Flu season has arrived early. BBC News reports a sharp rise in infections, prompting ministers and public health officials to issue their annual directive: get vaccinated now. Hospitals are already bracing for a […]
John, thank you for sharing this — I’m really sorry your mum has been left in that position. Sadly, what you describe mirrors what far too many housebound families experience, in different parts of the country.
I hope she has now been able to receive her flu vaccine, even if far later than it should ever have been. No one who is housebound should have to fight to access something so basic.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment — it matters that these experiences are visible.
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Flu season has arrived early. BBC News reports a sharp rise in infections, prompting ministers and public health officials to issue their annual directive: get vaccinated now. Hospitals are already bracing for a […]
So I am not alone, my mum is 86 and is housebound, we have the same problems in Birmingham but nobody cares or helps, not my GP, MP,, or NHs,
John, thank you for sharing this — I’m really sorry your mum has been left in that position. Sadly, what you describe mirrors what far too many housebound families experience, in different parts of the country.
I hope she has now been able to receive her flu vaccine, even if far later than it should ever have been. No one who is housebound should have to fight to access something so basic.
I appreciate you taking the time to comment — it matters that these experiences are visible.
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In this old family photo from the 1990s, I’m sitting outside our home in rural Wales with my brother Ian and sister Lyn. My brother Alan isn’t in the photo. Behind us sta […]