Syeda Akther
@syedaakther.bsky.social
Clinical Psychologist | Views my own
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Maternity care has been in the news, with the government sharing more detail about its maternity services investigation.
Our latest chart examines rates of emergency C-sections, finding that rates are higher among people from minority ethnic groups.
Read the #QualityWatch analysis: buff.ly/3XAqD2t
Our latest chart examines rates of emergency C-sections, finding that rates are higher among people from minority ethnic groups.
Read the #QualityWatch analysis: buff.ly/3XAqD2t
September 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Maternity care has been in the news, with the government sharing more detail about its maternity services investigation.
Our latest chart examines rates of emergency C-sections, finding that rates are higher among people from minority ethnic groups.
Read the #QualityWatch analysis: buff.ly/3XAqD2t
Our latest chart examines rates of emergency C-sections, finding that rates are higher among people from minority ethnic groups.
Read the #QualityWatch analysis: buff.ly/3XAqD2t
Cost of private psychology soars in UK as practitioners turn away clients
Not surprised by increased demand considering the ever-growing waiting lists in the NHS. Open to exploitation too considering title of 'psychologist' is not protected.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Not surprised by increased demand considering the ever-growing waiting lists in the NHS. Open to exploitation too considering title of 'psychologist' is not protected.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Cost of private psychology soars in UK as practitioners turn away clients
Prices have risen by 34% since 2022, with 29% of psychologists refusing new patients
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Cost of private psychology soars in UK as practitioners turn away clients
Not surprised by increased demand considering the ever-growing waiting lists in the NHS. Open to exploitation too considering title of 'psychologist' is not protected.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Not surprised by increased demand considering the ever-growing waiting lists in the NHS. Open to exploitation too considering title of 'psychologist' is not protected.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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One week left to apply 📅
We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher.
Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research?
Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.
We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher.
Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research?
Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.
Careers
Do you want to help build a fairer future, free from poverty? Join us and use your skills to make a real difference.
www.jrf.org.uk
September 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
One week left to apply 📅
We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher.
Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research?
Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.
We’re hiring for a Research Officer and a Lead Researcher.
Are you passionate about conducting qualitative research on poverty and financial hardship? Do you have a strong commitment to ethical and inclusive research?
Apply here: www.jrf.org.uk/careers.
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NEW RESEARCH: People who grow up in deprived areas of the UK experience #PTSD at 3X the rate than those in affluent areas and experience more severe symptoms, according to Prof Jaime Delgadillo (IoPPN) and @drtomrichardson.bsky.social @sotonpsychology.bsky.social.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
September 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
NEW RESEARCH: People who grow up in deprived areas of the UK experience #PTSD at 3X the rate than those in affluent areas and experience more severe symptoms, according to Prof Jaime Delgadillo (IoPPN) and @drtomrichardson.bsky.social @sotonpsychology.bsky.social.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/social-...
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🚨Journalist Anas Al-Sharif
1997 – 2025
Assassinated by Israel in Gaza last night.
1997 – 2025
Assassinated by Israel in Gaza last night.
August 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🚨Journalist Anas Al-Sharif
1997 – 2025
Assassinated by Israel in Gaza last night.
1997 – 2025
Assassinated by Israel in Gaza last night.
Another year and another review into the NHS ethnicity pay gap with no mention of racism. At this point, I’m convinced this is just a money making scheme…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surrey University to review NHS ethnicity pay gaps
The review will explore differences in pay, career progression, and pension contributions.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Another year and another review into the NHS ethnicity pay gap with no mention of racism. At this point, I’m convinced this is just a money making scheme…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to overhaul the NHS has been thrown into chaos after no money has been set aside to cover the costs of making thousands of redundancies at ICBs www.thetimes.com/article/14b7...
Starmer’s NHS reforms thrown into chaos by ‘£1bn layoff bill’
Patients could be put at risk as the one-off cost of redundancies, estimated at between £600 million and £1 billion, puts staff and services in limbo
www.thetimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to overhaul the NHS has been thrown into chaos after no money has been set aside to cover the costs of making thousands of redundancies at ICBs www.thetimes.com/article/14b7...
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Physical exercise benefits our mental health. But for people with severe mental illness there are multiple barriers to getting and staying fit. What are these barriers, and how can they be overcome? Our new report with @rethinkcharity.bsky.social and @sport-england-se.bsky.social has answers 👇
August 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Physical exercise benefits our mental health. But for people with severe mental illness there are multiple barriers to getting and staying fit. What are these barriers, and how can they be overcome? Our new report with @rethinkcharity.bsky.social and @sport-england-se.bsky.social has answers 👇
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People with both #SubstanceUse & #MentalHealth difficulties face profound barriers to care - including fragmented services, stigma, and a lack of culturally responsive support 👇
Our roundtable with Prof Dame Carol Black explored how we can deliver integrated, effective care: tinyurl.com/yeynkxba
Our roundtable with Prof Dame Carol Black explored how we can deliver integrated, effective care: tinyurl.com/yeynkxba
May 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
People with both #SubstanceUse & #MentalHealth difficulties face profound barriers to care - including fragmented services, stigma, and a lack of culturally responsive support 👇
Our roundtable with Prof Dame Carol Black explored how we can deliver integrated, effective care: tinyurl.com/yeynkxba
Our roundtable with Prof Dame Carol Black explored how we can deliver integrated, effective care: tinyurl.com/yeynkxba
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Survivors have been calling this surveillance out since the MINUTE oxevision got its claws into the nhs. They insist it’s not a replacement for in person care but it is sold as a money saver - and the only way it saves money is if it replaces in person care.
Elise was 16 yo, should've been under the care of adults who nursed her back to stability. Her mother Victoria cuddled her in their last visit.
48 hours later, staff muted Elise's alarms, she lost consciousness alone in her room. Elise died.
#StopOxevision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
48 hours later, staff muted Elise's alarms, she lost consciousness alone in her room. Elise died.
#StopOxevision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mental health staff muted alert before patient death - inquest
A coroner is told the alert system was ignored before Elise Sebastian's death.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Survivors have been calling this surveillance out since the MINUTE oxevision got its claws into the nhs. They insist it’s not a replacement for in person care but it is sold as a money saver - and the only way it saves money is if it replaces in person care.
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@rrowanolive.bsky.social's preso about voice hearers who 'hear' more than one language: www.ucl.ac.uk/qualitative-... The power of #LivedExperience research
Exploring multilingual voice-hearers’ experiences
Exploring multilingual voice-hearers’ experiences
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 16, 2025 at 3:37 PM
@rrowanolive.bsky.social's preso about voice hearers who 'hear' more than one language: www.ucl.ac.uk/qualitative-... The power of #LivedExperience research
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Please RT & help Hannah with her important PhD about staff experience of self-harm management on mental health wards.
March 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Please RT & help Hannah with her important PhD about staff experience of self-harm management on mental health wards.
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Many things improve health outcomes, but let me tell you this:
- Treating people as less because they can’t work doesn’t.
- Giving disabled people less when disability costs more doesn’t.
- And forcing people into poverty to ‘incentivise’ work? That definitely doesn’t.
- Treating people as less because they can’t work doesn’t.
- Giving disabled people less when disability costs more doesn’t.
- And forcing people into poverty to ‘incentivise’ work? That definitely doesn’t.
March 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Many things improve health outcomes, but let me tell you this:
- Treating people as less because they can’t work doesn’t.
- Giving disabled people less when disability costs more doesn’t.
- And forcing people into poverty to ‘incentivise’ work? That definitely doesn’t.
- Treating people as less because they can’t work doesn’t.
- Giving disabled people less when disability costs more doesn’t.
- And forcing people into poverty to ‘incentivise’ work? That definitely doesn’t.
“The government’s intention to cut billions from the social security budget will drive the poorest Disabled people into even deeper poverty.” Really devastating proposals to cut benefits for disabled people that will just make life even harder to live for those already trying their hardest.
March 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
“The government’s intention to cut billions from the social security budget will drive the poorest Disabled people into even deeper poverty.” Really devastating proposals to cut benefits for disabled people that will just make life even harder to live for those already trying their hardest.
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Being exposed to racism can have devastating effects for #NHS staff, including poorer health, poorer retention and underrepresentation in senior roles, says @stephanihatch.bsky.social. #NTSummit #antiracism
▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...
▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...
March 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Being exposed to racism can have devastating effects for #NHS staff, including poorer health, poorer retention and underrepresentation in senior roles, says @stephanihatch.bsky.social. #NTSummit #antiracism
▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...
▶️ Watch live: events.zoom.us/ev/Ahm9SLEL2...
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Family say DWP has unanswered questions over death of disabled woman whose body lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after her benefits were stopped
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/family-say-d...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/family-say-d...
Family say DWP has unanswered questions over death of disabled woman whose benefits were stopped
The family of a disabled woman whose body lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after her benefits were stopped say they have serious unanswered questions about the actions of the …
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Family say DWP has unanswered questions over death of disabled woman whose body lay undiscovered in her flat for more than three years after her benefits were stopped
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/family-say-d...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/family-say-d...
Important and poignant piece on the continued racial disparities in maternal deaths. Anecdotal evidence suggests racist ideas about Black people, like supposed higher threshold for pain, result in significantly poor care.
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts.
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
@samaralinton.com explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
Why are black women still more likely to die in childbirth?
Black women in the UK are still more likely to die in childbirth than their white counterparts. Samara Linton explores why—and what’s being done to improve outcomes
The UK has one of the lowest mater...
www.bmj.com
February 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Important and poignant piece on the continued racial disparities in maternal deaths. Anecdotal evidence suggests racist ideas about Black people, like supposed higher threshold for pain, result in significantly poor care.
“… a failure to take account of the wider context of racialised lives is not benign, but rather causes harm through invalidation, at the practice level.”
Really excellent piece highlighting the need for continued development of our practice & approaches to consider the whole person & their context.
Really excellent piece highlighting the need for continued development of our practice & approaches to consider the whole person & their context.
"Dem sey mi mad": Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis www.nationalelfservice.net?p=213858
#LivedExperience #BlackMentalHealth #Psychosis #Racism #AfroCaribbean #Review #Qualitative
#LivedExperience #BlackMentalHealth #Psychosis #Racism #AfroCaribbean #Review #Qualitative
"Dem sey mi mad": Afro Caribbean Experiences of Psychosis - National Elf Service
Hári Sewell writes about exploring Afro Carribean men's experiences of psychosis and mental health services in North America and the United Kingdom.
www.nationalelfservice.net
February 27, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“… a failure to take account of the wider context of racialised lives is not benign, but rather causes harm through invalidation, at the practice level.”
Really excellent piece highlighting the need for continued development of our practice & approaches to consider the whole person & their context.
Really excellent piece highlighting the need for continued development of our practice & approaches to consider the whole person & their context.
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We know that many people's stories have been marginalised.
Therefore intersectionality must be at the heart of #NATPmentalhealth
Understanding neurodivergence beyond a northern white paradigm can support a service culture that serves all.
Therefore intersectionality must be at the heart of #NATPmentalhealth
Understanding neurodivergence beyond a northern white paradigm can support a service culture that serves all.
February 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We know that many people's stories have been marginalised.
Therefore intersectionality must be at the heart of #NATPmentalhealth
Understanding neurodivergence beyond a northern white paradigm can support a service culture that serves all.
Therefore intersectionality must be at the heart of #NATPmentalhealth
Understanding neurodivergence beyond a northern white paradigm can support a service culture that serves all.
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Just a couple of hours till the start of the National Autism Trainer Programme Closing Conference.
If you’re interested in #autism #training, follow the hashtag #NATPmentalhealth from 1230 for live updates and to get involved in the chat.
If you’re interested in #autism #training, follow the hashtag #NATPmentalhealth from 1230 for live updates and to get involved in the chat.
February 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Just a couple of hours till the start of the National Autism Trainer Programme Closing Conference.
If you’re interested in #autism #training, follow the hashtag #NATPmentalhealth from 1230 for live updates and to get involved in the chat.
If you’re interested in #autism #training, follow the hashtag #NATPmentalhealth from 1230 for live updates and to get involved in the chat.
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Going to be in this exhibition at Wellcome from March! wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
Zines Forever! DIY Publications and Disability Justice
Discover how self-published zines have been used to share individual expriences of disability and disabled identity. You can see, touch, listen to and create your own zines in this display, drawn from...
wellcomecollection.org
December 23, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Going to be in this exhibition at Wellcome from March! wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/...
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A new paper from the #AVATAR2Trial (targeting distressing voices in psychosis) focuses on the set-up, process and outcomes of a patient & public involvement (PPI) creative workshop where people wrote poems, made a podcast, and once featured an amazing flute solo.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
“There’s no us vs. them, it’s just us”: a creative approach to centring lived experience within the AVATAR2 trial - BMC Psychiatry
This article describes a Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) led creative workshop space held within a clinical trial of a talking therapy for distressing voices (AVATAR2). PPI adds significant value...
link.springer.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:35 PM
A new paper from the #AVATAR2Trial (targeting distressing voices in psychosis) focuses on the set-up, process and outcomes of a patient & public involvement (PPI) creative workshop where people wrote poems, made a podcast, and once featured an amazing flute solo.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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🎧 NEW PODCAST 🎧
The Evolution of #LivedExperience Roles in #MentalHealth Research.
Dr Veenu Gupta speaks to Douglas @dbadenoch.bsky.social from the Mental Elf in the run up to the #NRSMH24 conference in Edinburgh
youtu.be/sChnCy0gkvk?...
The Evolution of #LivedExperience Roles in #MentalHealth Research.
Dr Veenu Gupta speaks to Douglas @dbadenoch.bsky.social from the Mental Elf in the run up to the #NRSMH24 conference in Edinburgh
youtu.be/sChnCy0gkvk?...
Dr Veenu Gupta - The Evolution of Lived Experience Roles in Mental Health Research #NRSMH24
YouTube video by Mental Elf
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October 30, 2024 at 7:34 AM
🎧 NEW PODCAST 🎧
The Evolution of #LivedExperience Roles in #MentalHealth Research.
Dr Veenu Gupta speaks to Douglas @dbadenoch.bsky.social from the Mental Elf in the run up to the #NRSMH24 conference in Edinburgh
youtu.be/sChnCy0gkvk?...
The Evolution of #LivedExperience Roles in #MentalHealth Research.
Dr Veenu Gupta speaks to Douglas @dbadenoch.bsky.social from the Mental Elf in the run up to the #NRSMH24 conference in Edinburgh
youtu.be/sChnCy0gkvk?...
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📢 Interview Study on Low Pleasure (Anhedonia) now OPEN to recruitment. The study aims to understand low pleasure first-hand, and the 1hr interview (online or in-person) will be co-facilitated by an Expert by Experience. Participants will be reimbursed £25.
September 23, 2024 at 8:18 PM
📢 Interview Study on Low Pleasure (Anhedonia) now OPEN to recruitment. The study aims to understand low pleasure first-hand, and the 1hr interview (online or in-person) will be co-facilitated by an Expert by Experience. Participants will be reimbursed £25.