Me & Dr Sophie Picton (UCL) presenting our research on improving the value and contributions of public contributors in mental health research at the Three NIHR Research Schools Mental Health Programme Showcase 2026 in Birmingham last week. Whatever Sophie was saying, it was funny! @nihr.bsky.social
Great to see our WHOLE-SMI work cited in the new UK Parliament Health and Social Care Committee report into Community Mental Health. Recommendations for longer commissioning contracts, cross-sector workforce development and more person-centred care are vital. committees.parliament.uk/work/8755/co...
Thank you to @hsruk.bsky.social for inviting me and @pipshaw.bsky.social to talk about our work on Primrose and WHOLE-SMI. Really enjoying these thought provoking sessions and hearing about the amazing health research going ok across the UK #HSRUK25
I wanted to share the first paper from my PhD, a qualitative meta-synthesis of how individuals understand their own self-harm, an often overlooked factor when it comes to policy and healthcare provision
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Photo of the Fuse Award winners 2025
Photo of the Fuse Award winners and finalists 2025 with Fuse Director Professor Sheena Ramsay (right)
Photo: Creating and connecting during the Romany paper flower making
Photo: Creating and connecting during the Romany paper flower making
🎉 Celebrating our amazing #FuseAwards25 winners & finalists! From powerful storytelling to inclusive research & real-world impact, the awards honoured outstanding #PublicHealth work in Fuse across the North East & North Cumbria
👏🏆 Meet the winners & discover the stories 🔽
fuse.ac.uk/news/celebra...
Sorry for missing the hashtag! 🤦😂
Flower Power! Creative communication methods making tradional Romany paper flowers at the Fuse Awards 2025 @fuseonline.bsky.social
Dan Steward and Sue Webster from the WHOLE-SMI research project with two of their public contributors at the Fuse Awards 2025
Representing The WHOLE-SMI Project at the Fuse Awards 2025. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners this year 🥇 Here we are with some of our amazing public contributors who were shortlisted for the Excellence in Public Involvement and Engagement Award 🎉 @fuseonline.bsky.social
Really proud of the WHOLE-SMI Community Advisory Group for their nomination. Good luck! 🤞
Find out more about this project led by Fuse Associate @carodr.bsky.social from @durham-university.bsky.social in this #fuseblog 🔽
fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/01/our-...
@nihrsphr.bsky.social #ASMSPHR2025
Really honoured to be given the runner up prize for the Public Involvement and Engagement Award at the NIHR #ASMSPHR2025. I didn't even know I'd been nominated! 😂 Really proud of the work me & my colleagues do with our community partners on the WHOLE-SMI Project. Thank you @nihrsphr.bsky.social
@ejoliver.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @pipshaw.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @nihrsphr.bsky.social @centreformh.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social @commonshealth.bsky.social
We share this open letter respectfully, with the hope that our government commits to long-term sustainable support & enhancement of services. We ask that you share far & wide to help amplify the much-needed conversation. fuseopenscienceblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/we-c...
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Today, via @fuseonline.bsky.social, we publish a new blog, an open letter to the UK Prime Minister, co-produced with our community advisory group, highlighting the challenges and needs of the community and the urgency in which holistic mental and physical health support needs to be addressed. 2/
As good as #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is at highlighting the issue, people living with severe mental ill-health face challenges everyday and it is imperitive that they are and feel supported to live well and thrive in our communities 1/
You can find more information on our WHOLE-SMI project by visiting www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/r...
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Today I'm sharing data-driven illustrations from our WHOLE-SMI project highlighting the challenges and needs of people living with severe mental ill-health. These are based on words from our participants with lived experience and cannot be ignored. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek @ejoliver.bsky.social
Looking back at an early blog post from our WHOLE-SMI project to consider why research in this area is so important and what challenges and opportunities we have to improve quality of life for people living with SMIH. blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phsi-edi/cat...
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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Sue is our embedded Peer Researcher. She worked on our WHOLE-SMI project & is now working with me on a new project ensuring meaningful contributions from public contributors in Mental Health Research. Reposting her great reflection blog for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
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A pink graphic with a list of mental health helplines for Mental Health Awareness Week. It includes: Mind: 0300 102 1234 (Open 9am–6pm weekdays) Samaritans: 116 123 (Always open) Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM): 0800 58 58 58 (Open 5pm–midnight) If you're in Wales, CALL: 0800 132 737 (Always open) If you're under 25, The Mix: Text THEMIX to 85258 (Always open) Text at the bottom says: "Share and save this post."
Mental Health Awareness Week has begun 💙
If you’re needing a little support, here’s who to call ☎️
Please share far and wide! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
@ejoliver.bsky.social @fuseonline.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @newcastleuni.bsky.social @cntw.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social @hi-nenc.bsky.social
Its #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we're sharing our work on how we rethink & commit to long term integrated physical & mental health support for people living with SMIH. You can view/download our policy brief here: shorturl.at/PJJfM made in collaboration with @researchretold.bsky.social
Me, @ejoliver.bsky.social & @pipshaw.bsky.social led a ideation session at the #BCConf2025 in Lisbon discussing "Equity at the juncture of physical & mental health". Fantastic ideas & experiences shared by delegates on how to address behaviour change challenges in healthcare @ucl-cbc.bsky.social
Trans people need effective and tailored healthcare, which is why we're backing NSUN's call for the mental health sector to do more to protect and support trans rights this #TransDayOfVisibility, and every day.
Supporting physical and mental health - communication, stigma and a holistic approach
Our peer researcher Sue has learnt a lot working on a project about severe mental illness & physical health, exploring 'how we could best support people living with SMI to...live well in a way that works for them'.
Read it here! 👉 bit.ly/3QwZJ7h
@dansteward.bsky.social @ejoliver.bsky.social
Come & join us at our creative ideation session at the 2025 Behaviour Change Conference, hosted by the UCL Centre for Behaviour Change (@ucl-cbc.bsky.social) & the NOVA National School of Public Health, Portugal.
Spaces are limited, learn more & book now:
www.ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-ch... #BCConf2025
Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Living well with severe mental ill-health: learning from implementing physical health support in different regional contexts. 12 Feb 2025, 2pm to 3pm. Find out more: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/living-well
Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Living well with severe mental ill-health: learning from implementing physical health support in different regional contexts. 12 Feb 2025, 2pm to 3pm. Find out more: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/livin...
#MentalHealth
@georginaspcr.bsky.social
Fantastic talk by Professor Kevin Fenton at the North East Public Health Conference 2024 highlighting the need for newer collaborative ways of working to address health inequalities #nephconf24
