Sarah Holmes
@CalmHolmes
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MBE. Rtd Nightingale Nurse. 30 years overseas with FCDO. Living with advanced breast cancer. Loving life
Poole, England
Joined February 2012
“I feel a bit more hope” #Gaza
Some thoughts from the airport as I wrap up two intense weeks in the Middle East.
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The number of health workers killed in conflict has risen fivefold in less than a decade. @theRCN and @TheBMA urge the UK to back ICC prosecutions for these war crimes. We need to protect our health workers. 🔗 https://t.co/wpo3xE5whO
#HealthWorkers #GlobalHealth #HumanRights
theguardian.com
Calls come as report shows number of health workers killed in conflicts has risen five-fold in less than a decade
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Driving on the road from Gaza City to Khan Younis yesterday.
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Places that people like is part of their function. Ornament & detail matter
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There are many fantastic care homes, but sadly many that are way below acceptable standards. Political parties on all sides need to step up & realise they need to provide a long term solution for #SocialCare not just the NHS. We also must ensure the legal right to a
bbc.co.uk
Catriona MacPhee worked in a Highland care home for seven weeks as part of BBC Disclosure investigation.
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Thank you @wessexwater for a fascinating “around the bend” tour at Ringwood Water Recycling Plant. Dan & Chris were so helpful and informative and both clearly love working there
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I received a late evening email from a company I was considering doing business with. In my reply I commented sympathetically to the named person that they were working late. It was only afterwards that I noticed “AI Assistant” after the name
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What is happening in Gaza is indefensible. It is inhumane. It is utterly unjustifiable. And it must end now. Deputy Prime Minister @DavidLammy’s address to the 80th UN General Assembly.
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Do you have a nearby “happy place” that always makes you feel relaxed? Mine is Compton Acres Gardens. Where is yours?
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Now more than ever.
“Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life’s supreme complications.” T.S. Eliot, born 26th September 1888
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During our successfully conducted visit today to Dr. Husam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, who was arrested in December 2024 and remains incarcerated in Israel, a serious and alarming picture emerged. Since his arrest, Dr. Abu Safiya has lost approximately 25
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Palliative care is not about the end of life. It is about the value of life itself. Together with governments, communities, and health workers, @WHO supports countries to integrate palliative care into primary health care, expand training and ensure access to pain relief and
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This is what a REAL scientific breakthough looks like Not that Tylenol stuff
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MEDICINE: 30 minutes of exercise can increase the proportion of tumor-killing white blood cells in the bloodstream of breast cancer patient, according to researchers at Finland's University of Turku.
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Dangerous and irresponsible. This man is a snake oil salesman and it’s time people stopped buying.
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..." Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
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Today’s attack on a Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) primary health care center in #Gaza City turned it into rubble. Two health workers were reportedly injured. It was among Gaza City's few functioning facilities, providing blood donation and testing services, trauma
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12 years after the Westgate Mall attack, we stand to remember the lives lost, honour the heroes, and celebrate Kenya’s unbreakable spirit. Video by @SelfaKwayera. #SDEngagements
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Remembering all the victims of the Westgate terror attack in Nairobi 12 years ago. My first shopping trip having arrived to live there a few days previously. So lucky to have escaped.
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@MSF I warmly welcome Dr Javid Abdelmoneim, who will begin his mandate with fresh perspective and unwavering commitment to our shared mission. As I step away, I carry with me a profound belief that MSF’s greatest strength lies in its people. Thank you all for allowing me to serve.
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