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Sue Crocombe
@shinybluedress.bsky.social
Critical Care (ICU) nurse,
Salisbury. #nursesky

Loves Dorset & Cornwall

Am also on Twitter (X) but am disillusioned by it
Here’s me on Newsnight during COVID
https://youtu.be/hHcTZ8tHKW8

Also a CSAsurvivor https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0390214
Pinned
I’ve just moved over from the dark side (X) to the light side ( #bluesky)
I’m an ICU nurse in the UK
My experience over 2 decades covers many aspects of ICU nursing including burns, plastics, novichok & Covid #nursesky #medsky
Medical Pumpkins 🎃 #happyhalloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Please please please share and comment about this thread of posts below concerning the use of pedal bins in disabled access toilets #disability #disabledaccess #disabledtoilets #ableism
A🧵about Pedal Bins in #disability toilets:

1) Having used said toilets over past 4 weeks I’ve found a major flaw in ALL bar one
Pedal bins
With no other way to open them except with a foot
How crazy is that:
June 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
A🧵about Pedal Bins in #disability toilets:

1) Having used said toilets over past 4 weeks I’ve found a major flaw in ALL bar one
Pedal bins
With no other way to open them except with a foot
How crazy is that:
June 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
Hi BlueSky! We’re Euan’s Guide, the award-winning disabled access charity best known for EuansGuide.com – the go-to site for disabled access reviews. Happy to be here!

We make thousands of accessible toilets safer, run the UK’s largest Access Survey, and lots more. Find out more: bit.ly/EG-AboutUs
January 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Waiting for emergency surgery in the sunshine
#maisonneuve fracture

#medsky
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even in the rain the gardens look beautiful at
@kingstonlacey.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🚨Breaking: The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the meaning of ‘woman’ in law is based on biology.

Phew.
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
action.rcn.org.uk/page/166204/...

Did you know that 'Nurse' isn't a protected title in the UK? Anyone can call themselves a nurse, even without training. Help protect patients and the profession—ask your MP to sign the petition to make 'Nurse' a protected title! #ProtectNursing #PatientSafety
Tell your MP to #ProtectNurse
I've told my MP to protect the title nurse in law. Will you? Together we need their support to see the bill up before government given time for debate. Only registered nurses should be able to use the...
action.rcn.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
BREAKING: The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump

news.sky.com/story/wester...
Western leaders to work on Ukraine ceasefire and present plan to Trump, says Starmer
The UK, France and Ukraine will work on a ceasefire plan to present to the United States, the prime minister has said, in the wake of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's White House clash with Donald Trump.
news.sky.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Crescent moon 🌙, Venus & Salisbury Cathedral at sundown yesterday
@salisburycathedral.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I took this photo from our back door last night & a knowledgeable friend told me what I was looking at:

Mars, Castor & Pollux:
Below them - Orion & lots of bright stars inc the distinctive belt running left-right & the sword below it running roughly up-down
#astronomysky
March 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
Agree. But Trump KNOWS that. This was planned. It was unpresidential, incredibly rude, and as Trump showed by his final remarks, only meant for his base.
It has backfired on him though. 👍
March 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
BREAKING: WHO BEARS THE MOST RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OVAL OFFICE ARGUMENT? WITH 79,312 VOTES 👏
March 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
This pair of absolute thugs berating, bullying & humiliating President Zelensky because he won’t roll over for a dictator whose forces have invaded his country, raped & murdered his people, bombed hospitals, killed children & filled mass graves in the forests.

What a vile, venal pair they are.
WATCH: President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance got into a heated exchange with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office on Friday over U.S. support for Ukraine in its ongoing fight against Russian forces. youtu.be/bzVCgT9Vtrc (1/x)
WATCH: Zelenskyy meeting blows up as Trump suggests Ukrainian president needs to be more grateful
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
it's not just this. It seems pretty obvious to me that Trump would *love* to be a dictator and sit on a golden throne and have people fawn over him all day long.
Basically a James Bond villain type dictator of the early days with hench men and dancing girls.
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
February 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
He is not just appeasing Putin, he is aligned with him. And every single client journalist, political shill & public/online cheerleader on both sides of the Atlantic is too. Against Zelensky. Against Ukraine. Against freedom. Against the most basic tenets of decency.
February 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
Sue, this is such a lovely message to receive and so kind of you. THANK YOU! And thank you also for your hard work in the ICU. That is far more impressive
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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As the #measles outbreak continues, and has now unfortunately resulted in the death of a child, I see a lot of posts along the lines of: "I had measles as a child and I'm fine". Let me tell you a different version of that story:
🧵1/11 🧪 #medsky
February 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Note the fact that they’re not wearing gloves. (Circa 1970s prior to Universal Precautions when gloves weren’t worn for anything except in theatres)
For dressings, we were simply taught good hand washing techniques & we used forceps for a non-touch technique
#nursesky
February 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
Feeding the ducks 🦆
didn’t go quite as planned
#grandparenting
#blueskykids
#blueskygeese
February 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Feeding the ducks 🦆
didn’t go quite as planned
#grandparenting
#blueskykids
#blueskygeese
February 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I asked this Question to our private “40th nurses reunion” FB group:

“Does anyone know when nurses were finally allowed to get married but still work as a nurse?”

See one of the replies 🤭
#nursesky #historysky
January 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When you get a card from your toddler grandchild… made with their fingerprints
#ohmyheart ❤️
#blueskyart
January 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Reposted by Sue Crocombe
If we brought back community care hospitals, A&E would work as it should rather than overflowing with no sign of improvement
City hospitals can have circa >130 acute beds with patients medically fit but unable to go home due to req’ing rehab/care
Imagine if those beds were freed up?
January 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM