Dr Deborah Fenney
@DFenney
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Passionate about health&care inequalities, disability, sustainability, involvement&intersections. Living w/endometriosis. Proudly queer #LwiththeT Views my own
London
Joined April 2009
If you've just started following me, I tweet about:. - supporting &improving the #NHS and #SocialCare.- inequalities in many forms.- #LGBTQ rights.- #disability.- other important things (including cats, knitting, my local community). Lovely to meet you!.
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RT @TheKingsFund: š£ Weāre looking for case studies for our Digital health and care conference on 15 July that showcase how digital innovatiā¦.
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This thread has comments from people who are desperate and suicidal at the news of the latest 'crackdown' on benefits. These kinds of changes are always much more harmful than helpful. It feels like 2010/11 again but worse, because things have already been cut to the bone.
I definitely feel suicidal when thinking about the Labour government taking away my PIP Disability Benefit. It was a huge amount of effort getting it. It's the only money that I don't get from my wife. I often feel as if life isn't worth living under this cruel Labour government.
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Really important evidence being given by @FaziletHadi here - the medical model of disability is extremely influential in health care and it's vital medics have an understanding of the social model too, to support and value disabled people's lives. #AssistedDying.
āI find the NHS one of the organisations and institutions in this country that is least comfortable with disability. I could get better equality, probably, at my railway stationā - Fazilet talks of the culture shift needed in the NHS and safeguarding concerns this raises
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Pleased to share a new blog exploring transš³ļøāā§ļø healthcare by my excellent colleague, Frank.@TheKingsFund . #TransHealth #NHS .
kingsfund.org.uk
Frank Rigby highlights the glaring lack of evidence on trans health care, and calls for more data and patient stories to inform policy decisions.
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RT @BlokeOnWheels: In other words, somebody claiming PIP (or the old DLA, which somehow I'm still personally on) can work full time and havā¦.
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RT @davidjbuck: Great blog for @thekingsfund from @DFenney, the assisted dying debate has helped shine a light on palliative and social carā¦.
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An absolutely fascinating thread. Definitely would hate some of this (community participation in diagnosis?!) but a window in a very different way to run healthcare.
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RT @TheKingsFund: 'The 18-week target is an important hospital milestone, but it is not a milestone for our overall health service,' says @ā¦.
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"We need to ensure peopleās right to live well, too." . My latest blog: . #AssistedDying #SocialCare #PalliativeCare.
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The debate on assisted dying took place recently. But do people have access to the care and support they need to live well too?
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I did a videoš! But I'm so proud of this exhibition. As a researcher w/personal experience of disability & LTCs, I'm passionate about inclusive disability research. I hope that we can do a lot more @TheKingsFund in future. #InternationalDayofDisabledPeople.#DisabilityRights.
Today marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities. @kingsfund_lib have launched 'An ordinary life': an exhibition exploring The King's Fund work on services for disabled people. Explore the exhibition.
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RT @paulapeters2: #AssistUsToLive . Dignity In Dying spent Ā£194,000 on Facebook adds to promote their campaign from August to November.ā¦.
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RT @TheKingsFund: To mark #DisabilityHistoryMonth2024 @kingsfund_lib has launched a new online exhibition that delves into The Kingās Fundāā¦.
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This exhibition to mark Disability History Month 2024 delves into The King's Fund's archives to explore our work with, and for, disabled people over the past 80 years.
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RT @beccajiggens: @PenPep It was depressing AF to have to put together a dossier proving my "economic value" for my family in case I got seā¦.
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RT @DisRightsUK: Today marks the beginning of UK Disability History Monthš„. For us, this is an opportunity to look back on our long strugglā¦.
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Exactly this - we need a lot more focus on the right to live well, not just to die well.
On a day that a bill to legalise assisted dying is released, I'm sat in bed with a body wracked with pain, no idea when I might be getting any treatment & if that treatment will work. Wish there'd been an announcement of a bill to provide pain management that works for all too.
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RT @KatiePennick: i want to borrow the book called ādisabling barriersā from the library but itās on the top shelf and I canāt reach it httā¦.
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RT @BenClaimant: Rachel Reeves said that Labour will honour proposals brought forward by the Tory govt to reform the work capability assessā¦.
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Charities have said they are "devastated" about Rachel Reeves' confirmation that Labour will tighten the work capability assessment.
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