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A random exploration searching for the poetry, prose & art of Health & Social Care - issues, commentary & above all experiences from the front line

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I post finds– no comment or opinion – many people create poetry & art from experiences of Health & Social Care issues…please search, find them, hear the messages - & reply to my posts with your findings I thank @sailm8bgk for this wabisabipoet.wordpress.com/2…

Boot Camp

Neurosurgery rotation. All the older students say it will be depressing. We arrive on a Monday morning in October, not knowing what to expect. Orientation includes a tour of all the rooms. Most are…

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"I believe the likelihood of another set of circumstances coming together where a thousand small things have gone awry to create the conditions in which another ‘Nottingham’ could happen are actually greater now than they were in 2023." Important statement from @MentalHealthCop
Michael Brown 🌍@MentalHealthCopAug 19
NEW BLOG - "Building Another Nottingham" mentalhealthcop.com/2026/08/…

Building Another Nottingham

So far, it seems most of the things which could go wrong in Nottingham, did go wrong but we’re yet to see the public inquiry final report, which is due next spring.  We heard evidence on poli…

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twilight curtains wide open a kaleidoscope widescreen churning colours looks out a neighbours window TankaPrompts "twilight" June 4, 2026 #TankaPrompts #TankaPoem
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twilight when ripening cataracts begin to blur the pages of the books she loves so much Tanka Prompts "twilight" June 4, 2026 #TankaThursday #TankaPoem
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If this was a different field of medicine maybe the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) might be working full time on this countrywide spread of cases.
Michael Brown 🌍@MentalHealthCopMay 27
Another public inquiry due (to add to Southport, Nottingham and Essex). All for things front line professionals and others have been warning about for YEARS. Tell me again this isn't about wilful, unhearing leadership in public agencies and politics. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c995…

Teenage patients 'ignored' before fatal NHS trust failures

Mental health patients say nobody listened to their concerns about a north-east England trust.

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birdsongs𓅪 at morning lightfall☀️ alone in the thatched hut of an everyday mind😉 tinyurl.com/49vbj6yr #meditation #birdsong #alone #everyday #mind #tanka #poetry #micropoetry #poem
Joyce@joycebudenbergMay 14
Moment by moment things are losing their hardness now even my body lets light through~ Virginia Woolf
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West England Bylines Poems from the children of Gaza (2) "And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?" by The Editor 20 July 2025 in Human Rights, Palestine, Poetry westenglandbylines.co.uk/pol…

Poems from the children of Gaza (2)

"And the question remains - will we tell it or become the story?"

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Antigen Lovesong by Tjawangwa Dema youtu.be/8GKxcdiUjek?si=xUUW… via @YouTube

Antigen Lovesong by Tjawangwa Dema

To celebrate the power of vaccines and their global impact, Gavi co...

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Hoda Afshar captures the wind and rituals of the islands in the Strait of Hormuz 1854.photography/2021/07/hod… via @1854

Hoda Afshar captures the wind and rituals of the islands in the Strait of Hormuz

Afshar’s latest publication is a visible record of the invisible; an attempt to illustrate an ancient belief about the wind’s supernatural powers

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all those bird nests blown to smithereens and on it all goes.....
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Voice of Light: Piloting a visual arts psycho-social recovery program ... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Young Palestinian artists turn Gaza’s ruins into art aje.news/ohxgua via @AJEnglish

Young Palestinian artists turn Gaza’s ruins into art

Young Palestinian artists in Gaza are turning the city’s ruins into a canvas through ‘Breathe and Paint’.

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Antony Gormley and Brian Eno donate works to auction for Gaza health workers The pair are among 21 artists to take part in a charity gala auction in London this February theartnewspaper.com/2026/01/…

Antony Gormley and Brian Eno donate works to auction for Gaza health workers

The pair are among 21 artists to take part in a charity gala auction in London this February

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mid-watch - as the Plough turns around the North Star flames explode from the sky setting seas on fire #TankaThursday #TankaPoem prompt "watch"
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that tsunami my cherry tree knows of this as it weeps
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Creative Therapy trauma.blog.yorku.ca/2022/10…

Creative Therapy - The Trauma and Mental Health Report

Late artist Jacob Lawrence's work ' Creative Therapy' depicts art therapy with several psychiatric patients engaging in painting activities.

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A Psychotherapist Paints: Insights from the Border of Art and Psychotherapy (The New International...

A Psychotherapist Paints: Insights from the Border of Art and Psychotherapy (The New International Library of Group Analysis)

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The "new" Mental Health Act 2025 will soon be on the statute books. Are there any AMHP's out there who are confident that it will radically change the delivery of mental health services and in particular will it result in more support for the AMHP role?
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scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk…

Poems by and for Social Workers

The poems included here came from a callout for work that reflected upon the many issues that social workers face in their professional lives

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Liz Atkin@LizAtkin6 Nov 2019
Deeply honoured to announce a series of my artworks have been acquired by @ExploreWellcome. I’m also contributing an archive of my art practice & advocacy for #skinpicking #anxiety #mentalhealth. I feel humbled contribute to such a significant collection #artandhealth #research
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