Category: hospital aquired infection
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Lasting Harm: The Impact of Long Covid on Scottish Health and Social Care Workers
A Survey by Scottish Healthcare Workers Coalition, in partnership with Thompsons Solicitors (Correspondence to scothealthcareworkerscoalition[at]gmail[dot]com)Date of publication: 8th April 2024 Executive Summary When Covid-19 emerged in early 2020, Health and Social Care staff were at increasing risk of contracting Covid-19 and of subsequently developing Long Covid or other post-Covid illness. Staff were inadequately protected from…
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Report from our meeting on safe healthcare for all
Following a very informative public meeting #SafeHealthcare4All here are the speakers’ videos & slides. You can access Evonne’s slides as a PDF here and Natalie’s slides here. Here’s what’s happening next & what you can do to help put a stop to harmful ‘healthcare’ – 30th November online action.
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Online Action for Safe Healthcare in Scotland
Please join our online Action for Safe Healthcare in Scotland on Thursday, 30th November, between 12 noon and 2pm! Why? Covid-19 and other airborne viruses are circulating in Scottish health and social care without any meaningful measures to prevent infections. No patients or staff, not even those most vulnerable, such as transplant patients and patients…
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Public meeting: Safe healthcare for all!
Across Scotland, the last mitigations against Covid-19 and other airborne infections have been removed this year from health and social care. This is exposes all staff and patients – even those most vulnerable, such as transplant patients and patients undergoing chemotherapy – to constant risk of an infection. No infections disease kills and disables as…
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SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE CUTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTIONS IN TIME FOR WINTER
Spending cuts to the Health and Social Care budget will reduce expenditure on vaccines, test and protect and PPE for health workers – our last remaining, albeit futile defences against Covid-19
Covid Action Scotland 