I've written about this before, and it's dispiriting to realise that Australia is going backward in mental health care investment, not forward.

Slow medicine and listening to the patient saves lives.
www.smh.com.au/national/slo...

So now we'll have a system that penalises longer consults AND no mental health items that subsidise a longer consultation.

Back to the bad old days?

Should I 'tick and flick' anyone who tells me they are contemplating suicide, or their child has an eating disorder, or discloses complex trauma?

Oh. Thank you for sharing.

@mariamtokhi.bsky.social you need to know that a Palestinian colleague in the West Bank, a primary care doctor and a medical educator who is still doing all she can for her patients and students was immensely heartened by this when I shared. We are in contact often. She told me she needed this.

What would you add?

There was so much energy and expertise in the room. I am truly grateful for the historians, researchers, students, clinicians, artists and writers who came & shared evidence, stories and dreams for a better systems of health, education and care. If you came, and you're here, please say Hi!

I'm so glad you came! Looking forward to future collaborations.

Our keynote speaker, Lynne Mijangos, a Fulbright Specialist in Narrative Medicine visiting from Columbia University, spoke of the importance of leaning in deeply to empathy, connection and listening in health, and shared a lifetime of bringing these skills to her patients and students.