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Lucy Bray

@lucybray9.bsky.social
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Professor of Child Health Literacy, work focussed on child rights, creative qualitative approaches and working with and empowering children and families to improve access and experiences of health care. Lead of international ISupport right-based standards.

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James McTaggart @jamesedpsych.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The UNCRC supports children’s rights to give consent, to be consulted & to complain But often adult myths about their capacity get in the way @jochamberlain.bsky.social‬ and I researched with children what they think of this and what might help Some resulting resources - feel free to use! 🧵 1/4
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
67 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 in the glorious sunshine ☀️ Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
What a great ‘Beyond’ conference🤩 📖 Young peoples’ voices heard through storytelling, animation, poetry and lived experience accounts. Delighted to be presenting ISUPPORT with Katie Dixon and showcasing Sienna’s story of how ISupport has improved her health care experiences and interactions 🙏 @
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
65 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 The ☀️ continues to be such a joy to warm the soul! Bit too warm for the dogs though - so lots of swimming for them in the 🌊 Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
65 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 so nice to wake up to ☀️ each day, lovely to keep the dogs cool by swimming in the 🌊 Looking forward to seeing everyone’s active pics 😍
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Aaron King @9000lives.org · 29/04/2025
💫Next week is Deaf Awareness Week💫 Leanne, a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf reads stories with BSL signs. Perfect for younger primary children. Loads to choose from on her YouTube buff.ly/MDRsC4N #EduSky #Inclusion
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Autistic children and young people, aged 11-18 please share your views about CAMHS by writing, recording a voice note or by drawing and labelling a picture in a short survey ⬇️ ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc... @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social @emmaashworth.bsky.social @putchildrenfirst.info
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
64 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the sea - love the wide horizons at the coast
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
71 #NHS1000miles walked this week with a bit more variety on the walks due to lovely company 😍but still always the 🌊 Loving the sun and lighter nights and look forward to seeing everyone’s active pics
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Dr Emma Ashworth @emmaashworth.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Come and join us at our free @ljmuofficial.bsky.social Children, Young People, and Families Health conference on Thursday 22nd May! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ljmu-child... @ljmuimpact.bsky.social @ljmu-ris.bsky.social @merseycarenhs.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk @livhp.bsky.social
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LJMU Children, Young People and Families Health Annual Conference
Come join us at this free conference to learn, share, and connect with others passionate about children's health in the region
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
70 #NHS1000miles walked this week by the 🌊 Love to see the posts moving across to Blue Sky 😊
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Interesting discussions at the launch of the Council of Europe’s Young Peoples’ Guide for Good Practice concerning the participation of children ⬇️ www.coe.int/en/web/human... Delighted to see recognition of the good work of @isupportrights.bsky.social to work with young people in everything we do 😊
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Dr Emma Ashworth @emmaashworth.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...
Poster inviting people to take part in a research project about the accessibility of CAMHS for autistic children and young people.
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Dr Benjamin Saunders @saunders14.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
🚨🚨Great to see this published, our paper exploring acceptability of implementing #MSK triage interface clinics in #primarycare in Ireland 👇👇👇 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Musculoskeletal triage physiotherapists’ perspectives on their role, the patient journey and implementation of interface triage clinics in primary care in Ireland
To explore musculoskeletal triage clinical specialist physiotherapists’ (CSPs) perspectives on the patient journey and their perspectives on the accep…
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Delighted to be at the #CANDIDDconf25 presenting our work with @contactfamilies.bsky.social @alderhey.nhs.uk and the National Network of Parent Carer Forums on ‘Accessing Health care for children with additional needs from under-served communities’
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AYPH @ayph.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
If you are aged 10-21 (25 with SEND) you can share your views and help inform the Government's National Youth Strategy. Find out more at www.iwill.org.uk/NYS-Deliver-You/ #DeliverYou #WhatsYourOrder
National Youth Strategy, Deliver You logo in what text on a green background. Text reads: "What's your order?"
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Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Following on from our very popular December webinar on 'the invisible labour of #PublicInvolvement' registrations are now open for the second webinar in the series, on Emotions in #PPI, led by colleagues from @penarc.bsky.social. Come join us! @arceastofengland.bsky.social @elspethma.bsky.social
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Excited for the day ahead at the @seftoncouncil.bsky.social SEND youth conference reporting back on the @isupportrights.bsky.social resources the young people helped with last year and developing a symbol based audit tool this year 😊
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Dr. Fiona Lynch (PhD) @fiona4lynch.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Thank you to all the women I know.. #internationalwomen’sday
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Group for Research in Relationships And NeuroDiversity - GRRAND @grrand-team.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Please support our research collaborative-UK only for this one.
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Yippee 🥳
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Harry Shier @harryshier.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
PROTECTING CHILDREN: WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP ACROSS CHILDREN’S SERVICES is a pan-European report just out from @ESNsocial building on last year’s Bucharest seminar. www.esn-eu.org/publications... Pathways to Participation is on p35. My seminar presentation is at www.harryshier.net/powerpoints....
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Steven Kapp @drstevenkapp.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New free paper, Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials & Procedures: Lessons from Research w/ Autistic People & People w/ Intellectual Disability, from teams incl. AASPIRE - more coming from our Outcomes Project led by @cnicolaidis.bsky.social! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/...
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Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials and Procedures: Lessons from Research with Autistic People and People with Intellectual Disability | Autism in Adulthood
Informed, voluntary, ongoing consent is a central tenet of ethical research. However, consent processes are prone to exclusionary practices and inaccessibility. Consent materials are often too long an...
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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
#NATPmentalhealth Read about ripples of change we are creating www.annafreud.org/news/weve-se... And check find out who is trained in your Trust/service to help you upskill your colleagues and be the change you want to see in improving autistic people's outcomes -Actions, no more words.
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Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou @jopavlopoulou.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Still feeling tender from yesterday. So much work still needs to be done But now you know now you are not alone- we are many Thanks to the many hundreds of people who attended (not seen numbers, feedback etc yet) and to all content developers, trainers, Ebes, NHS staff who made #NATPmentalhealth
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
We still need to hear from more parents - have you been asked to hold your child for a blood test, anaesthetic or health examination? We need your help 🏥 💉 We are gathering information about the impact of this on you and your child in a quick 5 min survey ⬇️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor...
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Kim Ozano @kimozano.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I love delivering this course. Always a supportive interactive, knowledge-sharing space where you can hear from real-life projects and gain a deeper understanding of the 'messy' but beautiful approaches to participatory action research. Register: ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
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Training course: Participatory Action Research (PAR): Equitable Partnerships and Engaged Research
PAR aims to create a space for researcher and participants to co-produce knowledge and where relevant, action for change. PAR is considered as a research paradigm in itself, that embodies a particula
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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
This is the illustrated Call to Action by "the children and young people of Newcastle" (on p.39 of the report) - including PLAY!, more parks, more buses on time.
A collage of images and ideas for a Call to Action from Newcastle's children and young people
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Parents have you been asked to hold your child for a blood test or health care test? We need your help 🏥 💉 We are gathering information about the impact of this on you and your child in a quick 5 min survey ⬇️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor...
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Dr Emma Ashworth @emmaashworth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
We are looking for autistic children & young people aged 11-18 to participate in a survey about improving the accessibility of CAMHS in the UK. Views can be shared by writing, recording a voice note, or drawing & labelling a picture. Link in QR code below or here: ljmu.questionpro.eu/ImprovingAcc...
Poster advertising the study, looking for parents or carers of autistic young people who have been referred to mental health services in the uk. Interested parents can provide the survey link to their child.
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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Safety Netting in primary care: Managing the low incidence, high uncertainty of severe illness bjgp.org/content/bjgp... (follow up to "Safety netting in the consultation" www.bmj.com/content/378/...) I'm not a GP (but was written with GPs) Vomiting point applies in ED as well!
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NIHR ARC East of England @arceastofengland.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🧑🏾‍🤝‍🧑🏻Children & young people are often excluded from healthcare consultations that impact their health and wellbeing. Our new project is working with healthcare services, community organisations and underserved youth to champion their voices in healthcare design. 🔗 arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...
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Louca-Mai Brady @louca-mai.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Such a brilliant project and example of how to effectively and meaningfully #InvolveYoungPeople in research 👏👏 @dr-know.bsky.social @drrhysarcher.bsky.social and all 🤩 #MentalHealth #PPI #PPIE #Coproduction
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ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
'Disparities in access to child mental health care services' bit.ly/Disparities-... Assistant Professor Andrea Young presents on racial and ethnic disparities in children's mental health services, using her personal experiences to highlight the broader issues. #MentalHealth #ACAMHlearn
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Disparities in access to child mental health care services
In this talk, Andrea Young presents on racial and ethnic disparities in children's mental health services, using her personal experiences to highlight the broader issues. Young discusses the historica...
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Parents we need your help 🏥 💉 We are gathering information about the impact of a child being held (either by parents or staff) for a procedure as this often isn’t seen by professionals or services. Please share this 5 min survey ⬇️ www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Dear America Maybe you need an Independent SAGE right now? www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research - Nature Protocols
The members of Independent SAGE reflect on their experience in setting up, developing and running a science communication platform and service to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Rae Martens ♿️ @coffeeandresearch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I was invited by @pxphub.bsky.social to write about how to make partnering in research work for me with a #chronicillness #PatientEngagement pxphub.org/attending-in...
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Attending In-person Research Conferences When Your Patient or Family Partners Have a Chronic Illness - PxP
By Rae Martens (ferprogram.ca) As I write this, I am currently flat on my back on the couch with my […]
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Rae Martens ♿️ @coffeeandresearch.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Social media is the new public health frontline. Let’s treat it that way. We must give influencers tools and training to deliver accurate health information. harvardpublichealth.org/tech-innovat...
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Social media is the new public health frontline. Let’s treat it that way.
Misinformation is an equity issue. It’s one that social media influencers can remedy, but only if they have access to scientific information.
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
🙏 Help needed from parents or caregivers of children aged 0-18 years who have been held for a vaccination, blood test, X-ray, scan or examination. Share your experiences in a quick 📲6 question survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor... Please share 😊
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Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice. @journalautism.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
‘It depends entirely on the nature of those supports’: Community perceptions of the appropriateness of early support services for autistic children journals.sagepub.com...
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We have learnt so much over the last year working with amazing young people, parents and professionals to develop a symbol based version of the rights- based standards and prep sheet. Thank you to everyone 👏👏 especially Children in Hospital Ireland and Inclusion Ireland 🙏🙏
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Autism: The International Journal of Research & Practice. @journalautism.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Methods to reduce fraudulent participation and highlight autistic voices in research journals.sagepub.com...
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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
These are very useful... Children & Young Persons: Advice & Guidance templates Helpful Vade Mecum for simple management strategies (Constipation and Eczema examples but many other in the document) HT @rcpch.bsky.social view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx...
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Dr Liza Morton @drlizamorton.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
***Posting for a colleague*** Are you a first responder or frontline health & social care worker? 🚑🚒🚓 Help shape a digital tool to prevent & manage trauma @unistrathclyde.bsky.social 15 mins | Anonymous | UK-based | 18+ | 6+ mths in frontline roles 👉 See: hass.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Lucy Bray @lucybray9.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢 🏥🩻🤕💉🤒 We would love to hear from parents whose child has been held for a procedure for this international study. 📲6 question survey www.surveymonkey.com/r/holdingfor... Please share 🙏
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Prof. Damian Roland @damianroland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Thank you Lucy! @lSUPP0RTrights.bsky.social is an amazing programme of work www.isupportchildrensrights.com Worth a look for any department undertaking interventions on children and young people
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ISUPPORT
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AYPH @ayph.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Great to have been in Cambridge and Durham over the past two days co-delivering workshops with young people to clinicians on understanding the experiences of young people with epilepsy from communities that experience marginalisation.
Medical professionals and young people working on flipchart paper at a breakout engagement session
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ISupport @isupportrights.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Thank you for inviting the iSupport rights-based standards to be part of the Excellence in Paediatrics conference in Barcelona! Discussions about the importance of establishing trust with children before ‘jumping in’ to carry out procedures! @damianroland.bsky.social @kitkatied00.bsky.social
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