Spencer the OT

Mental Health Occupational Therapist. Will keep sarcasm, moaning and ranting to a … medium.

[Spencer the OT @SPENCERtheOT]

Late to the party but it’s probably time for me to ditch X (formally known as Twitter)

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Happy Halloween!

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Came back from a couple of weeks leave and only had about 200 emails, so to celebrate - one of many stunning views on the Inka Trail

[Ian Birrell @ianbirrell]

Important letter in The Times from a doctor involved in mental healthcare 👇

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Think I’m going to have to find a way to email my manager that I’m stuck in Japan with no clear way home (good old Heathrow, eh?) and try to sound sad about it.

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Potentially excellent news for supporting a greater range of people to access pre-registration apprenticeships for health profession qualifications like nursing, physio and OT!

[Antonia Bance MP @antoniabance]

Good news! The Labour government are removing the requirement that adults over 19 have to get a Level 2 English and Maths (=GCSE pass) in order to complete an apprenticeship - a massive barrier in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley where 25% of adults don’t have those qualifications

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

The Princess Royal visited @CNWLNHS to see how OTs are reducing health inequalities locally.

'We are optimistic that the findings from this research will pave the way for fair access to OT services for the Somali community and others,' said OT Varsha Chauhan Gawde.
@RoyalFamily

[Spencer the OT @SPENCERtheOT]

Passed my first module of Sensory Integration Training! 🥳

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Most of my meetings today are related to the wards I guess it'll be fine if I spend my day there...

...famous last words.

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Looking at weather news there’s something immature in me that chuckles at a “yellow snow warning”

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Treating myself to some acute clinical work for the crimbo limbo.

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I see it as my civic duty to keep scam callers on the line as long as possible, as this is all time away from other people who may be more vulnerable.

It’s also great fun when they get angry.

[Spencer the OT @SPENCERtheOT]

My marathon day of non-stop Teams meetings is drawing to a close! Time for a rest!

-checks time-

S***

[Spencer the OT @SPENCERtheOT]

On an admin binge; it took about 2 hours before I realised my phone has been playing the same song on repeat for white some time.

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Tried to call a patient, not picking up so left a polite voicemail.
Hang up, I have a voicemail! Maybe they were trying to call me too?

Nope. Left myself a voicemail.

[Wes Streeting @wesstreeting]

Thank you for your contributions to https://t.co/KO12G6CK4d.

Your suggestions are already being turned into memes.

No, we won’t be taking up the suggestion that I’m fired out of a cannon, but the brilliant ideas and experiences being shared make the memes worthwhile.

[Spencer the OT @SPENCERtheOT]

Burned my feet walking from the beach to the water slides… which I realise is a real non-problem but I just thought I’d share.

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Plan for the week: Keep my email inbox empty (and not just by deleting things) ahead of a week off next week

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Wear new white T-shirt
Make coffee
Get tackled by dog

Well it was nice while it lasted…

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I don't know if my work emails are trying to be supportive or destructive but I think it has started to hide emails from me and then just slip them back in later...