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My 86 year old mum, who is ill, has just been made to feel an inadequate nuisance by her GP surgery because she couldn't fill in an online form & wanted to speak to someone on the phone. I'm actually very angry about this. Not everyone can access/understand online things.
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Robert Peacock from @TimetoChange on loneliness - it is more than being physically on your own.
It is emotionally being on your own, not having anyone to turn to or reach out to
You can be comfortable spending time on your own but still be really lonely #nspaconf – at Lambeth, London
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Research that found mental health claimants are 2.4 times more likely to lose their benefit than physical health claimants when moving from DLA to PIP is published today on @TheBJPsych Open. The paper was referenced in a recent @HouseofCommons debate doi.org/10.1192/bjo.2019.3
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We demand parity of esteem. No one with mental health problems should be made to feel less deserving of treatment.
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Collaboration between developers and practitioners, along with co-design with patients and users, is vital if we are to create digital tools that make a positive difference to the lives of people accessing and working in mental health services.
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Dr Jed Boardman, a spokesman for the College and an expert on welfare and mental health said “A benefits system that discriminates against people with mental ill health should not be tolerated." This follows study which claimed mentally ill people more at risk of losing benefits.
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I'm proud to be working with MP's from other parties making the case for equality for mental ill health. After a week of high drama, it was good to find common ground on this vital issue - focussing on the need to treat mental health in the workspace as equal to physical health.
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Thank you for @rcpsych and @wendyburn fighting for #stopmentalhealthcuts. The fight needs to continue in 2019. 👇🏻
@OxfordHealthNHS has written an open letter to @OxfordshireCC Cllrs to raise concerns about proposed mental health cuts of £1.6million, along with @OxfordshireMind @oxrestore @OxfordshireMind @responseorg, @ConnectionSup @RAW_Workshop @TraxYouth @oxfordshire @OxYouth & others.
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This country's #mentalhealth care crisis affects us all. We need concrete action on improving access, not more cuts.
