Masum Khwaja
@masumkhwaja
Consultant Psychiatrist London. Social inclusion & public services. Views my own. #NHS #MentalHealth #climatechange
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21-09-2014 20:44:50
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amazing exchange between right-wing hack William Buckley smearing protesters against the Vietnam War as violent anti-American terrorists for chanting and holding up the flag of the Vietcong, and Gore Vidal defending them and exposing his lies. At one point Buckley is so triggered…
Too often, older people's mental health needs are dismissed as an ‘inevitable’ part of ageing, or services are inaccessible. So how can we improve mental health support in later life? Amanda Thompsell Old Age Psychiatry 🌈 explores 👇 centreformentalhealth.org.uk/making-mental-…
I’m sure there must have been a worse candidate for London Mayor in my lifetime than Susan Hall, but I can’t think of one… Sadiq Khan will win massively because the Tories have put up no credible opposition to him. She’s a dim, deluded & seriously unpleasant joke.
If we only attend to #equality but not #equity in service improvement we widen health disparities. Check out my blog article in BMJ Leader and thanks to Dr Nagina Khan for the invitation and support
Important 2understand impact voter ID - is it obstacle 4MH Ps & other disabled groups 2exercise their dem. right 2vote? Moving forward to GE v impt MH services ensure that patients R supported 2register & 2vote. Everyones voice needs to be heard. #socialinclusion #myvoteismvoice
Gosport’s returning officer tells me they had a number of voters who turned up with their veteran ID card and were turned away.
12.5% of population here are veterans, highest proportion in country.
#BBCLocalElections #LocalElections2024
So far today I've learned that Veteran Soldiers ID,Police Warrant card ID,& NHS staff ID are apparently unsuitable for voting.What have the Tories done? Why are they making it harder for people to vote?
There never was a problem of voter fraud in UK. #LocalElections2024
Khan has suffered more abuse than other politician in UK history
To overcome this level of hate will be a massive result
#ToriesOut665 #SunakOut555 #GeneralElectionNow #Sunackered #ToriesUnfitToGovern
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Important 2understand impact voter ID - is it obstacle 4MH Ps & other disabled groups 2exercise their dem. right 2vote? Moving forward to GE v impt MH services ensure that patients R supported 2register & 2vote. Everyones voice needs to be heard. #socialinclusion #myvoteismvoice
Is NHS psychiatric care on the brink of collapse? Sign up to our free panel event | The Independent
Rebecca Thomas independent.co.uk/news/health/nh…
Dr Jay Watts This is happening in my area
1. Dialog + is apparently the answer to everything
2. 'key workers' with little or no background knowledge
3. Short term and you 'can always be referred again' = years of waiting to be put back into something you shouldn't have been discharged from