Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThe 'education gap' hiding in picture-perfect Cornwall and DevonBehind the South West's postcard image, poverty and isolation are limiting opportunities for many young people. 010
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Really glad to be attending #ENMESH2026 this week in Sofia, Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 Looking forward to presenting on Friday 19th June at 15:00 in Neptune Hall #1 on my @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk funded work on safety in community mental health services. 000
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillHealth Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) @hssib.bsky.social · 23/04/2026🆕 REPORT ➡️ Mental health: attempted suicide while under the care of community services 📖 Read the report: buff.ly/AXbw7w8 #PatientSafety #NHS #MentalHealth #PSIRF 021
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillBetter Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Join us on 20 May for an exciting evening of research with real‑world impact at @pintofscience.uk 2026! Our researchers will share insights across key health and care topics, including patient safety, diabetes and healthy ageing. Get your tickets: shorturl.at/IMOO6 #pint26 143
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Important and timely report from @hssib.bsky.social about mental health crisis care in emergency departments and legislative challenges which arise 020
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 31/03/2026✨Really glad to jointly lead on a new King's @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social Accelerator Grant funded project, together with my brilliant colleague @jayachatur.bsky.social and in partnership with interdisciplinary collaborators from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and Thalamos. 1/ 130
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026So great to see this write up on Sarindi’s amazing PhD research, delivered together with her lived experience partners. The @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social President’s Award for Societal Engagement is so well-deserved 🏆 020
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillNuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 11/01/2026How does patient experience compare across different #NHS services? In the latest surveys, #cancer patients responded most favourably of all the patient groups, while respondents to the Community Mental Health Survey rated their overall experience the lowest. Find out more: buff.ly/QoEDiCE 01111
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 07/01/2026📣 Pleased that our published paper is now live in JMIR, based on work completed during my prior role at @imperialmed.bsky.social 🔎 We wanted to find out whether videos, embedded within the electronic patient record, may support improved care for older adult inpatients with frailty #geriatrics 1/ 112
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillDrivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Me making sparkling smalltalk at parties #TheTraitors 218846
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/12/2025The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Halltheguardian.comThe BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony HallI love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend it, says former BBC director general Tony Hall 4617925
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillOli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Thanks @the-polyphony.bsky.social for sharing your platform with us to give people a sense of what's in the new edited collection 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' Available as a free e-book or relatively inexpensive paperback 5/5 bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukRecalibrating StigmaRecalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r... 084
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillDr Holly Crudgington @hollycrudgington.bsky.social · 10/12/2025✨ New publication! Pleased to share a new commentary co-authored with @jackandrews.bsky.social. We explore how adolescent social isolation is conceptualised and measured in school-based social network research. jech.bmj.com/content/earl...jech.bmj.comStudying adolescent social isolation in school-based social networks: implications for health researchAdolescent peer relationships matter profoundly for mental and physical health.1 2 Social isolation from peers (ie, a lack of connection) is associated with increased risk of mental health problems an... 074
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillTom Woodcock @drtomwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Happy to share this paper just out: qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/earl... The Stable Shift Algorithm is a new tool to help people using Statistical Process Control decide when to re-establish control limits. 📈 #statisticalprocesscontrol #spc #qualityimprovement #improvementscience #datasciencequalitysafety.bmj.com 011
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 04/11/2025A really good day at the @mhrincubator.bsky.social gathering in Manchester! 041
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillLauren @mental-health-harm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx 104446
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillDr Holly Crudgington @hollycrudgington.bsky.social · 03/10/2025New publication! ✨ "Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study" Published as part of my PhD research at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health (@kingscsmh.bsky.social). 📄 Full paper here 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comPeer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study - Journal of Youth and AdolescenceJournal of Youth and Adolescence - Peer-relationships are critically important for adolescent behavior, but how peer-friendship network composition and structure influence adolescent self-harm is... 2105
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillJohn Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 08/09/2025*Journal editors*: we're looking for a suitable outlet for our paper which provides an indepth analysis of what happened at three of the anti-immigrant riots in the UK last year. Would your journal consider this paper? Please share? www.qeios.com/read/17ASAPqeios.comUnderstanding the 2024 Summer Riots in the UK: Three Case StudiesThe wave of riots in England in summer 2024 were followed by swift policy responses before any detailed empirical investigation had been carried out. This paper presents case studies of the disorders ... 246
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillAltmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetricsdocs.bsky.appAction Intent Links | BlueskyAuthors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu... 166113194574
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillEmma Berry @emjberr.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Delighted to have this publication out at Patient Experience Journal This shares some of the findings from my PhD at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social, funded by @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk pxjournal.org/journal/vol1... 243
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”… 922184323
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillBetter Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025The future of health & care is inclusive, sustainable and community-led. Join us 10 Sept in London for the Better Health & Care Summit. 🎟 buytickets.at/betterhchub/...buytickets.atSelect tickets – Better Health & Care Summit – Coin Street Neighbourhood CentreJoin us for the Better Health & Care Summit, a half-day event exploring how we can scale inclusive, sustainable and communi... 001
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillBild @bild.org.uk · 21/07/2025Bild has signed a joint letter sent to Health Secretary Wes Streeting today, calling for urgent action to get the LeDeR programme back on track and help save lives. Read the full letter at: autismaction.org.uk/statement/jo... 034
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Inequity in action: Why minoritised ethnic patients are more often rapidly tranquilised & what needs to change New review shows minoritised ethnic patients are 32% more likely to get rapid tranquilisation in mental health hospitals. It’s a stark example of systemic racism & bias in care. 🧵 THREAD 176
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 09/07/2025#NewPost 🎉 Excited to be heading back south of the river to begin a new role as a @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow, hosted jointly by @kingsnmpc.bsky.social and @kingsioppn.bsky.social! 📚 I'll be developing new research focusing on #patientsafety in mental healthcare. 061
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillDr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025New paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comIatrogenic injustice: an institutional ethnography of Fitness to Practise hearingsThe public has an important role to play in the regulation of health and social care, including raising concerns about harms caused by health and soci… 346
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillOli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 18/06/2025We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection. It is available as a free e-book and in paperback: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin... 75320
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillHelen West RD @helenlouwest.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Excited to read this! Congratulations to @oliwilliams.bsky.social and colleagues for the publication of their new book: Recalibrating Stigma. May be of interest to colleagues working in eating disorders and mental health more broadly. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukRecalibrating StigmaRecalibrating Stigma - Sociologies of Health and Illness; Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Featuring original analyses from emerging leaders in medical sociology, this book r... 162
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillSarindi Aryasinghe @sarindiary.bsky.social · 13/06/2025📣 New paper alert! My new study shares how we used #artificial intelligence to evaluate inclusive recruitment efforts in one of the largest #NHS acute Trusts in England to increase ethnic diversity in senior leadership roles. doi.org/10.1186/s129... #workforce #medsky #discrimination #EDI 1/4 111
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Well worth registering, for those in London on the 19th June! #academicchatter #AcademicSky 031
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillDavid Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · 29/05/2025SCIE - Get me to hospital: When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment - May 2025 www.scie.org.uk/mca/practice...scie.org.ukGet me to hospital - SCIEWhen and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment. Download PDF. 111
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillHelen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 08/06/2025This post introduces a new blog about a produced project to improve maternity care for Black families. This is part of a PhD study by one of my fantastic students. Have a read and subscribe to the blog! 032
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Want to learn more? Read the blog! buff.ly/KWzylIa It's an evidence-based summary of this new paper, written by an expert who has critically appraised the research so you don't have to. All blogs are short (1,200 words) & easy to read, so ideal if you just have a few mins.buff.lyMost people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf ServiceMost people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence. 021
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? buff.ly/KWzylIa #CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods 🧵 THREADnationalelfservice.netMost people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf ServiceMost people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence. 143
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillMental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Our 2025 GROW programme is perfect for #mentalhealth and #addiction early career #researchers! Build a network of peers at the same career stage, connect with senior researchers, plan goals with 1-to-1 coaching sessions & much more in this fully-funded programme👇 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/grow25/ 035
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Very much looking forward to catching up on this webinar from @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social later this week. 011
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Mental health patient safety requires a unique approach, different from physical health or other care settings. These findings allow clinicians and researchers a framework to begin to understand how patient safety is conceptualised in community mental health services. 111
Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025🆕Delighted to see this lovely blog by @samwoodnutt.bsky.social for @thementalelf.bsky.social on our recent paper focusing on safety incidents and harms within community mental health services. 📈Full paper here: doi.org/10.1017/S003... 💭Service user and carer views here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...doi.orgPatient safety incidents within adult community-based mental health services in England: A mixed-methods examination of reported incidents, contributory factors, and proposed solutions | Psychological...Patient safety incidents within adult community-based mental health services in England: A mixed-methods examination of reported incidents, contributory factors, and proposed solutions - Volume 55 134
Reposted by Dr Phoebe Averilljillianpawlyn-rnld.bsky.social @jillianpawlyn-rnld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Help! "Learning disability (LD) nurses have always been central to the care of PWLD and valued highly by them and their families and carers" (DH, 2013). #saveourprofession #chooseldnursing #ouldnurses Please support the future of #LearningDisabilityNursing petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...england.nhs.uk 141
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillLaura Sheard @laurasheard.bsky.social · 12/04/2025📢📢 Qualitative researchers 📢📢 Does your research involve an interpretative approach? Are you working on a topic connected to public health? Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇 Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍 074
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillOli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 10/04/2025We're holding a symposium at the University of Edinburgh to kick off the discussion we hope to ignite with our new book on stigma. There's limited places so if you'd like to attend please register ASAP, details in link below. Bursaries available for ECRs. 1104
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 11/04/20251 in 4 women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey finds In The Guardian, Melissa Palmer discusses 'stark findings' as almost 3/4 surveyed reported #reproductive or #MenstrualHealth issues, & ethnic inequalities revealed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comOne in four women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey findsExclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis 1115
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillBetter Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025We're launching our new webinar series! Spearheading Change: Tackling Inequity, Multimorbidity, and Complex Conditions 📅 1 May 🕐 1:00 PM BST 💻 Microsoft Teams Join leading experts to discuss creating equitable, sustainable health & care systems. 🎟️ buytickets.at/betterhchub/...buytickets.atSelect tickets – Spearheading change: Tackling inequity, multimorbidity and complex conditions through the Better Health & Care Hub – Microsoft TeamsJoin us for the first session in our Better Health & Care webinar series, where we’ll introduce the Better Health & Car... 065
Reposted by Dr Phoebe AverillThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse www.nationalelfservice.net?p=214633 🧵 THREADnationalelfservice.netContinuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse - National Elf ServiceAnalyses of a national database adds to the case that antipsychotic continuation during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum relapse. 195