mark winstanley

CEO at Rethink Mental Illness, Trustee of Mental Health UK & AMHP and Chair of IAOG at NHSE . Fan of F1, Strictly and travelling. Views are purely personal 🇪🇺

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

@lucianaberger I speak purely personally as someone whose partner begged them to end their life despite good palliative care. I accept peers want safeguards, but the sheer volume of unconsolidated amendments isn’t normal. By all means opponents should vote against the Bill, not talk it out.

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

I fear the amendments by many peers are not intended to make the Bill safer but are designed to thwart the will of the Commons and the majority of the population by talking it out of time

[Luciana Berger @lucianaberger]

Supporters of Assisted Dying remain silent on how the Bill should be improved. The proposed amendments are trying to make the Bill safer, informed by medical colleges, professional groups and experts. And yet they are all dismissed. This is not how safe & workable laws are made.

[Jeff Dye @JeffDye]

😂. Who made this. This is great.

[My Lovely Horse Rescue @MyLovelyHorseR]

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[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

@Classicbritcom Same here. Not long after the loss of the internet for several days

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

We are enormously sad to see Amanda step down and wish her every success. We hope her successor will continue to prioritise MH not only to support those waiting for treatment but as part of a wider drive to improve the nation’s mental health

[Claire Murdoch @ClaireCNWL]

A phenomenally decent, smart, values-driven woman. Very sad news after Amanda has achieved so much through some of the NHS’s toughest times. Resolutely NHS. She will have a great future ahead of her but I hope she has a rest first.

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

We at Rethink are enormously sad to see Amanda Pritchard step down from her role as NHS CEO and wish her every success.  Despite unprecedented challenges she managed to maintain a strategic commitment to mental health and in particular to those who are living with mental illness

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

🚨 Take part in this new consultation to make sure mental health is prioritised in the future of the NHS.

With your help, we can fight for better care. Take part 👉 https://t.co/5weatS7b0l

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

Pleased to see the Committee shine a spotlight on community services for adults with severe mental health needs. The inquiry’s findings will be invaluable in identifying what is needed to make the shift from hospital to community and ensure everyone gets the support they need.

[Health and Social Care Committee @CommonsHealth]

We're investigating community mental health services and we want to hear from you 📢

We want to know what you think high-quality care looks like for people with severe mental illness.

Tell us here 👉 https://t.co/yBpKGD2TYx

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

We must all come together to a stop short sighted approach to mental health. Strengthening mental health investment is right for those with mental illness and their families, but also for wider society. Investing in mental health will play a key role in delivering govt’ missions

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

🚨 Mental health services are already stretched beyond capacity.

Yet there are reports that the government may axe vital safeguards for mental health funding.

Alongside 17 organisations, we've written to the PM asking to protect funding for services 👇

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

📚 We have scoured the Mental Health Bill over the last 24 hours.

There’s lots in it to talk about. Some good, some bad.

We've outlined all the detailed analysis you need to know into one handy article on our website 👉 https://t.co/euHbBZn3NG

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

🧵THREAD

We are becoming increasingly concerned about proposed changes to the Work Capability Assessment.

We understand that the government needs to make difficult decisions. But these changes would be unequivocally the wrong choice.

Here's why 👇

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

@russty_russ Countdown and Brookside

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

Still early days for this administration and we are awaiting delivery of the step change trailed pre election. However, if this piece is correct, it’s deeply troubling, and the govt needs to restate its commitment to appropriate policy, practice and resources to transform lives

[Health Service Journal @HSJnews]

Mental health is not a priority for this government https://t.co/s3aGdMVeVw

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

@Christo03770888 No

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

🚨 The government has today launched a new consultation to help shape the future of the NHS over the next decade.

Find out our thoughts on the new NHS ten-year plan, and how to get involved in it, on our website 👉 https://t.co/EqUcJusCVp

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

🚨 Negative attitudes towards mental illness are ruining lives.

Let's end the judgement. Let's Rethink Mental Illness.

Download your guide to help us end the harmful cycle of stigma surrounding mental illness 👉 https://t.co/CVV1rNvEUG

#LetsRethink

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

@wendyburn @GSTTnhs Thanks Wendy. About to be discharged after wonderful support. Never expected to develop DKA or that it would so nearly take my life x

[mark winstanley @charitablemark]

I’m finding the NHS App such a wonderful tool in my interactions with staff whilst an impatient here @GSTTnhs . I hadn’t realised how extensive the data is. It’s been transformative and will help make my discharge better for me and the hospital. Analogue to digital in action!

[Rethink Mental Illness @Rethink_]

More people are talking about mental health.

But awareness and understanding about mental illness is still so far behind.

#LetsRethink