Me & Dr Sophie Picton (UCL) presenting our research on improving the value and contributions of public contributors in mental health research at the Three NIHR Research Schools Mental Health Programme Showcase 2026 in Birmingham last week. Whatever Sophie was saying, it was funny! @nihr.bsky.social

Great to see our WHOLE-SMI work cited in the new UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee report into Community Mental Health. Recommendations for longer commissioning contracts, cross-sector workforce development and more person-centred care are vital. committees.parliament.uk/work/8755/co...

Thank you to @hsruk.bsky.social for inviting me and @pipshaw.bsky.social to talk about our work on Primrose and WHOLE-SMI. Really enjoying these thought provoking sessions and hearing about the amazing health research going ok across the UK #HSRUK25

I wanted to share the first paper from my PhD, a qualitative meta-synthesis of how individuals understand their own self-harm, an often overlooked factor when it comes to policy and healthcare provision bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

🎉 Celebrating our amazing #FuseAwards25 winners & finalists! From powerful storytelling to inclusive research & real-world impact, the awards honoured outstanding #PublicHealth work in Fuse across the North East & North Cumbria 👏🏆 Meet the winners & discover the stories 🔽 fuse.ac.uk/news/celebra...

Flower Power! Creative communication methods making tradional Romany paper flowers at the Fuse Awards 2025 @fuseonline.bsky.social

Representing The WHOLE-SMI Project at the Fuse Awards 2025. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners this year 🥇 Here we are with some of our amazing public contributors who were shortlisted for the Excellence in Public Involvement and Engagement Award 🎉 @fuseonline.bsky.social

Really proud of the WHOLE-SMI Community Advisory Group for their nomination. Good luck! 🤞

Find out more about this project led by Fuse Associate @carodr.bsky.social from @durham-university.bsky.social in this #fuseblog 🔽 fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/our-... @nihrsphr.bsky.social #ASMSPHR2025

Really honoured to be given the runner up prize for the Public Involvement and Engagement Award at the NIHR #ASMSPHR2025. I didn't even know I'd been nominated! 😂 Really proud of the work me & my colleagues do with our community partners on the WHOLE-SMI Project. Thank you @nihrsphr.bsky.social

As good as #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is at highlighting the issue, people living with severe mental ill-health face challenges everyday and it is imperitive that they are and feel supported to live well and thrive in our communities 1/

Today I'm sharing data-driven illustrations from our WHOLE-SMI project highlighting the challenges and needs of people living with severe mental ill-health. These are based on words from our participants with lived experience and cannot be ignored. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @ejoliver.bsky.social

Looking back at an early blog post from our WHOLE-SMI project to consider why research in this area is so important and what challenges and opportunities we have to improve quality of life for people living with SMIH. blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phsi-edi/cat... #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Sue is our embedded Peer Researcher. She worked on our WHOLE-SMI project & is now working with me on a new project ensuring meaningful contributions from public contributors in Mental Health Research. Reposting her great reflection blog for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social

Mental Health Awareness Week has begun 💙 If you’re needing a little support, here’s who to call ☎️  Please share far and wide! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

Its #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we're sharing our work on how we rethink & commit to long term integrated physical & mental health support for people living with SMIH. You can view/download our policy brief here: shorturl.at/PJJfM made in collaboration with @researchretold.bsky.social

Me, @ejoliver.bsky.social & @pipshaw.bsky.social led a ideation session at the #BCConf2025 in Lisbon discussing "Equity at the juncture of physical & mental health". Fantastic ideas & experiences shared by delegates on how to address behaviour change challenges in healthcare @ucl-cbc.bsky.social

Trans people need effective and tailored healthcare, which is why we're backing NSUN's call for the mental health sector to do more to protect and support trans rights this #TransDayOfVisibility, and every day.

Our peer researcher Sue has learnt a lot working on a project about severe mental illness & physical health, exploring 'how we could best support people living with SMI to...live well in a way that works for them'. Read it here! 👉 bit.ly/3QwZJ7h @dansteward.bsky.social @ejoliver.bsky.social

Come & join us at our creative ideation session at the 2025 Behaviour Change Conference, hosted by the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change (@ucl-cbc.bsky.social) & the NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal. Spaces are limited, learn more & book now: www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... #BCConf2025

Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Living well with severe mental ill-health: learning from implementing physical health support in different regional contexts. 12 Feb 2025, 2pm to 3pm. Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/livin... #MentalHealth @georginaspcr.bsky.social

Fantastic talk by Professor Kevin Fenton at the North East Public Health Conference 2024 highlighting the need for newer collaborative ways of working to address health inequalities #nephconf24

🔓New paper🔓 In this survey study, we explored if personality traits were associated with false reporting of Covid-19 lateral flow test results. Affective empathy and honesty-humility associated with being less likely to report false results. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

What a difference a day makes! That snow did not stick around! #Northumberland

Was an absolute pleasure to attend last nights Bright Ideas in Health 2024 awards and represent the WHOLE-SMI Project. #BIHA2024 Fantastic to see so many wonderful projects, initiatives and innovations getting recognised for such amazing work. Congratulations to all winners and finalists 🫶