A really good day at the @mhrincubator.bsky.social gathering in Manchester!

Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

Join us for an all day, free event tackling inequalities in maternal and perinatal mental health. Where: ORTUS, SE5 8SN When: 4 Nov, 10am-5pm 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720417397...

New publication! ✨ "Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study" Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social). 📄 Full paper here 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

*Journal editors*: we're looking for a suitable outlet for our paper which provides an indepth analysis of what happened at three of the anti-immigrant riots in the UK last year. Would your journal consider this paper? Please share? www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Delighted to have this publication out at Patient Experience Journal This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk pxjournal.org/journal/vol1...

Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”…

The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led. Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit. 🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...

Bild has signed a joint letter sent to Health Secretary Wes Streeting today, calling for urgent action to get the LeDeR programme back on track and help save lives. Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo...

Inequity in action: Why minoritised ethnic patients are more often rapidly tranquilised & what needs to change New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals. It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care. 🧵 THREAD

#NewPost 🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social! 📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare.

New paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection. It is available as a free e-book and in paperback: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

Excited to read this! Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma. May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

📣 New paper alert! My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles. doi.org/10.1186/s129... #workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI 1/4

Well worth registering, for those in London on the 19th June! #academicchatter #AcademicSky

SCIE - Get me to hospital: When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment - May 2025 www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...

This post introduces a new blog about a produced project to improve maternity care for Black families. This is part of a PhD study by one of my fantastic students. Have a read and subscribe to the blog!

Super interesting thread 💡

Want to learn more? Read the blog! buff.ly/KWzylIa It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.

Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? buff.ly/KWzylIa #CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods 🧵 THREAD

Our 2025 GROW programme is perfect for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career #researchers! Build a network of peers at the same career stage, connect with senior researchers, plan goals with 1-to-1 coaching sessions & much more in this fully-funded programme👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/

Very much looking forward to catching up on this webinar from @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social later this week.

Looking forward to this session

Mental health patient safety requires a unique approach, different from physical health or other care settings. These findings allow clinicians and researchers a framework to begin to understand how patient safety is conceptualised in community mental health services.

🆕Delighted to see this lovely blog by @samwoodnutt.bsky.social for @thementalelf.bsky.social on our recent paper focusing on safety incidents and harms within community mental health services. 📈Full paper here: doi.org/10.1017/S003... 💭Service user and carer views here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Help! "Learning disability (LD) nurses have always been central to the care of PWLD and valued highly by them and their families and carers" (DH, 2013). #saveourprofession #chooseldnursing #ouldnurses Please support the future of #LearningDisabilityNursing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

📢📢 Qualitative researchers 📢📢 Does your research involve an interpretative approach? Are you working on a topic connected to public health? Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇 Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍

We're holding a symposium at the University of Edinburgh to kick off the discussion we hope to ignite with our new book on stigma. There's limited places so if you'd like to attend please register ASAP, details in link below. Bursaries available for ECRs.

1 in 4 women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey finds In The Guardian, Melissa Palmer discusses 'stark findings' as almost 3/4 surveyed reported #reproductive or #MenstrualHealth issues, & ethnic inequalities revealed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We're launching our new webinar series! Spearheading Change: Tackling Inequity, Multimorbidity, and Complex Conditions 📅 1 May 🕐 1:00 PM BST 💻 Microsoft Teams Join leading experts to discuss creating equitable, sustainable health & care systems. 🎟️ buytickets.at/betterhchub/...

Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse www.nationalelfservice.net?p=214633 🧵 THREAD

Super job, @sarindiary.bsky.social and Carole! 😊

Happy World Down Syndrome Day! Very happy to be working with some wonderful adults with Down's Syndrome to raise awareness about #patientsafety risks of falling and the importance of keeping moving. Thankful to @dsa-uk.bsky.social for all of their work! #WorldDownSyndromeDay

Free #UCLan conference for people working with victims of child exploitation.

Mental distress among people receiving benefits: new evidence. The majority of people receiving benefits report mental distress, many have recently thought about self-harm, and reported work limitations are considerable. inequalities.substack.com/p/welfare-an...

We're putting together a starter pack to link all those who work in mental health research and interested/working in youth involvement. Please share and invite people to our starter pack! If you'd like to be added to our starter pack, let us know 😊 go.bsky.app/EFACehf

"53% of voters today think Britain should prioritise Europe over the US if needed, compared with 31% who chose the US. In 1967, the public favoured America over Europe by 53% to 33%." The Guardian highlights our recent study of political attitudes throughout the 20th and 21st centuries

UK research staff ‘unable to plan for the future’. Research staff in ‘limbo’ as only 65 per cent on fixed-term contracts, UCU finds. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Nursing associate job ad calls for ‘registered nurse’ ability NHS trust removes ad for nursing associate to take on ‘all tasks normally undertaken by a registered nurse’, as concerns raised over risk to patient safety and the workforce rcni.com/nursing-stan...

Please RT & help Hannah with her important PhD about staff experience of self-harm management on mental health wards.

Glad to see our work shared on the hub! @patientsafetylearning.org 💭We explored safety incidents and harms as reported in community-based mental health services. 🧵Reflections on our key findings: bsky.app/profile/phoe... 📄Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532 #patientsafety #academicsky

Children and young people in England with serious mental health problems are still being sent for treatment many miles away from their homes because bed shortages in some areas remain so severe, despite a pledge to end such practices eight years ago. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Thanks, @aidancscott.bsky.social!

Thanks for sharing, David!

What are the harms incurred by users of community-based mental healthcare, as reported by staff in these services? In this paper from my @thisinstitute.bsky.social PhD, we characterised the nature of #patientsafety incidents using data from English services doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532 1/

‘Blame culture’ preventing learning from mental health deaths A culture of blame and fear across mental health services is preventing staff from learning and reflecting following a patient death, according to the Health Services Safety Investigations Body. #nhs www.nursingtimes.net/mental-healt...