Ruth Hughes
@ruth2729.bsky.social
Mother of a wonderful boy who is autistic and has learning disabilities - badly failed by a broken system and is now trapped in The State Hospital Carstairs. A journey since 2017 that has taken us to hell and back. Won't stop fighting until I get him home.
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This #ScotLDWeek, People First Scotland shines a light on those detained in hospitals - sometimes for decades simply because the right support and community housing doesn’t exist.
Read the full blog here: zurl.co/vSw9R
#ScotLDWeek25 #IAmHereScotland
Read the full blog here: zurl.co/vSw9R
#ScotLDWeek25 #IAmHereScotland
September 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This #ScotLDWeek, People First Scotland shines a light on those detained in hospitals - sometimes for decades simply because the right support and community housing doesn’t exist.
Read the full blog here: zurl.co/vSw9R
#ScotLDWeek25 #IAmHereScotland
Read the full blog here: zurl.co/vSw9R
#ScotLDWeek25 #IAmHereScotland
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June 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Moving tribute to a son who died while taking ‘antipsychotic’ drugs.
By MITUK admin
madintheuk.com/2025/06/movi...
#PsychiatricDrugs #SideEffectsMatter #InformedConsent #MentalHealthAdvocacy
#TardiveDyskinesia #MedicationAwareness
By MITUK admin
madintheuk.com/2025/06/movi...
#PsychiatricDrugs #SideEffectsMatter #InformedConsent #MentalHealthAdvocacy
#TardiveDyskinesia #MedicationAwareness
June 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Moving tribute to a son who died while taking ‘antipsychotic’ drugs.
By MITUK admin
madintheuk.com/2025/06/movi...
#PsychiatricDrugs #SideEffectsMatter #InformedConsent #MentalHealthAdvocacy
#TardiveDyskinesia #MedicationAwareness
By MITUK admin
madintheuk.com/2025/06/movi...
#PsychiatricDrugs #SideEffectsMatter #InformedConsent #MentalHealthAdvocacy
#TardiveDyskinesia #MedicationAwareness
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#Oliverscampaign
Oliver should be sleeping safely in his own bed, instead he lays in a grave
This #learningdisability2025 let's stop these horrendously preventable deaths due to inequality of health care, ignorance, diagnostic overshadowing, bias & prejudice
Oliver should be sleeping safely in his own bed, instead he lays in a grave
This #learningdisability2025 let's stop these horrendously preventable deaths due to inequality of health care, ignorance, diagnostic overshadowing, bias & prejudice
June 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#Oliverscampaign
Oliver should be sleeping safely in his own bed, instead he lays in a grave
This #learningdisability2025 let's stop these horrendously preventable deaths due to inequality of health care, ignorance, diagnostic overshadowing, bias & prejudice
Oliver should be sleeping safely in his own bed, instead he lays in a grave
This #learningdisability2025 let's stop these horrendously preventable deaths due to inequality of health care, ignorance, diagnostic overshadowing, bias & prejudice
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Reminder of our report: Hospital is not home.
We considered the circumstances of 55 people who were in a learning disability or mental health hospital for over 10 years.
We found that people are staying in hospital for too long; on average 18 years and 2 months.
More here: bit.ly/4axFGiv
We considered the circumstances of 55 people who were in a learning disability or mental health hospital for over 10 years.
We found that people are staying in hospital for too long; on average 18 years and 2 months.
More here: bit.ly/4axFGiv
June 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reminder of our report: Hospital is not home.
We considered the circumstances of 55 people who were in a learning disability or mental health hospital for over 10 years.
We found that people are staying in hospital for too long; on average 18 years and 2 months.
More here: bit.ly/4axFGiv
We considered the circumstances of 55 people who were in a learning disability or mental health hospital for over 10 years.
We found that people are staying in hospital for too long; on average 18 years and 2 months.
More here: bit.ly/4axFGiv
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May 2025 in Review
Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor
#MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor
#MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
June 6, 2025 at 7:31 AM
May 2025 in Review
Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor
#MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com
#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor
#MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice
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The incredible ‘Beautiful Lives - how we got learning disabilities so wrong’ is published today.
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
Publication Day — Stephen Unwin
The day that a book goes out into the world is a strange one. In many ways, nothing happens: the book has been printed, advance copies have been circulated, and the only thing that changes is that it ...
www.stephenunwin.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
The incredible ‘Beautiful Lives - how we got learning disabilities so wrong’ is published today.
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
The author, @stephenunwin.bsky.social has written about what this day means to him. Do please read.
#LearningDisabilities
www.stephenunwin.uk/thoughts-and...
youtube.com/watch?v=n3hq... 9 years have passed and still many are stuck..we need action not meaningless empty promises. Nothing is too complex or difficult to happen if the work, action and effort is put in. Home, love, family and a good life. A basic human right for everyone 🙏
STUCK IN THE SYSTEM: Care in Crisis
YouTube video by Cody Godwin
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June 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
youtube.com/watch?v=n3hq... 9 years have passed and still many are stuck..we need action not meaningless empty promises. Nothing is too complex or difficult to happen if the work, action and effort is put in. Home, love, family and a good life. A basic human right for everyone 🙏
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Records were "routinely incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistently completed or, in some cases falsified - in ward after ward, hospital after hospital, year after year" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Essex mental health patient records covered up, say families - BBC News
The Lampard Inquiry is looking into more than 2,000 mental health-related deaths.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Records were "routinely incomplete, inaccurate, inconsistently completed or, in some cases falsified - in ward after ward, hospital after hospital, year after year" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The SHRC appeared before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee to discuss their report. The detention of people with LD and autism is a human rights issue. Their work here regarding the CRPD and HR Act is so important.
www.scottishhumanrights.com/blog/tick-to...
www.scottishhumanrights.com/blog/tick-to...
“Tick Tock” While we talk, people are waiting
“Tick Tock” – While we talk, people are waiting
www.scottishhumanrights.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The SHRC appeared before the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee to discuss their report. The detention of people with LD and autism is a human rights issue. Their work here regarding the CRPD and HR Act is so important.
www.scottishhumanrights.com/blog/tick-to...
www.scottishhumanrights.com/blog/tick-to...
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People are speaking out in support of #BringPeopleHomeFromHospital! View our public online gallery, click 'Speaking Up and Signing':
buff.ly/RPVZ3bd
There's still time to design artwork, make a banner, write a song! We'll share the gallery at the rally, and make videos of the rally to share after
buff.ly/RPVZ3bd
There's still time to design artwork, make a banner, write a song! We'll share the gallery at the rally, and make videos of the rally to share after
April 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
People are speaking out in support of #BringPeopleHomeFromHospital! View our public online gallery, click 'Speaking Up and Signing':
buff.ly/RPVZ3bd
There's still time to design artwork, make a banner, write a song! We'll share the gallery at the rally, and make videos of the rally to share after
buff.ly/RPVZ3bd
There's still time to design artwork, make a banner, write a song! We'll share the gallery at the rally, and make videos of the rally to share after
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Leanne is just one of many parents in Birmingham who are struggling to get any kind of social care/health support for their child.
It’s a disgrace that families are made to suffer like this.
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
It’s a disgrace that families are made to suffer like this.
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
'I have no support to care for my disabled son - the SEND system is broken'
Leanne Gregory has been unable to return to her community worker job because she has to take care of her five-year-old son, Jude
inews.co.uk
April 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Leanne is just one of many parents in Birmingham who are struggling to get any kind of social care/health support for their child.
It’s a disgrace that families are made to suffer like this.
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
It’s a disgrace that families are made to suffer like this.
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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#Oliverscampaign
Has anything changed at all?
"When you question the system, the system protects itself." The parents of a teenager with autism who died in a Bristol hospital have hit out saying doctors administered a drug they knew the 18-year-old was allergic to
Has anything changed at all?
"When you question the system, the system protects itself." The parents of a teenager with autism who died in a Bristol hospital have hit out saying doctors administered a drug they knew the 18-year-old was allergic to
April 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
#Oliverscampaign
Has anything changed at all?
"When you question the system, the system protects itself." The parents of a teenager with autism who died in a Bristol hospital have hit out saying doctors administered a drug they knew the 18-year-old was allergic to
Has anything changed at all?
"When you question the system, the system protects itself." The parents of a teenager with autism who died in a Bristol hospital have hit out saying doctors administered a drug they knew the 18-year-old was allergic to
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1. It has been one year since Stolen Lives protested outside the Senedd.
Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.
Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.
April 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
1. It has been one year since Stolen Lives protested outside the Senedd.
Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.
Detention of people with learning disabilities and autistic people is a human rights issue. It results in harm, abuse and long-term trauma.
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2. We need less hospitals in Wales and more, better quality community-based care.
Stolen Lives will continue to fight on this issue and will always remain true to its values: 'Homes not Hospitals.'
Stolen Lives will continue to fight on this issue and will always remain true to its values: 'Homes not Hospitals.'
April 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
2. We need less hospitals in Wales and more, better quality community-based care.
Stolen Lives will continue to fight on this issue and will always remain true to its values: 'Homes not Hospitals.'
Stolen Lives will continue to fight on this issue and will always remain true to its values: 'Homes not Hospitals.'
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Sarah has spent the entirety of her adult life in and out of hospitals that are ill-equipped to meet her needs, because of one reason – she cannot receive the support for her autism and learning disability in the community.
‘Every day she begs for help’: Father fights for daughter to be freed from hospital
Exclusive: Government will miss target to get people with learning disabilities out of hospital by more than 8 years
www.independent.co.uk
April 18, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Sarah has spent the entirety of her adult life in and out of hospitals that are ill-equipped to meet her needs, because of one reason – she cannot receive the support for her autism and learning disability in the community.
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Ministers refused to meet with us about the #MentalHealthBill, so we are going to them. 📢 On 29th April we will deliver a letter to @skinnock.bsky.social and Baroness Merron demanding a meaningful say on how to keep us out of psychiatric hospitals.
Find out more: buff.ly/eifOvod
Find out more: buff.ly/eifOvod
April 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Ministers refused to meet with us about the #MentalHealthBill, so we are going to them. 📢 On 29th April we will deliver a letter to @skinnock.bsky.social and Baroness Merron demanding a meaningful say on how to keep us out of psychiatric hospitals.
Find out more: buff.ly/eifOvod
Find out more: buff.ly/eifOvod
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The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published their new theory of change framework which sets out how they plan, monitor & measure the impact of their work.
➡️ ow.ly/4FvL50VrwN9
Join us on 13 May to learn more about our work together to develop this.
ℹ️ www.matter-of-focus.com/from-strateg...
➡️ ow.ly/4FvL50VrwN9
Join us on 13 May to learn more about our work together to develop this.
ℹ️ www.matter-of-focus.com/from-strateg...
April 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Scottish Human Rights Commission has published their new theory of change framework which sets out how they plan, monitor & measure the impact of their work.
➡️ ow.ly/4FvL50VrwN9
Join us on 13 May to learn more about our work together to develop this.
ℹ️ www.matter-of-focus.com/from-strateg...
➡️ ow.ly/4FvL50VrwN9
Join us on 13 May to learn more about our work together to develop this.
ℹ️ www.matter-of-focus.com/from-strateg...
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We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
March 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Subscribe to #AnnaFreud newsletter to be the first to see new animation with @aquinnunbroken.bsky.social
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
We are passionate about neuro-diversity informed practice and we are asking professionals to un-think and re-think about seclusion and long term segregation
www.annafreud.org/training/hea...
Every day is so hard when separated from loved ones.. Thinking of everyone missing their children especially on Mother's Day. Love and miss you so much son 🙏♥️
March 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Every day is so hard when separated from loved ones.. Thinking of everyone missing their children especially on Mother's Day. Love and miss you so much son 🙏♥️
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Really pleased to have collaborated with such brilliant thought leaders to critique the idea that enforced isolation (LTS) can be therapeutic. Our new paper suggest solitary confinement has no place in modern health care. 1/4
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al | The British Journal of Ps...
Long-term segregation and seclusion for people with an intellectual disability and/or autism in hospitals: critique of the current state of affairs: commentary, Quinn et al
www.cambridge.org
March 24, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Really pleased to have collaborated with such brilliant thought leaders to critique the idea that enforced isolation (LTS) can be therapeutic. Our new paper suggest solitary confinement has no place in modern health care. 1/4
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Reposted by Ruth Hughes
Reposted by Ruth Hughes
A lot will be said about the NHS structure, functions and system processes in the coming weeks and month. As you hear and read it, keep this in mind and ask if we're making the same mistakes now? #patientsafety
March 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A lot will be said about the NHS structure, functions and system processes in the coming weeks and month. As you hear and read it, keep this in mind and ask if we're making the same mistakes now? #patientsafety