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Learning Disability Nurse, Parent Carer of son with Downs Syndrome. Senior Lecturer at University of Chester. Passionate about improving health inequalities and empowering people with a learning disability. Sharing information. Join the journey.
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Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

Almost three-quarters of nurses and midwives in the Republic of Ireland say their workplaces do not have the right staffing levels and skill mix to meet patient demand, according to a new survey. www.nursingtimes.net/workforce/ir...

Nurses will be supported to better meet the healthcare needs of veterans, serving personnel and their families, under new government-funded training. www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...

Learn the best way to tone your body and the length of time it typically takes by reading through this article on the subject. #tonezone #bodytoning #buildmuscle #fitness #getstrong femmefitalefitclub.com/how-to-effec...

Care Can't Wait - new campaign from @adass.bsky.social shining light on the importance and impact of good adult social care #therightsupport Learning Disability England members agree social care at its best, contributes to community and #GoodLives Find out more: www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait

1/4 🌟 Big shout out to Harry, one of our amazing supported learners, who started on the tills at Tesco St Peter’s and has now landed a paid role at another Tesco shop in Worcestershire!

Reminder uk.style.yahoo.com/mystery-dead...

In “water is wet” news. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

"The financial crisis facing English universities is the result of a failed free market experiment." Writes Philip Augar in the @financialtimes.com 3⁄4 of English universities are expected to be in deficit by 2026. 10,000 jobs are under threat. Change is needed. www.ft.com/content/7514...

👉 Finish the sentence... Learn more about what a learning disability actually is here: www.mencap.org.uk/easyread/what-learning-disability

No nurse who declines to aid in assisted dying procedures will be at risk of “any detriment” to their careers under a new amendment to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, the MP behind the draft legislation has claimed. Full story below www.nursingtimes.net/end-of-life-...

Merseyside homebuilder helps open doors to young people's mental health support www.birkenhead.news/merseyside-h...

As a GP, I am not allowed to receive a pen or post-it note pad from a pharmaceutical company rep The Government banned them in case I was influenced to prescribe a certain medication This should also be banned @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social unless you have a way to justify this?

Read this by Sheila Hancock on VE Day: “Because I now deeply fear the dangerous signs of history repeating itself, I want everyone to remember that war is terrible. On VE Day 1945, the world was looking at the complete destruction of many cities, some by us.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As we mark 80 years since VE Day this week, we’re reflecting on the lives of ordinary people during WWII. Discover their stories through books, letters, and personal papers in our collection: bit.ly/VEDayReading #VE80

Its #NationalGardeningWeek and our new podcast episode features Marc talking with Mark Emery, from Thrive the gardening for health charity about the benefits of gardening and how to adapt your activity to accommodate your arthritis. Listen on YouTube: youtu.be/4HCGYOD57G4

Tomorrow is #WorldASDay2025 dedicated to people living with Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) a form of arthritis which causes inflammation of the spine or sacroiliac joints. Find out more www.arthritisaction.org.uk/living-with-... #AxialSpondyloarthritis #ArthritisAwareness #WorldASDay

‘This is your victory’: Churchill’s VE Day radio address to be broadcast by Timothy Spall

The 8th May has been marked as VE Day since before Trump was born. VE stands for Victory in Europe. As for the First World War, the idea that some Yank who refused to serve in the military, will command people around the world not to call it Rembrance Day is laughable. Sod off.

Myth busted! Building muscle after 50 isn't impossible it's just a different game. With resistance training, kettlebells, and adequate protein aim for 100g daily, you can achieve great body composition regardless of hormonal changes. Age is just a number! #fitnesssky #over50fitness tiny.cc/2jni001

Today on the podcast, the complicated link between mental health and chronic pain—and a new psychotherapy treatment showing promise in eliminating back pain. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

I need you all to know that I had a wonderful time presenting our work “The Association between Mental Health Hospitalizations and Applied Behavior Analysis Receipt Among Autistic Youth” at #INSAR2025 today. Additional thanks to @drstevenkapp.bsky.social for being an amazing moderator.

“Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.” Dalai Lama Kindness doesn’t need to be loud or perfect. It’s a moment of care, a steady word, a pause to notice someone. Sometimes that’s all it takes to change how the day feels. 🧡 #kindness #positivity Picture @daddyblackbird.bsky.social

Christina McAnea: Disappointing but not unexpected that Farage thinks he can immediately threaten local government workers in the councils Reform will control. Think again - this isn’t the USA - we have laws that protect workers strong unions that will ALWAYS stand up for their members.

The UK’s care crisis means many disabled people already live on the edge. Now, £4.5bn in cuts risks pushing them toward an “option” we should never normalise: death over destitution. Charlie Hallam reports

“There’s an inherent disrespect for people’s time built into the system, and poor process is all too common for people using the NHS.” Sam Scott explores how process shapes access to primary care. buff.ly/BnKCPTJ

Student nurses will be key to delivering the reforms needed for the NHS, the chief nursing officer for England has said. Duncan Burton was speaking at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2025, being held in London this afternoon. #SNTA www.nursingtimes.net/education-an...

The winners of the 2025 Student Nursing Times Awards have been announced. Find out who won what here: www.nursingtimes.net/education-an... #SNTA

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges Americans not to accept "Normalization of Untruths".

1/3 Meet Poppy, she shares all about her hobbies and that she loves getting her nails done, spending time with her family and going to a nightclub for people with a learning disability 💜 👉 Learn more about Global Developmental Delay: brnw.ch/21wSl4M #GlobalDevelopmentalDelayDay

www.gov.uk/government/s... The cost of working age ill-health and disability that prevents work A quarter of a trillion pounds £259,000,000,000

Debate: Should learning disabilities be separated from autism in healthcare policy? Autism and learning disabilities are grouped in healthcare policies because of their high co-occurrence rate, even though they are entirely different. www.learningdisabilitytoday.co.uk/debate/is-it...

❗️Children are more likely than adults to be told to get on with it. “Very often, children’s symptoms are attributed to behavioural problems, to ‘faking it’. They’re made to believe it’s ‘all psychological’, not a ‘real’ physical condition.” Essential article about #LongCovid in children #SpeirGorm

Autism ‘experts by experience’ deliver neurodiversity training to hospital staff www.birkenhead.news/autism-exper...

Volume 30, issue 2 of the Tizard Learning Disability Review is now out: www.emerald.com/insight/publ... We hope it will be of interest to many of you.

Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

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President Zelenskyy: "It is absolutely obvious that Russia is actually trying to fool the world - fool America& others -prolong the war further. That's why pressure is necessary…Yesterday's meetings in Vatican and Rome confirmed that our partners understand what's going on."