“What this inquest revealed is a mental unit which is chaotic and unable to keep vulnerable patients safe let alone provide therapeutic care to help support their recovery.'
inquest.org.uk/sophie-alderma…

NHS boss: We need a Me Too moment to help stamp out sexual harassment independent.co.uk/news/health/nh…

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

On Wednesday 17th April, Stolen Lives Wales will be protesting outside the Welsh Parliament about the stolen lives of those people locked in ATUs etc.

If you can’t go along on the day but would like to support the protest, you can do this instead:

Download a…

Laughing Boy, the countdown. mydaftlife.com/2024/04/11/lau…

Heartbreaking account from Helen Pidd of another carer innocently falling foul of a complex & stressful system & being ruthlessly punished by DWP

This kind of tragic & costly fallout could be easily avoided with a more trusting & relational approach theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

#Oliverscampaign
Today it is #NationalSiblingsDay2024
Adam & Heather will never get over watching their beloved little brother die the most horrendous & avoidable death
Siblings are far too often forgotten

#NationalSiblingsDay2024 and the work that Sibs do to support siblings is absolutely amazing! So much connection & community amongst siblings in the UK with this amazing charity. If you haven't seen what they do please check. See below our latest report led by Claire Kassa

3 recent studies that collectively suggest autistic ppl assigned female (vs male) at birth, girls+women (vs boys+men) are diagnosed later in part b/c of (especially personality) misdiagnoses: interviews research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publication…, (1 in 3 misdiagnosed) research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publication… and 👇

we have lots of other posts for people with lived experience so do have a look through the options. different responsibilities and availability - many through bank so you choose your hours shsc.nhs.uk/working-us/liv…

A survey of more than 500 autistic people found 80% preferred identity-first language vs 6% for person-first language. 74% opposed functioning labels vs 13% who supported them. Among people opposing functioning labels 86% supported stating the individual needs of each person 👇

Thanks to Nuala Toman from Disability Action for joining me at todays conference RCN Northern Ireland

“The work in this area has been mother lead”
Nuala shares her view the current work on restraint and seclusion has been inspired by mothers. Thank you for this recognition.

#HarrysLaw

A large percentage of those in prison are neurodivergent, so this should be a subject of some concern to the neurodiversity movement.

Just heard the #JusticeForLB quilt will be on display in London near the theatre and in Bath during #JSTLaughingBoy . So much love.

I’m wiped out with a virus right now but just want to say how wonderful it is to see the fantastic and really moving responses to #TheAssembly last night. I feel very lucky to have been a part of it.

The RRN is delighted to introduce Dr Noelle Blackman as lead tutor on the new Diploma Practice Leadership in #TraumaInformed Practice.

Join our mailing list to be the first to hear when applications are open for our next cohort eepurl.com/gyk4HT

#PracticeLeadership

There are lots of reasons why the right community care and support for people with learning disabilities and autistic people just isn’t there.

One of those reasons is the huge power imbalance that exists between professionals and people and families.

We asked our community to…

“A room known as the 'soft play' space - which had padded walls, cushions and was bolted - had been in use at the school, the report said.
Further 'calming rooms' were introduced from 2015 and designed to be 'intentionally bleak' to de-escalate a behavior” bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

'the advantages of the cameras are undeniable'

This is one of many problems with how tech innovations are rolled out by the likes of NHS Accelerator. Although there's a lack of evidence, Trusts and regulators seem to just *assume* it's good and someone has evidenced that

Job advert for a Junior Data Annotator at Oxehealth

Extremely concerning

That ‘data’ is video images of patients in their bedrooms in NHS psychiatric wards. Many of whom are being filmed against their will.

simplyhired.co.uk/job/jhadB14ca3…

Final prompt about todays @mental_elf blog 👇