Jane Bernal
@jane-bernal.bsky.social
Retd. Consultant Psychiatrist for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Visiting Prof U.S.Wales.
Research interests: Death and Dying Biography.
Human interests: music, theatre, garden, visual arts, poetry
Research interests: Death and Dying Biography.
Human interests: music, theatre, garden, visual arts, poetry
Our ICB is looking to make more use of Brave AI. Is that something I should welcome, be wary of, both? I see that they are a not-for-profit, non Big Tech company, which sounds good to me. How AI is used in health services, rather than whether, seems to be the issue. @paulbernal.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Our ICB is looking to make more use of Brave AI. Is that something I should welcome, be wary of, both? I see that they are a not-for-profit, non Big Tech company, which sounds good to me. How AI is used in health services, rather than whether, seems to be the issue. @paulbernal.bsky.social
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What is likely to be in the Government's new NHS Workforce strategy? What should be? Retention of existing staff, career progress from early on & training g in community, preventative & digital skills that the 10 yr plan calls for. Increasing the number of district nurses would be a good start.
What does the next workforce plan need to get right?
Our policy expert @lkrole.bsky.social identifies the key areas that the next workforce plan will need to address if it’s to avoid falling short.
Our policy expert @lkrole.bsky.social identifies the key areas that the next workforce plan will need to address if it’s to avoid falling short.
Plan B: What the forthcoming NHS workforce strategy should not ignore
As the government prepares to publish a new 10-year NHS workforce plan, questions remain about how to build a realistic and sustainable approach to staffing the health service. This long read by…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
What is likely to be in the Government's new NHS Workforce strategy? What should be? Retention of existing staff, career progress from early on & training g in community, preventative & digital skills that the 10 yr plan calls for. Increasing the number of district nurses would be a good start.
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The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims
That sounds fascinating. When does the book come out, who is editing, who are your co-authors, editor, publishers?
The oddities of the writing life, No 167:
Today’s To Do list includes writing a formal abstract and key words for my chapter in the first scholarly study of poet Frances Cornford, to be published by Brill Publishers next year, and drafting a short story to be published by Woman’s Weekly next year...
Today’s To Do list includes writing a formal abstract and key words for my chapter in the first scholarly study of poet Frances Cornford, to be published by Brill Publishers next year, and drafting a short story to be published by Woman’s Weekly next year...
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
That sounds fascinating. When does the book come out, who is editing, who are your co-authors, editor, publishers?
1970s better for me- because I was young. My eyes & ears & worked better then. On the other hand London transport far worse, As a junior doctor I had to work a 100 hr week. Torygrsph nostalgia then looked back to 1930s - hunger, unemployment or Jazz age. Young people & workers knew their place.
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
1970s better for me- because I was young. My eyes & ears & worked better then. On the other hand London transport far worse, As a junior doctor I had to work a 100 hr week. Torygrsph nostalgia then looked back to 1930s - hunger, unemployment or Jazz age. Young people & workers knew their place.
Horrible for all migrants. Shameful and distressing for decent people from the 'host' nation too. Not sure if I count, none of my grandparents born here. Economic migrants. My parents from different diasporas met in London.
Exactly this. And every moment that passes with folks around me not condemning it or even acknowledging it, and the impact it has on any migrant, is noted
Note that every piece of anti-migrant propaganda I take personally. No, I’m not playing good immigrant, bad immigrant. This hate agenda is bad for ALL of us.
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Horrible for all migrants. Shameful and distressing for decent people from the 'host' nation too. Not sure if I count, none of my grandparents born here. Economic migrants. My parents from different diasporas met in London.
Over-sold. Experience of digital banking, for example doesn't encourage me to depend on digital unless it is there to support the human beings who are caring for me & can deal with passwords, holes in mobile coverage & AI hallucinations.
Digital is a problem more than a solution if it’s difficult to access, tricky to use, temperamental, rigid or non-inclusive.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Patients to benefit from cutting-edge NHS care from their homes
More patients will receive faster, more convenient care from the comfort of their own homes, through the rollout of new digital technologies across the NHS.
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Over-sold. Experience of digital banking, for example doesn't encourage me to depend on digital unless it is there to support the human beings who are caring for me & can deal with passwords, holes in mobile coverage & AI hallucinations.
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Digital is a problem more than a solution if it’s difficult to access, tricky to use, temperamental, rigid or non-inclusive.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Patients to benefit from cutting-edge NHS care from their homes
More patients will receive faster, more convenient care from the comfort of their own homes, through the rollout of new digital technologies across the NHS.
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Digital is a problem more than a solution if it’s difficult to access, tricky to use, temperamental, rigid or non-inclusive.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Just started interviewing for the READY study, exploring the last year of life of people with learning disabilities. In early interviews, despite, or perhaps because, of the sensitivity of the subject, some bereaved people find talking & being heard liberating. www.readystudy.uk
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Recognising Approaching Dying in Adults with a Learning Disability
www.readystudy.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Just started interviewing for the READY study, exploring the last year of life of people with learning disabilities. In early interviews, despite, or perhaps because, of the sensitivity of the subject, some bereaved people find talking & being heard liberating. www.readystudy.uk
A good book - not a text-book- about chemistry or biography of a chemist, that a twelve-year old might enjoy. Ideas please. @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social @paulbernal.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A good book - not a text-book- about chemistry or biography of a chemist, that a twelve-year old might enjoy. Ideas please. @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social @paulbernal.bsky.social
Burnell, Barnowl, Bernawl, Parnell, Bannle? Perhaps we are sensitised
Sorry, I know that’s a niche moan. 🙂
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Burnell, Barnowl, Bernawl, Parnell, Bannle? Perhaps we are sensitised
The old ones are the best
Spare a thought for all the #Heritage teams heading out to #Stonehenge #Avebury and the #RingOfBrodnar as the clocks change
October 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The old ones are the best
Not to mention children's wards 8n general hospitals.
A short history of children's hospitals in case anyone you know thinks like Rob Schneider:
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
open.substack.com/pub/epiellie...
A Short History of Children's Hospitals
The MAHA claim that there was “no autism when we were kids” has apparently now evolved into the even more nonsensical idea that “kids weren’t sick” at all.
open.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not to mention children's wards 8n general hospitals.
Where does bluesky store drafts. Wrote a long post but did not send because playing musical trains at Bristol.
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Where does bluesky store drafts. Wrote a long post but did not send because playing musical trains at Bristol.
As long as they continue to ban cis- men from that particular women only space. A million years ago, when I was a school-girl, there were often groups of them trying to peer over the fence.
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
October 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
As long as they continue to ban cis- men from that particular women only space. A million years ago, when I was a school-girl, there were often groups of them trying to peer over the fence.
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Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
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There is an urgent need to maintain &increase the places for learning disability nursing - in order to enhance &save lives of pwld- to attract&keep this vital area of practice- no courses fees for students, a bursary&a golden hello
June 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is an urgent need to maintain &increase the places for learning disability nursing - in order to enhance &save lives of pwld- to attract&keep this vital area of practice- no courses fees for students, a bursary&a golden hello
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Greater Manchester Police confirm:
- Car was driven at public
- Driver then attacked people with knife
- Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device
- Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in
- Car was driven at public
- Driver then attacked people with knife
- Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device
- Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in
October 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Greater Manchester Police confirm:
- Car was driven at public
- Driver then attacked people with knife
- Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device
- Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in
- Car was driven at public
- Driver then attacked people with knife
- Suspect wore a vest looking like explosive device
- Security staff at synagogue stopped attacker getting in
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HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
HOPE not hate condemn the appalling, violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester which has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. Our thoughts are with the Jewish community and all affected.
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I had no idea that members of the Jewish community carried out security duty like this.
Stay safe.
And we should rally round to protect them too. Nobody should be afraid of entering their place of worship.
Stay safe.
And we should rally round to protect them too. Nobody should be afraid of entering their place of worship.
My wife is supposed to be doing synagogue security duty on Saturday. It's terrifying.
Manchester synagogue attack latest: police say suspect shot after four people injured by vehicle and stabbings
October 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I had no idea that members of the Jewish community carried out security duty like this.
Stay safe.
And we should rally round to protect them too. Nobody should be afraid of entering their place of worship.
Stay safe.
And we should rally round to protect them too. Nobody should be afraid of entering their place of worship.
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10000000000000000000 times this.
People thinking that Reform's suggestions of getting rid of legal immigrants will fix the NHS have no idea how much it will hurt healthcare. Immigrants & children of immigrants keep the NHS functioning. Same with social care.
September 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
10000000000000000000 times this.
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A maternity hospital should be a place of hope and new beginnings. Yet in Gaza, that hope is clouded by stress and uncertainty. Even amid an offensive, hospitals should be protected.
We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.
We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A maternity hospital should be a place of hope and new beginnings. Yet in Gaza, that hope is clouded by stress and uncertainty. Even amid an offensive, hospitals should be protected.
We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.
We call for an immediate end to the violence and for concrete measures to protect civilians.
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During the attacks, which continued throughout most of the night, a pregnant patient went into labour. She delivered under extremely stressful conditions and experienced postpartum complications. Both mother and baby are now stable.
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
During the attacks, which continued throughout most of the night, a pregnant patient went into labour. She delivered under extremely stressful conditions and experienced postpartum complications. Both mother and baby are now stable.
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Last night, Al-Helou hospital in #Gaza City, supported by MSF, sustained severe collateral damage from nearby attacks. This came despite multiple assurances from Israeli forces that the hospital was not in danger.
September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Last night, Al-Helou hospital in #Gaza City, supported by MSF, sustained severe collateral damage from nearby attacks. This came despite multiple assurances from Israeli forces that the hospital was not in danger.