Our new Born in Bradford episode on Radio 4 is available 👇. It features compelling, intelligent and heart warming accounts of being a teenager in Bradford, and info about our new BiB Age of Wonder project - the world's biggest study of teenagers bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Gran fined £160 ticket because she didn't have parking app - refuses to pay Despite explaining machine was broken, was told she should’ve downloaded the app “I'm making a stand for older generation who are being excluded because they don't have an app" dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-…

The NICE draft menopause guideline is live for public consultation from 17 November 2023 to 5 January 2024. I urge people to read & comment: nice.org.uk/guidance/indev…

Letter in The Times and The Sunday Times today from Dr Kate Stannard, co-founder of WIMIN - Women In Medicine International Network

When a client leaves IAPT not feeling better, they don't say "This brief, limited session mannualised therapy hasn't worked for me", they say "THERAPY" hasn't worked for me" & can come away thinking they are beyond help. 54% of IAPT clients don't come for a 2nd session.

Another tragedy - psychogenic polydipsia - excess drinking of water bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

Very tragic loss & stark reminder of importance of #RMNs & #nursingstudents receiving high quality, field-specific physical health skills, confident in recognising & responding to psychogenic polydipsia, choking risks, major bleeds, head trauma, NMS, serotonin syndrome etc.

Dr Chris Dlamini, Programme Leader for Learning Disabilities Nursing at Leeds Trinity, blogs about a recent event to help support the local community by utilising the University’s new Health and Life Sciences facility. #NursingSupportWorkersDay Read on 👇 leedstrinity.ac.uk/blog/blog-post…

Whoever agreed that their nursing students could be used as part of a party political advertisement needs to have a long hard think about how this lands with the profession in the current climate

Current NHS starting salaries: Junior doctor £32.4k Nurse £28.4k Paramedic £28.4k Midwife £28.4k Radiographer £28.4k Healthcare assistant £22.8k Physiotherapist £28.4k Dietician £28.4k Occupational therapist £28.4k Are you actually *trying* to destroy the NHS, James Cleverly🇬🇧?

So: Please come to the UK to work in one of the 300k health & care jobs we’re so desperate to fill - but no, not with your loved ones, we don’t want you that much. Oh & pay £1035 a year to use the NHS that relies on your labour. That’s just what we think of you immigrants 🤷‍♀️

With respect, James, there are over 165k adult social care vacancies. These vulnerable, lonely, cold, soiled, hungry, frightened human beings could be you. Your mum or dad. Any of us. You’re making it less likely they’ll get the care they need. Common sense, or abject cruelty?

Most my work is based on kindness and wellbeing but every so often, an “aggressive kindness” message is needed Wellbeing is not fluffy or a luxury Basic Needs at Work 💛🧡

Immigration proposals highlight the unacceptable state of care homes we have grown used to (& yes, there are good ones). Dependent on overseas staff, low pay, minimum staffing levels Entrenched inequality: private v LAs Run by investment companies far removed from actual care.

🤔 How do we have the greatest detrimental impact and perpetuate greater levels of disaster for the #NHS and #socialcare and #universities ?...

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🚨Clozapine and Constipation This is the one side effect that easily flies under the radar BUT is associated with the highest risk of mortality. ( High case fatality - 28%! ) I have to constantly remind myself and remind the patient about the seriousness of this SE. While

Important to stress we don’t know the details of this tragedy. But more broadly it should remind us of the vulnerability of asylum seekers: traumatised, displaced, isolated. And it should prick the conscience of those who demonise them.

Belonging at work really matters. Employees with a strong sense of belonging outperform others on almost every metric, from engagement & retention to performance & wellbeing. Good leadership supports belonging: People with an effective manager are 6X more likely to feel this

New national suicide rates just published. Based on deaths registered in 2022. Headline messages for England: •5,284 suicides, rate 10.5 per 100k people, no change •suicide in young people no longer rising •higher rates in men esp 50-54yrs plus late life peak. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures.