Thanks to those who came and played such an engaged and constructive part in our workshop on designing relational care approaches to reduce self-harm and suicide in various settings. Lots of lovely ideas #RRNConf25

Really enjoyed our first session at #RRNConf25 Smashing to see so many people and some great questions. Thanks for inviting us. Next up: the workshop.

#RRNConf25 Great to see such a great turnout at this conference on reducing restraint. First talk today by Gambinga Gambinga on naming the named or unrecognised restraints on people’s lives living in the community was genuinely mind-opening. Brilliant.

Looking forward to #RRNConf25, hearing others & presenting a keynote and workshop with Jess Griffiths on Relational Care in reducing self-harm & suicide in inpatient mental health wards & emergency departments. This draws on our work @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process. How are Labour policies changing your life?

Around 10,000 university workers being made redundant this year. Labour policies are definitely cutting through in higher education …

A packed start to the #RRNConf2025 with @restraintreductionnetwork.org. Already meeting fantastic people. I'm looking forward to spending time with friends and colleagues old and new. So many amazing speakers including @drjohnabaker.bsky.social @cityalan.bsky.social Alexis Quinn and so many more!

1. Yesterday, 86 people were arrested in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action." They are the opposite of terrorists. They were protesting *against* terrorism. 🧵

USA leading way on inhumane treatment of immigrants

BBC News provides a 'land of the free' latest Where political views expressed on social media by students will exclude you from getting an education in the US Add that students in the US have already had their visas revoked because of part-taking in pro Palestinian protests

In just 3 months Labour licensed more military exports to Israel than the Tories did in all of 2020-2023. Yesterday Israeli strikes killed 80 people, including at least 22 children, while the UN warned that the entire population of Gaza is now at "critical risk" of famine.

You cannot make this stuff up.

Yvette Cooper repeatedly refused to give a straight answer just now on Today to straight Q “Will councils get more money to pay care workers more?” She repeatedly committed to higher carer pay but wouldn’t commit to money so councils can fund it. Think that speaks volumes about the mess we are in.

NEW paper from @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social Check it out. Understanding the barriers and facilitators to delivering peer support effectively in England: a qualitative interview study bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-025-06850-z

How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !

Seen this?

Great to see this out. Fab collaboration and paper @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social Quantitative Evidence for Relational Care Approaches to Assessing and Managing Self-Harm and Suicide Risk in Inpatient Mental Health and Emergency Department Settings: A Scoping Review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🔴 Newly published paper - Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models 📄 Published in the International Journal of Mental Health Systems, this study, led by Jess Griffiths, maps a range of alternatives to standard #inpatientcare.

An interesting paper critiquing ‘complex emotional needs’ as a label to individuals given a diagnosis of a personality disorder ⬇️ #MentalHealth #research www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Interesting article by The Guardian referencing our systematic review findings on Digital Surveillance. It gives a great overview of Oxevison and the concerns over its effect on patients theguardian.com/society/2025... #inpatient #mentalhealth

We were honoured to share our recent work on Peer Support at two MHPRU events this year! 🫲🏽🫱🏿 Over 250 people joined us across a webinar and live panel event — and now the video series is live! 🎥 Huge thanks to @thementalelf.bsky.social for bringing it all together 💙 #PeerSupport #MentalHealth

New paper on alternatives to inpatient mental health care, from the team at @mentalhealthpru.bsky.social Alternative approaches to standard inpatient mental health care: development of a typology of service models | International Journal of Mental Health Systems doi.org/10.1186/s130...

Blatant war crimes committed in Gaza today as Israel drops bombs on tents in 'safe zones'. For no reason except they can because the USA/UK continue to send them weapons despite them blatantly committing Genocide.

Putin unilaterally declares a truce for Easter, the first in Russia's three-year war on Ukraine, immediately breaks it, Zelensky says // @siobhanogrady.bsky.social reports from Kyiv with @leadergrev.bsky.social and Catherine Belton www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

The final AdStAC paper published on implementing #AdvanceChoiceDocuments for Black people in #MentalHealthcare➡️http://tinyurl.com/AdStAC2025 🖊️We heard from a clinician, facilitator & service-user involved in the project in our blog series: kcl.ac.uk/empowering-b... @maudsleycharity.bsky.social

So @hmtreasury is forcing @DWPgovuk to find more savings, in part by cutting the Universal Credit Standard Allowance (after raising it a bit). Here's what the Green Paper said about the current position & why UC needs to rise: it's been cut so low it's driving destitution.

Tax the super-rich: protest breaks out over Spring Statement right at Rachel Reeves' front door Author and economist Gary Stevenson, Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer, and Labour peer Prem Sikka addressed the crowd - calling for Reeves to back down www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

WATCH: Jeffrey Goldberg explaining what he was sent by Hegseth accidentally… followed by Hegseth furiously denying it. If you can’t tell who is lying here, please come play poker with us — and bring a lot of cash! 🙃

Britain's 177 billionaires sit on £965 bn - more EACH than the average Brit will earn in 1000 lifetimes. So obviously, Labour decided NOT to have a 2% wealth tax on this obscene, unspendable hoarding. More poverty for 6.9m disabled Britons is their solution. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883), abolitionist, women's rights advocate, who chose to be photographed with her knitting. As an enslaved person, she had knitted/spun endlessly and when free later in life, she taught knitting to former enslaved women aiding self-sufficiency #womensart

Canada giving Marco Rubio the tiniest red carpet they could find in a thrift shop somewhere.

Recovery in the Bin have published research on what goods and services people buy in order to managed their disabilities. Must-read apropos the conversation over PIP, NB the research includes people who don't receive benefits too. recoveryinthebin.org/2025/02/27/i...

We urgently need more research to improve support for people with problematic menstruation. Please share what research questions you think are most important to understand about problematic menstrual bleeding exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Are the Nursing and Midwifery Council undermining mental health nursing and the quality of mental health nursing care? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Good to see publication of NHSEngland's principles on using digital technologies in mental healthcare, strongly informed by the review of evidence conducted by our fab team at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health england.nhs.uk/long-read/pr...

Good to see this paper from the ENRICH trial of peer support which suggests including peer support in an aftercare package reduces average costs of care. Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis gpsych.bmj.com/content/38/1...

Good blog from @jillstavert.bsky.social for the wonderful team @thementalelf.bsky.social This one is about patient and carer experiences of compulsory treatment. Spoiler: not good

📢 New Open-Access Book! Coercion & Violence in Mental Health Settings explores international perspectives on coercion & rights-based care, centring lived experience. 📖 Read my article: lnkd.in/evJpah3k 📚 Free book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... How do we centre lived experience in reform?

@ucu.org.uk nothing on Cardiff cuts?!

There's a critical nursing shortage. The Welsh NHS is, frankly, a byword for poor results. And now Cardiff University is to close its nursing courses. Well done everyone, genius-level stuff! 👏👏👏👏👏 www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Painful to think of the sadness and exasperation my brilliant nurse academic colleagues are feeling as Cardiff University cut nursing education. At a time of GLOBAL nursing shortages.

If you are interested in campaigning on mental health, psychiatric and human rights in a service user/survivor context, I recommend joining Courtney Buckler, NSUN campaign manager for this Feb's meeting. www.nsun.org.uk/news/current...

This confusing headline basically should say: "BBC verifies that Israel was lying and is guilty of war crimes" They just can't quite manage to say the words considering how they've enabled the lies for the past year. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🔴 BREAKING: Russian forces have reportedly executed six Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to Ukrainian activist Serhii Sternenko. According to the activist, the crime was recorded on a phone by one of the perpetrators.

Crisis Cafés are increasingly common form of crisis alternative. A new study provides the first evidence on their UK implementation. Blogged for @thementalelf.bsky.social by @nicolaclibbens.bsky.social and Daisy Mbwanda we explore what needs to happen next www.nationalelfservice.net/populations-...

Tell me what you want, what you really really want: lived experience involvement in co-developing outcome measures www.nationalelfservice.net?p=212822 "Have you ever asked people with lived experience what they think the main outcomes of your study should be?"

A stark legacy of austerity. Whether you think it was necessary or not it was done in an incredibly damaging way.