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Kat Lay

@katlay

9 months

Some personal news: Tomorrow will be my last day at The Times, after 11½ years working with some amazing colleagues. I'm moving to The Guardian to be Global Health Correspondent later this month. Stories, tips and ideas on my new beat welcome!

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@katlay

4 years

Excited to have been made Health Editor at @TheTimes . Do get in touch to let me know about stories we should be covering, Covid-19 or otherwise. My DMs are open and I’m happy to chat on or off the record.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Really chuffed that my story about the sexual harassment faced by female surgeons won 'News Story of the Year' from the Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk Do get in touch with me at @TheTimes if there are any issues we should be shedding light on

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Are you someone (or do you know someone) who recently left the NHS for better pay/conditions elsewhere - even outside healthcare? I'm looking for a case study today. Do please get in touch if you'd be willing to share your story. #journorequest

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

Amazon left a parcel under the doormat...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

4 years

Really encouraging news - the first proven treatment for covid patients outside of hospital

Asthma drug Budesonide speeds up Covid recovery times

A widely-used asthma drug is the first treatment to be proven to speed up the recovery of Covid patients who stay at home.Budesonide, which is taken through an inhaler, was found to cut the time it...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Thank you to the female surgeons who spoke to me and @TheTimes about sexual harassment and assault going unpunished in Britain's operating theatres (1/2)

MeToo moment for NHS as female surgeons speak out

As Philippa Jackson, a surgeon, prepared with colleagues for an emergency operation, one helped tie her theatre gown. He leaned in and told her that consenting to him tying her gown meant she...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

@SLSingh @Luisa_Zu @d_spiegel Hi - we ran a correction in this morning's paper.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

9 years

Knew the language in Sir David Dalton's letter explaining junior docs talks collapse reminded me of something...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

We're looking for an A&E doctor (or nurse) to write a diary about the reality on the ground for The Times. Tight deadline I'm afraid (would need something this afternoon) but can be anonymous. Please DM me if interested.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Brain cancer that affects 3,200 patients a year ‘could be cured with trials’

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

Excellent anecdote from @HelenRumbelow in today's Times. http://t.co/RiGBvWqAmg http://t.co/hos1VN1ag4

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 months

Two million children need speech and language therapy

The unprecedented jump in demand for NHS services has been blamed on the pandemic, but also on the increasing use of tablets and television for entertainment

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 months

Rich countries' recruitment drives for nurses from poorer nations amount to a "new form of colonialism", nursing leaders have warned

Recruitment of nurses from global south branded ‘new form of colonialism’

African nurse leaders say they face severe shortages despite rules intended to stop wealthy countries poaching staff

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Kat Lay

@katlay

9 years

Junior docs being "forced" toward strike by "disingenuous" Jeremy Hunt, says their leader, http://t.co/PB3TJPA2EJ http://t.co/skOSIDfiML

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

One in ten visits to A&E is repeated within a week, with fears overstretched departments are struggling to provide appropriate care - w/ @GWJournalism @annalom87

Alarm in A&E as 10% of patients return within a week

A father whose “red-flag” cancer symptoms were missed on four separate A&E visits has just months to live, as figures reveal almost one in ten trips to casualt

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

And huge, huge thanks to campaigners @beckybeckyfish and @OrthopodReg for their work on this important issue, and the brave women who have chosen to share their experiences.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

4 years

There's been a huge increase in people dying at home over the past few months. I've started to look at what those deaths looked like:

Coronavirus: ‘Harrowing’ increase in end-of-life cases at home

Almost 8,000 more people than usual have died at home since the start of May, amid warnings that patients are too scared to go to hospital and struggling to get the support they need.Between May 2...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

The Times Christmas Appeal is supporting the Alzheimer's Society this year. I spoke to @Minghowriter about the challenges of being a carer to someone with dementia.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

I really enjoyed judging the health category for @MHPC and @mischiefPR 's #30ToWatch young journalist awards. Some absolutely fantastic reporting going on out there! Winners 👇

MHP Group

@MHPGroup_

3 years

This year's MHP + @mischiefpr #30ToWatch Young Journalist Award winners in the Health category are: @AnnaSophieGross @MattyEdwards23 @samueljlovett . See the full list of all 30 winners at:

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

This is a really compelling look at what it's like to be working in A&E at the moment from @TimesLucy :

12 hours in A&E: Blood, sweat and tears in the NHS crisis

Staff at the Royal London are proud of their work but don’t know how long they can continue as waiting times grow and patients suffer, Lucy Bannerman writes

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

I went to visit Sajid Javid's favourite hospital. Here's what they're doing:

Robots deliver cutting-edge care at Sajid Javid’s favourite hospital

Joe Harrison is very familiar with the struggle usually involved in making and rearranging NHS appointments. His family has needed regular care in London hospit

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Kat Lay

@katlay

1 year

My legs ache today... I report on the return of 90s exercise classic step aerobics here:

Nineties nostalgia puts step aerobics back in fashion

Long abandoned by trendy city centre gyms, step aerobics has clung on in dusty church halls and leisure centres.But not long since high street fashion returned

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

The BMA has dropped its opposition to assisted dying - moving to a neutral position - in a very narrow vote at its annual meeting: 49% supported the change, 48% against.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

The @RCGP have just voted to back decriminalisation of abortion, following a consultation that found 62% of their members supported the move.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

How are you finding access to your GP surgery at the moment? If you'd like to share your story with The Times, please let us know here: #journorequest

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

@Luisa_Zu @SLSingh @d_spiegel Hi. Sorry for delay. I didn't write that (or any) headline but have passed on concerns. For future ref, email is feedback @thetimes .co.uk

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Have you experienced or witnessed inappropriate sexual behaviour within the NHS? Please get in touch in confidence (on the record or anonymously) via DM below, on kat.lay @thetimes .co.uk or DM me for Whatsapp/Signal/Telegram details

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Kat Lay

@katlay

5 years

Health at The Times in very capable hands while I'm off on maternity leave 👇

Rosie Taylor

@taylor_rosie

5 years

(Slightly belated) work news: For the next few months, I'll mainly be wearing my health hat at @thetimes , sharing the load with the wonderful @byFionaMacRae . Please send us your quality and quirky health news stories!

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

I don't think the WHO understand how Wordle works.

World Health Organization (WHO)

@WHO

3 years

Omicron doesn’t discriminate – we are all at risk of #COVID19 . Protect yourself, others & your community by: Getting vaccinated Keeping a safe distance & avoiding crowds Wearing a well-fitted mask Keeping indoor spaces ventilated Cleaning hands Covering coughs & sneezes

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Good to see this already being raised at senior levels.

Sajid Javid

@sajidjavid

3 years

Deeply concerned to read this. Something is going very wrong for so many, often senior, doctors to reportedly abuse their colleagues in this way. I have raised it with the NHS leadership team this morning.

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@katlay

1 year

‘Jail-like horror’ for thousands of people with autism or learning disabilities

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

Love the woman JUST TRYING TO GET ALONG THE SODDING PLATFORM "RT @emilypillinger Hoplites invading Holborn!" http://t.co/YrFkELS76l

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Come and work with me!

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Delighted to have joined the double-jabbed this morning and receive not only a sticker but also this snazzy bracelet. Who needs festival wristbands?

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

A hidden disorder affects two children in every classroom #DLD123

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

Asbestos-related cancers are increasingly being reported among low-exposure professions such as doctors

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

Merry Christmas everyone - we've found the annual crap winter wonderland:

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

Has the news got stuck on a loop? Anyone tried banging the side to restart it?

BBC Breaking News

@BBCBreaking

8 years

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he will stand down as head of the party

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Kat Lay

@katlay

1 year

In January, ministers promised 5,000 extra NHS beds ahead of winter. But @RCollEM analysis shows bed numbers are down almost 3,000 since then.

NHS hospital beds down by 3,000 despite government’s winter pledge

The number of hospital beds in England has fallen by almost 3,000 since ministers promised 5,000 before winter, prompting warnings that patients are being “war

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

Back on the health beat from maternity leave tomorrow. All calm and quiet on the NHS front, I assume...?

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

Millions of people in England have no local dentist willing to take on NHS patients

Millions denied an NHS dentist

Millions of Britons have no local dentist willing to take on new NHS patients, a Times investigation has found.In 24 local authorities in England, every dentist

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

Unethical cancer screening trial has to stop, say experts http://t.co/RoYCkPAekb http://t.co/Be71vELLOp

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Kat Lay

@katlay

4 years

Loved judging this category - so much good, informative work being done on the health beat at the moment.

MHP Group

@MHPGroup_

4 years

This year's MHP + @mischiefpr #30ToWatch Young Journalist Award winners in the Health category are: @eleanorhayward @Rebeccasmt @cbwickware . See the full list of all 30 winners at:

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Strong letter from UCL to Daily Mail ed Paul Dacre on diary comments about race and gender of scientists on Newsnight http://t.co/DXcX9oT1Cx

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

Online pharmacy @pilltimeuk sends pills out in individual doses to help patients make sure they take them correctly

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

A "sausage historian" who thinks pigs are "becoming extinct" is writing about his sausagey adventures around Britain http://t.co/2t2V2pvZeQ

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 months

Injured children in Gaza are "underplaying" their pain - a new manual aims to help people treating them and other young conflict victims

Children in Gaza underplaying their pain due to extent of trauma around them, say doctors

Observation was made by medics contributing a new pain management manual for treating children in conflict zones

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

Pauline Cafferkey, the British nurse with ebola, showing signs of improvement and no longer critically ill. http://t.co/CMNLtKnWZS

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Robin Cook's gravestone inscription seems apt tonight. (h/t @AndrewSparrow ) http://t.co/ZhWP715Jom

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Kat Lay

@katlay

5 years

A new pair of capable hands looking after health at The Times for a bit 👇

Kaya Burgess

@kayaburgess

5 years

Some work news: For the next few months I'll be filling in as maternity cover for our Health Correspondent @KatLay (aka my wife), helping to look after the health patch for @TheTimes . I'll have a healthy appetite for stories (see what I did there?) so please do get in touch.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

From teachers to Time Lords: Harris Tweed orders are up 25% http://t.co/JiYO0mkkJH

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

William, Kate and baby were all just driven away from Kensington Palace. #royalbaby

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Kat Lay

@katlay

1 year

Obesity will overtake smoking as biggest cause of cancer among women under 60 within the decade

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

I hear this slogan (in favour of a new Gatwick runway) just narrowly won over 'Gatwick, duh!' http://t.co/P2mHSWziTz

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Kat Lay

@katlay

1 year

One in five junior doctors is now part time - a real shift for NHS managers to deal with.

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News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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@katlay

1 year

Thousands ‘will be betrayed’ if mental health reforms ditched

The Times & The Sunday Times

News and opinion from The Times & The Sunday Times

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

Patients seeing different GPs in the same street, or even the same building, get different NHS care

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

You would expect around 3,600 of those women to have been diagnosed with breast cancer after screening.

Chris Smyth

@Smyth_Chris

6 years

Almost half a million women were not invited for breast screening over a decade because of IT failures, Jeremy Hunt expected to say later today. Huge failure for NHS and big questions about why it wasn't picked up

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@katlay

6 years

Shocking findings from the Gosport Independent Panel. Also finds that families of those who died have been failed repeatedly by authorities.

Hugh Pym

@BBCHughPym

6 years

Gosport War Memorial Hospital panel finding: “the lives of over 450 people were shortened as a direct result of the pattern of prescribing and administering opioids....and that probably at least another 200 patients were similarly affected”

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Dad of Hannah Smith, who killed herself after months of ask.fm bullying, says David Cameron is ignoring the problem http://t.co/4XtMzSIpo7

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

News you can use: eat nuts for the sake of your nuts.

Eating nuts ‘makes men more fertile’, say Spanish scientists

Eating two handfuls of nuts a day could boost men’s chances of becoming fathers, new research suggests.Adding a medley of almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts to men’s diets improved sperm count, vitality,...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 months

Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals - interesting research by MSF covered by @sarahboseley

Cost of developing new drugs may be far lower than industry claims, trial reveals

Exclusive: MSF calls for transparency after its bill for a trial of TB treatment came to a fraction of the billions claimed by pharmaceutical companies

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

Almost 250,000 falls in hospital - including around 250 deaths - cost the NHS £630m, new report finds

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Delighted to be a judge for the @MHPC #30ToWatch Journalism Awards, which recognise the best young journalistic talent across the industry. Entries are free and any journalist aged 30 and under can enter. Entries close at midnight this Friday 31st March:

30 To Watch 2023 | MHP Group

Entries are open for the 30 To Watch Journalism awards. Back for their 13th year, the awards celebrate the most talented and influential young journalists in Britain.

www.mhpgroup.com

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

Went to see this last night - highly recommend going along. Moving, funny, brilliant performance from @irresponsabelle .

Isabelle Farah

@irresponsabelle

3 years

I have my show on at @sohotheatre until tomorrow! If you're a big @thegriefcast listener I think you'd love it! It's about grief, authenticity, and punchlines.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

John Wildey, 77, who landed aircraft in pitch black after his pilot friend collapsed, had never flown a plane before: http://t.co/KhdZbP3Sei

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@katlay

10 months

Dentists are carrying out 20% less NHS treatment than they are contracted to

Dentists failing to hit their targets as gaps in NHS care grow

Fears that budgets could be raided to plug holes in other areas of health service

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Kat Lay

@katlay

4 years

Fab explainer from @rhysblakely @RosaEllis @Cappaert1410 on what will need to happen to get a Covid-19 vaccine out at scale.

Sam Joiner

@samjoiner

4 years

Finding a Covid-19 vaccine is just the beginning. Licensing, manufacturing, distribution — these are complex steps which usually take years. Could the UK deliver 66 million doses in record time? We spoke to experts across the country to find out 👇

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

Damn, he's seen through my cunning plot...

Grant Tucker

@GrantTucker

8 years

Yesterday @KatLay gave me two ibuprofen. Today she wrote an article titled: Ibuprofen ‘raises cardiac arrest risk by 31 per cent’.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

@andrewellson Aww, shucks. (Cheque's in the post.)

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Kat Lay

@katlay

7 years

A (very) brief lapse into almost poetry in an NHS England report...

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Ask.fm's founders have offered to identify anonymous bullies to police following Hannah Smith's suicide: http://t.co/Oo8pWk59g2

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

I'd like to speak to relatively new NHS consultants who have received large pension tax bills and are considering cutting their hours as a result. If you'd consider sharing the details with me, please email kat.lay @thetimes .co.uk - thank you. #journorequest

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

The Times grad trainee scheme is recruiting a lot earlier this year - make sure you don't miss it: http://t.co/NVBu7jGSlz

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@katlay

4 years

@jessbrammar Worth checking if your local council offers vouchers to cover a trial pack - lots in London do.

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@katlay

1 year

Junior doctors and consultants join forces in strike escalation

Junior doctor strikes: joining forces with consultants to escalate strikes poses ‘danger to...

Junior doctors and consultants will walk off wards together for the first time in a significant escalation of strike action.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Maria Caulfield, the minister for women, has drawn fire for her stance on abortion. Today we report she will be the health minister with specific responsibility for the services.

Abortion role given to minister who opposed NI legalisation

A minister who opposed legalising abortion in Northern Ireland and claimed protesters outside clinics may simply want to “comfort” women has been handed respo

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

@davidbyers26 Always happy to help.

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@katlay

6 years

I'm keen to talk to a parent about how they helped their preschool child with mental health problems. Anyone around for a chat this afternoon? #journorequest #casestudy pls RT

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Kat Lay

@katlay

8 years

So cool - paralysed man can feed himself again after scientists wire brain to arm, bypassing his damaged spine

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@katlay

10 years

Pretty sure Sue just gave them 15mins in French and 20 in German on the Bake Off #GBBO

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Children should read, not rely on someone else's "second hand imagination" via films, award-winning author says: http://t.co/45P5bGfGR4

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Kat Lay

@katlay

9 years

The NHS agency that is spending thousands on private health insurance for its staff:

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

Thanks, everyone who RTed - now sorted on this front. But if you're interested in future requests of this nature, hopefully with more notice, please get in touch.

Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

We're looking for an A&E doctor (or nurse) to write a diary about the reality on the ground for The Times. Tight deadline I'm afraid (would need something this afternoon) but can be anonymous. Please DM me if interested.

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@katlay

7 years

The NHS' reliance on paper records - particularly sending vital info by post - is causing deaths, coroners have warned

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@katlay

10 months

People struggling to speak after a stroke can make progress even years later with intensive therapy. Read about the groundbreaking programme that shows the benefits here 👇

Speech ‘boot camp’ gives voices back to stroke patients

A programme of intensive therapy helps people with aphasia recover lost language skills

www.thetimes.com

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Passenger who landed a plane at Humberside airport is 77-year-old great-grandfather, John Wildey. Said he was "just following instructions".

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Kat Lay

@katlay

9 months

Creating a healthier nation needs action beyond the NHS, the head of NHS England has said

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Kat Lay

@katlay

6 years

THIS.

Kaya Burgess

@kayaburgess

6 years

Women left out of pocket | The data that proves the pockets on women's trousers are too small to fit ANYTHING of any use

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Kat Lay

@katlay

5 years

@ProfJuneG Felt sorry for the staff - clearly a bit shaken.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

3 years

@rozeggo @Roxytonin I’m so sorry, this was an error introduced in the editing process and shouldn’t have happened. I will pass this on.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

Health staff washing clothes at home risk carrying bacteria back to hospital http://t.co/VKCZ3vff87

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

. @thetimes win the #cyclingmediaawards for coverage by a newspaper ( @kayaburgess collects) http://t.co/yyX2l9YjDr

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

You could be treated with personalised drugs made at your bedside within 10yrs - amazing research at Strathclyde Uni: http://t.co/BIHEDzqzAX

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Kat Lay

@katlay

5 years

Popped to Superdrug (for non-coronavirus reasons) this morning. Genuinely angry crowd outside effing and blinding at staff because there was no delivery of hand sanitiser - shelves cleared of liquid soap too.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

11 years

Second earthquake in two days in Rutland. Must be the apocalypse.

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Kat Lay

@katlay

2 years

@PeteDeveson @jtjbooth Thanks for flagging, will pass on to relevant team.

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@katlay

1 year

Doctors are threatening to continue strikes throughout the rest of this parliament as almost all non-emergency hospital care is halted by “unprecedented” industrial action this week.

Doctors blame Rishi Sunak’s ego for striking until government ends

Doctors are threatening to continue strikes throughout the rest of this parliament as almost all non-emergency hospital care is halted by “unprecedented” industrial action this week

www.thetimes.com

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Kat Lay

@katlay

10 years

The #SaatchiBill row continues (via @White_Suz ) "Attacking critics is no way 2 fix the Saatchi bill" in Guardian http://t.co/WxpdDFjcFV

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