Therese Coffey Health Secretary your time is up

[Bingoman]

After reading that she give her prescription pill out to friends and Family who fall I'll which is quite Frankly Dangerous, illegal and Stupid I thought I start a thread that it was time she quit or be sacked for those comments and also what she said about nurses not deserving a pay rise

Therese Coffey your time is up

 

[Pickman's model]

Her time was up 30 years ago

 

[stavros]

Her time was up 30 years ago

I'll drink to that.

 

[Karl Masks]

After reading that she give her prescription pill out to friends and Family who fall I'll which is quite Frankly Dangerous, illegal and Stupid I thought I start a thread that it was time she quit or be sacked for those comments and also what she said about nurses not deserving a pay rise

Therese Coffey your time is up

she did what?

 

[Ming]

I think i hate her the most TBH. It’s the fact she obviously doesn’t give a shit about appearing ‘nice’ She’s like Millwall FC. ‘You don’t like me? I don’t care and I’m ending your free healthcare’. So much hate in her. Some people just want to see the world burn.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

This is possibly the most ignorant move by a Tory for some time. I’m quite angry about this.

 

[bluescreen]

This is possibly the most ignorant move by a Tory for some time. I’m quite angry about this.

There is so much to choose from.
This is bad and dangerous - uh, like so much else they do.

But ignorantly bad and very dangerous and absolutely bonkers for the actual Health Secretary to be doing it.

 

[Calamity1971]

Nothing at all on the news today.
Gaining traction on twitter.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Antibiotic resistance is one of greatest existential risks to humanity. As bad a health Secretary as Kwarteng was a chancellor

Doctors attack Thérèse Coffey's 'risky' plan for pharmacy antibiotic prescriptions without GPs

Doctors are urging people not to listen to health advice from the new Health Secretary

inews.co.uk

 

[Rebelda]

She did WHAT? Fucks sake, I didn't think I could detest her more, but here we are hateful hateful woman.

 

[Calamity1971]

She did WHAT? Fucks sake, I didn't think I could detest her more, but here we are hateful hateful woman.

She's absolutely vile. First she says NHS staff can leave if they want to, because you're not getting a pay rise, then treats antibiotics like fucking sweets.

 

[Calamity1971]

I'm sure even if I got found out giving my tablets away I'd be fucking visited by plod? Why does she even have any left anyway? You take the prescribed course until they're finished. The horrible cunt.

 

[Elpenor]

It’s not quite the same as sharing a bag of mdma with your mates at a party

 

[Dystopiary]

She shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near health after her hideous stint at Work and Pensions.

Content warnings for all sorts on this one:
Outrage of trio of bereaved relatives as Coffey is elevated to deputy prime minister
There are pages and pages on that site showing examples of her foul treatment of benefit claimants.

 

[Rebelda]

Okay, I'm not sure the meds thing is actually true, but some excellent twitter naughtiness edit: no it is true. Fucking hell

 

[Ming]

She did WHAT? Fucks sake, I didn't think I could detest her more, but here we are hateful hateful woman.

I wonder what the excuse is going to be for not going forward with legal action? She's conspicuously broken the law. Probably get buried or no will to prosecute.

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[platinumsage]

Given how shit GPs are at not handing out antibiotics, I'm surprised people think so badly of pharmacists that they could possibly do a wosrse job by handing them out more readily.

 

[Sue]

Given how shit GPs are at not handing out antibiotics, I'm surprised people think so badly of pharmacists that they could possibly do a wosrse job by handing them out more readily.

Really? I find GPs pretty reluctant to prescribe antibiotics.

 

[LDC]

Pharmacists who have done some extra training and can assess patients are entirely suitable to prescribe antibiotics, as are many other HCPs who do a prescribing course. Having other places that patients can access primary care services is a good thing, and has been happening for ages anyway, there were loads of pharmacists on my prescribing course. I'd want to see more details before flipping out and thinking this is a terrible idea. There is also sometimes a tinge of job protectionism from some doctors in this area ime.

(Speaking as a non-doctor prescriber.)

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[platinumsage]

Antibiotics aren't controlled drugs so it's not an arrestable offence to give them to your friends:

 

[ruffneck23]

Antibiotics aren't controlled drugs so it's not an arrestable offence to give them to your friends:

oh sorry so it's only illegal to sell them.

Online pharmacies not requiring prescriptions could fuel antibiotic resistance | Imperial News | Imperial College London

Scientists have found that antibiotics are illegally available without prescription on 45 per cent of online pharmacy websites surveyed, says study.

www.imperial.ac.uk

 

[Rebelda]

Pharmacists who have done some extra training and can assess patients are entirely suitable to prescribe antibiotics, as are many other HCPs who do a prescribing course. Having other places that patients can access primary care services is a good thing, and has been happening for ages anyway, there were loads of pharmacists on my prescribing course. I'd want to see more details before flipping out and thinking this is a terrible idea. There is also sometimes a tinge of job protectionism from some doctors in this area ime.

(Speaking as a non-doctor prescriber.)

Yeah, this bit is already happening. AHPs prescribing is a very good thing. Coffey has undermined it. I'm glad she thought sepsis I guess, but FFS not like that.

 

[LDC]

Yeah, this bit is already happening. AHPs prescribing is a very good thing. Coffey has undermined it. I'm glad she thought sepsis I guess, but FFS not like that.

Haven't seen the article/news bit on her giving antibiotics to friend/family, so no idea what happened. Can't say I'd be very bothered tbh, some of those Twitter threads on it are a bit bonkers I think.

 

[two sheds]

I was told that there are different types of antibiotic to address different health problems and some are very specific. Antibiotics for e.g. tooth infection are very different to antibiotics for severe lung infection if you have asthma, say. Surely someone untrained giving a useless antibiotic for lung infection might mean the patient doesn't go to see a doctor?

 

[ruffneck23]

I was told that there are a lot of different types of antibiotic to address different health problems and some are very specific. Antibiotics for e.g. tooth infection is very different to antibiotics for severe lung infection if you have asthma, say. Surely someone untrained giving a useless antibiotic for lung infection might mean the patient doesn't go to see a doctor?

As it has been pointed out, it may it not be illegal but it is certainly reckless from a supposed 'health' minister.

 

[two sheds]

"Ah you have covid, no need to isolate I was given antivirals by the doctor for mine. Here, have some of my antibiotics they'll be the same thing."

 

[Karl Masks]

So offload the burden (so to speak) onto pharmacies, and not GP surgeries. That helps, how?

 

[ruffneck23]

LOL