Dr Phoebe Averill
@phoebeaverill.bsky.social
Current @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in improving mental healthcare. Previously: @imperial-ighi.bsky.social postdoc and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk PhD student at @kingsioppn.bsky.social 📚
📍 London
📍 London
Pinned
Patient safety incidents within adult community-based mental health services in England: A mixed-methods examination of reported incidents, contributory factors, and proposed solutions | Psychological...
Patient safety incidents within adult community-based mental health services in England: A mixed-methods examination of reported incidents, contributory factors, and proposed solutions - Volume 55
doi.org
What are the harms incurred by users of community-based mental healthcare, as reported by staff in these services?
In this paper from my @thisinstitute.bsky.social PhD, we characterised the nature of #patientsafety incidents using data from English services
doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
1/
In this paper from my @thisinstitute.bsky.social PhD, we characterised the nature of #patientsafety incidents using data from English services
doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
1/
A really good day at the @mhrincubator.bsky.social gathering in Manchester!
We’re very excited to welcome researchers from our GROW & PeCo programmes, writing retreats, internships & more to the 2025 MHR Incubator Gathering! Have a really great day everyone! 😁
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A really good day at the @mhrincubator.bsky.social gathering in Manchester!
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Join us for an all day, free event tackling inequalities in maternal and perinatal mental health.
Where: ORTUS, SE5 8SN
When: 4 Nov, 10am-5pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720417397...
Where: ORTUS, SE5 8SN
When: 4 Nov, 10am-5pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720417397...
October 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us for an all day, free event tackling inequalities in maternal and perinatal mental health.
Where: ORTUS, SE5 8SN
When: 4 Nov, 10am-5pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720417397...
Where: ORTUS, SE5 8SN
When: 4 Nov, 10am-5pm
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1720417397...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
New publication! ✨
"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"
Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).
📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"
Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).
📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Journal of Youth and Adolescence - Peer-relationships are critically important for adolescent behavior, but how peer-friendship network composition and structure influence adolescent self-harm is...
link.springer.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
New publication! ✨
"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"
Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).
📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study"
Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social).
📄 Full paper here 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
*Journal editors*: we're looking for a suitable outlet for our paper which provides an indepth analysis of what happened at three of the anti-immigrant riots in the UK last year. Would your journal consider this paper?
Please share?
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Please share?
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Understanding the 2024 Summer Riots in the UK: Three Case Studies
The wave of riots in England in summer 2024 were followed by swift policy responses before any detailed empirical investigation had been carried out. This paper presents case studies of the disorders ...
www.qeios.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
*Journal editors*: we're looking for a suitable outlet for our paper which provides an indepth analysis of what happened at three of the anti-immigrant riots in the UK last year. Would your journal consider this paper?
Please share?
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Please share?
www.qeios.com/read/17ASAP
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
docs.bsky.app
November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Delighted to have this publication out at Patient Experience Journal
This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
pxjournal.org/journal/vol1...
This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
pxjournal.org/journal/vol1...
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Delighted to have this publication out at Patient Experience Journal
This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
pxjournal.org/journal/vol1...
This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
pxjournal.org/journal/vol1...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”…
August 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”…
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led.
Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit.
🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit.
🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Select tickets – Better Health & Care Summit – Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
Join us for the Better Health & Care Summit, a half-day event exploring how we can scale inclusive, sustainable and communi...
buytickets.at
August 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led.
Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit.
🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit.
🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Bild has signed a joint letter sent to Health Secretary Wes Streeting today, calling for urgent action to get the LeDeR programme back on track and help save lives.
Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo...
Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo...
July 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Bild has signed a joint letter sent to Health Secretary Wes Streeting today, calling for urgent action to get the LeDeR programme back on track and help save lives.
Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo...
Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Inequity in action: Why minoritised ethnic patients are more often rapidly tranquilised & what needs to change
New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals.
It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care.
🧵 THREAD
New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals.
It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care.
🧵 THREAD
July 11, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Inequity in action: Why minoritised ethnic patients are more often rapidly tranquilised & what needs to change
New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals.
It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care.
🧵 THREAD
New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals.
It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care.
🧵 THREAD
#NewPost
🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social!
📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare.
🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social!
📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare.
July 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
#NewPost
🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social!
📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare.
🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social!
📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare.
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
New paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Iatrogenic injustice: an institutional ethnography of Fitness to Practise hearings
The public has an important role to play in the regulation of health and social care, including raising concerns about harms caused by health and soci…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
June 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection.
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
It is available as a free e-book and in paperback:
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Excited to read this!
Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma.
May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma.
May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
Recalibrating Stigma
Recalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Excited to read this!
Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma.
May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma.
May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
📣 New paper alert!
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
June 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📣 New paper alert!
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles.
doi.org/10.1186/s129...
#workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI
1/4
Really looking forward to the London launch of our new book and very grateful to @twiterney.bsky.social for hosting this within the BSA London MedSoc Study Group activities.
If you're in London, or willing to travel to London, it would be great to see you at this event - register via link below.
If you're in London, or willing to travel to London, it would be great to see you at this event - register via link below.
June 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
SCIE - Get me to hospital: When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment - May 2025
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
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 10:45 PM
SCIE - Get me to hospital: When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment - May 2025
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
This post introduces a new blog about a produced project to improve maternity care for Black families. This is part of a PhD study by one of my fantastic students. Have a read and subscribe to the blog!
🚨New blog: Break the Barriers!🚨
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
For my PhD, my lived experience partners & I are co-producing research to address #racism in maternity care for Black families in NW London, and we want to share our journey!
🔗 First post + subscribe: bit.ly/3Hw2If4
#BlackMaternalHealth #coproduction #healthequity
Introducing Break the Barriers
Co-producing better maternity care with and for Black, African, Caribbean, and mixed-Black families—grounded in lived experience, advocacy, and research.
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This post introduces a new blog about a produced project to improve maternity care for Black families. This is part of a PhD study by one of my fantastic students. Have a read and subscribe to the blog!
Super interesting thread 💡
Anticholinergics are associated with worse cognition: it’s time to take a serious look at our prescribing buff.ly/7DhhNKS
Eleanor Dawkins considers more careful monitoring and review of anticholinergic medications that may lead to cognitive impairment in people with psychosis.
🧵 THREAD
Eleanor Dawkins considers more careful monitoring and review of anticholinergic medications that may lead to cognitive impairment in people with psychosis.
🧵 THREAD
May 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Super interesting thread 💡
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Want to learn more? Read the blog!
buff.ly/KWzylIa
It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.
buff.ly/KWzylIa
It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.
Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf Service
Most people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence.
buff.ly
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Want to learn more? Read the blog!
buff.ly/KWzylIa
It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.
buff.ly/KWzylIa
It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? buff.ly/KWzylIa
#CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods
🧵 THREAD
#CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods
🧵 THREAD
Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf Service
Most people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence.
www.nationalelfservice.net
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? buff.ly/KWzylIa
#CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods
🧵 THREAD
#CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods
🧵 THREAD
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averill
Our 2025 GROW programme is perfect for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career #researchers! Build a network of peers at the same career stage, connect with senior researchers, plan goals with 1-to-1 coaching sessions & much more in this fully-funded programme👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
On your marks, get set...GROW! 🌱
Applications for our GROW 2025 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. 💫
APPLY NOW 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
Applications for our GROW 2025 Researcher Development Programme for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career researchers are now open. 💫
APPLY NOW 👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
May 6, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Our 2025 GROW programme is perfect for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career #researchers! Build a network of peers at the same career stage, connect with senior researchers, plan goals with 1-to-1 coaching sessions & much more in this fully-funded programme👇
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/
Very much looking forward to catching up on this webinar from @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social later this week.
We're launching our new webinar series!
Spearheading Change: Tackling Inequity, Multimorbidity, and Complex Conditions
📅 1 May
🕐 1:00 PM BST
💻 Microsoft Teams
Join leading experts to discuss creating equitable, sustainable health & care systems.
🎟️ buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Spearheading Change: Tackling Inequity, Multimorbidity, and Complex Conditions
📅 1 May
🕐 1:00 PM BST
💻 Microsoft Teams
Join leading experts to discuss creating equitable, sustainable health & care systems.
🎟️ buytickets.at/betterhchub/...
Select tickets – Spearheading change: Tackling inequity, multimorbidity and complex conditions through the Better Health & Care Hub – Microsoft Teams
Join us for the first session in our Better Health & Care webinar series, where we’ll introduce the Better Health & Car...
buytickets.at
April 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Very much looking forward to catching up on this webinar from @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social later this week.