Sarah Walpole (she/her)
@sarahcwalpole
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Infectious Diseases Doc #NHS Assoc. Lecturer @UniOfNewcastle National Med Director Clinical Fellow at NICE 2021-22 Sustainable healthcare, Global health
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Joined October 2015
We can't stop deforestation without the experts: Indigenous people. 💚 At #COP30, the UK govt has a chance to champion their rights, funding and legal protection. Tell the UK climate minister: back the forest defenders. Sign our open letter.
friendsoftheearth.uk
Getting action from government on climate and nature is often reliant on public demand. Add your voice to one of our petitions and help protect people and planet.
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Please help spread the word about the National Emergency Briefing on the climate & nature crisis to politicians, influential people, and the public. Only when we confront this head-on can we rise to the challenge. https://t.co/WQa65gXQBn
nebriefing.org
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westmins...
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KONPNE meets with Joe Morris MP (Hexham). We put to him HUGE concerns regarding the ongoing PRIVATISATION of the NHS under this Labour Government. CLICK https://t.co/bHRL7Xsu0F & scroll down to 18th September @JoeMorrisMP @NlandLabour @hexhamtv @hexhamcourant @keepnhspublic
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BREAKING 🚨: We've just dropped a massive banner off Westminster Bridge to demand the UK Government #StopRosebank
@Keir_Starmer make the right choice 👀
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NEW: 3 in 5 Brits would support sanctions on Israel, to exert pressure on it to stop its attacks on Gaza 65% would support a COMPLETE arms sales ban to Israel. And 60% would support an end to the trade deal between the UK and Israel. https://t.co/HrARZHe1vp
mirror.co.uk
Polling by campaign group Global Justice Now found 65% if voters support an arm sales ban until attacks on Gaza end, with just 11% opposing the move
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Health leaders across @UKHealthClimate have called on Sec of State for Health and Social Care @wesstreeting @DHSCgovuk to oppose #Rosebank and #Jackdaw oilfields due to the risks they pose to human health @Richard56 @RCPhysicians @RCObsGyn @DentalHospsUK
https://t.co/3shZE8gWYZ
ukhealthalliance.org
In a letter to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, health leaders representing UKHACC membership organisations stress the risks new oil and gas fields pose to human health.
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No-one risks their life in the Channel in a flimsy boat unless they have no choice. Labour’s cruel move to block refugees from citizenship — bypassing Parliament — shows a dangerous rightward shift, ditching human rights & international law. It must be reversed.
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PETITION 🚨 We are asking for a lift to the USAID freeze, or at least, an exemption for humanitarian aid. Many of our aid operations have been forced to shut down, leaving thousands of our patients at grave risk. We are fighting to reverse this & continue critical aid efforts.
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Absolutely disgraceful In the decade after privatisation Thames Water SOLD OR CLOSED at least 45 sewage treatment works Today *at least half* of its sewage plants lack the pipes and tanks to process enough waste water PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW @gillplimmer1
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Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats *when there are no legal routes* for most of them to use takes cynicism to new heights. And such performative cruelty won’t see off Reform - it’s more likely to strengthen them
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A US-UK trade deal threatens our food standards, our NHS, and our ability to control Big Tech. Join the campaign to say no trade deal with Trump:
act.globaljustice.org.uk
The British and American governments have announced the beginnings of a trade deal - but most of the details are still to be agreed. We know that Donald Trump is pushing for a deeper deal which puts
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Last year, @Morrisons made £3.9bn profit. Now they are threatening to cut 400 jobs at their Rathbones bakery site in Wakefield. @BFAWUOfficial members are calling on CEO Rami Baitiéh to stop the cuts. #Morrisons #Cuts #FireandRehire
https://t.co/g5mM4gV2Ja
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Medact North East held a demo in Newcastle city centre today to stop the Redcar 'Mega Incinerator', which would be incompatible with climate and health justice. They handed in an open letter signed by 180 local health workers demanding Newcastle council stops the project!
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Wow. Lord Darzi report is crystal clear - *austerity and privatisation* led to the "awful state" of our NHS New government should REINSTATE the NHS as a fully public service and FUND it properly (£40 billion more a year to match other European countries) https://t.co/ry8nrcrJRw
theguardian.com
Detailed analysis warns Keir Starmer it will take longer than five years to get waiting times back on track
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Private waste companies are profiting from polluting our air and accelerating the climate crisis. Health workers across the North East say no to the new 'mega' incinerator planned for Teesside. Sign and share the open letter today! https://t.co/QcIw2V3CFs
medact.org
An open letter to Newcastle City Council from health workers in the North East of England opposing the proposed Redcar waste incinerator. Sign your name!
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Lots of fun running the Great North Run today! (We are modern day pirates raising for St Oswald's hospice, in case not obvious)
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‼️ Remember when we said it wouldn’t end with Dr Sarah Benn? Next week Dr Diana Warner faces @gmcuk proceedings after peacefully protesting to whistleblow the existential threats of the climate crisis. Will she be suspended like Dr Benn? 🧵 /👇 @mancunianmedic @amateuradam
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