Hey Allison Ferns BBC Sussex don’t forget to include some really great supported living at ‘Fernsville’!! Make it an inclusive community!!!!

#improvingTogether Looking forward to hearing the voices of those who matter most in bringing about change in health and social care. #BigConversation

#ImprovingTogether Thank you for a thought provoking day. My takeaway moment is ‘Stories are data with soul’ a brilliant presentation from Bola Owolabi #HealthInequalities #NHS #socialcare

Looking forward to joining the latest #OliverMcgowanTraining forum this morning. Hoping that mandatory training in autism/LD for all healthcare staff will lead to safer and more equitable outcomes. Thank you Paula McGowan OBE for your brave work.

Thank you Carers UK for inviting myself and other carers to speak with Gillian Keegan this morning #CarersWeek Powerful stories.

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Thank you @tim_nicholls Allison Ferns for once again highlighting the disgrace of autistic people stuck in inappropriate MH inpatient units. So glad #tonyscominghome but just hope our broken social care services can give him the support he needs to now live a meaningful life.

Really interesting to listen to Ishita Srivastava currently sharing an exchange of ideas with #socialcarefuture on her experiences of changing the narrative of social care in the US. #carecantwait

⁦Warrens Bakery⁩ Thanks for the best Tunis Cake we’ve had in a long time. Meant to take a photo before we cut into it but the family were too eager to tuck in! Great customer service too.

Really encouraged to hear the Director of Adult Services at West Sussex quote #socialcarefuture ‘the lives we want to live’ during a meeting with customers and carers this week. West Sussex County Council

💊 | NEW REPORT: The triple threat of soaring demand, staff sickness and low pay are undermining healthcare staff recruitment and retention. We spoke with doctors, nurses, midwives, carers and other healthcare workers to develop a plan ⤵️ bit.ly/IPPRhealthcare

Our wonderful workforce assembly set out a ten point plan for the future, ahead of the NHS workforce strategy. Read all about it here ippr.org/research/publi…

I apologise for being so painfully boring and annoying I am so tired Can my Twitter family please help me to get Oliver's petition asking for Mandatory training on Autism & Learning Disability for All saff in Education settings to 47,000 signatures today petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6390…

Thank you Carers UK for the opportunity to attend the Adult Social Care Workers reception UK Prime Minister today Encouraging to hear Helen Whately MP Deborah Sturdy valuing #unpaidcarers alongside the social care workforce

I'll be supporting Carers Week 2024. Get involved now! carersweek.org// #

#SocialCareFuture looks forward to working with the new government to start the vital work of transforming social care. Here is our outline programme to ignite change ⁦⁦Andrew Gwynne MP⁩ ⁦⁦Wes Streeting⁩ Source: Social Care Future search.app/rcunFkvaF7z1jz…

TAX WEALTH – DON'T CUT DISABILITY SUPPORT - Sign the Petition! chng.it/rRT828JJ4G via Change.org UK

Brilliant interview Mik Scarlet with BBC News (UK) today highlighting the misguided government approach to #disabilitybenefits Cuts to #PIP won’t lead to higher levels of employment. Very worried for #Carers who will also be impacted.

Can anyone clarify if the only mention of Social Care in the #SpendingReview was a ‘fair pay agreement?’ Presumably no central funding for this?

bbc.in/4aLAojL Please read and share. My friend’s daughter, Lucinda, has been treated appallingly, taken without consent to a residential home without the choice of returning to her home after a hospital admission. #DisabilityRights