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Consultant Nurse in Restrictive Practices @MaudsleyNHS, PhD Student @KingsIoPPN, POWER Study

Joined June 2012
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❓Have you or someone you know experienced #restraint on a #mentalhealth ward❓ We’re working to improve support for those impacted by coercive practices. Help us make a difference. See the poster 👇 for more info. And register here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3…
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🚩Coercive practices (e.g. physical restraint) on mental health wards can have lasting harmful effects for service users. Service user, carer or inpatient staff member? Share your views and help shape the support available after restraint. More info. 👇 forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3…
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Mental health service users often report an absence of support after experiencing coercive practices (e.g. #restraint) on #mentalhealth wards. We want to change this. Help shape support for service users exposed to restraint. More information here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3…
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Thoroughly enjoyed our workshop at the @theRRNetwork conference today. Great discussions on how we can support people who have experienced coercive practice in mental health wards. #RRNConf24
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Looking forward to speaking at the Restraint Reduction Network Conference next week. I’ll be sharing early findings from my PhD on how to better support mental health service users after coercive practices on wards. @theRRNetwork #RRNConf24
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If you'd be interested in contributing to this research or know some who might be interested see below. 👇 Register to take part or for more info. here: forms.office.com/e/xyHs346P3… 🙏
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Do you have experience of mental health wards as a service user? Share your views on what support after coercive practice e.g. restraint, on wards should look like. Online Focus Group, 90 minutes. Please get in touch via the details below 🙏
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📢Last call for mental health ward staff Please contribute to this #research on how service users should be supported after coercive practice e.g. restraint, forced medications or seclusion. ✅1 x online interview ✅All roles/ professional groups welcome Contact details below
Hello inpatient mental health staff👋 As part of the study down there👇👇 we'd also like to hear the views of #inpatient #mentalhealth staff on how to support service users and carers after #restraint. Interested in taking part❓ Know someone who might be❓ Details here 👇
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📢 As the deadline for submissions approaches, we invite you to enter the Seni Lewis Award. Showcase your impactful partnership between police and #MentalHealth services. Don't miss this opportunity! Submit your entry: ow.ly/czNg50QUlCR @HSJptsafety
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Hello inpatient mental health staff👋 As part of the study down there👇👇 we'd also like to hear the views of #inpatient #mentalhealth staff on how to support service users and carers after #restraint. Interested in taking part❓ Know someone who might be❓ Details here 👇
❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇
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@OTBecD @RosCumberbatch @sarahcook78 Would you please share this research opportunity amongst your networks? I’m looking to interview inpatient MH staff across the board. But be nice to have OT perspective in the mix! Thank you 🙏
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Very pleased to see our latest paper published on the Implementation of body/worn cameras in mental health services. Great work by ⁦@unafoye⁩ and team, including lived experience researchers. Thanks to ⁦@maudsleycharity⁩ ⁦@KingsNursing⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Lewys spoke at our Open Forum a few months ago. Lewys is looking at how service users and carers should be supported after restraint on a psychiatric ward, and wants to hear from those with lived experience. If you would like to get involved see the post below. #mentalhealth
❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇
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Don't miss @WHO's #QualityRights 2024 training webinar series to eliminate coercive practices in #MentalHealth! Explore solutions to eliminate coercion, respect will & preferences & safeguard human rights. Register for the kick-off webinar: tinyurl.com/4rmcuuzx
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📣Calling Inpatient Mental Health Nurses this #MHNursesDay We want to hear your views on supporting service users after a restraint. ✅Take part in this study ✅Help to improve the care we deliver
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❓Are you a man🙋‍♂️with experience of admission to a mental health ward and coercive practices e.g. physical restraint, forced medication? As part of this study 👇we'd like to hear your views on what support is needed after a restraint on a ward.
❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇
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Lewys Beames retweeted
I recently had a paper published by the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, about my experiences of harm in mental health services; how this caused me to self-discharge; and my life now as a "service-avoider". It's available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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❓What support do service users and carers need after a #restraint on a #psychiatricward❓ We would like to hear views of service users and carers with experience of #inpatient mental healthcare and coercive practices, e.g. restraint. How to take part and more info.?👇👇👇
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