Just wanted to pop on to offer @melanieanneball a huge welcome to @mpftnhs Now lets go create some magic as the perfectly imperfect humans we are ๐โ๐ผ
Twitter has been a place of awfulness and also so much support this last week or so. I think for me itโs time to take a little break to recharge. To all my #livedexperience peeps past and present, youโre amazing and you know where I am! #inittogether โ๐ผ
Letter from me to The Times emphasising the importance of #LivedExperience in mental healthcare following the recent outrage from people outside our field.
I'm proud to use my lived experience every day to try better our peers experience of the NHS/role model a unique sense of recovery.
The comments in the press this week have shown me we still have a long way to go to break the stigma.
@sharongilfoyle1@annanhills@bumbleleah
It was incredible seeing the amazing lived experience director post being advertised by @mpftnhs and equally as infuriating seeing the denigration of the role over the last few days by politicians, media outlets, and other health professionals.
I've seen horror at the thought
I work using my lived experience of accessing numerous NHS mental health services. Laying myself bare often to see less of what greatly harmed me and more of what helped me. I refuse to let the words of poorly researched articles prevent me from continuing this work.
@LomaniJo Really hope you enjoy your time in nature. Please donโt swallow the latest rhetoric, it just serves a purpose at the minute, it does not reflect the work we do. We are all in this together have so much support ๐
The writers of the headlines do not understand Lived Experience & have not even tried. They do not know what it takes, to openly name yourself as Lived Experience. They do not know what we have experienced or the courage, vulnerability, strength, determination & fight we have ๐ฅ
@DrAbdullahMia@melanieanneball donโt let this Iโll informed, cheap jibe at these valuable LX roles hurt you. Itโs a jab at the NHS in reality but we march on and are bigger and better than this. These colleagues are part of modernisation and the future and here to stay!