CarlTsw
@carltsw.bsky.social
Approved Mental Health Professional/Social worker.
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Thanks to the fantastic @zoejardiniere.bsky.social for calling out disproportionate media coverage of anti-migrant views, and more, on BBC Moral Maze yesterday.
Would love to see much more about the many British people who welcome migrants and refugees!!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Would love to see much more about the many British people who welcome migrants and refugees!!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Moral Maze, Does the media reflect or exacerbate public disquiet?
Live debate examining the moral issues behind one of the week's news stories.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to the fantastic @zoejardiniere.bsky.social for calling out disproportionate media coverage of anti-migrant views, and more, on BBC Moral Maze yesterday.
Would love to see much more about the many British people who welcome migrants and refugees!!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Would love to see much more about the many British people who welcome migrants and refugees!!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/speakin...
New Critical AMHP blog by Tim Gorvett.
I have been, and continue to be excited about the focus on s.13(1) MHA. I feel like some of my best AMHP work has been decision making under this part of the act.
Tim provides some counter points/arguments.
New Critical AMHP blog by Tim Gorvett.
I have been, and continue to be excited about the focus on s.13(1) MHA. I feel like some of my best AMHP work has been decision making under this part of the act.
Tim provides some counter points/arguments.
SPEAKING IN PROSE & THE REDISCOVERY OF S.13(1) MHA 1983 — Blog Home
John Mitchell and his colleagues have noticed (see the Introduction:4/4 of the 2024 Discussion Paper – reference below) that their recent rediscovery of s.13(1) of the MHA has not met with universal e...
www.the-critical-amhp.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/speakin...
New Critical AMHP blog by Tim Gorvett.
I have been, and continue to be excited about the focus on s.13(1) MHA. I feel like some of my best AMHP work has been decision making under this part of the act.
Tim provides some counter points/arguments.
New Critical AMHP blog by Tim Gorvett.
I have been, and continue to be excited about the focus on s.13(1) MHA. I feel like some of my best AMHP work has been decision making under this part of the act.
Tim provides some counter points/arguments.
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This is a prefect précis of my argument in Nomad Century
July 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is a prefect précis of my argument in Nomad Century
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Reposting this from last year as this issue keeps coming up: why thinking about capacity in the abstract is usually so unhelpful: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/capacity-to-...
Capacity to consent to having capacity assessed – and why thinking about capacity in the abstract is usually so unhelpful
In response to a question posed by the excellent Zena Bolwig on LinkedIn, an interesting discussion has broken out about whether you need to have capacity to consent to having your capacity assesse…
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
June 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Reposting this from last year as this issue keeps coming up: why thinking about capacity in the abstract is usually so unhelpful: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/capacity-to-...
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This today by @iandunt.bsky.social is one of the very best things he has ever done.
(I wish I could write about Birmingham a fraction as well as he writes about London.)
iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...
(I wish I could write about Birmingham a fraction as well as he writes about London.)
iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...
They hate London because it is beautiful
Matthew Goodwin went to that there London the other day and what he found shook him to his core.
iandunt.substack.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This today by @iandunt.bsky.social is one of the very best things he has ever done.
(I wish I could write about Birmingham a fraction as well as he writes about London.)
iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...
(I wish I could write about Birmingham a fraction as well as he writes about London.)
iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...
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📢It's here - Get Me To Hospital
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing.
Co-produced with The Stop People Dying Too Young Group.
Share away.
#NHS #MCA
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing.
Co-produced with The Stop People Dying Too Young Group.
Share away.
#NHS #MCA
Get me to hospital - SCIE
When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment. Download PDF.
www.scie.org.uk
May 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
📢It's here - Get Me To Hospital
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing.
Co-produced with The Stop People Dying Too Young Group.
Share away.
#NHS #MCA
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
A guide for people, families and practitioners when supporting someone to go to hospital who is deemed as unable to make the decision and is refusing.
Co-produced with The Stop People Dying Too Young Group.
Share away.
#NHS #MCA
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This interview has broken me. I’ve never loved a footballer more than Heung-Min Son, a man of rare qualities
May 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This interview has broken me. I’ve never loved a footballer more than Heung-Min Son, a man of rare qualities
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A delectable psychodynamic perspective on the functioning of the #NHS, by Psychiatrist Dr Rachel Gibbons
The ‘Impossibility’ of working in the current NHS: sacrifice to a primitive god www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The ‘Impossibility’ of working in the current NHS: sacrifice to a primitive god www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The ‘Impossibility’ of working in the current NHS: sacrifice to a primitive god
This paper explores the current crisis in the NHS, focusing on the ‘impossible’ demands faced by staff and the underlying psychodynamic factors that perpetuate these challenges. Drawing on the auth...
www.tandfonline.com
May 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A delectable psychodynamic perspective on the functioning of the #NHS, by Psychiatrist Dr Rachel Gibbons
The ‘Impossibility’ of working in the current NHS: sacrifice to a primitive god www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The ‘Impossibility’ of working in the current NHS: sacrifice to a primitive god www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The Court of Appeal explains why local authorities cannot consent to the confinement of children in their care: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/the-court-of...
The Court of Appeal explains why local authorities cannot consent to the confinement of children in their care
The Court of Appeal announced on the day of the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Lieven J in Re J: Local Authority consent to Deprivation of Liberty [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam), that it wou…
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Court of Appeal explains why local authorities cannot consent to the confinement of children in their care: www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/the-court-of...
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The Mental Health Bill has passed the @UKHouseofLords and its first reading was today in the @HouseofCommons.
This is the MH Bill, as introduced to the Commons and we now await confirmation of a date for the second reading -
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
This is the MH Bill, as introduced to the Commons and we now await confirmation of a date for the second reading -
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk
April 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Mental Health Bill has passed the @UKHouseofLords and its first reading was today in the @HouseofCommons.
This is the MH Bill, as introduced to the Commons and we now await confirmation of a date for the second reading -
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
This is the MH Bill, as introduced to the Commons and we now await confirmation of a date for the second reading -
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
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Uniquely British (and funny) review of a uniquely Dutch (and altruistic) book. Worth a read: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Moral Ambition by Rutger Bregman review – don’t just stand there, do something
An altruistic companion to Oliver Burkeman’s Four Thousand Weeks aims to encourage anyone with a conscience to stop being a spectator
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Uniquely British (and funny) review of a uniquely Dutch (and altruistic) book. Worth a read: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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HULK ADAM SMASHES DIRE WOLVES.
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Dire wolves remain very extinct
Despite what you are being fed, de-extinction is a con, full of gloss, bullshit and ghoulish greed.
arutherford.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
HULK ADAM SMASHES DIRE WOLVES.
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
Man alive this vexes me, and I am a bit sweary and irritable in this. Enjoy.
arutherford.substack.com/p/dire-wolve...
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The Telegraph recently ran a headline:
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
March 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Telegraph recently ran a headline:
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
"More than one million foreigners claiming benefits."
Sounds shocking, right?
But what does it actually mean?
Let’s have a look!
🧵1/13 (1/1)
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TL;DR:
✅ It takes years to qualify for benefits.
✅ Many foreign-born claimants are working.
✅ Asylum seekers get no benefits.
✅ Immigration has always been part of the UK.
Don’t let headlines manipulate you.
Facts matter
12/13
✅ It takes years to qualify for benefits.
✅ Many foreign-born claimants are working.
✅ Asylum seekers get no benefits.
✅ Immigration has always been part of the UK.
Don’t let headlines manipulate you.
Facts matter
12/13
March 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
TL;DR:
✅ It takes years to qualify for benefits.
✅ Many foreign-born claimants are working.
✅ Asylum seekers get no benefits.
✅ Immigration has always been part of the UK.
Don’t let headlines manipulate you.
Facts matter
12/13
✅ It takes years to qualify for benefits.
✅ Many foreign-born claimants are working.
✅ Asylum seekers get no benefits.
✅ Immigration has always been part of the UK.
Don’t let headlines manipulate you.
Facts matter
12/13
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Brief admission during crisis for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder buff.ly/fvfmDZt
#BPD #Crisis #BriefAdmission #SystematicReview #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
🧵 THREAD
#BPD #Crisis #BriefAdmission #SystematicReview #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
🧵 THREAD
March 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Brief admission during crisis for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder buff.ly/fvfmDZt
#BPD #Crisis #BriefAdmission #SystematicReview #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
🧵 THREAD
#BPD #Crisis #BriefAdmission #SystematicReview #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder
🧵 THREAD
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New paper 🚨
Very proud to have been a co-author on this paper on genetics and socioeconomic status, led by the brilliant @dr-appie.bsky.social
I’ll be posting on this in the next couple of days.
Very proud to have been a co-author on this paper on genetics and socioeconomic status, led by the brilliant @dr-appie.bsky.social
I’ll be posting on this in the next couple of days.
In every civilization, people end up sorted into levels of socio-economic status (SES). We explore the history, present, and future of scientific research on the complicated relationship between SES and DNA in @naturehumbehav.bsky.social💰🧬🎓
Link: rdcu.be/efacK
Thread below 👇🏽
Link: rdcu.be/efacK
Thread below 👇🏽
March 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New paper 🚨
Very proud to have been a co-author on this paper on genetics and socioeconomic status, led by the brilliant @dr-appie.bsky.social
I’ll be posting on this in the next couple of days.
Very proud to have been a co-author on this paper on genetics and socioeconomic status, led by the brilliant @dr-appie.bsky.social
I’ll be posting on this in the next couple of days.
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Really happy to have this piece published today by the Critical AMHP blog:
www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/amhp-ef...
www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/amhp-ef...
AMHP efficiency and Jevons paradox — Blog Home
The recent release of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek caused some significant waves in the tech industry, not least because the market value of American tech companies plummeted. DeepSeek has seemingl...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Really happy to have this piece published today by the Critical AMHP blog:
www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/amhp-ef...
www.the-critical-amhp.com/blog/amhp-ef...
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So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
March 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
So let’s have a little look at the Right wing media feeding off its own ecosystem.
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
Here’s
@TiceRichard
claiming NET ZERO caused the Heathrow shut down, while sharing a Telegraph article that appears to back up his claim
Must be true then, right??
🧐you know the drill…
🧵
1/
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Here's the piece if you want more than theTL;DR version above! www.ft.com/content/e2dd...
Are we becoming a post-literate society?
Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips
www.ft.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Here's the piece if you want more than theTL;DR version above! www.ft.com/content/e2dd...
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NEW
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
NEW
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
“We will deport you if we have evidence against you, and deport you if we do not”
On an extraordinary witness statement from the US government - and how it has adopted the logic of the Ducking Stool
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
March 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
1. Today the Tories unveil their new policy: ripping up the commitment to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch, with no evidence, claims "it can’t be achieved without a serious drop in our living standards or by bankrupting us." What the evidence shows is the opposite. We can't prosper without it. 🧵
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“The significant rise in the number of people being diagnosed with a mental illness in recent years has been driven by real issues that affect us all, such as increases in poverty, housing and food insecurity, as well as loneliness and isolation. ”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“Rise in people with mental illness being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” says RCPsych President
RCPsych President Dr Lade Smith CBE responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's comments about the overdiagnosis of mental health conditions.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“The significant rise in the number of people being diagnosed with a mental illness in recent years has been driven by real issues that affect us all, such as increases in poverty, housing and food insecurity, as well as loneliness and isolation. ”
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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We need new science stories. New substack post, drunken cameo from @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
We need new science stories
I am midway through writing my 8th book. Please send help.
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We need new science stories. New substack post, drunken cameo from @profaliceroberts.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
open.substack.com/pub/arutherf...
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NEW BLOG - “AP v Oxford Healthcare”
Civil action on behalf of someone held in a Place of Safety for 340 days (yes, really).
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/a...
Civil action on behalf of someone held in a Place of Safety for 340 days (yes, really).
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/a...
AP v Oxford Healthcare
This post is about so-called “swing beds”, a term used by the Care Quality Commission in one of its annual reports for the practice of using the space in a “section 136 suite̶…
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
NEW BLOG - “AP v Oxford Healthcare”
Civil action on behalf of someone held in a Place of Safety for 340 days (yes, really).
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/a...
Civil action on behalf of someone held in a Place of Safety for 340 days (yes, really).
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/02/26/a...