North West Regional Director
Consultant Nurse, MSc, RN, SCPHN
Cert. Public Mental Health (RCPsych)
🧪 FRSPH
👥 PCE Psychotherapy @spti-nottm.bsky.social
Stumbling into middle age, occasionally fall over.
Personal views.
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (He/Him)
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
“The truth is that money exists in the care system but ... Instead of simply being provided as a public service, systems of care have … come to function more like a commodity … to be bought and sold.”
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
Great to spend time with
@iamkatylees.bsky.social and colleagues at @spti-nottm.bsky.social this evening.
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
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Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
MSc graduate Katy Lees
‘Queer Minds: LGBTQ+ Therapists and Advocates on Mental Health, Neurodivergence and the Things That Help'
7 Castle Quay
Sat 01Nov 6-8:30pm
nibbles & drinks
Author Q&A
Book signing
uk.jkp.com/products/que...
Book: www.cognitoforms.com/SPTI1/KatyLe...
Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
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Opportunity to discuss the opportunities and challenges you might be experiencing.
There is no need to book in advance; just click on the link and join via MS Teams.
#NurseSky
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
⤵️ @rcn.org.uk is recruiting
Regional Officers (Reps & Activism)
1 full-time based Sunderland
0.8wte based Bolton
with hybrid working
£49,275 to £55,668 pro rata
careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va...
Closing date: 26 September 2025
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs
If you're ready to drive excellence and make a difference, apply now 👉 careers.rcn.org.uk/Vacancies/Va... #Leadership #RCN #NurseSky #Jobs
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
#therapistsky #therapistsconnect #blueskytherapists
A huge thank you to everyone who took part, helped organise, or stopped by our stall in the Community Lane.
#RCN #ManchesterPride #Inclusion #Diversity #Nursing #LGBTQIA+
A huge thank you to everyone who took part, helped organise, or stopped by our stall in the Community Lane.
#RCN #ManchesterPride #Inclusion #Diversity #Nursing #LGBTQIA+
www.spti.net/infodays/
www.spti.net/infodays/
✍ My Blog in this month's Independent Nurse.
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/nei...
✍ My Blog in this month's Independent Nurse.
in.mydigitalpublication.co.uk/articles/nei...
London’s clean air zone led to increased footfall on Outer London high streets—especially in poorer areas.
That’s the upside. The downside? It may be because poorer residents had fewer alternatives. Local economies gained, but social inequalities deepened.
“… [it] led to increased footfall on local high streets, particularly in deprived areas, where the policy may have heightened reliance on nearby commercial hubs”
Argues creates new need/opportunity to invest in local town centres.
London’s clean air zone led to increased footfall on Outer London high streets—especially in poorer areas.
That’s the upside. The downside? It may be because poorer residents had fewer alternatives. Local economies gained, but social inequalities deepened.
“… [it] led to increased footfall on local high streets, particularly in deprived areas, where the policy may have heightened reliance on nearby commercial hubs”
Argues creates new need/opportunity to invest in local town centres.
“… [it] led to increased footfall on local high streets, particularly in deprived areas, where the policy may have heightened reliance on nearby commercial hubs”
Argues creates new need/opportunity to invest in local town centres.
Govt considering denying incapacity benefit to 18-22 years old.
Poverty is a political choice.
Govt considering denying incapacity benefit to 18-22 years old.
Poverty is a political choice.
A problem might not need fixing or forgetting, but gentle attention.
What shifts when we see the fracture as part of the story, not the end of it?
#Kintsugi #PersonCentred #Growth #TherapistSky
A problem might not need fixing or forgetting, but gentle attention.
What shifts when we see the fracture as part of the story, not the end of it?
#Kintsugi #PersonCentred #Growth #TherapistSky
There’s opportunity in adversity. Growth in discomfort. Grace in the mess.
When things go wrong, we’re invited to pause, reflect and reconnect with what matters.
No shame. No blame. Just the complexity of being human.
#TherapistSky
There’s opportunity in adversity. Growth in discomfort. Grace in the mess.
When things go wrong, we’re invited to pause, reflect and reconnect with what matters.
No shame. No blame. Just the complexity of being human.
#TherapistSky
Now I revisit it with a person-centred lens, gentle, intentional, and grounded in what matters to me.
Now I revisit it with a person-centred lens, gentle, intentional, and grounded in what matters to me.
Mr Streeting wrote: “We want to ensure that working through a staff bank is staff’s first choice when they want to take on an extra shift,” he said.
He added that it was “imperative” that bank rates of pay were competitive.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/cu...
Mr Streeting wrote: “We want to ensure that working through a staff bank is staff’s first choice when they want to take on an extra shift,” he said.
He added that it was “imperative” that bank rates of pay were competitive.
www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/cu...
These special resolutions strengthen governance, transparency, and accountability, and safeguard the future stability and sustainability of our Royal College.
#RCNAGM2025
Find out more about the resolutions and votes in our latest member news story. ⬇️
These special resolutions strengthen governance, transparency, and accountability, and safeguard the future stability and sustainability of our Royal College.
#RCNAGM2025
If today feels overwhelming, self-compassion says “Pause. Breathe. Be gentle.”
If today feels overwhelming, self-compassion says “Pause. Breathe. Be gentle.”