I know amongst Midlands Partnership University NHS FT staff,and governor members..a few have lived experienced of mh issues However,some are hesitant in openly speaking about it Hopefully new Lived Experience Director Role will help their Midlands Partnership University NHS FT colleagues towards #smashingstigma

Honestly after Panorama/Dispatches/Manchester/TEWV scandals in the last eight weeks the Lived Experience community needs these attacks not only on social media but from the telegraph, the times and the daily mail like a hole in the head.

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Thank you for the support Claire Murdoch We at Mark W are extremely proud of the work we’ve been doing and even more grateful for the work of generations of survivors ✌🏼

Mel Ball Ben Midlands Partnership University NHS FT It’s amazing seeing other people already recruited into #LivedExperience paid roles showing support to Midlands Partnership University NHS FT now for being so forward thinking and once the #LXD is appointed our support will be there too 💯 #Tribe ✊🏽exciting stuff dampens the negativity in press 🤩Danni

Thank you for the support Sal 💜

Abdullah Mia Mel Ball don’t let this I’ll informed, cheap jibe at these valuable LX roles hurt you. It’s a jab at the NHS in reality but we march on and are bigger and better than this. These colleagues are part of modernisation and the future and here to stay!

The writers of the headlines do not understand Lived Experience & have not even tried. They do not know what it takes, to openly name yourself as Lived Experience. They do not know what we have experienced or the courage, vulnerability, strength, determination & fight we have 🔥

I'm proud to use my lived experience every day to try better our peers experience of the NHS/role model a unique sense of recovery. The comments in the press this week have shown me we still have a long way to go to break the stigma. Sharon Gilfoyle Anna Hills Leah (they/them)

I work using my lived experience of accessing numerous NHS mental health services. Laying myself bare often to see less of what greatly harmed me and more of what helped me. I refuse to let the words of poorly researched articles prevent me from continuing this work.

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Letter from me to The Times emphasising the importance of #LivedExperience in mental healthcare following the recent outrage from people outside our field.

Twitter has been a place of awfulness and also so much support this last week or so. I think for me it’s time to take a little break to recharge. To all my #livedexperience peeps past and present, you’re amazing and you know where I am! #inittogether ✌🏼

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Just wanted to pop on to offer Mel Ball a huge welcome to Midlands Partnership University NHS FT Now lets go create some magic as the perfectly imperfect humans we are 💜✌🏼