Laura Nixon

Passionate about designing and improving services together with staff, patients and families

[Ben 🇬🇧 @BenInRushcliffe]

Last time I looked, Elon Musk was worth over $400bn. What has he done to help young women and girls? He's helped a rapist become President, leading a party that believes in removing a woman's right to choose, even when raped.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

Just a reminder: you are NOT unusual, weird, or unlovable if you have:

- no one to see on Christmas Day,
- no presents, or
- no contactable relatives.

Very few people live the idealised version on TV. Those of us who live differently—whether by choice or trauma—matter as much.

[Cara Lisette @CaraLisette]

A little reminder:

If your Christmas Day feels hard, that is has the same amount of hours as every other day. You WILL and you CAN get through it, just as you have every other day up until now.

You’ve got this 🩷

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Reindeers belong in the wild not in shopping malls for Christmas entertainment. Please 🙏 don’t support this cruelty over festive season @AnimalAid @BornFreeFDN

[big honkin caboose @itsbighonkin]

I need everyone to stop holding their body image to a standard set by men who are attracted to teenagers

[Donna Hall @ProfDonnaHall]

What kind of culture do we need to grow in our teams & systems to make change happen? The tepid bath 🛁 of managed decline pervades our public services whilst quality & outcomes go down & costs go up. We need to create a culture where disruptive challenge is welcomed & we learn.

[STV News @STVNews]

First Minister John Swinney is considering a social media ban for under-16s.
https://t.co/YTBllE6BGz

[Laura Nixon @MsLJN8]

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Gratitude journaling, appreciating the small things

[Laura Nixon @MsLJN8]

@GeraldineL43107 @stevemac234 @afneil Sense of perspective? The guy is a creep! Good riddance

[dominic dyer @domdyer70]

Reindeer may look magical, but they aren't props for Christmas entertainment.

Reindeer petting zoos can cause extreme stress for these gentle animals, who are often transported long distances, exposed to unfamiliar environments, and unable to exhibit natural behaviours.

This Christmas season, let’s celebrate without exploiting animals. Choose cruelty-free activities that spread joy without harm. 🎄✨

[Nicola @Colabubble]

#AssistedDyingBill is for terminally ill patients with approximately 6 months to live. It is not for disabled, vulnerable or old people. Nobody is being euthanized against their will. It simply gives everyone a choice that we currently don't have. Why shouldn't we have a choice?

[Janet ⓥ 🔥💧🐋🐬🐳🐨🦘🌱 @lilacjay2]

This is how real men shoot animals.

Repost: https://t.co/ZUYbQRr6zC

[Catríona Lowry @catlowry54]

Oh yes, around Feb/Jan rescue phones will be hopping with #ChristmasPuppies... 'but I didn't think he would cry, want walks, poo inside...chew....' it is so hard to be a polite human sometimes, so I decided when it comes to animals suffering, my politeness is kicked to the kerb

[Donna Hall @ProfDonnaHall]

There are times when you feel very alone. People are around you in meetings but your thinking isn’t aligned. For the first time in my life I’m starting to see a genuine movement of people really fed up with the job of managing the decline of public services. They want real reform

[𝕏 Dogs @_XDogs]

If you can't love a dog like a family member…Don't get one. 🙏💔

[Laura Nixon @MsLJN8]

@AnthemRespect @elonmusk To control his narrative?? 😂🙈 but meanwhile bleats on about free speech. Twitter has became really toxic since he took over.

[Animal Adoptions UK 🐕‍🦺🐈🐎❤️ @AdoptionsUk]

Please retweet, CONVICTED for vile cruelty
Dazie Howe, 25, from #Goldsborough, near #Harrogate, North #Yorkshire - starved an eight-month-old puppy (pictured) to death then dumped her in a faeces-riddled crate outside #UK AVOIDS JAIL‼️‼️
Severe suffering was inflicted on helpless Chihuahua/shih-tzu cross Joey as she was slowly starved to death over a period of at least one month by single mother Howe.
Sentencing | 18-month community order with up to 25 days’ rehabilitation activity; fined £120; ordered to pay £100 costs and a £114 surcharge. Banned from owning, keeping or controlling any animal indefinitely but can contest this after 10 years.
In February 2024 RSPCA Inspector Rowena Proctor visited Howe’s home to investigate a report of a deceased dog and found Joey's decomposing remains in a crate in the rear garden. The crate was covered in a Christmas blanket which was sodden with piles of faeces and urine.
In her written evidence to the court the inspector said: “Before I had even explained why I was there, Howe immediately started to say ‘that dog is not mine, I don’t even know if it is a dog or how it got there, but my dog died and that isn’t her.’
“By the gate was a medium sized dog crate with a green fleece Christmas blanket draped over the top. I lifted the blanket and inside was a thick yellow pet bed, a large grey plastic bowl with dirty water, numerous piles of faeces, what appeared to be urine puddles and a very small deceased black dog.
“The smell from inside of the cage was extremely unpleasant – a mixture of the dead dog and the faeces and urine inside the crate.
“As I took photos Ms Howe stood beside me telling me how her dog, Joey, had died at the vets and asked me if the ‘thing’ in the crate was a dog.
“I used a towel to pick the dog up and placed the body in my van. The dog appeared extremely thin with ribs, pelvis and spine protruding. Maggots were crawling around near to her tail.”
A scan for a microchip revealed that the puppy was called Joey and Howe was registered as the owner. The court was told she again reiterated that the dog didn’t belong to her, she didn’t want ‘it’ and the inspector could ‘keep it.’
A post mortem was carried out to establish the cause of death. It showed that Joey had a prominent skeleton and her shoulder, ribs, hind limb bones and pelvis were visible through the skin. Her stomach was empty of food contents and showed haemorrhages – bleeds within the surface of the stomach lining – which are a frequent finding in starved dogs.
Her small intestine had a scant amount of digesta which contradicted Howe’s report of having fed Joey on the morning of her death.
In written evidence to the court a vet gave the opinion that “Joey was caused to suffer through starvation. There was no intervention and irreversible, irretrievable damage occurred which led to her death.
“The distress at being unable to find food would have progressed to hunger pains, abdominal cramps, fat breakdown with toxin release, muscle metabolism with pain and then progressing to weakness, lethargy, collapse, coma and death.
“This extremely distressing case shows the pleasure of owning a new puppy quickly turning to neglectful cruelty inflicting severe suffering and ultimately loss of life.”
Photographs on Howe’s mobile phone from the breeder who sold Joey to her, showed a previously alert puppy with a shiny coat.
Howe was first interviewed by Inspector Proctor on the day Joey’s body was found. She said she didn’t know who had put the puppy in her garden and she was ‘baffled’ about the situation as her dog was ‘fat,’ ‘like a balloon,’ and this one was ‘skin and bones.’
Asked about the dirty crate, Howe said she had kept it in her kitchen to take out to the shed and had scooped up a bag of faeces with a shovel and put it inside, but the wind must have blown the bag away and scattered the waste.
She said there was no dog inside when she put the crate in her garden and that everything in it belonged to her, except Joey.
On March 1, she was interviewed again after contacting the RSPCA to say she wanted to change her record of events. This time she claimed Joey had died as a result of a seizure.
Speaking after the conclusion of the case Inspector Proctor said the investigation had been extremely upsetting. “Joey was a tiny dog who wasn’t even fully grown and she would have only required a small amount of nutrition to keep her alive,” she said. “But food wasn’t provided, and locked in a crate she had no opportunity to fend for herself either.
“Howe continuously changed her story throughout the investigation and never admitted to letting little Joey down until she was in court. The indefinite ban imposed by the magistrates sends out a clear message to people who inflict severe neglect and suffering on their pets.”

Details and credit to👇
https://t.co/I9VBmioD7V
https://t.co/tWofD1lJnd

#Leeds #Sheffield #DazieHowe #Bradford #animalabuser #animalcruelty #Puppy #puppies #adoptdontshop #pets #Rescuedogs #England #Wales #Scotland #NorthernIreland @RSPCA_official @DefraGovUK @UKLabour @APDAWG1 @BBCNews @itvnews @TheKennelClubUK @lorraine @EamonnHolmes @liamgallagher @rickygervais @Nightowl400 @domdyer70 @PeterEgan6 @MissingPetsGB @PETAUK

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

We have decades of research evidence about how change happens in organisations & systems. Yet mostly, we don't use this knowledge in practice. The biggest misconception is that once people understand change, they'll embrace it (almost never true). 4 principles that should inform our change efforts:
1) Transformational ideas typically come from outside the community & incur resistance: We build attachments to ideas, people & ways of working - when those attachments are threatened, we tend to act out in ways that don’t reflect our best selves
2) Transformations follow an “S curve” pattern: Innovations take hold slowly amongst a group of enthusiasts, then hit an inflection point at 10%-20% participation, then accelerate exponentially - it's why we should concentrate on building the 10-20% through enthusiasts rather than getting everyone on board with the change
3) There is a common, persistent “KAP-gap”: (the difference between what we say & what we do) - it's because we only change our views/practice when the people around us do & it's why we need to shape networks rather than opinions
4) Transformational ideas are propagated socially: It's not the mode of communication or even the individual influence of early adopters but the structure of the network that determines how fast and far an idea travels
https://t.co/Wgwo3KOwzG. By @digitaltonto.

[Brigid Russell @brigidrussell51]

I hear of far too many hard-working people whose typical work day comprises back-to-back meetings, an unending stream of 'urgent' emails, no space to pause & think, few or no moments to take a break. It's counter-productive. It's inhumane. And surely it's unsustainable.

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

We might be unpopular for saying this, but we hate fireworks. They scare wildlife and our companion animals hate them too. We’d have no issues if they were banned!