sarah brown

Liaison psychiatrist & medical leader/manager @CNTWNHS. Champion for holistic, integrated care - no health without mental health! Opinions mine.

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@AnnaBatchelor @LikeOldTat @Coldstream_HP @RuberslawWild Everything is probably much the same, just a bit closer to the front door & much more urgent! Your ward looks nicer tho.

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@AnnaBatchelor @LikeOldTat @Coldstream_HP @RuberslawWild I also have oodles of courgettes. sometimes think I should be a Consultant CommonSense-ist, (like all good liaison psychiatrists.)

[Lenny Cornwall @lennycornwall]

Latest Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey is out. Most important UK data on mental health trends. I’ll be looking at it closely in the coming days.
https://t.co/pIsRFKBNQi

[Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT @CNTWNHS]

Our Chief Executive’s Award goes to... Angela Glascott
Angela’s dedication is nothing short of inspiring. She started the Recovery College with the intention of providing a safe space where people can connect, gain knowledge and develop skills.
#CNTWstars

[Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT @CNTWNHS]

Our second Chief Executive’s Award goes to... Hope Haven.
Hope Haven is a community transformation project in West Cumbria. This is the first time clinical services have joined forces with multiple external organisations to provide a solution to community mental health.

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@PME_Politics It’s one thing to support assisted dying ‘in principle’ but quite another thing to support this specific Bill in its current form���.

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@LikeOldTat Not til I’ve built it myself!! (Off to find staples…)

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@NCL_Uncovered I moved to Newcastle in 1992 & that’s what it looked like! Anyone remember the concrete ‘Lego’ figures around Haymarket before they did it up? There’s one or two in a garden as ornaments in Kenton….
Tho apparently that was 1999
https://t.co/5taLijFoQ4

[Dr Asif Qasim MA PhD FRCP @DrAsifQasim]

Physician associates and anaesthetic associates in UK: rapid systematic review of recent UK based research

Timely work by ⁦@trishgreenhalgh⁩ that reveals the lack of evidence for the safety of PAs in the UK

#lengreview https://t.co/kmvX6iHLAU

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Full piece here:

https://t.co/esjHpyvs7S

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@LikeOldTat The vino looks lovely!

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

If we concede that taking your own life in some circumstances should be not only allowed but assisted, suicide prevention more broadly is undermined.

My interview with ⁦@jessicaelgot⁩ for @guardian. https://t.co/IHHATtFrz9

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

Our 2025 @NCISH_UK report is published today. It presents new figs on suicide by mental health patients, inc inpatients.

It identifies key risks that should be the target of prevention.

There is a focus on
•bipolar disorder
•patients who are losing contact
•bereavement.

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@nuwandiss Most AMHPs won’t let us!!

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@kimleadbeater In my experience (Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist) is that yes, most doctors can tell you how to assess capacity, but they struggle to put it into practice. And ask 6 or 7 doctors in a complex case -you’ll get a range of views. Eg. https://t.co/i21pir1P9U

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@silverhills64 Really??!!! Why do the media promote this stuff?

[Dr Tony Goldstone @goldstone_tony]

2/2 And measuring the gap (dotted line) with our most natural comparator (ONS: professional, scientific & technical) we are still WAY WAY behind where they are vs CPI inflation (consultants 26.5%⏬; residents 29.2%⏬)

RT if you want to continue jouney towards #PayRestoration

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@silverhills64 @r_renforth Even thinking about the spectacular Red Bounty brings a tear to my eye….

[sarah brown @drsarahbee]

@nuwandiss @cityalan @MentalHealthPRU Objecting

[louis appleby @ProfLAppleby]

The message needs to go out across frontline NHS staff that suicidal patients who have mental capacity are *not* outside the scope of MH care or, if needed, the MH Act.

This applies to patients presenting with self-harm, personality disorder, anorexia nervosa & many more.