Amanda B

@belowzero4.bsky.social

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Tea drinker, cat lover, tech specialist, disassembler of things, occasionally puts stuff back together again.

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The pop group Status Quo playing guitars while Keir Starmer peers over the shoulder of Francis Rossi.
An excerpt from the Wikipedia page on telephone numbers in Spain. It reads "954 | 9 | 9 | Seville".
Kier Starmer wearing a blue suit and stood in a corridor with grey walls, now with the addition of the orange and red geometric carpet from The Shining.
Bluesky map showing my account in relation to others. Nearest group collection is "American Progressive Democrats".
Twitter (X) post by Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer These pledges and @LGBTLabour have my full support. I stand in full solidarity with our LGBT+ members and the wider community, will defend LGBT+ rights and protections, and campaign with you for the changes rightly prioritised here. Look forward to the hustings! Quote: LGBT+ Labour @LGBTLabour We're asking each of the Labour Leader and Deputy Leader candidates to sign up to our 10 pledges that we believe are vital to protecting and extending the rights of LGBT+ people in the Labour party and in wider society. This is what we're asking for 👇 8:55 AM · Feb 13, 2020 LGBT+ LABOUR PLEDGE Leadership and Deputy Leadership Elections 2020 Fully inclusive LGBT+ Sex and Relationships Education for all children in the UK I will campaign for: greater training and support for teachers; buffer zones to protect children, parents and staff from protests; and the removal of any exemptions for non-council maintained schools and an end of the parental right to remove children from these classes. Trans rights and reforming the Gender Recognition Act I will campaign to reform the Gender Recognition Act to introduce a self-declaration process and for the introduction of legal recognition for non-binary gender identities. I believe that trans women are women, that trans men are men, and that non-binary gender identities are valid and should be respected. Tackling the rise in anti-LGBT+ hate crime I will campaign for a change in the law on anti-LGBT+ hate crimes to bring them in line with hate crimes based on race and faith, by making them aggravated offences. pint A healthcare system that supports the LGBT+ community I will campaign for the provision and funding needed for: the full rollout of free PrEP across the UK; IVF treatment for lesbians, bisexual women, trans men and non-binary people; the reduction of waiting times for trans people to access hormones and surgery; and specific LGBT+ mental health services. [...]
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“I think what they’re doing here is they’re trying to destroy a gender group,” he added. “And so I do think it’s genocidal. I think that the objective here is literally, physically to destroy this group.”
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Cream British short-hair cat lying on a grey patterned duvet with his paw on my hand.
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A screenshot of the game Atic Atac by Ultimate on the ZX Spectrum.
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Response date 13/10/2025 Dear Ms - I’m sorry it’s taken us longer to reach a finding on your complaint than we led you to expect. We’re currently in discussion with the management of BBC News about the issues raised by your complaint and others on the same subject, and hope to be in a position to finalise our finding soon. In the meantime I can only ask for your patience and apologise for the delay. Kind regards Alison Wilson Executive Complaints Unit
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Photo from inside Warner Bros Studio tour (Harry Potter). Shows luggage cart part way through a wall on Platform 9 3/4.
Security staff removing the letters "Secretary of Defence" from the wall.
Barry Scott of Cillit Bang fame, holding a bottle of the product.
Aperture Laboratories sign showing some of the test chamber hazards.
Under the current system, wealthier patients often have more information about the country’s hospitals and access to better care. The improved NHS App will democratise care, so everyone, including those from working class communities, has the information they need about their conditions or procedures they’re due to go through. Using artificial intelligence (AI), the new My Companion tool will give patients direct access to trusted health information, so there are always 2 experts in every consulting room - the clinician and the patient. It will help patients articulate their health needs and preferences confidently - providing information about a health condition if they have one, or a procedure if they need one. It will support patients to ask questions, including any they may have forgotten about or felt too embarrassed to raise at an in-person appointment.
In your experience, what impact does patient access to EEA registered prescribers have on the quality of care received? Positive How can the quality of patient care received from private providers be strengthened? Why does it require strengthening and not expanding? This is a leading question. Sufficient controls are already in place, subject to any robust evidence of significant harms. Such evidence, should it ever come to light, should be scientifically robust, unlike the Cass review. To what extent do you agree or disagree that patients receive appropriate consultation and clinical advice when prescribed or supplied medicines by private providers? Strongly agree To what extent do you agree or disagree that patients are routinely monitored by an authorised healthcare professional when prescribed or supplied medicines by private providers? Strongly agree If there is anything else you would like to tell us about patient consultation and monitoring when accessing medicines through private providers, please include it here. Shared care agreements provide an excellent patient-focussed way to prescribe and monitor the safety of patients and such agreements should be encouraged. In your experience, what patient medical information is relied upon when prescribing privately? Patient supplied, NHS GP supplied, Core NHS record, Private provider's own records
In your experience, what is the impact on patient safety of medicines supplied under private PGDs? I don't believe there are any significant concerns under current protocols, as previously stated. I will note that the questions in this survey do see slanted towards finding fault with the current system, and I wonder why that is. To what extent do you agree or disagree that private prescribing improves medicines access for people with protected characteristics within the meaning of the Equality Act 2010? Strongly agree Please describe any benefits or barriers related to inequalities you’ve observed that have been caused by private prescribing. Interesting that, of all the protected characteristics in the EA, only one or two would require routine medical treatment. I guess this explains the focus of this survey? So the benefits are self-evident and I've covered them throughout the earlier questions. I don't see that restrictions on healthcare helps anyone, especially the patient. The only barrier to private healthcare is ability to pay, something the NHS can help with but will never remove the need for such services. To what extent do you agree or disagree that sufficient training and education on private prescribing is available to healthcare professionals? Strongly agree
To what extent do you agree or disagree that existing mechanisms enable the effective oversight and regulation (including enforcement) of UK registered private prescribers? Strongly Agree o what extent do you agree or disagree that existing mechanisms enable the effective oversight and regulation (including enforcement) of EEA registered prescribers (with medicines dispensed in the UK)? Strongly agree To what extent do you agree or disagree that existing mechanisms enable the effective oversight and regulation (including enforcement) of medicines supplied under private PGDs? Strongly agree What are the strengths of the current regulatory regime for medicines accessed through private providers? Provide flexibility and convenience to the patient where the NHS struggles to provide adequate services in a timely manner. I appreciate this is usually due to budgetary and resource contstraints, but it remains a fact that private providers are a necessary part of healthcare in the UK What are the limitations of the current regulatory regime for medicines accessed through private providers? Cost can be prohibitive for many, leading two two-tier health service based on ability to pay. This is the antithesis of the goal of the NHS and the NHS should be supported to meet the needs of all.
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Councillor Paul Peacock ‪@paulspeacock.bsky.social‬ I keep hearing about Starmer attacking the rights of Trans people. I really don’t have much understanding of this but what rights has Starmer taken from trans people. Genuinely interested
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Dear Amanda, Thank you for taking the time to send feedback about our report, 'What trans and non-binary people told us about GP care'. Although some disagreed with some of the recommendations in the report, we want to assure you that the report reflects the wide range of views we received from the trans and non-binary community and our consultation with LGBT+ and trans organisations throughout the project. As you may know, the Government has asked NHS England's national adviser on LGBT to lead a six-month review aimed at tackling LGBT+ health inequalities. You can find further information here. Our recommendations are not official NHS guidance but aim to inform this review and the broader debate among policy makers, professionals, and the public. However, we will share with NHS England an anonymised summary of feedback we have received since our report was published so they are aware of the concerns that some individuals have shared with us. Once again, thank you for taking the time to send us your feedback. We remain committed to highlighting health inequalities experienced by people with protected characteristics. Best wishes Healthwatch England
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What does GWD think? ­­GWD supports Ellie and Adrian. Let's be honest, they are not perfect. They know what a woman is but don't like to say so. They look worried when challenged but do nothing - but looking worried and turning away won't help women or the planet. If they are elected we will be looking for more honesty - honesty about the scale of the climate emergency, honesty about the lack of internal democracy in GPEW and honesty about the damage being done to loyal Green Party activists. GWD believes that Ellie and Adrian are people of principle and have the skills and experience to be GPEW Leaders. We are putting our trust in them.
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Thank you for contacting us about BBC News on 21 June. During a sequence about heatwaves, Martine Croxall was reading a script that directly quoted a report from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. As the language wasn’t clearly attributed, she used her editorial judgement to make a live adjustment. We’re happy that this was duly accurate and impartial in line with the BBC’s Editorial guidelines. We appreciate you may continue to feel differently but we’re grateful for your feedback, which has been shared with senior members of the BBC News team. If you’d like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch this short film https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints. It explains the BBC’s process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren’t happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive. Kind regards, BBC Complaints Team
Dear Women and Equalities Committee / Joint Committee on Human Rights, With reference to my email of 6th June raising concerns about the government recommendation for Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson for the role of Chair of the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, I would like to reiterate some points I believe are relevant to the pre-appointment scrutiny session scheduled for tomorrow. The interim EHRC guidance which is likely to form the majority of their final guidance would force trans men to use women's services and trans women to use men's services, or some "third" option. It also prevents single-sex trans-inclusive services from being provided even when the service provider wishes to do so. This is an unacceptable position and is likely to result in further discrimination of an already marginalised minority. That is to say nothing of the intrusive mechanisms being posited around enforcement of such a position. We are already seeing threats of vigilantism from prominent figures which would undoubtedly result in actual harm to both trans and cis women alike. The current statutory guidance issued 2011 and reviewed in 2022 was much clearer regarding the legal position of service providers and users alike. Far from providing welcome clarity, the interim guidance has placed service providers with the difficult task of balancing their obligations under the articles of the ECHR with the seemingly contradictory guidance from the EHRC. I would therefore ask if you would scrutinise these aspects when considering any appointment. Given Dr Stephenson's apparent links with gender critical groups and lack of engagement with trans-supportive groups, I have significant concerns over her ability to be impartial in this matter, and uphold the rights of all protected groups. Surely, this should be the primary aim of any appointment to the position of chair of the UK's statutory body responsible for promoting, protecting and monitoring human rights? Kind regards
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Our Approach to Women Only Spaces We offer specialist advocacy and one-to-one counselling for both sexes and all gender identities and we feel safety is essential for anyone accessing therapy. Single sex spaces are important to women and girls who have been sexually assaulted by men as they are concerned for their safety. We also acknowledge that the trans community is disproportionately impacted by sexual violence and they too will have concerns about their safety, privacy, and dignity. To support people to feel safe at our centre we will offer both a single sex space for female service users, and a single gender space for all women, including trans women. We also offer a range of group interventions which are sex specific – to access our women and girls groups you need to be female, and to access our mens groups you need to be male. There are currently too few trans clients for us to be able to offer a trans group, but should the numbers/demand increase, we will provide a group for trans people based on self-defined gender. Occasionally it is appropriate for us to offer mixed groups, for example when working with parents/carers of abused children.
I am writing to you in your role as head of the Women and Equalities Committee regarding the imminent appointment of a new Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The EHRC has been rightly criticised in the past 3 years for its approach, not least in the form of complaints by 30 separate LBGT+ rights organisations which lead to a special review by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI). The UN Independent Export for SOGI stated that the EHRC’s statements around trans people and our rights are “wholly unbecoming of an institution created to ‘stand up for those in need of protection and hold governments to account for their human rights obligations’”. As a result of the issues raised, combined with recent events, it is almost certain that the UK will not retain its A status as a UN-backed NHRI. It was announced today that the government's preferred candidate to replace Baroness Kishwer Falkner at the end of her tenure is Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson. I was encouraged to discover that Dr Stephenson appears to be an experienced human rights researcher and consultant focussed primarily on women's rights. I was however concerned by her apparent support for gender critical campaigners. It would appear that she has in recent years:Signed an open letter to the Observer from "Let women speak", who's founder Kellie-Jay Keen has spoken openly and publicly about her anti-transgender views. The letter itself was criticising the then Conservative government's proposals to reform the Gender Recognition Act and "transgender ideology".Contributed to a legal fund supporting action by Allison Bailey who co-founded the gender-critical group LGB Alliance. The fund was to support action against Stonewall alleging discrimination based on her gender-critical beliefs.Met with the gender-critical feminist charity FiLiA who has stated that it supports "sex-based rights" and opposes "gender ideology". Considered "one of the most important gender-critical groups…
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