Laura Armitage

Occupational Therapist on acute mental health ward 💚 RCOT intern 2023🧘🏻‍♀️Yoga Teacher 🏊🏻‍♀️🏔Wild Swimmer 👩🏻‍🌾Smallholder 🐖🐑🐝

[STUDENTS- OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY @StudentOTs]

Occupational therapists (OTs) play a crucial role in reducing healthcare and social care costs in the UK by enabling individuals to maintain their independence and reducing the need for more expensive interventions.

[Royal College of Occupational Therapists @theRCOT]

⭐️ Make a real difference for the OT workforce. Share your voice in our Workforce Survey 2024: https://t.co/JT6NSKkXd0

Your feedback will shape the future of our support for occupational therapists. It takes less than 30 minutes and counts towards your CPD. 📋

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

For the first time, anyone in a mental health crisis can now call 111 and receive support from trained mental health professionals.

The 24/7 service is available for all ages, including children, providing vital help through a single phone line.
https://t.co/Dxc9ahAao1

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

For many NHS staff, the recent racist violence in this country will leave them feeling afraid and unwelcome. To those colleagues, our message is simple: you are welcome and you are valuable members of our community. Reach out for support if you need it.

https://t.co/S2mWJOex6F

[Humanist Quaker @HumanistQuaker]

" When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping'. " - Fred Rogers
https://t.co/uHeO5XTVnk

[The King's Fund @TheKingsFund]

Compassionate leadership helps to create psychologically safe working environments by encouraging team members to share learning and improve the quality of their work. For leadership to be compassionate, it must also be inclusive.

Read our explainer: https://t.co/rBBz8AtlQu

[VertebratePublishing @VertebratePub]

Joss Naylor MBE 1936-2024
A legend.

[Kate Smith ACC #LiveLoveLearnLead #HeadsUp4HTs @MrsKatieSmith]

There was quite a lot to take away from the new Inside Out 2 movie.

I love this graphic using the original characters:

💛Joy
💙Sadness
💚Disgust
💜Fear
❤️Anger

[MattStaniek @MattStaniek]

Blue green algae season in Windermere is starting to take off.

With last year being the biggest sewage spilling year in recent times, I wonder what the summer will bring. If you see this, then I would suggest not entering the water and definitely don’t let your dogs near it.

Just the other day, someone stopped me whilst I was recording with @Countrystride1 and he told us that his dog was killed in 2010 from BGA toxicity in Windermere. It should be taken seriously.

I’ve already received a few videos in the last week or so, including this one from yesterday morning.

If you see algae like this, take pictures and videos and send them over to us on social media or by visiting our website

https://t.co/Z8svuQkFOO

[Laura Armitage @LauraArmitageOT]

It’s good to be back @OTCumbria.

Enjoying my educator training in preparation for when I finish my preceptorship shortly! 💚🫣

[The King's Fund @TheKingsFund]

How can social prescribing help tackle health inequalities at the local level? Join us at our Community-led and person-centred approaches to health and wellbeing conference to find out: https://t.co/4dLtShHeXj #KFCommunity

[Laura Armitage @LauraArmitageOT]

Where would we be without our amazing activity facilitators?? 💜💚

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

The Carleton Clinic, in North Cumbria received funding from SHINE to purchase gym and exercise equipment such as basketballs, a basketball hoop, weights, kettlebells, football equipment and a badminton set.

⚽🏀🗑️🏸🏋️

To read more, please visit: https://t.co/UBGFjfJ5WX

[Liz "blue tick" Carr @thelizcarr]

After years of campaigning alongside @notdeadyetuk & pushing for a documentary that considers the subject of assisted suicide from the disabled people who oppose - Better Off Dead? is finally here 9 pm tonight @BBCOne then on iPlayer

#BetterOffDead #BOD

https://t.co/sMn5xTP0uS

[Laura Armitage @LauraArmitageOT]

This will be me at the crack of dawn tomorrow morning! Starting at Chollerford and finishing at Steel Rig 😅

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

Members of staff from our Cumbria services have started their 84 mile walk along the Hadrian Wall to raise funds for a local community mental health football group today! 🥾🌿

[The King's Fund @TheKingsFund]

#HealthInequalities are avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. Check out our latest nutshell to examine the key data on this complex and wide-ranging issue. 📊 https://t.co/rUD4Lv4bOf

[Laura Armitage @LauraArmitageOT]

Loved it! @OTCumbria💚

[Occupational Therapy at University of Cumbria @OTCumbria]

Big thank you again to @LauraArmitageOT and Sally for coming to talk with our final year #OccupationalTherapyStudents here at @CumbriaUni yesterday really inspiring 💚💚

[Courtney Mossop @CourtneyMossop]

Great training today with @Nnikki_Duffy on the MOHOST, for our inpatient OT's and @OTCumbria students, which was enjoyed by us all and left us all inspired to be using MOHO in practice 💚

@cntwahp @MOHOspark

[Courtney Mossop @CourtneyMossop]

On one of our acute mental health units we have been facilitaing #RecoveryThroughActivity since last year

This week's focus was all about 'Keeping Active' and the activity element saw staff from various disciplines and patients enjoying parachute games

@MOHOspark @cntwahp

[Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) @thecsp]

'10 days in hospital for a person over 80 is the equivalent of 10 years of deconditioning.'

The #ActiveRecovery pilot @LCHNHSTrust is improving patient outcomes, getting people out of hospital faster and keeping them at home.

Watch the full film #RightToRehab @RCOT