Trish Obermayer 💙

Born and Bred in the NHS. Proud RN DN QN. Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Adults/MCA/LPS @SsxSafeguarding Views are my own. #NHSSafeguarding

[Mind @MindCharity]

It’s been 63 years since suicide was decriminalised in the UK. But so many of us still use the term ‘commit suicide’.

Why does it matter? Language that links suicide and crime can increase stigma and prevent people struggling with suicidal thoughts from speaking out.

If we choose language like ‘died by suicide’ or ‘took their own life’ we allow space for open conversations and compassion. Let’s choose our words carefully.

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay

[Refuge @RefugeCharity]

Refuge is devastated to hear of the death of Rebecca Cheptegei.

On average, one woman is killed by an abusive partner or ex every five days in England and Wales. A further three women a week die by suicide as a result of domestic abuse (1/2)

[Trish Obermayer 💙 @oberfitz]

@EdwynCollins @Birmingham_81 Happy birthday Edwyn 😃

[Nitin Sawhney @thenitinsawhney]

I keep reading criticism of the NHS.

The NHS saved my life.

At 6:15 am on March 1st this year I was taken by ambulance to @StGeorgesTrust , which thankfully is a cardiology training hospital, after having a heart attack.

The previous week I had been running, training and doing pull ups in the gym. I had no symptoms whatsoever. My diet was really good. I was apparently just genetically unlucky according to the cardiology professor.

On arrival at the hospital, I was immediately operated on and the blockage in my arteries was removed while I was fully conscious and talking to the doctors.

I had two more operations after that.

Within weeks of that I was touring the U.K., scoring films again and in June we played Glastonbury to a live audience of thousands televised to millions by the BBC.

This year, as a @TheBookerPrizes judge and composer, I’ve read 158 books, scored numerous film and tv projects and I’ll be performing my own new composition about my heart attack and playing my album back catalogue with @the_halle orchestra at @BridgewaterHall on December 5th.

None of that would have been possible without the incredible NHS.

If you feel the NHS has not delivered for you, blame the absurd government we had for 14 years who treated NHS staff like slaves, while handing £billions of our money to their friends. They ran down the NHS so they could sell it off for an American-style system. Hard working people in America have to sell their houses to pay for the kind of life-saving help I was given for free (notwithstanding my lifelong NI contributions).

When I applauded the NHS staff during lockdown, I was applauding the dedication of people who put our lives first. I’ve now seen them do that with my own life firsthand.

I am so thankful to live in a country that many idiots try to label as “woke” or other pejorative subversions of compassion.

When your health experiences a glitch, as it inevitably will one day, it’s the NHS who will put it back on course.

Pay the doctors, pay the nurses, pay the staff. They work insane hours and bloody hard.

Nothing any of us does is as valuable.

[Frank Cottrell-Boyce @frankcottrell_b]

V personal thread with a public punch line

A few days ago my sister was at the curfew tower in Cushendall.  She met a man from Liverpool.  They got talking and he realised he knew our Mum.  More importantly that HIS mum knew our mum …..

[Trish Obermayer 💙 @oberfitz]

@paulafitzp @irishmammies So true. Shall we start too 🤣

[Society Guardian @SocietyGuardian]

Domestic abuse drove our daughters to suicide, say families. So what stops coroners acknowledging that? https://t.co/1yiW5PZIUt

[michael sheen 💙 @michaelsheen]

The Assembly review – Michael Sheen is grilled by 35 neurodivergent young people … and it’s pure TV joy | Television | The Guardian https://t.co/saW6p5rWA1

[David Challen @David_Challen]

#MyWifeMyAbuser is a difficult but necessary watch. This doc film not only shines a light for male victims of coercive control, but for children who witness domestic abuse too. Anyone can be a victim. There is support available. There is a life after abuse

[BBC Radio Ulster @bbcradioulster]

Listen to the new Assume Nothing: Femicide, presented by @AmybethMcnulty

Available now on @BBCSounds

https://t.co/upAmPNqac0

[Joe Lycett @joelycett]

Omg I can't believe I didn't spot this in the Kate Middleton photo: https://t.co/ZR8VerCTvv 😲😲😲

[John Cooper Clarke @official_jcc]

Happy Valentine’s Day from Doctor John Cooper Clarke ❤️

I Wanna Be Yours - “Quantifiably the world’s favourite British poem, full stop”

[POWER THE FIGHT @PowerTheFightUK]

What is Contextual Safeguarding? Today we revisit our PowerTalk podcast episode with @carlenefirmin and @BCWLindsay where they discuss contextual safeguarding.

Full episode below

https://t.co/ADQf1MHxSh

[lemn sissay OBE FRSL @lemnsissay]

My full speech @CamdenCouncil on Monday to support what became the unanimous motion to make care experience a locally protected characteristic. Thanks to Terry Galloway for spearheading this campaign across the nation. 76 councils have signed up so far.

[Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel @CSPR_Panel]

Today, we published our fourth annual report, containing vitally important data and analysis about the English safeguarding system. We also highlight patterns in practice, strengths, and areas for improvement.

Click to read the full report: https://t.co/W8eUC12lmO

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

It has been quite the year, so as a distraction from all that here are my WTF TV news moments from 2023 ✨

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

The Dubliners and The Pogues play "The Irish Rover".

One of the best live performances you will ever see.

[Tim Burgess @Tim_Burgess]

Retweet for a chance to win 2 guest list passes for New Order & The Charlatans next August

Winner picked at random, Monday 9am

Maybe see you there 😉

[Henry Normal @HenryNormalpoet]

Join me tomorrow celebrate the opening of the new central library in Nottingham at 7pm this Friday

[Trish Obermayer 💙 @oberfitz]

@ScotsPostPunk