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Dad - Husband - Learning Disability Nurse - Runner - Advanced Practice - MA in Autism Studies - Learning Disability Nursing Shared Decision Making Council #ldnurse #chooseldnursing #RNLD
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Learning disability nurses are vital, but the workforce is under pressure.
Since 2016, we’ve been campaigning to address the workforce crisis facing Registered Nurses in Learning Disabilities (RNLDs), and we're launching a UK-wide review.
Tell us what needs to change: https://bit.ly/4oxvqwr
Since 2016, we’ve been campaigning to address the workforce crisis facing Registered Nurses in Learning Disabilities (RNLDs), and we're launching a UK-wide review.
Tell us what needs to change: https://bit.ly/4oxvqwr
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Learning disability nurses are vital, but the workforce is under pressure.
Since 2016, we’ve been campaigning to address the workforce crisis facing Registered Nurses in Learning Disabilities (RNLDs), and we're launching a UK-wide review.
Tell us what needs to change: https://bit.ly/4oxvqwr
Since 2016, we’ve been campaigning to address the workforce crisis facing Registered Nurses in Learning Disabilities (RNLDs), and we're launching a UK-wide review.
Tell us what needs to change: https://bit.ly/4oxvqwr
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Today the cult leaders will claim to have figured out the cause of autism, and it'll be acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Here's an enormous study on this very correlation with stringent methodology and a sample size of 2.4 million children.
TL;DR - There's no link
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Here's an enormous study on this very correlation with stringent methodology and a sample size of 2.4 million children.
TL;DR - There's no link
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today the cult leaders will claim to have figured out the cause of autism, and it'll be acetaminophen (Tylenol).
Here's an enormous study on this very correlation with stringent methodology and a sample size of 2.4 million children.
TL;DR - There's no link
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Here's an enormous study on this very correlation with stringent methodology and a sample size of 2.4 million children.
TL;DR - There's no link
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation.
Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.
Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation.
Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.
Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.
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MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk/government/n...
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk
September 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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If you want to show people in your life why doctors say Tylenol DOES NOT cause autism, here are two straight forward explainers: medicalnewsbulletin.com/acetaminophe...
medicalnewsbulletin.com/autism-is-no... #AutRes #EduSky 🩺📊 medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #SciPol 🧪
medicalnewsbulletin.com/autism-is-no... #AutRes #EduSky 🩺📊 medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #SciPol 🧪
No, Tylenol DOES NOT cause Autism and here's the evidence | Medical News Bulletin
Good news for expectant parents: taking Tylenol/paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase your child’s risk of ADHD or autism.
medicalnewsbulletin.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you want to show people in your life why doctors say Tylenol DOES NOT cause autism, here are two straight forward explainers: medicalnewsbulletin.com/acetaminophe...
medicalnewsbulletin.com/autism-is-no... #AutRes #EduSky 🩺📊 medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #SciPol 🧪
medicalnewsbulletin.com/autism-is-no... #AutRes #EduSky 🩺📊 medsky, 🩺,⚕️ #SciPol 🧪
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Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
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More shocking stories about avoidable deaths.
Excellent reporting by Ruben Reuter:
"Cases like Nigel are exactly why the LeDeR reports exist, shining a light on failings and pushing for change. But this year it still hasn't been published."
www.channel4.com/news/is-gove...
Excellent reporting by Ruben Reuter:
"Cases like Nigel are exactly why the LeDeR reports exist, shining a light on failings and pushing for change. But this year it still hasn't been published."
www.channel4.com/news/is-gove...
Is government ‘sitting on’ damning report into learning disabled people’s deaths?
The health secretary is under growing pressure to release a long-delayed report into the deaths of learning disabled and autistic people in England.
www.channel4.com
July 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
More shocking stories about avoidable deaths.
Excellent reporting by Ruben Reuter:
"Cases like Nigel are exactly why the LeDeR reports exist, shining a light on failings and pushing for change. But this year it still hasn't been published."
www.channel4.com/news/is-gove...
Excellent reporting by Ruben Reuter:
"Cases like Nigel are exactly why the LeDeR reports exist, shining a light on failings and pushing for change. But this year it still hasn't been published."
www.channel4.com/news/is-gove...
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39 Essex Chambers July Mental Capacity Report now out – and walkthrough
The July 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the…
The July 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the…
39 Essex Chambers July Mental Capacity Report now out – and walkthrough
The July 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the consequences of the gaps between services for those with disordered eating; (2) In the Property and Affairs Report: capacity in the rear view mirror: how does the presumption work?;
www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk
July 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
39 Essex Chambers July Mental Capacity Report now out – and walkthrough
The July 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the…
The July 2025 Mental Capacity Report is now out. Highlights this month include: (1) In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: what to do when an advance decision to refuse treatment may be in play, and the…
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June 16th-22nd is Learning disability week!
This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.
This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.
June 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
June 16th-22nd is Learning disability week!
This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.
This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.
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We need everyone behind this! Please take 20seconds to sign. Learning disability nursing has been in constant decline for nearly a decade. The identity of the field is at risk of dilution and the skills needed are at risk of not being available petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Fund a full bursary and maintenance fund to train Learning Disability Nurses
At a time when the demand across health and social care is so high, numbers entering the LD nursing profession are too low. To halt this decline, support the profession with a full bursary and mainten...
petition.parliament.uk
April 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
We need everyone behind this! Please take 20seconds to sign. Learning disability nursing has been in constant decline for nearly a decade. The identity of the field is at risk of dilution and the skills needed are at risk of not being available petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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I’m seeing even well-meaning accounts criticise disability cuts as hitting “the most vulnerable.” Reminder: disabled people are not inherently vulnerable. We are vulnerable when governments choose to withhold the resources disabled people need to live dignified and secure lives.
March 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I’m seeing even well-meaning accounts criticise disability cuts as hitting “the most vulnerable.” Reminder: disabled people are not inherently vulnerable. We are vulnerable when governments choose to withhold the resources disabled people need to live dignified and secure lives.
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“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment.” Brené Brown
Thank you for being the person who helps someone else feel seen.
🧡 I see you.
#kindness #positivity #hope
Picture by joyfulsmolthings
Thank you for being the person who helps someone else feel seen.
🧡 I see you.
#kindness #positivity #hope
Picture by joyfulsmolthings
March 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Connection is the energy that is created between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment.” Brené Brown
Thank you for being the person who helps someone else feel seen.
🧡 I see you.
#kindness #positivity #hope
Picture by joyfulsmolthings
Thank you for being the person who helps someone else feel seen.
🧡 I see you.
#kindness #positivity #hope
Picture by joyfulsmolthings
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In response to Wes Streeting's claim over "over-diagnosis", says @rcpsych.bsky.social President Dr Lade Smith CBE aid the "rise in people with mental illness is being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” -
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
“Rise in people with mental illness being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” says RCPsych President
RCPsych President Dr Lade Smith CBE responds to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care's comments about the overdiagnosis of mental health conditions.
www.rcpsych.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In response to Wes Streeting's claim over "over-diagnosis", says @rcpsych.bsky.social President Dr Lade Smith CBE aid the "rise in people with mental illness is being driven by real societal challenges and lack of available treatment” -
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Deeply concerning to see this.
Deeply concerning to see this.
‘The basis of eugenics’: Elon Musk and the menacing return of the R-word
The slur is rooted in the dehumanization of people with intellectual disabilities. Its resurgence threatens the fragile progress we’ve made
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Deeply concerning to see this.
Deeply concerning to see this.
42 miles this week including a great hike up Pen Y Fan #NHS1000miles
March 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
42 miles this week including a great hike up Pen Y Fan #NHS1000miles
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Alongside a mandate that promises a reduction in health inequalities and a move to prevention rather than treatment, this makes no sense.
Shocking that NHS planning guidance removes targets for Annual Learning Disability Health Checks
It’s hard enough to convince GPs to do these in many localities, let alone removing targets and accountability
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social this is the wrong move
www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
It’s hard enough to convince GPs to do these in many localities, let alone removing targets and accountability
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social this is the wrong move
www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
NHS England » 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance
NHS England » 2025/26 priorities and operational planning guidance
www.england.nhs.uk
January 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Alongside a mandate that promises a reduction in health inequalities and a move to prevention rather than treatment, this makes no sense.
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Toxic positivity is pressuring people to look on the bright side. They have to suppress anxiety, anger, sadness, and grief.
Healthy support is shielding people from the dark side. You invite them to express their pain, and show them they're not alone and won't feel it forever.
Healthy support is shielding people from the dark side. You invite them to express their pain, and show them they're not alone and won't feel it forever.
January 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Toxic positivity is pressuring people to look on the bright side. They have to suppress anxiety, anger, sadness, and grief.
Healthy support is shielding people from the dark side. You invite them to express their pain, and show them they're not alone and won't feel it forever.
Healthy support is shielding people from the dark side. You invite them to express their pain, and show them they're not alone and won't feel it forever.
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NEW BLOG - "Rudabukana's Care"
We have learned this afternoon, the Southport killer was under the care of NHS mental health services for four years, before disengaging 18mths before the attacks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/r...
We have learned this afternoon, the Southport killer was under the care of NHS mental health services for four years, before disengaging 18mths before the attacks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/r...
Rudakubana’s Care
None of can have watched last year’s unfolding events in Southport without horror and revulsion: just unfathomable, even in the worst nightmares, to think someone could invade a little girls&…
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
January 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
NEW BLOG - "Rudabukana's Care"
We have learned this afternoon, the Southport killer was under the care of NHS mental health services for four years, before disengaging 18mths before the attacks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/r...
We have learned this afternoon, the Southport killer was under the care of NHS mental health services for four years, before disengaging 18mths before the attacks.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/24/r...
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#SpineRace runner rescues dog in the Cheviot Hills
Cleo Bishop-Bolt tells made a lot of friends along the way to becoming 3rd placed woman in the Montane Winter Spine MRT Challenge North. One of those friends, she found wandering shivering and alone near Auchop Cairn deep in the Cheviot Hills…
Cleo Bishop-Bolt tells made a lot of friends along the way to becoming 3rd placed woman in the Montane Winter Spine MRT Challenge North. One of those friends, she found wandering shivering and alone near Auchop Cairn deep in the Cheviot Hills…
January 17, 2025 at 6:53 AM
#SpineRace runner rescues dog in the Cheviot Hills
Cleo Bishop-Bolt tells made a lot of friends along the way to becoming 3rd placed woman in the Montane Winter Spine MRT Challenge North. One of those friends, she found wandering shivering and alone near Auchop Cairn deep in the Cheviot Hills…
Cleo Bishop-Bolt tells made a lot of friends along the way to becoming 3rd placed woman in the Montane Winter Spine MRT Challenge North. One of those friends, she found wandering shivering and alone near Auchop Cairn deep in the Cheviot Hills…
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Kim Collison wins the mens/open race at the Montane Winter Spine Race 2025
As redemption stories go, there are few more dramatic than this. Getting to the finish line of the Spine Race can take year’s of preparation sacrifice and heartache. In this case 4 years of consistent effort resilience…
As redemption stories go, there are few more dramatic than this. Getting to the finish line of the Spine Race can take year’s of preparation sacrifice and heartache. In this case 4 years of consistent effort resilience…
January 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Kim Collison wins the mens/open race at the Montane Winter Spine Race 2025
As redemption stories go, there are few more dramatic than this. Getting to the finish line of the Spine Race can take year’s of preparation sacrifice and heartache. In this case 4 years of consistent effort resilience…
As redemption stories go, there are few more dramatic than this. Getting to the finish line of the Spine Race can take year’s of preparation sacrifice and heartache. In this case 4 years of consistent effort resilience…
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As the NHS nursing staff crisis continues, numbers in learning disability (LD) nursing have plummeted, with a 44% drop in LD nurses in the NHS in England between September 2009 and January 2024 #chooseldnursing
Nurse shortages: is learning disability the most at-risk field?
As the NHS nursing staff crisis continues, numbers in learning disability (LD) nursing have plummeted, with a 44% drop in LD nurses in the NHS in England between September 2009 and January 2024. We lo...
rcni.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
As the NHS nursing staff crisis continues, numbers in learning disability (LD) nursing have plummeted, with a 44% drop in LD nurses in the NHS in England between September 2009 and January 2024 #chooseldnursing
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January 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Are you a social worker or do you know someone who is?
How do you fancy some new legal powers to coerce people, with all the risks and responsibilities which will come with that?
Lord Davies of Brixton thinks you should have this option which could then be seen as an obligation.
How do you fancy some new legal powers to coerce people, with all the risks and responsibilities which will come with that?
Lord Davies of Brixton thinks you should have this option which could then be seen as an obligation.
NEW BLOG - "New 136 Amendments"
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
New 136 Amendments
You may be aware the Mental Health Bill is making it’s way through the Committee Stage of the House of Lords, having been introduced at the end of last year. This allows members of the Lords …
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
January 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Are you a social worker or do you know someone who is?
How do you fancy some new legal powers to coerce people, with all the risks and responsibilities which will come with that?
Lord Davies of Brixton thinks you should have this option which could then be seen as an obligation.
How do you fancy some new legal powers to coerce people, with all the risks and responsibilities which will come with that?
Lord Davies of Brixton thinks you should have this option which could then be seen as an obligation.
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NEW BLOG - "New 136 Amendments"
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
New 136 Amendments
You may be aware the Mental Health Bill is making it’s way through the Committee Stage of the House of Lords, having been introduced at the end of last year. This allows members of the Lords …
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW BLOG - "New 136 Amendments"
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
Lord Davies of Brixton proposes that 136 become a power for a long list of professionals, including midwives. Some thoughts from me on this.
mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/n...
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In mid-life you define your path, forge your identity, and set the tone for what’s to come.
If you’re in your 30's or 40's, read this:
If you’re in your 30's or 40's, read this:
December 22, 2024 at 8:46 PM
In mid-life you define your path, forge your identity, and set the tone for what’s to come.
If you’re in your 30's or 40's, read this:
If you’re in your 30's or 40's, read this: