Kathy Petersen @kathyspetersen.bsky.social GP partner and clinical lead for NENC ICB for learning disability, mental health and neurodivergence, co-chair RCGP learning disability special interest group.
I am passionate about parity of esteem and reducing health inequalities, RPNE
Dr Lynn Kettell @dr-lynn-kettell.bsky.social UK (NW) Health & Social Care researcher, mentor, wife, mum, nana, foster carer, volunteer with refugees.
#youngcarers #CYP
Eternal optimist, loving family and life; coffee, cat & nature lover.
Stage 4 #neuroendocrine cancer patient #NETs
Aydan Suphi @inclusionista.bsky.social Speech and Language Therapy, Higher Education, Social justice, #PhD journey. #bskySpeechies
Sarah Howes @sarahrmn.bsky.social PhD. Mental Health Nursing Lecturer @ University of Plymouth. Nature connection, sustainability, global & planetary health. Student and practitioner wellbeing. Creative practice
Kylie Noble @ksen12.bsky.social Irish journalist living in Sheffield, Yorkshire.
Interests: healthcare, sexual health, public health, gender, queerness, relationships, society...
Aunt, plays football and enjoys Star Trek. AuDHD.
Scott Trust and Washington Ireland alum.
Opening Doors @openingdoorsld.bsky.social A charity run by and for people with learning disbailities in Norfolk
Sandy Costall @costallsandy.bsky.social Learning Disability Nurse, Parent Carer of son with Downs Syndrome. Passionate about improving health inequalities and empowering people with a learning disability. Sharing information. Join the journey.
Scott watkin @mrscottwatkin.bsky.social Head of Engagement @seeability trustee for treloars board member for ndti and representative body for paid supporters I also have my own consultancy work
Paul Cochrane @paulcochrane87.bsky.social Global Services Manager @ Hyland | Passionate about services, healthcare, digital health, AI & cloud | BSc, PRINCE2, MSP, L6ฯ Green Belt | Opinions are my own | https://linktr.ee/paulcochrane
Activity Uplift @activityuplift.bsky.social Fun activities for Dementia & Alzheimer's Caregivers, Seniors, and Activity Professionals. https://activityuplift.com
Jenny Carter @carterjenny16.bsky.social 1 of the Unpaid Director for Together All Are Able and one of the leads for self advocacy in Wirral a member of NCAG and life time member of LDE and a member of the Liverpool City Region disability Panel views are my own
Aisling Duffy @aislingduffy.bsky.social Chief Executive of Certitude - a leading not for profit organisation supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and autistic people. Views my own.
KeyRing @keyringliving.bsky.social Support that connects, builds independence and challenges you to do even more.
Life is about more than a support provider it's about living.
Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire @grapevinecovwarks.bsky.social Join us in making our people and communities fairer, stronger and more connected. Strengthening people, sparking community and shifting power in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond www.grapevinecovandwarks.org #GrapevineAt30
SquarePeg Training @squarepegtraining.bsky.social Founder Prof. Karen Watchman. Learning/intellectual disability and dementia online & in-person co-developed training delivery. Social enterprise based in Scotland with global reach. https://squarepegtraining.co.uk/
Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) @autisticadvocacy.org The Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for autistic people.
https://autisticadvocacy.org/
Alive And Able @aliveandable.com Disabilities and Accessibility Advocacy
Liz Wilson @hillsideliz.bsky.social Family carer, determined to make the world a better place for my disabled daughter.
Julie Stanny @juestanny.bsky.social Passionate about inclusion & being human.
CEO of In Control, convenor of social care future, partner in policymaking.
Live in northern mini zoo with 1 dog ๐ถ, 2 cats๐โโฌ๏ธ๐ & a tortoise ๐ข
Malavika Saji @malavikasaji.bsky.social Instructional Designer | Artist | Biochemistry Grad
Working on understanding #cognition, memory, and #learning .
Designing tools and resources for children with #learningdisabilities to help them excel academically through tailored support."
Melissa Kirby @drmkirby.bsky.social Researcher @ University of Leeds & University of Warwick | Participatory research with people with learning disabilities/autistic people | arts-based and creative methods | singer and choir facilitator
Elly Chapple Founder #FlipTheNarrativeยฉ๐ @ellychapple.bsky.social The Human First Catalyst
TEDx Speaker | Author of Diagnosis: Human
Creating psychological safety & restoring human being #FlipTheNarrative ยฉ
http://youtu.be/DXBdiGUQ8Lw
www.ellychapple.com
https://amzn.eu/d/dksiD2E - #DiagnosisHuman
Dr Jo Hope @drjohope.bsky.social Associate Professor @ Uni of Soton working on improving hospital care & research inclusion for people with a #LearningDisability, including people with profound learning disabilities; missed care & care inequalities. Funded by @NIHRresearch
C-Change Scotland @cchangescotland.bsky.social Human Rights Defenders.
We are a not for profit in Scotland supporting good lives.
Leise Cooper @leiselily.bsky.social love Arsenal, autism, my boys & anything silly. Work - Angels Support Group. Director - Herts Parent Carer Involvement. School Governor. @leiselily on threads
Joe Wheeler @joe-wheeler.bsky.social Specialised housing manager and commissioner at Bristol City Council. Adult Social Care.
Jamie Cooke @jamiecooke.bsky.social Exec Director at Inclusion International - working with and for our Council, members and staff team to drive inclusion across the world. Ramblings my own not my org
Dimensions UK @dimensionsuk.bsky.social We support people with learning disabilities & autistic people and campaign WITH them. We are non-profit care provider. #BetterLivesForMorePeople
@billrlove.bsky.social @billrlove.bsky.social
Jim Blair ๐ช๐บ๐บ๐ฆโ๏ธ๐ชฉ๐ด๐ผ @jimgblair.bsky.social Consultant Nurse Intellectual Disabilities/ Advisor WHO Europe / Patron for DanceSyndromeUK /Associate Professor Kingston University /Panel Member Fitness of Practice Nursing Midwifery Council/ Trustee LDnetworkLondon
Steven Rose RN(LD) RN (MH) M.Sc. FRSA @stevenrose.bsky.social Experienced health and social care interim and turnaround manager. Completed interim assignments at the Epilepsy Society, Discovery, Norwood, National Autistic Society and Wilf Ward Family Trust. Previously CEO of Choice Support and a Director of Nursing.
Paradigm @paradigmuk.bsky.social A training and development organisation passionate about bringing people together to uphold the rights of people with learning disabilities to live good ordinary lives. We love to challenge the barriers and system thinking that gets in the way!
Naomi L. Jacobs @naomijacobs.bsky.social Researcher-activist, Manchester Met @learningmet.bsky.social #DisabilityStudies
Member, Neurodiversity Working Group of the Church of England
Co-author, At the Gates: Disability, Justice & the Churches https://bit.ly/3YMoUaE
Disabled, ND, they/them
Photosymbols @photosymbols.bsky.social The popular photo library featuring actors with learning disabilities.
Dr Mark Brookes MBE @drbrookes.bsky.social I am Advocacy Lead for Dimensions UK which supports people with learning disabilities and autism to live their best lives. I campaign on hate crime, accessible voting, and other campaigns. In case you don't know, I have an MBE and an honorary doctorate!
Hannah Wolff @hanniewolff.bsky.social Mother of cats โค๏ธ
Professor Deborah Cairns @debcairns.bsky.social
Holly Wilson @healthlibraryholly.bsky.social Speech and Language Therapist & Doctoral Researcher, striving to improve healthcare accessibility for people with communication and cognitive difficulties through โThe Health Libraryโ.
The Ripple Leadership Project @rippleproject.bsky.social We are a non-profit organization on a mission. Transforming managers into #leaders, creating workplaces where people feel empowered and valued. Join us and together we'll make work, work!
Professor Camille Cronin @camillecronin.bsky.social Professor of Nursing, RN, PhD, PFHEA| JRNEditorial Board Nursing | Research| DigitalHealth CSR | Womenโs Health | SFM |DemFoCAS Workplace & Menopause Coach @PhiMuChapter | @UniversityofEssex #adjunctprof@RMITUniversity camillecronin.wordpress.com
Jane Bernal @jane-bernal.bsky.social Retd. Consultant Psychiatrist for people with Intellectual Disabilities, Visiting Prof U.S.Wales.
Research interests: Death and Dying Biography.
Human interests: music, theatre, garden, visual arts, poetry
Kingston University @kingstonuniversity.bsky.social Weโre embedding #FutureSkills across our curriculum to provide our students with skills employers most value. Rated Gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
๐ https://www.kingston.ac.uk/
Silvana Mengoni @silvanamengoni.bsky.social Associate Professor | Learning disability, psychology and health | Joint Head of Centre for Health Services and Clinical Research at the University of Hertfordshire | Views my own
London Autism Group Charity @lagcharity.bsky.social A unique Charity serving the Autistic Community of London and surrounding Counties in the UK.
We are led by Autistic people and kind, compassionate allies.
https://www.londonautismgroupcharity.org/
Christina Ebanks @christinaebanks.bsky.social Associate Professor for Nursing&Midwifery Education leadership, Doctoral Researcher,Zenith Global Health Award Winner,former Director of Education, SFHEA, governor, Consultant Editor,Nurse,Midwife,,RCN StW REP,Health visitor&all things EDI&Social Justice.
Gwen Moulster @gwenmoulster.bsky.social Independent Learning Disabillty Consultant Nurse
Talking Mats @talkingmats.bsky.social Talking Mats is a #socialenterprise whose vision is to improve the lives of people with communication difficulties by increasing their capacity to think about and communicate effectively about things that matter to them.
Jess Sainsbury @jesslsainbury.bsky.social Registered Adult & Mental Health Nurse #NurseSky | Professional Nurse Advocate | Connector | Mum | ๐ป
Fungai Hector @hekta4ngai.bsky.social
Curious Becks @curiousbecks.bsky.social RN ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ| Founder #CuriousCollaborators | Systems Thinker & Curious Human | Championing Safe Cultures | Facilitator | Podcaster | Lego Serious Play Practitioner | Lifelong Reader | Reimagining Leadership Through Books, Bricks & Bold Questions | Own Views
Kumbi Kariwo QN @kumbikariwo.bsky.social - Compassionate Authentic Leader #DigitalHealth #Equity #Innovation #Research
- We should ADOPT and ADAPT - Less stealing with pride.
- Passionate RNLD Nurse ๐ฉ๐พโโ๏ธ
Co-Founder of Every Body Outdoors
Posts are my own views ๐ญ
http://linktr.ee/kumbi.kariwo
Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social Research Fellow, Middlesex University Business School. Disruptive innovator. Perennial optimist. Views are in my personal capacity
Professor Calvin Moorley @calvinmoorley.bsky.social Nursing Professor Diversity, Social Justice. Culture gender, health, later intensive care nursing, stroke. Social media learning. All views are my own ๐น๐น https://researchportal.lsbu.ac.uk/en/persons/calvin-moorley
Martin @pnamartin.bsky.social Nurse/ Nurse entrepreneur/ executive coach/ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Co- founder+ Director of the Improvement coalition cic
https://improvementcoalition.org.uk/
@mhncleo25.bsky.social @mhncleo25.bsky.social
Camerakote @camerakote.co.uk Paint whore
Simone Thorn Heathcock @simoneth.bsky.social Lead Nurse Professional Standards and Development, London, UKHSA
Love dogs, cooking, nature.
Interests: public health/health protection, health inequalities, digital development in healthcare, sustainability.
#NurseSky
Queens Nurse. She/her Views mine! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Partha S Kar @parthaskar.bsky.social Done a few things in Diabetes care
Loves Dogs, Bollywood; Comic books; Whiskey
Failed Tebbitt Test ๐
Kloppite forever โฝ๏ธ
Motto?
โDance lightly with lifeโ
Dame Elizabeth Anionwu OM DBE FRCN @dameanionwu.bsky.social Retired Professor of Nursing/1st UK Sickle Cell Nurse. Irish/Nigerian heritage. Love good craic, humour & music. Listen to the 8 tracks I chose on BBC Radio 4โs Desert Island Discs [4/6/2020] for my type of music! https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jn8w
Dr Hellena Habte-Asres @drhellena1.bsky.social Multi-Award-Winning Researcher in Diabetes & CKD | Clinical Academic Nurse & Clinical Epidemiologist | Advancing Innovation & Data-Driven Solutions to Improve Outcomes & Patient Experience.
Prof. Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi @crosbynwaobi.bsky.social LeadNurse4Research @Moorfields
Prof. of Ophth Health & Care @UCLeye @NIHRresearch Programme Director Senior Research Leaders
@GlaucomaUK trustee
#NIHRSRL #NIHR70at70
๐น๐น
Evelyn Mensah @eye-surgeon-eve.bsky.social ๐ NHS Consultant Eye Surgeon
๐คฉ Clinical Lead
๐ค WRES Expert
๐ฅ Resists Systemic Racism
๐ผ๐ฝ Angelic Troublemaker
โ๐ฝ AntiRacism Activist
๐๐ฝ Psalm 27, 35, 91 always
Belonging Base @belongingbase.bsky.social Inclusion & Belonging Consultants - Danielle and Sophie Wood use their personal lived experience through a gender transition to raise awareness, advocating for the importance and benefits of belonging to healthy workplace cultures.
Joanne Bosanquet MBE RN ๐ฆ @mrsbosanquet.bsky.social Civil society nurse leader | Nurse entrepreneur | CEO of @fonscharity.bsky.social |
Outdoor swimmer ๐ฅถ #ArtOfNursing
Loves a badge!
#NurseSky
Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety
๐ฐ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern
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๐จ shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.uk
The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com ๐๏ธ The best of our journalism
๐ https://www.thetimes.com/
Alison Leary @alisonleary1.bsky.social Professor of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling
QNI ICNO director
Senior consultant WHO
D.Pres RCN
MBE Modelling safety in football
Ex Millwall FC
"Wrenched Harridan."
Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social Head of #Archives & #Records Mgt and Professional Lead for #HistNursing at Royal College of #Nursing
History, Heritage #DigitalArchives #WomensHistory
Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social Professor of Care of Older People at University of Nottingham. Immediate Past President of British Geriatrics Society. Clinical Academic. Interests in frailty, dementia, care homes, pre- and periop geriatrics and clinical education.
Brendan McCormack @profbrendan.bsky.social Head of School & Dean. Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine & Health, The University of Sydney.
Views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer
Dr Carol Forde-Johnston @cforde-johnston.bsky.social #NurseSky ๐ฌ๐ง Registered Nurse Educator, Author & YouTuber https://youtube.com/@carolforde-johnston?si=4KbTd_DI_TCjhdaS
Teresa Greene @teresagreene.bsky.social Registered Nurse (Learning Disabilities), Clinical Lecturer
Belfast
Tracey Hartley-Smith @traceyhs.bsky.social Independant Consultant Nurse for people with learning disabilities, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Queen's Nurse
@garydoc777.bsky.social @garydoc777.bsky.social Celtic fan, Scottish, lost quite a lot of weight ! love various genres of music
Consultant Learning Disability nurse
Nic Cicutti @niccicutti.bsky.social Socialist, former Labour Party member, NHS union shop steward, rides Lambrettas, dances badly to Northern Soul. Supports a Free Palestine
Jo Welch @jo42.bsky.social Cryptic crossword setter, music, reading and puzzles fan from Stockport
Linda Hume @lindahume1.bsky.social Dr Linda Hume| Registered Nurse: Learning Disability |Trainer & Coach | Lecturer| Practice Leadership | Positive Behaviour Support | Author Enabling Capable Environments & Practice Leadership
Heather Duff @heatherduff19.bsky.social Nurse Team Leader; QN ๐ Part of QNIS LD cohort who are multiple award winners with Think COULD animation ๐ Clin Doc student. Soulful dancing queen ๐๐
Rebecca Crossley @ldnurse1.bsky.social Passionate Learning Disability Nurse who loves her Job and has won a few awards. #accessiblevaccineclinic, #getthenationsigning, #VIPathway, #GetLDNursingvisible #Melanoma
James Cook @jamesrnld.bsky.social Consultant Learning Disability Nurse working in Community Paediatrics. South West Advanced Practice Training/Development Lead for learning disability, autism and mental health. Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholar 2022/23. Views are my own.
Luke Fowkes-Goodwin @lukefowkesgoodwin.bsky.social Registered Specialist Nurse in Learning Disability Practice | Equally specialising in Mental Health Rehab | Brain Injury Management | CAMHS | (PGCert HE NMC RTQ, PGCert TCH, PGCert PT, MN, BN, DipHE, RN, RNLD) | (QCF5 LMRC)
David Harling @davidh7.bsky.social National Deputy Director for Learning Disability Nursing at NHS England. A proud RNLD & RMN. Purveyor of kindness, quirkiness, and a light sprinkling of humour.
Ben Briggs @bennob.bsky.social Dad. Partner. Nurse.
@kwelsh007.bsky.social @kwelsh007.bsky.social
Pen Clark RNLD BSc @fairyrnld.bsky.social Award Winning RNLD | Acknowledged in Scottish Parliament | Learning Disabilities | Autism | Mental Health | Offender Health | Person Centered Care | Dementia | End of Life Care | Leadership | Smile Always, Laugh More
@mamcg.bsky.social @mamcg.bsky.social
Kelly Dixon @kellys1980.bsky.social 3rd Year Student Learning Disability Nurse Apprentice studying with the Open University and working within a Community Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities in Somerset.
Absolutely crazy for F1 and support Williams F1 ๐๏ธโค๏ธ
All opinions are my own.
@mazza1974.bsky.social @mazza1974.bsky.social
@bishgriffin.bsky.social @bishgriffin.bsky.social
Paula ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ @pajane.bsky.social Mam of 2 humans & 2 dogs, other half of Dai Will. Love being outdoors #semi-retired #LDNurse #Equity #PatientSafety #QualityImprovement
Jim @jimmyjimrid.bsky.social Proud to be an RNLD! Dad of two, Geordie and NUFC supporter. Clin Doc student! ๐คช
Nuala Robinson @nulesrobinson.bsky.social
@serenaj2103.bsky.social @serenaj2103.bsky.social
Holly @socialisthb.bsky.social Nurse | Trade Unionist | โFirebrand Nurseโ according to the Daily Mail | All views my own | ๐
@rachibel.bsky.social @rachibel.bsky.social