You can listen to the entire discussion here - youtube.com/watch?v=_Ln77L…

This is a great opportunity to work in a wonderful team doing innovative with one of the best practitioners ( and people) I am privileged to know.

TW torture of children at special school in calming rooms, bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688973…

“Too often, the development and spread of health technology are driven by suppliers and procurement processes rather than by what the NHS workforce wants and needs” from The Health Foundation health.org.uk/publications/l…

My research report about experiences of menstruation in psychiatric inpatient settings will be launching next month National Survivor User Network

Please sign up for the online event on 12th June where I'll discuss the research and guidelines for services

nsun.org.uk/news/launch-ev…

I am leaving Geneva today after a life changing 3.5 week April writing residency at Fondation Brocher on the shore of Lake Geneva.

I met the most wonderful people.

Healthcare academics, you NEED to apply for this amazing experience*

*Cold water lake swimming optional

Breaking: In what is believed to be a UK-first, a jury has concluded that a suicide inside prison amounted to unlawful killing.

Robert Fenlon took his own life while on remand at HMP Woodhill in 2016. An inquest heard a litany of failings which contributed to his death

Very glad to say that Pluto Press are offering 50% off copies of The Department - my investigation into DWP's 30-year history of bureaucratic violence and hostility - if pre-ordered through their website. The discount code you need is on the Disability News Service website.

One more time for those in the back:

‘Having capacity is not a bar to being compulsorily detained’

It’s becoming clear that agitation in Alzheimer’s disease arises as a consequence of compensation in NA pathways following early appearance of neuropathology in the locus coeruleus. Would be great to have treatments based on this rather than current use of sedative antipsychotics

Struggling with the plastic coffin. It is getting harder to get in & out of it. I wonder whether CNWL NHS FT considered ppl with mobility needs eg arthritis like myself when deciding these things were a feasible alternative to beds. My arthritis is so much worse after a few nights.

Today we publish clinical guidance for mental health professionals working with patients who are or may be using abusive behaviours in their personal relationships. This is openly accessible as a pre-print here, prior to peer review(underway): osf.io/preprints/osf/… (1/8).

Conservative MP since 2010 & NHS Dr (Psychiatrist) only now develops conscience.... bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Thanks to Geraldine Strathdee for years of reminding us of the link between patient safety and robust data in mental healthcare. Now coming to practical fruition in policy and technology.

iriscaregroup.co.uk/blog/how-data-…

“The language that we use… even in the question ‘Do we have a sick note culture?’ It’s cruel”

Chair of the NHS Confederation Victor Adebowale says the use of “performative” language needs to stop, and the government should show more 'compassion'

#bbcqt bbc.in/4b8DVY2

Excuse background noise. Just a little peek at the post incident review work our fabulous Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT teams have been working on!! Printed for work with services users to prevent recurrence of restrictions. Clinical staff, cultural advocates and our race equity officer all offer this

Seven years on and no progress on disability rights by UK government, says UN committee
(govt ignores disabled people's evidence and analysis and 'strongly rejects' the committee's findings)
#CRPD24 #CRDP24
disabilitynewsservice.com/seven-years-on…

Confirmation of what HSJ revealed in Feb -
hsj.co.uk/expert-briefin…

Greater Manchester's NHS is being placed in special measures

Worth reading this by Sally Thorne 'On empty, redundant or pointless systematic reviews', a lovely piece in Nursing Inquiry onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

EXCLUSIVE

A new treatment for sports-related concussion is being tested in professional rugby union.

It’s the first acute treatment for head injuries that can be delivered pitch side with the aim of helping a player’s recovery.

BBC News at One today 👇🏼
bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-un…