Delighted to have been part of team working with CIEHF on this white paper on fatigue risk management in healthcare, bringing expertise and strategies from other safety-critical industries

We still have to be so much better at this in NHS!

#FightFatigue
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A helpful Q&A, courtesy of The Kite Trust, with Dr Hilary Cass, commenting on some of the recommendations in her recent review of gender identity services for children and young people

Guy's and St Thomas' LGBT+ Network RCPCH

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Our Officer for Child Protection Professor Andrew Rowland CF 💙 speaking to BBC Breakfast this morning.

Andrew shared our calls to Government to #EndPhysicalPunishment & remove the reasonable punishment defence in England and Northern Ireland.

Today we've published a new report setting out the health, education and legal case to remove the ‘reasonable punishment’ defence in England and Northern Ireland.

It's time to give every child #EqualProtection from assault and #EndPhysicalPunishment .

rcpch.ac.uk/resources/equa…

Another fantastic blog from one of our Lived Experience Advisory Panel members.
Do you also have questions about the impact disrupted daily rhythms and sleep have on your mental health?
Let us know: forms.office.com/e/1SL5GjMPtt
#CMHN #haveyoursay

We’re committed to being an inclusive organisation where all transgender staff, patients and visitors feel welcome, safe, and respected.

In partnership with our LGBT+ staff networks, we’ve developed our inclusion statement.

Read more: guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/about-us/equal…

Sweet dreams. 💤

Did you know that your baby’s brain remains hard at work, even as they sleep?

It’s during this time that your baby consolidates new learning and memories, reprocessing and categorizing all they have learned while awake and converting these recent experiences

An Evelina London approach to assessing and managing sleep problems in children with neurodevelopmental differences such as autism can be found here

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Absolutely fascinating talk from Prof Francesca Happé Prof Francesca Happé giving an overview on how the concept of autism has changed over the last 40 years

#JCPP60 Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Association for Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Happy Autism Acceptance Day & Month!

Autistic people are more likely to be LGBTQ+ than allistic people

So we are celebrating all autistic, LGBTQ+ doctors, dentists, & students!

#AutismAcceptanceDay
#AutismAcceptanceMonth