• 1 million people waiting for mental health services • Children & young people MH referrals have tripled in less than 10 years & over 109,000 wait over a year for care. • Healthy life expectancy is falling, increasing the demand for healthcare (1/2)

Another day. Another stigmatising headline we’ve had to correct. 2 million people are on mental health waiting lists. Let's focus on getting them the support they deserve instead of writing stigmatising articles.

Urgent Allergy Alert. People who have a peanut allergy to avoid consuming foods or drinks that contain or may contain mustard, mustard powder or mustard flour as it may have been contaminated with peanuts.  Read our news story: food.gov.uk/news-alerts/ne… food.gov.uk/news-alerts/ne…

Grief is a messy rollercoaster. 🧡

Monday 23 September - Update 4: FGS Ingredients Ltd recalls a number of products containing mustard powder because of undeclared peanuts. This recall has been extended to include additional products identified with a double asterisk ** #FoodAllergy bit.ly/3TEsbGh

It's OK researching new treatments for those with physical health needs and SMI, but we need to be getting the foundations right so that the reviews and support are there in the first place.

59% of people with Severe Mental Illness in England had a full physical health check in the last year - so 41% still haven't. Things are improving but health checks for all are only the foundation. #parityofesteem #mortalitygap Royal College of Psychiatrists Lade Smith CBE digital.nhs.uk/data-and-infor…

Problem of unintended consequences: slushies need sugar for their consistency - reformulation following the sugar tax resulted in replacement with glycerol which is fine for older people, but not children.

Our new landmark @MarmotIHE review concludes racism damages health & wellbeing & drives avoidable inequalities between ethnic groups across London Sadiq Khan Dr Habib Naqvi MBE London Gov London Assembly @UCL 1/6 instituteofhealthequity.org/resources-repo…

If you do one thing this #WorldMentalHealthDay, help someone know they’re not alone. 🧵 Open this

On world mental health day, beyond all the ‘it’s okay not to be okay’ & clichés shared, pls remember those of us who are constantly trying to manage & deal w/ the stigma of having severe mental illness I am not ashamed to have schizophrenia, but it does come with challenges

There's been some stigmatising coverage of autism and mental health in the news this week. To clarify, autism and mental health problems are different things. Here's how they can be connected, and where to get support for autism 🧵 1/8

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BAPEN launched their new electrolyte and vitamin replacement guidelines today. Excellent resource for those who manage #eatingdisorders #BAPEN2024 BDA Mental Health Specialist Group BDA Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Group RCPsych Eating Disorders Faculty bapen.org.uk/bapen-news/bap…

Beat recently published a report titled “There’s no place like home” which shows the importance of having access to intensive community and day treatments in eating disorders. This post aims to bring awareness to the report and highlight the results💜 beateatingdisorders.org.uk/about-beat/pol…

Moving over to Blue Sky 😊 (will be here now and then but will unlikely be posting) bsky.app/profile/charlo…

Job alert! 📢 If you're a #dietitian interested in working in eating disorders, then look no further! A great opportunity and great team! nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Notting… NottshcAHPs BDA Mental Health Specialist Group Nottinghamshire Healthcare BDA East Midlands Branch