile signal or high speed internet access.

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@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@itvnews Locking school toilets must stop. Not all pupils have perfect bladder & bowel control, Its vital they can reach facilities. Female students have periods, more prone to UTI, etc. This is discrimination. Puddles on floors & soiled clothes is not on when not need what so ever.

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@benn_elisbenn

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@cyc1one1000 @VincentStops @GBNewsSpin He shouldn’t need help normally manages independently, He used to manage this bus stop independently. These island bus stops take independence away. As a wheelchair user most are unusable as island too narrow for safe ramp deployment. Cyclists & TFL make stop useless/ dangerous

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@benn_elisbenn

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@sos_street @DPDCare @PSOSSEEdinburgh @PSOSRoads @jomowat Don’t worry the shops will give up trading unable to get deliveries. As a disabled person unable to negotiate hilly Edinburgh without a car or taxi & my wheelchair. I doubt you will be happy until only those who can walk miles & cycle are left in Edinburgh streets. Exclusion

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@benn_elisbenn

7 months

@DWPgovuk How about stop seeing us as benefit fraudsters, & stop insisting we can all work. So much you don’t understand. How many more disabled people will the DWP be responsible for their deaths?

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@benn_elisbenn

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@IAmJessPlant @UKLabour Exactly, no answers re those who can’t work due to age /severity of impairments. They currently give me no reason to vote for them as an older disabled person. No detail on how they will improve education for younger disabled people/children. No info re support to unpaid carers.

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@MedRegoncall1 I hope the patient/ mother knew who was treating her.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@NeleHelena They don’t understand that the issues could be life long & life changing. Hence the reason some with it are no longer fit to work 2-3 years on. Best way of avoiding Long covid is not to catch covid.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@paula_hudgell @jet2tweets @Gatwick_Airport Why does this keep happening at major UK airports? Our wheelchairs need treating like a person. So many of us hate flying or no longer fly because we know our very expensive wheelchairs will be damaged, often beyond use. There needs to be a place to store them inside the cabin.

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@benn_elisbenn

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@johnpringdns Targeting help given to Disabled People that is to cover extra costs involved. Many use PIP to buy vital aids including wheelchairs that give us independence that the NHS wheelchair service fails. Home adaptions already means tested. Bleak future ahead. It will back fire.

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@benn_elisbenn

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@JMDT999 @cityoflondon @LondonTaxiRadio @londontaxi_pr @TheLTDA @UnitedCabbies @TheWCHCD @seanpaulday @PS_Richardson @Squarehighways As OAP wheelchair user I need Black cab to drop & pick up me close to my destination. Restriction is Disability Discrimination. 1 space on bus is usually filled with buggies, impossible to use. Need Black cabs to get me around. City of London not fulfilling its Equality Duty

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@SGriffin_Lab People need to realise that their interpretation of living with covid, has a knock on effect. Their freedom from most simple precautions to limit covid could make others seriously ill or be a death sentence. Life shouldn’t be back to pre covid, if we care about others.

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4 years

@JohnSmi53881214 Helpful, obviously assume we always have some one with us.

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@benn_elisbenn

3 years

@doctor_oxford @sajidjavid @rcgp Not surprised, sanctioning GPs when there is a shortage of them will not help improve F t F access. The gov seems to be forming a dictatorship. Not the way to show appreciation for the effort that most doctors & health staff have put in during past 18 months.

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2 years

@ESL_fairy Even if they have underlying conditions, covid spread needs preventing. All lives matter.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@gailebishop @danielgoyal Thank you for being sensible.

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3 years

@sajidjavid How about ensuring that the clinically extremely vulnerable are protected . Face coverings must be mandatory not optional unless exempt under current rules that you are doing away with on 19th. How can CEV avoid unvaccinated people? There is no support for them to shield.

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@benn_elisbenn

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@DrEilidhMaria @RCPhysicians Most ANP will have a degree in Nursing, Most will have a Masters degree, & some a PHD as well as many more years clinical experience than majority of PAs. As a patient I know who I would rather have dealing with my care. Most ANP know their own limitations, & are Regulated.

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@benn_elisbenn

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@HelenRSalisbury Compared to most other countries we are not unscathed. How many with long covid? How many families lost a loved one. How many had cancer & other life saving treatment delayed resulting in death or reduced life expectancy.

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@benn_elisbenn

6 months

@RachelCurtis82 @JeremyVineOn5 He is obviously certain nothing will happen to him. Life can change in an instant.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@LiluWheeler @saj_anderson @KatiePennick If this happened to a new wheelchair user they probably would never catch a bus again. The bus will have cameras so it should all be captured.

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@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@oldak @danielgoyal That culture has to stop. Covid is more contagious than colds or flu.

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@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@flickhwilliams @Tesco No thought of how a wheelchair user can use ! Against Equality Act which requires businesses & service providers whether shop, cafe, council to anticipate the needs of disabled people. They haven’t. I do need help but this would still be unuseable, how do we pay? Court?

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@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@ben_urmston @fen_ken @DoctorChrisVT @themonkeycage GPs specialise in being GPs, exams to sit, their knowledge is wide and varied, see & diagnosis many conditions that their hospital consultants wouldn’t have a clue about. Primary Care is a specialty as much as hospital consultants

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@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@lucy_khall Pavement parking needs banning UK wide not just London. However dock less hire bikes & e scooters do too. Too many dumped blocking pavements. As a wheelchair user I can’t get about, along with those. With push chairs & blind people. Pedestrians should be able to sue pavements.

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

3 years

@doctor_oxford @sajidjavid He now appears to be putting out via The Times, NHS has 6000 spare beds for Covid patients. It doesn’t mention the staff needed to care for them or where these 6000 beds are!

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

6 months

@UKHSA Hope they include not sending children with viral infections to school so they spread it to other children, teachers, & their extended families including to immunocompromised people.

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

7 months

@shinybluedress @RespectYourself Not everyone has someone to do it for them, They should not have to give personal information to others to get an appointment or even book in with Touch Screens. The NHS is currently increasing inequality.

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

2 years

@WhistleblowingT Encourages staff to come in ill including highly infectious covid, flu, RSV, etc putting immunosuppressed people at risk. Discriminates against those with longterm conditions or disabilities. They have made no reasonable adjustment under the Equality Act for latter groups

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@TrainDriverIan1 Removing ticket offices creates a barrier to many older & disabled passengers. My fingers won’t work ticket machines.

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

3 years

@sianushka In The Times yesterday a QC wrote a letter suggesting Rape trials would be fairer if only tried by one Judge, no jury, that tried quicker & more would get convicted. Not convinced with these sentences for killing a woman, Huge bias if only one Judge.

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

1 year

@WheelieGoodLife fed up of being treated as a different Specie, 2x told I didn’t need table when luggage placed there, Needed to work, eat, drink. Developed a thick skin & 0 tolerance. We need same freedom to reach a loo, & get off trains. Luggage falling on us damages our chairs & us. 2/2

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Elisabeth Benn

@benn_elisbenn

3 years

@HelenRSalisbury @sajidjavid Thank you Helen for your hard work. It must be difficult when you get Gov pretending the system is coping. Errors & accidents are being made in hospitals due to ward under staffing & over worked staff who try to cope. I know who I blame for extra morbidity & mortality.

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