Upcoming Events
NEED-Meeting, Barcelona, Spain, 24.-26.03.2021; Note: Depending on the pandemic situation this meeting might be held online!
EAMHID Congress, Berlin, Germany, 23.-25.09.2021; Note: This event will be set up as a “hybrid”-event, so you can participate on site or online; Register HERE; Submit your abstract HERE
HERE you can download an information package for dealing with the SARS-CoV2 situation, including materials using easy language and pictograms for people with IDD.
Rotting fish, lost business and piles of red tape. The reality of Brexit hits Britain
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/23/business/brexit-business-intl-gbr/index.html
What does this mean?
To me, this highlights the gambles we take when we follow an approach which allows high levels of transmission to continue in the community for long periods of time. The UK govt has consistently minimised the risk posed by COVID-19, which is why we're here.
Blog: "The new GP contract: two steps forward for mental health equality"
@Andy__Bell__ explains why the long road to equality in physical health for people with a mental illness just got a little shorter:
https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/blogs/new-gp-contract-two-steps-forward-mental-health-equality
The WHO recommends a maximum gap between Pfizer doses of 3-6 weeks, ie 42 days max.
So why is the government going it alone with an off-label, evidence free, 12+ week gap?
*Today* is 42 days since the first Pfizer doses.
This is wrong, @BorisJohnson.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-55777084
US needs this
“The national strategy will be driven by scientists + public health experts who will regularly speak directly to you, free from political interference as they make decisions strictly on science & public health alone” @JoeBiden
@bmj_latest
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n210
So glad this young man & his family are getting this support. This has gone on for far far far too long - and was totally unnecessary https://twitter.com/rightfullives/status/1352681648685514752
ICYMI
Utterly appalling situation where, despite it being 10 years since Winterbourne, it seems absolutely nothing has changed. https://twitter.com/BindmansLLP/status/1352629768433360896
@DacreJane @wendyburn A dialogue on refuseniks - https://illusionsofautonomy.wordpress.com/2021/01/22/the-vaccine-refusenik-a-dialogue/
‼️ Recordeu que, per seguretat, l'accés d'acompanyants no està permès a hospitalització.
🪥 Hi ha un punt d'intercanvi d'objectes personals per als pacients, de dilluns a diumenge de 8 a 13h.
📲 Hi ha un circuit d'informació a familiars de referència.
#althaiamanresa #covid19
Completely incomprehensible. How have we ended up with a political system that puts people in change of us who cannot even string words together in a sentence that means something?

This was the Home Secretary's answer as to why the UK has the worst daily death rate in the world.
#COVID19 has forced charities to make heart-breaking decisions to cut research funding. You can help today by signing this letter to the Prime Minister to ask Government to provide financial support for charity-funded #ResearchAtRisk.
Just click the link: http://bit.ly/2JMUq57
Poet Amanda Gorman tells CNN's @AndersonCooper that the Capitol riot inspired her to write a "message of hope, ingenuity and healing" https://cnn.it/35ULsKX
Hi 👋 I'm Emily and I work in mental health services. I have mental health problems that are long term and at times I may feel depressed or suicidal.
This doesn't stop me being good at my job, taking great pride in my work and caring greatly about the people I support❤
Watch out for the Dola Bamgboye Foundation it has some great plans to transform the lives of young people @BANGCharity https://twitter.com/dolafoundation/status/1351974198374232067
Instead of protecting the natural world, the government's new #EnvironmentBill is putting wildlife 🦔, rivers 🌊, forests 🌲, and clean air at grave risk. I used @friends_earth's tool to ask my MP to vote for changes to improve it. Will you ask yours? https://foe.uk/5typu
Thanks @ESSB_Erasmus for hosting PRO21! It was a very inspiring virtual meeting. The most important lesson that I learned is that we should listen better to the stories of youth themselves.
Dame Donna Kinnair tells @SkyNews why all nursing staff need the better-quality face masks to protect them from the highly-infectious new strains of #Covid-19.
Els que dieu que, per tot això del TSJC i el canvi de dates, no anireu a votar, que us penseu que perjudiqueu Espanya o els tribunals espanyols? Als únics que perjudicareu són als independentistes i Espanya aplaudint. Què penseu que busquen sinó que us quedeu a casa?
Jurídicament viable, socialment justa i políticament imprescindible. Per afrontar el conflicte amb garanties democràtiques, per la fi de la repressió i el retorn dels exiliats: #AmnisitiaAra
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