Dr Charlotte

Clinical Psychologist in Forensic MH

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@JobbingPsych @DrNeenaJha I completely agree

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@JobbingPsych @DrNeenaJha Apologies if that was the implication - my intention was to reassure that non-medic ACs were not prescribing medication.

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@DavidMosley1 @DrNeenaJha I think so too - and they do of course - we tend to be great teams. The issue we have is that ConsPsychi time is stretched and cut so posts become <0.5.

Additionally, function of offending behaviour is pertinent to the inpat detention so psychology is required and typical.

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@DavidMosley1 @DrNeenaJha If the AC is a psychologist then they are the team psychologist, same with SW etc. This role is not adding another member, just that the AC member holds additional responsibility.

This may be different if it was a nurse - I have never seen this.

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@drruthannharpur @DrNeenaJha @PollyOartist This post is not for a psychologist/sw/nurse etc to become a psychiatrist - it is a poorly titled AC/RC role.

An MDT would require a psychiatrist if the AC/RC is a non-doctor.

[Recovery in the Bin @RITB_]

Oxevision invades privacy and doesn't even stop suicide

https://t.co/0bJ8hitV1C

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@Jo_Ringer @DrHFRyan Hi Jo, that is not correct of all NHS posts. Assistant Psychologists - vast amounts with MSc are on B4

[Harry Waterman @waterman_harry]

@rcpsych have released their finalised guidance on PAs working in mental health and like most guidance in this area it’s a mixed bag with some strong positives but equally concerns raised

Here’s a thread no one asked for on my thoughts about it:

https://t.co/e97L8I7zkN

[Dr Tanya @veggieequallife]

Today marks the end of my 12-week therapy programme with a clinical psychologist through my deanery support unit. Today marks a chapter in my life I’ll never forget. I'm sharing this for anyone who needs to hear it, especially those working and training in the NHS: you are not alone.

Four months ago, I was burnt out, broken open by betrayal and grief in my personal life, and struggling to hold myself together. For the first time in my career as a doctor, I went off sick. It wasn’t easy. But I did the bravest thing I could: I openly asked for help.

Today, after my final therapy session, I’m leaving this chapter not just stronger but transformed. I’ve learned what it truly means to honour myself. I realised where I end and where others start. To know what’s mine to carry and what isn’t. To meet myself with compassion. To return again and again to my core values and myself.

I used to think needing help as a doctor in surgery made me weak. But I’ve come to learn that asking for help was the most courageous thing I’ve ever done.

To anyone struggling: you are not broken for needing support. You are brave for choosing it.

This wasn’t time "away" from surgical training. It was a long-term investment in my career, my well-being, and the kind of doctor and person I want to be. The help I received is the foundation I’ll keep building on. With community. With care. With love.

But today, I pause to thank the version of me who spoke up when silence would’ve been easier.
She saved my life.

Here’s to the journey ahead - rooted, healing, and whole.

💙

[Matt Western MP 🌹 🇬🇧🇨🇦 @MattWestern_]

You couldn’t make it up

8 weeks since elections, Reform’s Leader of Warks County Council has resigned..after taking first 3 weeks as holiday

His 18-year-old deputy has now taken over

FI the budget is £500m. This is not serious governance.

Warwickshire deserves so much better

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Arriving at Downing Street to protest the #DisabilityBenefits cuts.

What’s being proposed will shatter lives. It will cause preventable anguish, despair, and death. And it targets those already fighting to stay afloat.

I’m here as silence is not an option. Solidarity always.

[Stop Oxevision @StopOxevision]

We will be sharing a selection of material from our guest edited issue of @AsylumMagUK throughout this week

First up a devastating piece by Anonymous: Staff controlled surveillance is not safety. Content note for sexual abuse https://t.co/wbDpUd1PqT

[Dr Charlotte @ChoosePsychol]

@novaramedia So glad @novaramedia has picked this up

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

Psychologist Lucy Johnstone is changing the way we see mental illness. Read more: https://t.co/UbalZfhkaD

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Force sick and disabled people into work—and you don’t save money.
You fuel suicide.
Worsen illness.
Deepen stigma.
Break lives.
This isn’t reform. It’s cruelty and it will kill time and time again.
#DisabilityBenefits

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Hard to think of anything more likely to push mentally ill & neurodivergent people out of work, study, and society than these PIP cuts. They are designed to take away the very support that lets people participate in life.

[Partha S Kar 🇮🇳🇬🇧🏏🎥 @parthaskar]

I don't want ANY of you to forget the story of Dr. Vaish Kumar @VaishFamily

And the response from @NHSE_WTE when I raised it with @uhbtrust -as part of efforts to shut anything down.

I was the national lead -at that time- with a remit to tackle issues of #racism in medical workforce-eps around ethnic minority doctors...

It ended with @NHSEngland CEO having to apologise to me after pushback with all the privileges I held- and the person concerned having to backtrack from any threats.

And most importantly?

Apologies to the family with the unbearable loss-after months of denial & obfuscation

Such individuals will never have doctors welfare at their heart.

Never.

@wesstreeting @PreetKGillMP

https://t.co/ZuXaWXPOBJ

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

If you’re suicidal about benefits changes, please remember nothing can change at all soon:

📞 Samaritans – 116 123 (24/7)
📞 CALM - 0800 58 58 58 (5pm-12)
📞 Mind – 0300 123 3393 (Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm)
📞 Papyrus – 0800 068 4141 (9am-midnight)
📞 Citizens Advice – 0800 144 8848

J💜