Sorrel Kinton
@sorrelkinton.bsky.social
Researcher, comms, policy. Special interests in science, health and disability.
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We all deserve better.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We all deserve better.
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Mum needed one doctor to sit down with her for an hour a couple of times a year & work through her symptoms & find solutions. She got ten minute telehealth appointments with locums who hadn’t read her notes, referrals to specialists a two hour drive away when she was in too much pain to travel 4/
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Mum needed one doctor to sit down with her for an hour a couple of times a year & work through her symptoms & find solutions. She got ten minute telehealth appointments with locums who hadn’t read her notes, referrals to specialists a two hour drive away when she was in too much pain to travel 4/
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needs. I support the right of people to choose when to end their life in the face of extreme pain - but I do not believe that is a truly free choice in a system that fails so many patients - especially those with chronic conditions and disabilities - so consistently. 3/
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
needs. I support the right of people to choose when to end their life in the face of extreme pain - but I do not believe that is a truly free choice in a system that fails so many patients - especially those with chronic conditions and disabilities - so consistently. 3/
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I stand by the article - for the last ten years I watched her be funnelled towards suicide because she couldn’t access appropriate care for her many conditions. She needed consistent, compassionate, joined up care. What she got were fragments, delays, brush-offs & refusals to meet her access 2/
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I stand by the article - for the last ten years I watched her be funnelled towards suicide because she couldn’t access appropriate care for her many conditions. She needed consistent, compassionate, joined up care. What she got were fragments, delays, brush-offs & refusals to meet her access 2/
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I wrote this the week before my mum took her own life after decades of chronic illness and pain. I wish more than anything that she had access to a safe, compassionate option. The method she chose was not immediately fatal and we had many painful days in the hospital waiting for a natural death. 1/
Can assisted dying be a free choice in a society that dehumanises disabled people? | Sorrel Kinton
Fears that assisted dying legislation could lead to pressure on disabled people aren't just a 'slippery slope', given the current lack of social safety net.
Fears that assisted dying legislation could lead to pressure on disabled people aren't just a 'slippery slope', given the current lack of social safety net.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I wrote this the week before my mum took her own life after decades of chronic illness and pain. I wish more than anything that she had access to a safe, compassionate option. The method she chose was not immediately fatal and we had many painful days in the hospital waiting for a natural death. 1/
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DWP claims that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures of many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the Access to Work disability employment prog. Campaigners say this is “a major warning sign” & “deepens their concern that something is being hidden”.
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DWP failure to provide up-to-date figures on Access to Work cuts is ‘major warning sign’, say campaigners
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has claimed that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures that would show just how many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the A…
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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
DWP claims that “an issue” with data is preventing it releasing figures of many disabled people have been affected by cuts to the Access to Work disability employment prog. Campaigners say this is “a major warning sign” & “deepens their concern that something is being hidden”.
tinyurl.com/38z7mrck
tinyurl.com/38z7mrck
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What would you ask?
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
What would you ask?
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Bleak latest manifestation of underlying truth that the Cabinet divided between people who understood the Budget and people who didn't.
Exclusive: Cabinet At War Over Claims Rachel Reeves Misled Them Before The Budget
Recollections may vary.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Bleak latest manifestation of underlying truth that the Cabinet divided between people who understood the Budget and people who didn't.
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They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
November 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
They're small. Muddy knees. Higher voices than adults. Easy.
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"The PM wanted today to talk about... benefits reform and the UK's relationship with the EU and about regulation, which were interesting in and of themselves, but all of the questions were about the pre-budget process."
A neat summary by Mason - but he led that questioning. ~AA #PoliticsLive
A neat summary by Mason - but he led that questioning. ~AA #PoliticsLive
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"The PM wanted today to talk about... benefits reform and the UK's relationship with the EU and about regulation, which were interesting in and of themselves, but all of the questions were about the pre-budget process."
A neat summary by Mason - but he led that questioning. ~AA #PoliticsLive
A neat summary by Mason - but he led that questioning. ~AA #PoliticsLive
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99% of healthcare assistants backing strike action at St Helier insidecroydon.com/2025/12/01/9... #Sutton #Epsom #Tooting @tootingnewsie.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
99% of healthcare assistants backing strike action at St Helier
Workers’ union begins strike ballot after two NHS hospital trusts offer ‘the worst back-pay deal’ in London More than 600 healthcare assistants at St Helier Hospital and across th…
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December 1, 2025 at 11:39 AM
99% of healthcare assistants backing strike action at St Helier insidecroydon.com/2025/12/01/9... #Sutton #Epsom #Tooting @tootingnewsie.bsky.social @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
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We all want better GP access & provision. Patients, GPs & Government
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We all want better GP access & provision. Patients, GPs & Government
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
‘Your GP, here for you’ discussion document & campaign could be part of the answer to get a better patient focused GP contract
Read it here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Why not join with a video ‘My GP, here for me’
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to David Harper on @lbcnews.bsky.social about the need for our Primary Care conference last weekend.
"Over the last 20yrs the percentage of the NHS budget given to primary care has fallen to 8% and the average number of patients is now 2,200 per GP."
"Over the last 20yrs the percentage of the NHS budget given to primary care has fallen to 8% and the average number of patients is now 2,200 per GP."
December 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social spoke to David Harper on @lbcnews.bsky.social about the need for our Primary Care conference last weekend.
"Over the last 20yrs the percentage of the NHS budget given to primary care has fallen to 8% and the average number of patients is now 2,200 per GP."
"Over the last 20yrs the percentage of the NHS budget given to primary care has fallen to 8% and the average number of patients is now 2,200 per GP."
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Bob, it's called a pantomime, happens every year for at least 2 centuries
"Richmond Theatre has been criticised for running a 'perverted' Christmas drag show for children."
"Richmond Theatre has been criticised for running a 'perverted' Christmas drag show for children."
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Bob, it's called a pantomime, happens every year for at least 2 centuries
"Richmond Theatre has been criticised for running a 'perverted' Christmas drag show for children."
"Richmond Theatre has been criticised for running a 'perverted' Christmas drag show for children."
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Christmas lights in Zürich 📷
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Christmas lights in Zürich 📷
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Know your status - do an HIV test for World AIDS Day, but also do a full STI panel. You might be monogamous, but you don’t actually know if your partner is too and lots of people are walking around with oral gonorrhea and chlamydia because they use condoms for PIV/PIA but nothing else
December 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Know your status - do an HIV test for World AIDS Day, but also do a full STI panel. You might be monogamous, but you don’t actually know if your partner is too and lots of people are walking around with oral gonorrhea and chlamydia because they use condoms for PIV/PIA but nothing else
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Left: Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she doesn't want children to suffer because of the two child benefit cap, that's why she cancelled it
Right: Last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves kept the two child benefit cap, and Labour suspended 7 MPs who voted to scrap it
Right: Last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves kept the two child benefit cap, and Labour suspended 7 MPs who voted to scrap it
November 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Left: Chancellor Rachel Reeves says she doesn't want children to suffer because of the two child benefit cap, that's why she cancelled it
Right: Last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves kept the two child benefit cap, and Labour suspended 7 MPs who voted to scrap it
Right: Last year Chancellor Rachel Reeves kept the two child benefit cap, and Labour suspended 7 MPs who voted to scrap it
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Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social kicks off our Campaigning for Primary Care conference in London today. "My dad was a GP...govt has been really bad at putting the NHS and NHS staff first."
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Our co-chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social kicks off our Campaigning for Primary Care conference in London today. "My dad was a GP...govt has been really bad at putting the NHS and NHS staff first."
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The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
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Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
November 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Left: Rachel Reeves, "I don't like that sort of stuff, I don't do it. I try and concentrate on policies rather than personalities"
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
Right: Rachel Reeves mocks Zack Polanski
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"We've lost around 850 GPs over the last ten years."
Oxford GP, writer and campaigner @helensalisbury.bsky.social addresses our Primary Care conference in London today.
Oxford GP, writer and campaigner @helensalisbury.bsky.social addresses our Primary Care conference in London today.
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"We've lost around 850 GPs over the last ten years."
Oxford GP, writer and campaigner @helensalisbury.bsky.social addresses our Primary Care conference in London today.
Oxford GP, writer and campaigner @helensalisbury.bsky.social addresses our Primary Care conference in London today.
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Raj, patient advocate from @justtreatment.org addresses our Primary Care conference today in London.
"It's so important that staff and patients work together."
"It's so important that staff and patients work together."
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Raj, patient advocate from @justtreatment.org addresses our Primary Care conference today in London.
"It's so important that staff and patients work together."
"It's so important that staff and patients work together."
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Fab day working with friends, colleagues & health campaigners on how to safeguard primary care for @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
I'm always struck by the passion folks have to give of their free time & energy to the cause.
It's true what Bevan [is supposed to have] said. You all know the quote
I'm always struck by the passion folks have to give of their free time & energy to the cause.
It's true what Bevan [is supposed to have] said. You all know the quote
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fab day working with friends, colleagues & health campaigners on how to safeguard primary care for @keepournhspublic.bsky.social
I'm always struck by the passion folks have to give of their free time & energy to the cause.
It's true what Bevan [is supposed to have] said. You all know the quote
I'm always struck by the passion folks have to give of their free time & energy to the cause.
It's true what Bevan [is supposed to have] said. You all know the quote