Mental illness cost Imtiaz Zafar almost a decade of his academic life. Now it motivates him to help find effective treatments go.nature.com/46JIpVW

The EU have reduced clozapine FBC monitoring to 3-monthly after a year. Hopefully the MHRA will follow suit. Maudsley_pharmacy were the first to trial this, and the only ones to report on safety. A huge step forward for patients, and rational science. medscape.com/viewarticle/eu…

Phil Steart 🇺🇦 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⚽️ Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 NHS England The Leng review Wes Streeting Department of Health and Social Care NHS Employers Phil Smith Dr David Nicholl Mamas A. Mamas Dr Asif Qasim MA PhD FRCP Dr Rachel Clarke Selvaseelan Selvarajah Louella Vaughan Dr Shrilla Banerjee MD FRCP 💙 Nick Hopkinson Philip Pearson 𝗗𝗿 𝗔𝗷𝗮𝘆 𝗠 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮 Dr Sandeep Bansal Shivani Misra That’s what the Leng review calls for, but the guidance put out by NHSE does not make any mention of mental health settings only GP I’m hoping it’s an oversight rather than deliberate as would be yet another driver for health inequalities for mental health patients

This is funny.

I cannot begin to tell you the absolute burst of emotions that comes when you hear this from Wes Streeting 2 years of my life - trying to say this. Battling so many....challenging GMC NHS England Royal College of Physicians AoMRC Putting reputation on the line, personal insults,

Only Richard Tice could think writing to investors to say “don’t bother investing in Britain, Reform will do everything we can to sabotage it” is good for Britain. Reform: destroying jobs, investment, and common sense since… forever. 🙈

The RCAnaesthetists have drafted scope guidance for AAs. It wouldn’t be difficult for the RCPsych to do something similar for PAs who work alongside psychiatrists. Who better than psychiatrists to lead by defining scope of their safe and useful practice in mental health services?

Controversial opinion here. Whatever the rights and wrongs of the super injunction over Operation Rubific, I’m glad all those Afghans who worked for the British were given safe haven here

The #BigButterflyCount is back! 🦋🙌 Results in 2024 led us to declare a #ButterflyEmergency. It’s more important than ever that people take part, 2329 did so in Norfolk in 2024 can we do better? Get out for the Count from 18 July - 10 August 👉 buff.ly/Laxf5kj

The UN's Tom Fletcher: "Israel, as the occupying power, is obligated to ensure that people have food & medical supplies, but that is not happening.. surely we do not need to debate whether killing civilians waiting in line for lifes essentials meets [that] responsibility"

Lizzie Bennet’s Bonnet Tom Dolphin🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Dr Matt Kneale (🦋drmk.link) Doctors’ Association UK i think the data from McKee et al systematic review (even though it was not included) is reflected in the recs cos report concludes much what that review did But data from @DA_UK listing hundreds of episodes of PAs in roles, tasks, rotas beyond their training/licence crucial

One of the things that surprised me about my time on Council was the strength of support for PAs from the Presidents of the Spec Socs. Either they were very pro-PA cos their Spec Socs included them as members. OR they were Be Kinders. As a Profession, we need to think hard

For all of you who have been waiting to hear my voice again - the audiobook is out today! No More Normal: Mental Health in an Age of Over-Diagnosis amzn.eu/d/c8LqWp3

Talks with the BMA and Wes Streeting begin today. Doctors are asking to move from £18.62/hr to £22.67/hr over several years. That’s entirely reasonable. These are highly skilled professionals making critical decisions, carrying huge responsibility, and working under intense

I doubt any patient I am supporting in Assertive Outreach (AO) will be walking in But when they do show up, they are often excluded anyway for multiple reasons AO is in the 10 year plan but it needs to implemented properly

Psychosis stigma in the Middle East: shining a light on hidden struggles nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/… Dr Gerard Rodgers Dr Annie Hickox, Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsych

Shockingly, the Tories did the right thing on secret Afghan asylum planl, writes Ian Dunt. The initial error was egregious, but he argues the response was, at least, morally clear-sighted and practical: trib.al/J3UhZY9

Leng may not have gone far enough for some people, but she was spot on with her observations about the way we have messed up postgraduate medical training.