Dave Atkinson
@ldnursedave.bsky.social
Proud learning disability nurse....ardent socialist....and a curry eating, rambling, narrow boat dwelling, beer drinking, dog owning, occasional folk musician!!
Refugee from twitter...
Refugee from twitter...
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Positive Commitment 2025 full speaker line up @everyone : dma-solutions.co.uk/events/upcom...
March 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Positive Commitment 2025 full speaker line up @everyone : dma-solutions.co.uk/events/upcom...
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New #StrongMessageHere is up, on #BBCSounds and all podcast platforms. This week, ‘Be quiet, small man.’ The language used by ‘strong’ leaders. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Be Quiet, Small Man - BBC Sounds
Helen and Armando investigate how politicians convey strength through rhetoric.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
New #StrongMessageHere is up, on #BBCSounds and all podcast platforms. This week, ‘Be quiet, small man.’ The language used by ‘strong’ leaders. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Yesterday, RRN’s Alexis Quinn, with My Life My Choice, Free Our People Now campaign and the British Institute of Human Rights, gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on amendments to the Mental Health Bill to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
March 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yesterday, RRN’s Alexis Quinn, with My Life My Choice, Free Our People Now campaign and the British Institute of Human Rights, gave evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights, on amendments to the Mental Health Bill to improve the lives of people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
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Positive Commitment Conference 2025 - calling all LD Nurses! dma-solutions.co.uk/events/upcom...
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Positive Commitment Conference 2025 ~ Winchester
This event is for qualified RNLDs and RNIDs to attend and was developed as a partner event to Positive Choices which is specifically for LD and ID Nurse students. Not to be confused. This qualified...
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March 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Positive Commitment Conference 2025 - calling all LD Nurses! dma-solutions.co.uk/events/upcom...
Please feel free to share. We hope you can join us!
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NEW: Multiple reports of Russian missiles pouring into Ukraine tonight, targeting civilians.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
March 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEW: Multiple reports of Russian missiles pouring into Ukraine tonight, targeting civilians.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
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On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
February 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
On 15 March 1939 Hitler and his deputy summoned the Czech President to Hitler’s residence in Berlin and then bullied him to submitting to a German invasion of his country.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
They drove him to the point of physical collapse, threatening him until he eventually signed his country’s death warrant.
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Signed! Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
No second state visit for Trump
This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...
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February 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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AP is a lovely young man with learning disabilities and autism. He experienced significant harm while being detained in a "s.136 suite" in a mental health hospital for a whopping 340 days. A Human Rights Act claim has resulted in a settlement. 1/4 www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/justice...
Justice for AP: Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust pays damages following detention and seclusion of man with learning disabilities and autism for 340 days
The High Court has approved the settlement of a civil claim brought by Bindmans client ‘AP’, by which Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust will pay significant damages for the detention and treatment
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February 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
AP is a lovely young man with learning disabilities and autism. He experienced significant harm while being detained in a "s.136 suite" in a mental health hospital for a whopping 340 days. A Human Rights Act claim has resulted in a settlement. 1/4 www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/justice...
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In my 35 years in #mentalhealth poor #housing or a lack of has always been the thing that causes significant and enduring harm. Supported accommodation that is safe and close to one’s community is too hard to find. This is an important piece of research 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Mental health patients with nowhere to go cost NHS £71m in England, report finds
Accommodation shortages caused 109,000 days of delayed discharge in 2023-24, says National Housing Federation
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
In my 35 years in #mentalhealth poor #housing or a lack of has always been the thing that causes significant and enduring harm. Supported accommodation that is safe and close to one’s community is too hard to find. This is an important piece of research 👇🏼
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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If you want detail and charts, read the National Audit Office report. www.nao.org.uk/reports/supp...
Support for children and young people with special educational needs - NAO report
The NAO's report highlights that England’s special educational needs system is not delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
www.nao.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you want detail and charts, read the National Audit Office report. www.nao.org.uk/reports/supp...
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Hello Blueskylings. I thought I'd introduce myself by sharing this wonderful poem about hope and redemption. Have a lovely day.
November 15, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Hello Blueskylings. I thought I'd introduce myself by sharing this wonderful poem about hope and redemption. Have a lovely day.
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Safeguarding children with disabilities in residential settings: progress reporp
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www.gov.uk/government/p...
Safeguarding children with disabilities in residential settings: progress report
Progress report for the review into safeguarding children with disabilities and complex health needs in residential settings by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Safeguarding children with disabilities in residential settings: progress reporp
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Trying to find my people/those with similar interests here and the #LearningDisability results I'm getting are minimal, so started trying to curate this list go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
As per, shout if you'd like added. I know I am missing people. All welcome #carer #intellectualdisability #LDNursing
As per, shout if you'd like added. I know I am missing people. All welcome #carer #intellectualdisability #LDNursing
November 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM
Trying to find my people/those with similar interests here and the #LearningDisability results I'm getting are minimal, so started trying to curate this list go.bsky.app/J6k8Rsr
As per, shout if you'd like added. I know I am missing people. All welcome #carer #intellectualdisability #LDNursing
As per, shout if you'd like added. I know I am missing people. All welcome #carer #intellectualdisability #LDNursing
@bennob.bsky.social good to see you over here Ben... Hope all's well...
November 15, 2024 at 8:17 AM
@bennob.bsky.social good to see you over here Ben... Hope all's well...
@chris-dlamini.bsky.social good to see you on here Chris - presumably another twitter/X refugee!!!
November 11, 2024 at 6:20 PM
@chris-dlamini.bsky.social good to see you on here Chris - presumably another twitter/X refugee!!!