"Postnatal wards are meant to nurture and support new mothers at a time when they are highly vulnerable, but this is the opposite of what I saw."
Alice Giucca describes how her experience on a postnatal ward showed a system in collapse
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
open.spotify.com/episode/4f99... Loved this conversation with Sophie Willan, especially how she talks about her mum (balancing compassion, anger at the injustice of it all, and personal boundaries - think v few of us could manage all three!), and about her own self-understanding and self-compassion
I spoke to Chris Smyth for this Times piece on the rising numbers of people claiming Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for anxiety & depression (link to the article at the end of this thread)
Here are the five key things we need to consider to understand this trend... 🧵
We should not underestimate what a progressive step this is for our reproductive rights
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Today we're in Birmingham for our 'Back To Their Futures Summit: Transforming Care for children subject to deprivation of liberty (DoL) orders'.
What do children on DoL orders need?
These principles of care were created alongside a team of experts: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/resource/pri...
I don't think I could find data on this when I looked, but I'd guess that there are a lot of people with support needs who are living in temporary accommodation and getting no support, at a higher cost than supported housing. And if that isn't reliably recorded, how can we know the scale of need?
