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Liz Herrieven

@drlizherrieven.bsky.social
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EM/PEM consultant, learning disability & autism advocate, Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group, Down’s Syndrome Association, RCEMlearning blogger/editor, DFTB bubbler, QMUL PEM MSc hon lecturer, mother, no hobbies cos no other time left 🥴

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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
PEM consultants! Come and join our fabulous team! @rcem.ac.uk @rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcemevents.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
A bit about my new job 😊 #LearningDisability #HealthInequalities #LearningDisabilityPhysician @rcphysicians.bsky.social @kencourtenay.bsky.social @sabasalman.com @communitylivingmagazine.com communitylivingmagazine.com/equity-at-th...
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Equity in healthcare – Community Living
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Volunteer registration is open for #RestartAHeart day 2026! 16/10/26 Support secondary school students as they learn CPR from a video Must be health professional with DBS Fab, heartwarming day ❤️ Schools all across Yorkshire taking part survey.yas.nhs.uk/s/RAH-Volunt...
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Restart a Heart Day – Volunteer Registration Form 2026
Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Article on the @rcem.ac.uk Learning DisabilityToolkit. ep.bmj.com/content/earl... To hear more about how we can improve care for people with a learning disability in the ED, sign up for our study day, live 19th May or on-demand after (7 CPD points): rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues" gets a make-over.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
@rcem.ac.uk @rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcemevents.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social #MedSky
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
ONE WEEK TO GO until THE BEST study day you’ll ever attend! ✅Tips for caring for your most vulnerable patients. ✅Info on legal responsibilities. ✅Fab speakers ✅Topics you won’t get anywhere else ✅Recording available for 9 months after the event rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The way we describe things affects how we and others feel about them. The same is true for our patients. I’ll be speaking at #DFTB26 about how the language we use affects the care we give. dftb26.com
Shakespeare quote: a rose by any other name would smell as sweetAnne of Green Gables quote: I don’t believe a rose would be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
@rcn.org.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social @royalcollegeofgps.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social @collegeofsurgeons.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
ALL welcome at the @rcem.ac.uk study day Caring for Autistic Patients & those with Learning Disability or Complex Needs. Aimed at ED docs, nurses & ACPs but relevant to anyone working in health, any profession, specialty or grade. Online 19th May. More info: rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
Sign reading All Welcome Here
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Last, but definitely not least, speaker at @rcemevents.bsky.social study day on caring for autistic patients and those with learning disability or complex needs is wonderful Mary Doherty, aka @autisticdoctor.bsky.social Mary will be speak about supporting #Neurodivergent colleagues.
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
So pleased Kirsty Challen will be at @rcem.ac.uk study day Caring for Autistic Patients & those with Learning Disability or Complex Needs in the ED. ED Consultant, EMJ editor, @thesgem.bsky.social contributor & #Neurodivergence ally, disvusding #diversity in our patients & workforce @rcem.ac.uk
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
@rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcem.ac.uk @rcn.org.uk @rcpch.bsky.social @rcphysicians.bsky.social @rcpsych.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
After the fab Sam Porter, consultant psychiatrist, stepped into a gap in last year’s @rcemevents.bsky.social study day we had to invite him back. He’ll be talking about #Autism Learn what it is, how to tell if your patient has it, & why it matters in the ED, online on May 19th.
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Very excited to have started a new part-time role as a #LearningDisability physician, looking after the physical health needs of adults with PMLD with the community team for learning disability in Hull ☺️ I’ll still be working most of the week in my ED role at @sheffieldchildrens.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
This really shouldn’t need to be a headline
Headline from Doctors.net.uk daily news webpage reads “Women to be offered pain relief for invasive procedures”
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcemevents.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Next up for @rcem.ac.uk caring for autistic patients & those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED: Alice Munro, EM Cons, talking about her experience of developing a sedation pathway so people with learning disability can tolerate interventions. Come get some ideas!
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Another speaker to introduce for @rcemevents.bsky.social online study on May 19th. Jessica Howe is an OT, & learning disability & vulnerability specialist at @londonambulance.nhs.uk Join us & hear her talk about sensory needs in urgent & emergency care. @rcem.ac.uk @rcemlearning.bsky.social
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/04/2026
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
V proud of PPI in @rcemevents.bsky.social study day on #Autistic patients & those with #LearningDisability in ED. @samprowse20.bsky.social & Gavin join us again online May 19 with their experiences in ED. Video for @rcem.ac.uk Learning Disability toolkit youtu.be/JnVX9uB9N1U?...
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Reasonable adjustments in emergency departments. TEACH
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Looking forward to hearing the podcast @tarageorge.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social and to chatting with @stephenunwin.bsky.social at @rcemevents.bsky.social learning disability, autism and complex needs in the ED study day ☺️
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
@rcem.ac.uk @rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social #MedSky #HealthInequality
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Intersectionality of #Ethnicity & #LearningDisability Last @rcemevents.bsky.social study day on learning disability & autism in the ED, disability campaigner Ramandeep Kaur asked if ethnicity was in the programme. It wasn’t. But it is now! Hear Ramandeep speak online on May 19th
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
@stephenunwin.bsky.social, writer & director, joins us May 19 @rcemevents.bsky.social to talk about humanity in healthcare. His book, Beautiful Lives: How we got learning disabilities so wrong, describes how humanity got forgotten. Let’s find it again! rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Down's Syndrome Association @dsa-uk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Some people may need a bit more preparation and support to attend social events. We asked parents who attend our complex needs support group what they think helps their child with autism to have a good experience. You can read what they told us in this 'Top Tips' resource: loom.ly/qF7vb-k
Boy who has Down's syndrome is pictured with his parents in the garden on a summers day. He is playing with a bubble machine.
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 20/03/2026
“As Ramadan ends, and the next lunar month starts, the eve of that day is a cause for celebration – it means you have completed your obligations for the month of Ramadan and can partake in the celebrations marking the end of the month – called ‘Eid-ul-Fitr’ “ Eid Mubarak! www.rcemlearning.co....
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Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk · 20/03/2026
It's #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek and this year we are sharing tips and tricks to transform the emergency department for neurodivergent patients/clinicians We interviewed Liz Herrieven and Paul Robinson to ask how we can begin creating the change in the ED rcem.ac.uk/blog/blog...
Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026
Tips and Tricks with Elizabeth Herrieven and Paul Robinson
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@rcemevents.bsky.social @rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk @rcpch.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
EM folk! Have you heard of postural care? Trolley waits & corridor care mean it’s so important. Sarah Clayton, Simple Stuff Works, will join us to explain what it is & what we can do about it @rcem.ac.uk online study day on caring for patients with complex needs, May 19 rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
@rcem.ac.uk @rcphysicians.bsky.social #HealthInequalities #MedEd #MedicalEducation #MedSky #LearningDisability
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Next speaker! Dr Charly Annesley is 1 of my heroes & 1 of very few learning disability physicians in the UK She’ll join @rcemevents.bsky.social online study day on May 19th to talk about clinical assessment in people with learning disability rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Disability accommodations are a rare thing that actually trickles down. You like curb cutouts? Auto-opening doors? Jar openers? Ramps? Hand rails? YOU’RE WELCOME Even as an abled person you use disability accommodations every single day. Supporting accommodations actually helps everyone.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Speaker info! @andrewleedr.bsky.social Prof of Public Health & fab speaker. Discussing health inequalities for people with learning disability: Are we making a difference? Join us to hear what he thinks! May 19, online. @rcemevents.bsky.social rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...
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Harrison Ford: Life Achievement Award Acceptance Speech | 32nd Annual Actor Awards
YouTube video by Netflix
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Paper on initiative to deliver prehospital sedation to people with learning disability. Lead author presenting at @rcemevents.bsky.social study day on learning disability, autism & complex needs in May. Come along & hear more! @rcem.ac.uk emj.bmj.com/content/emer...
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Fab work from the @sheffieldchildrens.bsky.social ED team dontforgetthebubbles.com/the-99th-bub...
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The 99th Bubblewrap x Sheffield Children's ED
Stay up to date with the latest paediatric literature! Discover what doctors from 'The Bridge' have to say about new research in the field.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Fab work from the @sheffieldchildrens.bsky.social ED team dontforgetthebubbles.com/the-99th-bub...
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The 99th Bubblewrap x Sheffield Children's ED
Stay up to date with the latest paediatric literature! Discover what doctors from 'The Bridge' have to say about new research in the field.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
www.rcemlearning.co.uk/foamed/ramad... @rcem.ac.uk @rcemlearning.bsky.social #MedSky #FOAMed
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Ramadan in the ED - RCEMLearning
This blog is about how to support colleagues who may be fasting, not putting your foot in it and clinical issues.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
How’s this for a programme?Relevant facts, clinical tips, essential info, patient & family experiences, thought-provoking topics & a whole host of expert speakers. Come & join us online on May 19th rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even... @rcem.ac.uk @rcemevents.bsky.social @rcemlearning.bsky.social @rcn.org.uk
08:30 - 08:55 Join the virtual meeting space
08:55 - 09:00 Introduction to the day
Dr Liz Herrieven and Dr Lizzie Binham, Sheffield Children’s Hospital
09:00 - 09:30 Are we making progress on health inequalities for people living with learning disabilities?
Prof. Andrew Lee, ScHARR, University of Sheffield
09:30 - 10:00
How to perform an excellent acute assessment for adults with a learning disability in 5 easy
steps
Dr Charly Annesley, learning disability physician at North Middlesex University Hospital
10:00 - 10:30
Postural Care in Emergency Departments and Acute Hospitals: Principles and Practical Con-
siderations
Ms Sarah Clayton, Simple Stuff Works
10:30 - 10:40 Panel Q&A
10:40 - 10:55 Refreshment break
10:55 - 11:25
Humanity and healthcare
Mr Stephen Unwin, theatre director and author of Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities
So Wrong
11:25 - 11:55 We deserve better - health inequalities and ethnic minoritised communities
Ms Ramandeep Kaur, learning disability campaigner and parent activist
11:55 - 12:25 Complex disabilities and the ED: Little Things that make a Big Difference to families
Ms Rachel Wright, Born At The Right Time
12:25 - 12:35 Panel Q&A
12:35 - 13:20 Lunch
13:20 - 13:40 Lived experience of ED visits - learning from Sam and Gavin
Mr Gavin Howcroft and Mr Sam Prowse, Hertfordshire County Council
13:40 - 14:10
Considering sensory needs when delivering Urgent and Emergency Care
Ms Jess Howe, registered occupational therapist, and learning disability and autism lead at London
Ambulance Service
14:10 - 14:40 Individualised care - examples of reasonable adjustments from a sedation pathway
Dr Alice Munro, Newham University Hospital
14:40 - 14:50 Panel Q&A
14:50 - 15:05 Refreshment break
15:05 - 15:35 Autism, what it is, how to tell if your patient has it and why it matters in the ED
Dr Sam Porter, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
15:35 - 16:05 Disabled, difficult or different?
Dr Kirsty Challen, Lancashire Teaching Hospital…
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RCEMLearning @rcemlearning.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
NEW: This #blog will focus on some of the finer details in bite management, or complications that may be seen. (Apologies in advance for any itching caused by this blog). #Foamed www.rcemlearning.co....
Bites and Infestations
Blog, NEW
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
@rcemevents.bsky.social @rcpch.bsky.social #MedSky #LearningDisability #Autism #HealthInequalities
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Reasonable adjustments: required by law (Eq Act ‘10) so autistic people & people with learning disability can access same standard of emergency care as anyone else. Hear from expert speakers, inc clinicians & people with lived experience @rcem.ac.uk online May 19 rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Oh the replies to this one… long essays on why X should continue to be validated as a legitimate place to share information. It’s a tool of an authoritarian regime that manipulates information reach. People are starting to realise.
The BMJ'
@bmj_latest
X.com
A series of medical royal colleges are stepping back from Elon Musk's social media platform X after issues of abuse and hatred.
Three have left, and two more are reviewing their activity. @stokel reports

Then a link to an article.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Event to attract more women into engineering. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scunthorpe event to attract more women into engineering
It takes place in Scunthorpe next month, with a number of key, local employers expected to attend.
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Did you know people with a learning disability are TWICE as likely to die from an avoidable cause of death? Join us online on 19th May to find out why and learn how we can improve outcomes. @rcem.ac.uk @rcemevents.bsky.social @rcemlearning.bsky.social #MedSky rcem.ac.uk/virtual-even...
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Caring for autistic patients and those with learning disabilities or complex needs in the ED - RCEM
An updated one-day online study day looking at the barriers to healthcare and resultant health inequalities faced by neurodivergent patients and those with a learning disability in the ED.
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Different Brains @differentbrains.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
How can relational objectification affect a child? See what Darlene Lancer, JD, MFT has to say in her blog. #MentalHealth #Trauma differentbrains.org/the-trauma-o...
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@rcem.ac.uk @rcemevents.bsky.social @rcemlearning.bsky.social
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Liz Herrieven @drlizherrieven.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
A blog about me (not by me!) and the fab RCEM learning disability, autism and complex needs study day. Bookings open now for the NEW version! New speakers, new sessions - this may be the best year yet! rcem.ac.uk/blog/intervi...
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Interview with Dr Elizabeth Herrieven: Insights on Caring for Patients with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Complex Needs in the ED - RCEM
Explore our exclusive interview with Dr Elizabeth Herrieven, the lead behind our popular study day: Caring for Patients with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and Complex Needs in the ED. The full study ...
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Do you get it now?
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