I started a new account which is basically a place to gather evidence relating to AHPs and Healthcare - with some biases towards Mental Health, Community and Leadership (my own biases). Bit of an experiment, give it a follow if you like @ahpevibp.bsky.social

It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.

Nothing quite as humbling for a brit as going on holiday and the pilot taking off and landing an aeroplane while simultaneously delivering messages in three different languages.

Standard NHS cutlery drawer

Late to the party here I'm sure, but generative AI and job application personal statements is horrible. Spotting the pattern is easy enough but then you just can't trust anything anyone's written. Reduces applications to qualifications and experience only which really misses an opportunity

🙏 Read this blog exploring our recent study about ethnicity and rapid tranquillisation use. ❤️ Thanks for going into this important tropic. @drjohnabaker.bsky.social @abricca.bsky.social @gildberg.bsky.social

🚀 Turn your mental health research into real-world impact. 📲 We help researchers share evidence through social media, podcasts, videos, webinars and more. ⏰ Time for some #ElfHelp? www.nationalelfservice.net/disseminate-...

20 minutes into Toxic Town - not heard a Northamptonshire accent yet. I'm aware there were a lot of scots due to the steel industry - was not aware it was a full scale take over.

Add to the evidence pile of 'why don't the public understand more about community care' - it's easy to report on hospitals, it's easier to measure hospitals and the power in systems is generally concentrated in the acute sector. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is beautifully written piece I would encourage anyone working in mental health services to read.

A great thread that you should read all of, but if I could like a post more than once it would be this one.

A very good podcast from @newstatesman.com focusing on Scunthorpe and the decline of the steel industry but which could be about most deindustrialised towns in the UK- pca.st/episode/586b...

Daily life in 2025. #AI #Tech #JustLetMeBe #FFS

"One of the most powerful things people can do with power is give it away." Manchester City Council Leader @bevcraig.bsky.social offers candid insights on leadership, community power and having Nye Bevan for dinner in our Leadership Lucky Draw series. https://buff.ly/3ClF7LW

My @thestorygraph.com reads from 2024 - I aimed to read 50 and got to 46 which is not bad. Starting off with some comfortable Sci-Fi I did diversify across the year. Most impactful were probably 'Flowers for Algernon' and 'Kim Jiyoung Born 1982'. Going into the new year re-reading LOTR #booksky

Kemi can eat whatever she wants, but can we please stop lionising working through lunch? We've all done it on occasion but it doesn't make you some productivity hero, and it's a terrible message to send to staff under you when you make it clear, as she does, that it's an expectation.

Just been made aware of this.... interesting.... product - and this review has me howling.

We are watching a Hallmark Christmas film where a big town doctor moves to a small Alaskan town and becomes a GP and I can't stop thinking about where she is getting adequate supervision from.

My son has got us watching (American) college football. The bands play in between every drive, it's the best thing ever.

Really helpful paper that gives some evidence based advice on designing a built environment which supports recovery

Great to see that NHS performance as a whole is once again being measured by hospital waiting lists - the shift in treatment / resource / power to community will not happen while we continue to frame improvement in this way www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Rotherham away - dreadful

Finished reading 'I'm starting to worry about this black box of doom' - a decent and entertaining adventure through some of the threats of social media. Enjoyed the shades of grey in the protagonists.

Absolute banger of a debut album, still listen regularly

Memories of walking around Nottingham on a lazy Sunday afternoon listening to this album on mini disc, not a care in the world.

I'm sure someone thought it was a great idea to put a piano in Birchanger services - I can assure you it is not. For every competent pianist there are 100 people who just smash the keys incessantly

Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.

Unfortunately, I cancelled my membership to the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists today. It's not been the organisation for me for a little while and I've held out, but made the plunge today.

While we pat ourselves on the back for joining Bluesky, the awe-inspiring @deevybee.bsky.social has handed back her FRS because Musk also has one. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Well done to our amazing AHP award winners from last night at the RDaSH NHS annual award ceremony. Amazing people and teams on the shortlist and fantastic work done by those people and teams that didn't win - but great to see AHPs represented in some high profile awards!

This is a very interesting and well put together tool. Feel like we've been talking about Lords reform since I became interested in politics - which is quite a long time ago....

I doubted people when they told me how much my mileage would drop in the winter on my electric car. I was wrong. 25% loss is going to make today's long round trip interesting!

Today's task - developing new community rehab pathways (particularly OT) for mental health. Hoping not to reinvent the wheel!

Happy Friday all, it's a 'clear the decks' Friday for me. Attempt to get the emails down and get some stuff done. (The emails will not, in fact, get down).

I read: How to win the Premier League by Ian Graham. An interesting primer on the development of data and it's use in football. Not a Liverpool fan, but the best bits are where this is interwoven with stories of Liverpool's successful seasons. Some completely random chapters felt like filler. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I've just seen that Leon Scent has been put in charge of a department called DOGE and my existential fear of an American Government by meme has increased exponentially. I think I'll bury my head in work and science fiction for a while. Nothing like a bit of escapism while the world burns.

Wedding Photographer Cinema Usher Bike Technician (got sacked for not knowing one end of a bike from the other 😂) Market trader Wholesale pharmacy picker

I realise I'm probably late to this particular party. Colin Farrell should rightly get plaudits for his performance in The Penguin, but holy gamoley, Cristin Milioti is absolutely fantastic.

Which MP receives the most donations? Who takes the most foreign trips? We've an interactive map that lets you explore all this and more. (100,000 people tried out the map when we launched it a week ago; if you missed it, do take a look)

Extremely helpful starter pack for health and social care people

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,774,382!

I have been trying to parse this headline for about 2 minutes now. Is there a word missing?

Went to Nottingham. Escaped an escape room. Ate some food

I realise this is old news to almost everyone but holy moly - what a book. Strongly recommend

Hello Bluesky, I’m an Allied Health Professional working in NHS leadership in a Community Health and Mental Health Trust in South Yorkshire. Looking to connect with others working in health and care, particularly in ‘non-acute’ sectors. Also: dogs, running, board games, audiobooks.

This channel has useful summaries of productivity books if that's your bag www.youtube.com/@productivit...

Been trying to get into an autumnal mood with TV and film. Watched these so far, any further suggestions always appreciated. Just realising how heavy this is on David Lynch