Following on from Going DeCaf by Default across our Trust in December, our brilliant Comms team have launched a new webpage to support care homes interested in Going DeCaf. 🔗 Explore the page here: www.northumbria.nhs.uk/go-decaf-care-homes

I’ve just realised that the darkest ten weeks of the winter are behind us & just now we’re gaining 2 minutes of daylight each day here in the UK. A hopeful thought 🌿

@mancunianmedic.bsky.social Thank you for the inspiration for our recent campaign www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zTv...

For people with dementia, museums provide a unique setting for meaningful participation and the validation of identity and self-worth artgalleryofhamilton.com/focusing-on-... via @theagh.bsky.social #Alzheimers #dementia #art #museums

All these informal terms - avoiding saying "delirium" - makes care FAR less effective. Use #DELIRIUM.

Does your patient need you to provide reassurance? Kindness goes a long way in #delirium.

The tiny silver whistle has now been reserved...🗝️

Kept missing a shot which did justice to the conversational robin who accompanied me on this morning’s garden potter - the New Year’s Eve winter sun still well worth a share though #winter

I’m proud to say I met my self-imposed 2025 deadline! 🎉 REC ethics review for my ethnographic study on hospital discharge decision-making for women living with frailty is booked for January, and PRISMA / Spider literature review underway - exciting times ahead! Here’s to #Research #PhD #2026Goals! 😁

Today is the day! My #book is finally out. Are you planning on a healthier #2026? Start the #NewYear off right and learn why the world you live in is as important as any #NewYearsResolutions you make to stay #healthy! amzn.to/4pi7oGa #NewBook #AuthorLife #Writing #BookSky

Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025 🔴 Slender-billed curlew 🟡 Christmas Island shrew 🟠 3 Australian mammals 🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid ⚫ a cone snail news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

There are now just 6 spaces left on my botanical illustration & mental health zoom workshop,10 Jan. I teach you: 🌿how to draw plants 🧠how creative activity improves mental health I trained as a molecular cell biologist & am also a professional illustrator: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

Dementia Care Partner Talk Show with Teepa Snow The Fall Paradox: When Safety Measures Increase the Risk of Falling Dementia care educator Teepa Snow explains why attempting to restrict movement for fall prevention often backfires and results in more injuries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfYY...

Just 3 pieces left in this collection👇including the Victorian garland of forget me nots pendant with 2 colours of gold & 1920s freshwater pearls,Edwardian nightingale charm & tiny forget me not locket necklace & an Edwardian diamond shaped locket with etched scrolls: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...

A few of the pieces in tonight’s small collection using Victorian, Edwardian & 1930s Sterling silver lockets, charms & a silver acorn thimble holder from a Victorian chatelaine. More photos in tweet below. They’ll go live at 8.45pm in my etsy shop: etsy.com/uk/shop/silver…

A silence settles on ancient woodland at sunset The birds, already singing in hushed tones, go quiet as the shadows lengthen Any noise at all now alerts the senses of every living thing. The atmosphere is somewhat electric It is my favourite time

By signing up to one of my illustration workshops you also get an exclusive 10% discount for beautiful stationery from @presentcorrect & 30% off my etsy shop indefinitely.Held on zoom, open to anyone anywhere🌿🖋️👇

As promised here’s the link to recent honorary Prof lecture at Salford University #citzenledpublichealth definitely one for @sallywarren.bsky.social @lucatiratelli.bsky.social @jobibby.bsky.social @sallygainsbury.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social @charliepickles.bsky.social vimeo.com/1026581234

Blogpost: Exclusion. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. www.linkedin.com/pulse/exclus...

Two trees in winter by Keiko Minami (1911 – 2004) Japanese artist, aquatint engraver, and poet #WomensArt

This is cool. The three norths (True, Grid, Magnetic) met in Dorset in November 2022, worked their way northwards in tandem, and are now about to leave England and go hand in hand into the North Sea. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/news/three-n...

Day 18 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is: 🌊 cuddy duck — a local name in NE England for the Common Eider, a large seaduck found along northern coastlines Named after St Cuthbert, the 7th-century Northumbrian saint traditionally associated with various bird-related miracles

Day 19 of the Coastal Lexicon Advent Calendar and today’s word is: 🌊 geo — a rocky gully on the coast in Caithness, Orkney and Shetland A Norse borrowing < gjá 'rift, cleft, chasm', as in the Faroese village Gjógv Formed by high-energy wave erosion along a line of structural weakness in the rock

Not long now until our 15th #NewYearPlantHunt! From 1 - 4 January, let's head out and see how many wild or naturalised plants we can find in bloom. Resources to help us: bsbi.org/take-part/ac... The data we collect will deepen our understanding of how our plants are responding to a changing climate.

Noticing #Nature this weekend and this Robin🎄 #Birds

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation: www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...

Connections Puzzle #924 🟪🟦🟨🟦 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 after a couple of misses which could have been avoided - an early Christmas Present!🎁

I took a break from audiobooks for a while as nothing compared to the amazing Kathryn Mannix, some fascinating gerontologists, and the unexpected sublime Cahokia Jazz. Luckily a colleague just reminded me of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande, and that’s going to be the book to get me back on track!

"When our language shrinks, the human side of medicine begins to suffocate." That's why @drmattmorgan.bsky.social started a medical dictionary. We're highlighting our favourites in the lead up to Christmas. Today's word is Lifespill #BMJChristmas www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Excellent reception to our joint ‘decaf by default’ poster with University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust at today’s BGS continence conference - mention by other speakers and wide interest to find out more about the approach ! www.bgs.org.uk/%E2%80%98dec...

Critical patient-oriented research: a fundamental shift in patient engagement | CMAJ www.cmaj.ca/content/197/...

Join Launchpad for a World Mental Health Day celebration 📅 Wednesday 8 October 🕚 11am – 3pm 📍 Cullercoats Crescent Club The event is open to all and is a great opportunity to come together, share experiences, and put mental health at the heart of our community.

Sign up to watch this event tomorrow either in person or online We'll be getting into depth on how the govt intends to use financial flows to shift activity and behaviour in the NHS

🎧 “The value of a person has nothing to do with their age, ability or achievements” A powerful clip from my next @wildcardws.bsky.social #podcast with Benedicte Symcox 💥 💛 Curiosity. Kindness. Lived experience 📢 Full episode lands 7am tomorrow! #SEND #EveryLifeMatters #coproduction #WhoseShoes

A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social

conversational-leadership.net/batesonian-i... We often treat information as something that can be stored, sent, or delivered. But if nothing changes, and there is no shift in perception or behavior, has any information really been shared?

Artificial intelligence is reshaping healthcare, but at what environmental cost? www.croakey.org/artificial-i... By Jason Staines #AusPol #PublicHealth

I plan to post at least one of my photos a day here on Bluesky. I design each of my photos using recent research into the benefits to mental health of looking at plants & patterns in nature. Making my collections relaxes my noisy autistic+ADHD brain & they'll relax yours by looking at them here:

Being kind boosts mental health more than seeking joy. Evidence: Doing 3 random acts of kindness a week is enough to reduce depression, anxiety & loneliness. It's more beneficial than doing nice things for yourself. Self-care feels good, but generosity builds lasting bonds.

Explain delirium in accessible terms: "The brain isn't processing information normally right now." This helps families understand why repeating basics about what is going on, as well as being reassuring over and over again, can help the person experiencing #delirium.

Emergency Department (ED) staff: screen ALL patients over 65 for delirium. Emergency departments are where it's most missed and most dangerous. Make it as routine as checking blood pressure.

I've known Andrew for more years than I can remember. All that time he has quietly and unfussily led with a focus on what really matters in communities. Not waiting to be told what to do, but getting on with what needed to be done. I have high hopes for SE London.

🚨 The Picker Experience Network Awards 2025 finalists are LIVE! 🏆 👏 Huge congrats to all the shortlisted entries! 🔗 See the full list: patientexperiencenetwork.org/awards/ #PEN25 #PersonCentredCare #PatExp @pickereurope.bsky.social

Last month’s 10 year plan for the NHS in England proposed initiatives aimed at patients as consumers of services. Are more choice and consumerism really solutions to the NHS’s woes? @mancunianmedic.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/390/...

My Substack. open.substack.com/pub/shibley/...

Event @theqcommunity.bsky.social: Data to decisions: Using staff experience effectively 🗓️13th August 12 -1 This should be interesting! Learn from Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s local staff experience programme. Register here ▶️▶️▶️ tinyurl.com/3p7hnb2s

I wouldn't miss the new book by @marioluissmall.bsky.social and @jessicacalarco.bsky.social "Qualitative Literacy: A Guide to Evaluating Ethnographic and Interview Research" www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520...