Freire 💙

Passionate about all things mental health. RMN. Animal lover and owner of too many pets.

[Freire 💙 @FreireMHN2016]

@walkamileuk Absolutely great idea but how will this be achieved?

[Daragh Carville @daraghcarville]

Boris Johnson and the Downing Street parties, Prince Andrew, Novak Djokovic. These aren't separate stories. It's all one story: a privileged class who think they can get away with anything, suddenly finding out that they can't.

[Liz Bates @wizbates]

Chants of ‘my name is Boris’ and ‘this is a work event’ outside Downing Street as maybe a hundred bewigged Boris lookalikes jig around in the street. Utterly surreal

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

The Queen sitting alone, mourning the loss of her husband, was the defining image of lockdown. Not because she is the Queen, but because she was just another person, mourning alone like too many others. Whilst she mourned, Number 10 partied. Johnson must go.

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

I'm an NHS doctor working the night shift in Emergency Psychiatry

I'm reminded suicide prevention is more than just a telephone call with the crisis team

It's providing safe accommodation

Increasing benefits & employment opportunities

And improving access to mental healthcare

[Chris Young @SquarePegs_UK]

The day after sustaining this wound on the field of battle, Reginald was assessed as ‘Fit for Work’ by the DWP

[Freire 💙 @FreireMHN2016]

@jadeashleigh_38 Hi Jade, I’ve been in this situation. You can just request this, let them know why and they should just offer an alternative for you. Hope all goes well x

[piers simey @PSimey]

Rapid & effective response by the @WatfordFC healthcare team to a spectator emergency during the #WATTOT game today 👏👏👏

[Chris Hopson @ChrisHopsonNHS]

NHS not been able to grow capacity to meet growing demand. Had to try to close gap by asking staff to work harder, giving them an impossible workload, meaning they can’t provide care they feel patients need. And successive Govts failed to solve growing social care problems…19/25

[Ben Beska @Beska]

2020 and 2021 were so shit for the NHS. I’m sure 2022 will be much better

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

I understand why many don't feel comfortable talking honestly & openly about our suffering

Even when we do, we can minimise & conceal because we don't want to be 'burdensome'

Remember

There are battles people are fighting we have no idea about

So let's be kind to one another

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

Update from the frontline of NHS emergency psychiatric services

This is by far the busiest it has ever been

I have never had to assess so many people in a crisis

The pandemic has placed a huge strain on our mental health

We need more funding & mental healthcare professionals

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

If there’s one thing we’ve learned from this wretched pandemic it’s that nurses and health care workers deserve a raise.

[Dr Linda Dykes has moved to Bluesky @DrLindaDykes]

My 16yo niece, in her first paid job, is earning £20/hr (£40/hr on bank holidays) to dress up as an elf at an evening seasonal tourist attraction. £2800 for a Christmas holiday job. I’m delighted for her, but it starkly illustrates how undervalued NHS & social care staff are.

[The Psychology mum @EmmaNeuropsych]

I’ve put together some Christmas support services. Feel free to share if it would be helpful.

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Of course the NHS can cope with Omicron. All it needs is 50,000 imaginary nurses to staff an additional 40 non-existent hospitals, and the £350m a week it was promised on the side of the bus.

[Nicki Credland 💙 @credland_nicki]

I will just leave this here……….