@ldavies717
RN(MH), community matron, DBT therapist, least restrictive trauma informed practice. Working toward kind, fair & compassionate MH environments for those who receive & provide care. Veteran & tea drinker. Cambridge neck of the woods- all views my own.
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
In a hospital, there are a lot of clever people doing a lot of clever things.
And...
If you can support someone to feel a bit more heard & hopeful, a bit more valued & respected... then it's time well spent.
We must appreciate both the incredible technical, & the warm human sides of healthcare.
A 'speaking up' culture is shaped by our normal day to day interactions- are we open to hearing things that might initially feel annoying or unhelpful or 'negative'? Or are these shut down? A speaking up culture is not compatible with a 'be positive' culture.
THIS 👇 IS TRUE....
Advance invitation for our first Survivors' Zoom Party of 2026 with Lee Campbell www.instagram.com/leejjcampbel... and Lilac Underworld instagram.com/lilacunderwo... and an international gathering of open mic artists...the original and best! 🥰 Drop us a line to get onto the mailing list 🙏🤜🤛🙏
I have officially reached the age where I am bothered by lights being on, doors left open, loud noises, and people
I'm an NHS dietician and 80% of my work is girls who weigh under 45 kilos thinking they are too heavy. You have literally no idea what your dieting and performative "I feel fat" - when you know full well you're not- social media posts are doing to young people. I do. Please stop. Fesshole GOLD from 25th July 2020
Catch Fesshole Live in Leicester, Luton and Leeds – tickets available now! We’re off to Sweden too, visiting Malmö, Göteborg and Stockholm, and bringing Anon Opin to Leicester. https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole
If you work with people with chronic, complex conditions...
If you're frustrated with how mechanical systems are so ill-suited to complex human challenges...
If you've tried & tried to get big institutions to become ‘more human'...
Please get yourself a cuppa & read this brilliant, hopeful report.
I proposed an idea today that everyone working in NHS should have access to regular reflective practice, & it'd need to be organisationally prioritised.
I knew as I said it I sounded crazy & it could never happen in reality. But surely what's actually crazy is that we still don't prioritise this?
Still time to sign up! Global Nature Nurse Collective special event. I’ll be sharing my research exploring nature connection for nursing.
December 9th 4pm GMT, 11 am EST
Contact: susanallisondean@aol.com
#nurse #nurseeducation #studentnurse #natureconnection #planetaryhealth #qualitativeresearch
What will the new road tax be on these?
The final paper from #WardSonar is published today doi.org/10.1186/s128... with @chris_bojke @Gemma_Louch @DrSarahKendal & Charlotte Sturley
It’s a generalisation, but there's an almost impossible combination right now of huge numbers of people desperately needing help from clinical services, at the same time as people working in clinical services at the limits of coping & exhaustion.
This isn’t ‘news’, but it’s important to say it.
Enjoyed connecting with international colleagues at the mental health nursing leaders summit in Barcelona. The plan is to establish an international council for mental health nursing, and my heart is fully behind this project, but my head wonders how it will work and what impact it can have.
Just discovered star wars legions! Thanks our KJ🙂not sure my partner will be impressed with another completist rabbit hole and house full of half painted models 🙂
Struggling to find peer reviewed evidence in support of spending all of your money on going to festivals and gigs? Let us help... doi.org/10.1002/casp...
w/ @profjohndrury.bsky.social @hannaeldarwish.bsky.social Danielle Evans, Fiona Green
Worries me that staff well being services then treat staff anxious about safe staffing...placung the problem in the person not the organisation
Just wondering at what point we're going to say, "hold on a minute lads, maybe this has gone a bit too far now."
Hopefully it's while we still have a health service left.
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reco...
The problem of PFI explained in 60 seconds 👇
The NHS is struggling under the weight of long-term PFI debts
Yet this government are considering bringing in more private finance at the Autumn budget ⁉️
Patients must come before profit. Add your name to the petition 👇
vist.ly/4epjz
Brilliant. Would love to see one for the professionals- or imagine- 'who dares wins'
"We intervene to prevent suicide, yet in doing so might restrict an individual's valued freedoms in some very complex ways. These consequences need to be considered as risks in themselves". A short comment piece to provoke thought and attention on relationships, not just risk.
Absolute textbook.
And they wonder why there's almost no goodwill left.
rcni.com/nursing-stan...
Why the crisis in men's health matters to us all. A short film with the headlines of an event held by @peopleshealthtrust.bsky.social involving government, business & the voluntary and community sector #HealthInequalities #MensHealth #HealthJustice #LiveLonger vimeo.com/1122244324?f...
Nursing staff work tirelessly to provide the best care for patients, and it is appalling to see that they are being slapped with extortionate parking fines for simply being at work.
The government and NHS trusts must rethink their approach to parking and give nursing staff the respect they deserve.
Something to think about
In his newsletter today about the frankly ridiculous decision to withdraw free COVID vaccines to NHS workers:
"It's also a matter of respect. After some recent brutal years, NHS staff deserve more than a pat on the back and a bill for their own jab."
Well bloody said, @roylilley1.bsky.social 🙌
Hello Bluesky. No one ever seems to see (or maybe they just don't care about) my posts. Is it because I don't use hashtags? #PsychiatricDiagnosis #BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #IdentityDisturbance
