Head of Research & Education @Make2ndsCount | mum of 3 under 3 | #breastfeeding peer supporter | she/her
Cockenzie and Port Seton, Scot
Joined December 2014
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Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Insomnia has a huge impact on physical & mental health & even more so if you are living with secondary breast cancer. On #WorldSleepDay we're asking patients to complete our research project survey with @UniStrathclyde in tailored insomnia interventions: tinyurl.com/2f695u59
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
1 in 3 people in the UK don't know what secondary (metastatic) breast cancer is, yet it claims the lives of 1,000 people every month.
This #breastcancerawarenessmonth we're sharing stories to show the many realities of living with this disease bcam.make2ndscount.co.uk/ #1000Truths
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Prof @Kevin_Fong (Former National Clinical Adviser in Emergency Preparedness Resilience and Response) is giving evidence to the Inquiry today.
📺 You can view it on the live stream (and via playback) through our YouTube channel now 👇👇
youtube.com/@UKCovid-19Inqui…
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Our Secondary Breast Cancer Patient Summit is very soon, where we hope to empower our community through increased knowledge & understanding of research, treatments & options. It's also available for friends & family members to join too online > sbcsummit.online/onlineregis…
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Research into secondary breast cancer is hugely underfunded. We're determined to continue committing funds to this vital work & that's why we're launching a new appeal today: to raise £365k in 365 days so that we'll have invested £1,000,000 into research make2ndscount.co.uk/365appea…
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Help us raise awareness about secondary breast cancer for #breastcancerawarenessmonth in October for our 1,000 Truths campaign. We're collecting stories from people affected by SCB, friends & family, & those who work in the sector. Please share yours here: make2ndscount.co.uk/forms/20…
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Thanks to @WalktheWalk funding, our Patient Trials Advocate Service has now helped 500 women! The service is the first of its kind in the UK, offering hope to patients by connecting them to clinical trials with the potential to improve outcomes. Read more: make2ndscount.co.uk/news/new…
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Have you booked your space yet for our Secondary Breast Cancer Patient Summit? It’s the UK’s first medical conference of its kind, designed specifically for our community.
Listen to Sarah to hear what’s in store and register for a place now >> make2ndscount.co.uk/support/…
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
📢 Registration is now open for our yearly Retreats and our first ever Secondary Breast Cancer Patient Summit in July! With 235 funded places across the two events, we'd love you to join us. Find out more and register: make2ndscount.co.uk/forms/re…
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Our Patient Trials Advocate nurses Vivienne, Catherine and Mel offer a free information & support service to help secondary breast cancer patients explore clinical trials as part of their treatment pathway. To find out more visit: make2ndscount.co.uk/support/…
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Today is #EqualPayDay, the day when, because of the gender pay gap, women overall in the UK stop being paid compared to men.
Our new report shows that the inequality of flexible work fuels the gender pay gap.
Read it now: buff.ly/3R3iNv5
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ALT Logo with the date '22.11.23' in the middle. Surrounding it in a circle, text reads #EqualPayDay. Time to close the gender pay gap. Large text: Make flexible working the default. Graphic of a woman juggling clocks.
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Calling all researchers📢
We're asking you, and others in the research community, to use our new principles and hallmarks of good people-centred research.
Why❓ Because they'll help you make sure that people are put first in your research study. 🙌♥️
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ALT The nine hallmarks and principles of people-centred research. Treating people well and with respect: reliable and honest; caring and respectful, appreciative and thankful. Doing research that is meaningful: making a difference; working in partnership. Making it possible for people to take part: representative and fair; as simple as possible; giving choices. All underpinned by 'using great communication'.
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
And the winner is @Make2ndsCount! Congratulations on winning the VHS summit annual poster competition 2023 #WeAreHealthCreators. View the @Make2ndsCount entry here vhscotland.org.uk/dr-sarahs-…. Thanks to @artinhealthcare @BfN_UK @CarerWL @EdinComFood @SPICEAberdeen @rowett_abdn
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Anyone Can Get Breast Cancer. Any breast tissue can cause #breastcancer. However many men don’t think of themselves as having breast tissue, but they do which is why #MenGetBreastCancerToo!
Share this poster & help save lives now!
walkthewalk.org/health/men-g…
#breastcancerawareness
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
There are an estimated 61,000 people living with Secondary Breast Cancer in the UK. We want to ensure patients' voices and needs are heard, and to Shine a Light on the truth of living with Secondary Breast Cancer- the difficulties, but also the hope, strength and positivity.
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
🧵If you do one thing today on #SecondaryBreastCancerAwarenessDay please read this about #EnhertuLowNow
We are are asking anyone who has not submitted comments to NICE consultation form. We would like as many patients as possible to do this...
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Claire O'Donnell: Secondary Breast Cancer is a life-limiting disease and a difficult path to navigate both physically and emotionally, but I choose to live my life with hope and I encourage others to do the same. I'm 8 years along in my SBC 'journey' and living well
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
Historically, much of the gender gap in earnings could be explained by differences in education and occupational choices. However, this year’s economic sciences laureate Claudia Goldin has shown that the bulk of this earnings difference is now between men and women in the same occupation, and that it largely arises with the birth of the first child.
#NobelPrize
Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
On this day in 1951, Henrietta Lacks died at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Her cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951 (HeLa Cells) and became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, gene mapping, vitro fertilization & more
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Dr Sarah Thomas retweeted
“When I was first diagnosed with secondary breast cancer I had never seen a South Asian person with cancer, so I was massively shocked that it had happened to me. It’s so important to have representation, and it would’ve made me feel less alone." - Sukhy
breastcancernow.org/if?utm_s…
ALT Sukhy is looking at the camera and smiling.