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Dr Phoebe Averill

@phoebeaverill.bsky.social
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Current @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social ‬Postdoctoral Research Fellow with an interest in improving mental healthcare. Previously: @imperial-ighi.bsky.social‬ postdoc and @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk PhD student at @kingsioppn.bsky.social 📚 📍 London

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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
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The 'education gap' hiding in picture-perfect Cornwall and Devon
Behind the South West's postcard image, poverty and isolation are limiting opportunities for many young people.
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Super excited to attend this next week!
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really 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.
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Health 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
New report by the Health Services Safety Investigations Body titled 'Mental health: attempted suicide while under the care of community services.'
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Join 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
A group of people in an relaxed environment watching a science presentation.
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Important and timely report from @hssib.bsky.social about mental health crisis care in emergency departments and legislative challenges which arise
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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/
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
So 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 🏆
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 11/01/2026
How 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
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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/
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Drivelcast @drivelcast.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Me making sparkling smalltalk at parties #TheTraitors
Man from The Traitors asking "Does anyone think anything of anyone?"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/12/2025
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
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The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that | Tony Hall
I 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
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Oli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Thanks @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...
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Recalibrating Stigma
Recalibrating 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...
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Dr 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...
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Studying adolescent social isolation in school-based social networks: implications for health research
Adolescent 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...
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Tom Woodcock @drtomwoodcock.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Happy 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 #datascience
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
A really good day at the @mhrincubator.bsky.social gathering in Manchester!
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Lauren @mental-health-harm.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Hi, 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
A University of Lancashire poster, inviting people to participate in research.

Have you experienced harm from mental health services?

You are invited to take part in this study which is looking to identify and examine overlooked and lesser known forms of harm in UK mental health services. Taking part will involve completing an anonymous online survey, involving questions about your experiences of harm. This will take approximately 15-45 minutes to complete.

I am looking for individuals who are aged 18+, AND have experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward, OR are the carer/family member of someone who has experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward.

For more information, or to take part, please scan the QR code or go to this web address: https://tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

Who Am I? My name is Lauren Langley and I am a PhD student at the University of Lancashire. I am Autistic and have lived experience of trauma and mental illness. As a mental health patient, I have experienced harm from mental health services. If you have any questions, please get in touch: llangley1@uclan.ac.uk (picture below of a white person with ginger hair, wearing a blue t-shirt) 

Further information, including FAQs, and Easy Read and downloadable versions of the questionnaire are available on the study website: www.hiddenharms.wordpress.com 

Ethical Approval No: BAHSS2 01118
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Dr Holly Crudgington @hollycrudgington.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
New 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...
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Peer-friendship Networks and Self-harm among Adolescents from Inner-city Schools: A Social Network Study - Journal of Youth and Adolescence
Journal 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...
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John 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/17ASAP
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Understanding the 2024 Summer Riots in the UK: Three Case Studies
The 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 ...
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We 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 #Altmetrics
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Action Intent Links | Bluesky
Authors, 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...
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Emma Berry @emjberr.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Delighted 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...
Paper title - "Why should anyone want to make things better for me particularly?" - A qualitative exploration of Care Opinion and NHS Care Improvements.
Authors: Emma Berry, Zoe Skea, Marion K. Campbell and Louise Locock. The authors are based at the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation at the University of Aberdeen.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Thanks google AI but I meant to type “shut”…
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The 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/...
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Select tickets – Better Health & Care Summit – Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
Join us for the Better Health & Care Summit, a half-day event exploring how we can scale inclusive, sustainable and communi...
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Bild @bild.org.uk · 21/07/2025
Bild 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...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Inequity 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
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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.
Photo showing a mug with the King’s College London logo on it
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Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
New paper www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Iatrogenic injustice: an institutional ethnography of Fitness to Practise hearings
The 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…
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Oli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
We 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...
A copy of the book 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness' edited by Gareth M. Thomas, Oli Williams, Tanisha Spratt, and Amy Chandler. The front cover of the book depicts a person out at night, lit by the light from a lamppost and looking at posters pasted onto a brick wall that are in the style of the 'WANTED' posters famously associated with the Wild West era of American history. The word 'UNWANTED' has replaced the word 'WANTED'.
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Helen West RD @helenlouwest.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Excited 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...
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Recalibrating Stigma
Recalibrating 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...
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Sarindi 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
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Well worth registering, for those in London on the 19th June! #academicchatter #AcademicSky
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David Cochrane @dlgcochrane.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
SCIE - 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...
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Get me to hospital - SCIE
When and how to use the Mental Capacity Act to convey a person to hospital for physical health treatment. Download PDF.
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Helen Ward @profhelenward.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
This 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!
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Super interesting thread 💡
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Want 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.
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Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf Service
Most people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence.
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? buff.ly/KWzylIa #CommunityMentalHealth #Safety #PatientSafety #MixedMethods 🧵 THREAD
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Most people receive support from community mental health services, but how safe are they? - National Elf Service
Most people receive help in community settings but little is known about safety. This first of its kind study provides new evidence.
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Mental Health Research Incubator @mhrincubator.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our 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/
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Very much looking forward to catching up on this webinar from @kingsbetterhchub.bsky.social later this week.
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Dr Phoebe Averill @phoebeaverill.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Looking forward to this session
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Mental 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.
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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...
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Patient 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
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jillianpawlyn-rnld.bsky.social @jillianpawlyn-rnld.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Help! "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...
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Laura 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 😍
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Oli Williams @oliwilliams.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
We'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.
Front cover of forthcoming book 'Recalibrating Stigma: sociologies of health and illness'. A figure stands on the street at night, lit by a lamp post, staring at posters on a brick wall with photos of people and the word 'UNWANTED' written across the top - in the style of WANTED posters commonly seen in Western movies.
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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine @lshtm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
1 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...
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One in four women in England have serious reproductive health issue, survey finds
Exclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis
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Better Health & Care Hub @betterhchub-kcl.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
We'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/...
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Select tickets – Spearheading change: Tackling inequity, multimorbidity and complex conditions through the Better Health & Care Hub – Microsoft Teams
Join us for the first session in our Better Health & Care webinar series, where we’ll introduce the Better Health & Car...
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The Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse www.nationalelfservice.net?p=214633 🧵 THREAD
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Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse - National Elf Service
Analyses of a national database adds to the case that antipsychotic continuation during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum relapse.
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