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New NHS guidance on suicide risk assessment published today. More personal & collaborative, no checklists. Driven by evidence & the experience of families, esp ⁦Philip Pirie⁩ & ⁦NCISH⁩ thetimes.com/article/fb942d…

Our 2025 report highlights #suicideprevention priorities for clinical care: •safety on wards & after hospital discharge •optimum treatment for bipolar disorder •patients who are losing contact •bereavement anniversaries. Read the report here: buff.ly/g4v8sLN

My PhD thesis on crisis intervention for 'borderline personality disorder' is finally freely available online. My favourite review of this was a friend who said the writing style was like he'd been invited in for a cup of tea. Not horribly academic. rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2795393

Great opportunity for any mental health nurses and allied health professions with an interest in mentalization and 'borderline personality disorder' down Glasgow way: apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Fully Funded #PhD opportunity University of Leeds on "Understanding and evaluating restorative approaches in response to #patientsafety incidents" in MH & other services, working with me, Gemma Louch & Jane O'Hara phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2247-u…

Short blog idenitifying ethical issues when working with suicide, and promoting the action/consequences model as an aid to ethical thinking: rcn.org.uk/news-and-event…

We are asking clinicians working in #mentalhealth care to take part in a survey examining the impact of patient suicide on well-being & clinical practice. If you've experienced the death of a patient by suicide & would like to take part see here buff.ly/wmai8zY

Timing

Today our Prof Nav Kapur & Pauline Rivart are in Cheshire speaking to colleagues Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT about moving towards a personalised approach to risk. We also heard from Tim Page, Mental Health Nurse NHS Herefordshire & Worcestershire & Julie Redmond Jules Redmond 🌈 @NLFT_NHS

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." I am tired of seeing complexity, jargon and buzzwords that add no value or understanding. Simplicity doesn’t mean dumbing things down; it means stripping away the noise to reveal the essence.

You don’t need to sell your soul and integrity when you work in national roles You can keep your spine intact And deliver improved outcomes for the public Anyone who says otherwise is lying You absolutely can keep your moral compass That is the tweet for this #SundayEvening

Heading off to Liverpool for #BIGSPD25? 🎧 Listen to our BIGSPD podcast en route and get yourself in the right headspace. Great conversations and lots of learning from Maxine Dennis, Mick McKeown, Michaela Swales and Jenifer Dylan. youtube.com/watch?v=03_rEw…

Really excited for #BIGSPD25 starting tomorrow in Liverpool! Looking forward to meeting up with familiar faces & getting to know others ❤️

SIR BILLY BOSTON. After handing Billy the letter telling him he would be knighted, I'm so excited to go to the Palace tomorrow with him and his family for the ceremony! He, Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️, and Rugby League are getting the recognition they deserve. Here's the moment we let him

Sir William John Boston KBE. A historic award for an outstanding individual, knighted by King Charles III at Buckingham Palace.👏 #WWRL

The lovely Mick McKeown gave me a shout out earlier at #BIGSPD25, for some activism around mental health nursing. Learn more about it through 2 hours of me ranting. #MHDeservesBetter youtu.be/iBblQygAizs?si…

Exciting - likewise, I’m mostly posting over on Bluesky. However I will likely do some post conference summarising later in the week on here #BIGSPD25

One of the great photos of rugby league. Sir Billy Boston. Wigan Warriors 🍒⚪️

NEW STUDY: Launching 1st July our new NIHR HSDR funded study #StaffedWards that will over the next 30 months, explore relationship between staff and ward characteristics and patient safety incidents on adult mental health wards.