
Rebecca Thomas
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Health Correspondent for @Independent health journo for British Journalism Awards 2022 & 24, Press awards 2025 - Got a story? [email protected]
Joined December 2013
It warms my heart to be able to publish this. After a decade of being locked away in hospitals and care homes, Nicholas Thornton, a young man with Autism is finally free. It comes a year after @Independent and @Channel4News told his story.
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As NHS doctors prepare to strike - how much do they earn in the UK? analysis by @HagopianAlicja .
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Doctors announce five-day strike over pay dispute @TheBMA . @NHSProviders Daniel Elkeles, chief executive of NHS Providers, warned that five days of strike action with two weeks’ notice “can only be harmful”.
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RT @JabedAhm: 'Without support, my son would not be here’. A mother warns Labour against scrapping legal protections for children with sp….
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Measles outbreak leaves several children ‘seriously unwell’ as alert issued by NHS @AlderHey .
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Big thank you to all the staff on ward T9 at @uclh for treating and caring for my grandad in such a compassionate way. You made what was a very difficult week for him and the family that much better with your kindness.
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RT @ShaunLintern: My family had a recent experience of hospital care & we saw effect of this type of taskification of care. Pointless delay….
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RT @Davewwest: Sorry but this is WILDLY misleading . *The £2.2bn is meant to come out of current NHS 'deficit support'.*Deprived & coastal….
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RT @jtalora: Palantir session at #ConfedExpo2025 interrupted by several protestors highlighting the company's role in atrocities in Palest….
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RT @HagopianAlicja: Mapped: the cities where anti-ICE protests have erupted across the US. We've tracked 35 cities across 19 states where d….
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