Shaun Lintern

@ShaunLintern

Health Editor at The Sunday Times. National Press Awards Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Chair of @mjauk. Public interest journalism matters #E17

shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.u thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-… Joined July 2010

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Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern Sep 5

🚨 EXC: An over-prescribing epidemic is sending 1,000 elderly patients to A&E every single day - a consequence of a fragmented NHS unprepared for the ageing silver tsunami heading its way as 468k baby boomers turn 80 this year: thetimes.com/article/ddf452…

Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern 19h

One of them was my family. I called this helpline - several times in complete desperation - and I remain forever grateful to whoever it was that answered. Thank you and please support if you can.

MND Association Verified account @mndassoc 19h

Last year, thanks to your support, Annette and our MND Connect colleagues helped 3,540 people find the personal support they needed through our helpline. 🧡

Every call answered means someone doesn’t have to face MND alone. Help us be there for even more people this year. Donate today. 🔗 mndassociation.org/thischristmas

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Elliot, now 6, needed a specialist wheelchair due to cerebral palsy from the age of 1. NHS eligibility criteria said he couldn't even be referred until he was 3. He waited another 3 months after that, missing specialist school because transport refused to take him without a chair

Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern 1d

🚨 Thousands left waiting so long for NHS wheelchairs they suffer injuries and can be trapped at home. New @PublicServOmb report this week will expose a widespread systemic failure:
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No messiah: The reckoning of Russell Brand by @RosamundUrwin

The only thing worth reading about Brand, as he prepares to be sentenced tomorrow: thetimes.com/article/7beace…

www.thetimes.com No messiah: the reckoning of Russell Brand For years the predator was protected by those around him as he shapeshifted from comedian to political and wellness guru

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🚨 Chris Whitty tells The Sunday Times GPs working in rural and small towns need more training and support to tackle the overprescribing epidemic as those area are set to see "extreme ageing" in future years:
thetimes.com/article/da8143…

www.thetimes.com Train rural GPs to end overprescribing crisis, says Chris Whitty England’s chief medical officer has backed a Sunday Times campaign on the dangers of mixing pills, particularly outside cities where most elderly people live