We found that important considerations are 👉🏻 holistic care, staff education, basic & emergency epilepsy training

Our new r/w paper Seizure Journal looks at constipation in epilepsy, which is important but poorly discussed or evaluated. Has impact on QOL & risk. Excellent work Alexandra Gabrielsson @SamuelJTromans @LisaBurrowsPhD Richard Laugharne Paper free access & DOWNLOAD seizure-journal.com/article/S1059-…

So excited to see this in press this morning; my first 1st author publication in an indexed journal! Please read! 📢📢

We will be hosting the East of England Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability Conference on Friday 26 May 2023 Professor Rohit Shankar Rawnak Jahan Alexandra Gabrielsson Anna Conway Morris 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶🌈 Intellectual Disability Trainees UK Indermeet Sawhney georgina parkes Dr Niraj Singh Angela Hassiotis ([email protected]) Regi Alexander  Free 10 spaces for CT,FYs ,GPs

A great day planned with excellent speakers!

We are delighted that @SamuelJTromans presented BiH at last week's #PsychID2023 as part of his contribution to clinical & academic literature around the evidence for digital support like ours. Clinical evidence is vital for technology to be fit for the future of support.

Our latest paper looks at long-term psycho-social impact of the pandemic on people with intellectual disability and their carers Alexandra Gabrielsson @SamuelJTromans Indermeet Sawhney doi.org/10.1177/002076… It compares early Pandemic to later experience FREE DOWNLOAD/ACCESS

Excellent talk by Professor Rohit Shankar Professor Rohit Shankar on epilepsy in ID at the @EofEngland id trainee conference today. Intellectual Disability Trainees UK Psychiatry of ID Sonika_bhasin Rawnak Jahan Indermeet Sawhney

Excited to learn that our paper was editor’s choice of the month! I feel very fortunate to be working with such a great team on issues that matter (and Poo Matters!)

Delighted to win the partnership between business and academia award. Great to recognise our work with University of Plymouth (and previously University of Exeter )

“They either don’t understand the impact of continued pay erosion on morale and retention, or they do understand and they simply don’t care” Co-chair Vivek Trivedi speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning about the government’s negotiating position #JuniorDoctorsStrike

Hundreds of #JuniorDoctorsStrike gather outside #nhsconfedexpo

Junior doctors won’t be silenced. Pay us what we’re worth, so we can get back to work.

An often neglected issue is social care in people with ID & epilepsy. The influence of this on risk such as SUDEP cannot be understated. Our latest paper compares attitudes & insights of social care professionals to epilepsy clinicans Free DOWNLOAD/ACCESS doi.org/10.1016/j.yebe…

Our new paper is out! 🌟epilepsybehavior.com/article/S1525-… @SamuelJTromans Professor Rohit Shankar Angela Hassiotis ([email protected]) Indermeet Sawhney Ashok Roy Michael Kinney Angie Pullen 🇺🇦 Dr P Triantafyllopou

I believe educators should receive training in learning disabilities and autism. Please consider signing this petition if you agree. ⁦Paula McGowan OBE⁩ #oliverscampaign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

People with a learning disability from a minority ethnic background have a life expectancy of just 34 years—around half that of their white counterparts who on average live to 62, to a report from the NHS Race and Health Observatory NHS Race & Health Observatory has found bmj.com/content/382/bm…

Shocking and upsetting.

Our new paper explores the views of ID psychiatrists on the proposed changes to the MHA. Please read and share 🌟 🌟