“If you love anyone and they are in a human body, you should expect to provide care,” says Emily Kenway, author of “Who Cares.” She talks about the inevitability of caregiving and how unprepared most people are. Emily Kenway Michel Martin

Brianna Ghey's mum Esther shows us all what human compassion is capable of (Emma too, for being able to receive it.) We all need to take time today to absorb the magnitude of what she is doing. Forgiveness is the hardest path to take. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-684944…

It's the final week to see our 2022 Founders Prize Award exhibition which closes on Friday at The Long Gallery in Maudsley Hospital. More info via link in bio. Maudsley Charity @maudsleynhs @ortusmaudsley Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

If you are over 45 please take 5 mins to help Dr Beth Bareham with this important research study. It’s anonymous.

Sir Andrew Dilnot wins my award for patience as he yet again talks BBC Radio 4 Today through how “we can have good lives” but can’t keep turning away from the realities illustrated by social care’s need for reform.

1.5m people provide 50+ hours of unpaid care each week, without which our health & care systems would collapse. The next Government must invest in social care so everyone can access the support they need. Sign our open letter ahead of the #GeneralElection go.carersuk.org/446hgcr?utm_so…

If anyone happens to have a spare ticket they would like to sell for Bill Callahan Bill Callahan gig (preferably Fri 27th Sep!) Institute of Contemporary Arts please DM me.

🔋 Unpaid carers need support to recharge our batteries. Share our award-winning film with your candidates so they understand the reality of caring today and spread the word about our #RunningOnEmpty campaign buff.ly/3yCz5o8 buff.ly/3yzxLlX

Congratulations to my co-head of department, Bryn Lloyd-Evans, on his fantastic inaugural professorial lecture on the social cure in mental health UCL Psychiatry. The future is social!

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Grace Jones South Facing Concert Series Crystal Palace Bowl 🤩

Honestly one of the best things I've ever seen on this island

Walthamstow said Nah!

We're working with Carers Trust on a project about the reality of Carers Rights for Carers Rights Day. We've got a real quick couple of questions we'd love you to answer. No long surveys here. It will take mins. Please RT and share. Link here bit.ly/3NrCB8Z

30%-40% of public money given to England's care homes vanishes in profits, little left for frontline services. Almost all care homes forcibly closed between 2011 and 2023 were operated by for-profit companies. Profits and care can't be combined. Watch the Minister's reply.

Rachel Shaun Lintern Care Quality Commission Always, always ask about overnight and weekend staffing levels, then do the maths, then ask the questions. And yes, meds rounds CAN/do take hours: *where is the cover for that?* How are pts effectively and safely even supported to move or be made comfortable with one person?

"I didn't even know the care home had applied for a DoLS until the BIA called me!" Training Events - Two BIA Legal Update Events in August - book your place(s) now! mailchi.mp/edgetraining/i… #mentalcapacity #mentalhealth #dols #humanrights

📢 Save the date! The next Scottish Public Information Forum meets on Friday 26 Sept 2025, 11am–1pm at the Scottish Parliament to mark International Right to Know Day. 🗓️🗣️ Tickets available from: tinyurl.com/SPIF25 #SPIF2025 #RightToKnow #FOI #FOISA20

📅 Friday 22 August | 🕝 2:30–3:45pm 📍 Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh "Freedom of Information: falling short after 20 years?" Join the debate 👉 tinyurl.com/FOIatFOP #FoP2025 #FOI #RightToKnow