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Folks on twitter following #StopSIM:Patients under the HIN/SIM programme may be at risk of prosecution if you call emergency services about concerns for their #mentalhealth .Do not call services without

The Chief Medical Officer @NHS_ELFT is looking into SIM.#StopSIM @StopSIMMH https://twitter.com/DrGilluley/status/1389495174871470086 The HIN/SIM teams map shows @NHS_ELFT as:* Having active SIM programmes in Newham & Bedford* Launching

Have I missed something, or has there been near total silence from #mentalhealth professionals, regulatory bodies, providers & charities on HIN/SIM?#HighIntensityNetwork I've heard from various folks who feel constrained from

#HighIntensityNetwork #FactCheck More on "Where's the evidence base for HIN/SIM?" Or "Junk data"[Thread aka ramblings on a theme] HIN/SIM is a coercive programme that sends police officers into NHS community

Do not underestimate the momentum behind the #HighIntensityNetwork's SIM "model of care".This is shown by the enthusiasm with which some #mentalhealth trusts have embraced a ready-made solution for controlling patients

It seems extraordinary to me how biased letters from #mentalhealth professionals about patients are - what they choose to focus on; what they omit.It’s a pattern - so perhaps it’s

This was done to me last year.Told I’d be sectioned if I did not agree to admission so, under this threat, I agreed to admission; then told I would not

It's so annoying that anything that gets set up supposedly for #mentalhealth now rapidly gets co-opted by anyone who's ever felt a bit anxious because they might have missed their

One reason for the drop in people contacting their GP practice is the lack of meaningful care during lockdown.People struggling with serious psychiatric conditions cannot be adequately cared for by

People who haven't had to rely on the social security system recently (or ever) may feel there is a safety net there should they become poorly, disabled or unable to

Is there a system problem in psychiatry around autism spectrum disorders & BPD? Diagnostic assessment of #ASD is not a core clinical skill in psychiatry - yet I see tweeps