Lewys Beames

Consultant Nurse in Restrictive Practices @MaudsleyNHS, PhD Student @KingsIoPPN, POWER Study

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

📢New article: My Week of Denial and Disorientation: A Lived Experience Narrative of a Stay in a Psychiatric Emergency Department - Hudson - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/srFkDuw02g

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

❓Have you or someone you know experienced #restraint on a #mentalhealth ward❓

We’re working to improve support for those impacted by coercive practices. Help us make a difference.

See the poster 👇 for more info.
And register here: https://t.co/35NZkjRm6q

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

🚩Coercive practices (e.g. physical restraint) on mental health wards can have lasting harmful effects for service users.

Service user, carer or inpatient staff member?
Share your views and help shape the support available after restraint.

More info. 👇
https://t.co/35NZkjRTVY

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Mental health service users often report an absence of support after experiencing coercive practices (e.g. #restraint) on #mentalhealth wards.

We want to change this.

Help shape support for service users exposed to restraint. More information here:
https://t.co/35NZkjRm6q

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Thoroughly enjoyed our workshop at the @theRRNetwork conference today. Great discussions on how we can support people who have experienced coercive practice in mental health wards. #RRNConf24

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

If you'd be interested in contributing to this research or know some who might be interested see below. 👇
Register to take part or for more info. here: https://t.co/35NZkjRm6q 🙏

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Looking forward to speaking at the Restraint Reduction Network Conference next week. I’ll be sharing early findings from my PhD on how to better support mental health service users after coercive practices on wards.
@theRRNetwork #RRNConf24

[Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @KingsIoPPN]

"If you're from a community where people don't openly talk about their mental health problems, it invariably does attract a lot of stigma"

Dr Juliana Onwumere on getting #MentalHealth support to underserved Black communities @BBCLondonNews: https://t.co/68B5bku7Hc

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

De-implementation to reduce coercive practices in mental health care - The Lancet Psychiatry https://t.co/Fyz7xS1HSs

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

@MartaChmielows1 @JoyDuxbury @AlinaHaines Great to catch up with you Marta and hear the progress on your project.

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

@SalliMidgley @SHSCFT Looks brilliant @SalliMidgley

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Do you have experience of mental health wards as a service user?

Share your views on what support after coercive practice e.g. restraint, on wards should look like.

Online Focus Group, 90 minutes.

Please get in touch via the details below 🙏

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

📢Last call for mental health ward staff

Please contribute to this #research on how service users should be supported after coercive practice e.g. restraint, forced medications or seclusion.

✅1 x online interview
✅All roles/ professional groups welcome

Contact details below

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Hello inpatient mental health staff👋

As part of the study down there👇👇 we'd also like to hear the views of #inpatient #mentalhealth staff on how to support service users and carers after #restraint.

Interested in taking part❓
Know someone who might be❓
Details here 👇

[NHS Maudsley @MaudsleyNHS]

📢 As the deadline for submissions approaches, we invite you to enter the Seni Lewis Award. Showcase your impactful partnership between police and #MentalHealth services. Don't miss this opportunity!

Submit your entry: https://t.co/QkjOJf7Lx7

@HSJptsafety

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

@OTBecD @RosCumberbatch @sarahcook78 Would you please share this research opportunity amongst your networks? I’m looking to interview inpatient MH staff across the board. But be nice to have OT perspective in the mix! Thank you 🙏

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

Hello inpatient mental health staff👋

As part of the study down there👇👇 we'd also like to hear the views of #inpatient #mentalhealth staff on how to support service users and carers after #restraint.

Interested in taking part❓
Know someone who might be❓
Details here 👇

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓

We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint.

How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

@DrGeorgiaKonsta @Melissa_sheff @Rebeccajane1811 @JessicaMcMenz @LeighaRigby @ashley32009 @maiziemont @AbigailYates14 @aimcoogan @mldowney1 @BeckyAbbo @LauratomkinsB @_jesscullen @BorrowsCath @JeffG36 @LucyK1n5 @Bifarin @HeatherFinn95 @SarahLinnett @OT_EmmaB @AngelaR33837265 @ClinPsychKatie Thanks for sharing Georgia!

[Alan Simpson 💙 @cityalan]

Very pleased to see our latest paper published on the Implementation of body/worn cameras in mental health services. Great work by ⁦@unafoye⁩ and team, including lived experience researchers. Thanks to ⁦@maudsleycharity⁩ ⁦@KingsNursing⁩ https://t.co/ZyBjqIIsY3

[Lewys Beames @lewysbeames]

@hearuscroydon Hi @hearuscroydon - We'd still like to hear from men who have experience of mental health wards and carers for this study. Would any one in your network be interested in sharing their views?

[Hear Us Croydon @hearuscroydon]

Lewys spoke at our Open Forum a few months ago. Lewys is looking at how service users and carers should be supported after restraint on a psychiatric ward, and wants to hear from those with lived experience. If you would like to get involved see the post below. #mentalhealth

[Michelle Funk @MichelleFunk3]

Don't miss @WHO's #QualityRights 2024 training webinar series to eliminate coercive practices in #MentalHealth! Explore solutions to eliminate coercion, respect will & preferences & safeguard human rights.

Register for the kick-off webinar: https://t.co/NCYgQt8kP2