🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨

Absolutely nobody I knew in the NHS had routine gatherings or drinks after work during covid restrictions. We left exhausted, stripped, showered, terrified we might pass something on, ate, stayed in and slept. Day off meant a solo walk in the park. Rinse & repeat

The entire NHS right now:

People don’t connect childhood trauma to adult behaviors because they don’t fully understand what’s traumatic when you’re a child. As children, we don’t have logic, we only have feelings A thread 🧵:

If you were “mature for their age” you might have been parentified. Parentification is when a child is made to fill an adult role. This is an “invisible” trauma that has life long impact. HERE’S WHY: 🧵

If you need immediate support with your mental health that doesn't require visiting A+E, Safe Tameside is available 1pm-8pm weekdays. Whether you need a space to talk to someone to keep yourself safe, or you have reached a point you need to get further help, Safe Tameside is here

Good to have Warren Heppolette GM Integrated Care Partnership welcome & commit to meet the challenges presented by Gill GM Older People's Network & Polly Kaiser at #GMOPMHNLaunch Acknowledging much more needs to be and can be done. #Ageism #AgeFriendlyGM

It was brilliant to be part of the Greater Manchester Older People’s Mental Health Network launch event this afternoon 😁 there’s so much amazing work happening with experts by experience in GM! Coproduction is vital for services to move forward & progress GM Older People's Network 👏🏼

Following on from our Warm Hub and seeing so many people connecting and enjoying other peoples company, we are pleased to offer Free Lunch Friday Club. Starting on the 21st April 1:30pm Booking is essential as places are limited. Please call 0161 308 5000 to book on .

Preparing for our 5th ‘Experts by Experience’ meeting 🙂 Working with other services & hearing the voices of those with lived experience is vital. Co-production has been invaluable in the development of our CERN Pathway for our clients aged 65+🤝🏽 #TamesideOPCMHT #Coproduction

We are also publishing today an online learning resource on safe compassionate care for patients given a diagnosis of personality disorder. Made with donation from a bereaved family. With contributions from SUs with this diagnosis inc Sue Sibbald. sites.manchester.ac.uk/ncish/resource…

Great to meet with Structured Clinical Management team colleagues from across Pennine Care NHS FT to review work over past 12 months & plan further service developments for people with complex emotional & relational needs Dil Jauffur Karen maneely Anthonyhassallnhs Clare Parker

At our SCM Away Day last week we reflected on what we have achieved in the last year - including new ways of working & reducing stigma. Also thinking about our goals for the future, including building a carers' pathway 🙌 #BPDawarenessmonth

Cheers to our volunteers all across Pennine Care 🙌👏💙 Your contributions are invaluable – supporting therapeutic activities, mealtimes, befriending, capturing feedback & everything else! If you’ve got a spare few hours to volunteer we’d love to hear from you #VolunteersWeek

A&Es across Greater Manchester are extremely busy. Please remember if you’re struggling and need mental health advice you can call our 24/7 crisis mental health helpline for free on 0800 014 9995 We cover #Bury, #Glossop, #Oldham, #Rochdale, #Stockport, and #Tameside.

𝗔𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀, 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁. Check in on those around you. #WorldMentalHealthDay | #YouAreNotAlone | Samaritans