Andrew Attfield💙

@AAttfield

Personal tweets on health and care, history and buildings, the Arsenal and this and that

Joined June 2012

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Andrew Attfield💙 @AAttfield Oct 8, 2024

Campaigners call for tobacco windfall tax and yearly levy on ‘lethal trade’

Great idea. Tax the merchants of death on a polluter pays basis. theguardian.com/society/2024/o…

www.theguardian.com UK campaigners call for tobacco windfall tax and yearly levy on ‘lethal trade’ Rachel Reeves urged to levy ‘double whammy’ on firms’ £1bn annual profits to fund measures to end smoking

Andrew Attfield💙 @AAttfield Oct 3, 2024

I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/prot… via @38degrees

you.38degrees.org.uk 38 Degrees How to run an online petition There are thousands of petitions running on 38 Degrees right now. Over the years we've learnt a lot about how to word your petition, how to grow your petition and...

Andrew Attfield💙 @AAttfield Aug 23, 2024

Quite enjoyed #IrvingWelshsCrime but not a great advertisement for the #TalkingTherapies

Andrew Attfield💙 @AAttfield Aug 20, 2024

Valdo Calocane is one of many. This is how tragedy occurs theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

www.theguardian.com I’ve met many Valdo Calocanes. This is how a mental health crisis can lead to tragedy | Jeremy... As a former NHS professional, I found the failings in Nottingham all too familiar. We can put them right without having another unhelpful inquiry, says Jeremy Walker, a former inspector in the Mental...

Andrew Attfield💙 @AAttfield Jul 9, 2024

These low pollution vehicles sound great. Assuming they work, would be fantastic to see wider scale roll out, maybe around hospitals such as ⁦@NHSBartsHealth⁩ ⁦new #WhippsCrossHospital⁩

Source: Evening Standard search.app/V8Y3MGPBAKdPrP…

www.standard.co.uk Futuristic 'tram-bus' to launch in London later this summer Twenty of the new buses will operate on one of London’s longest routes