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Making change happen across a system of different organisations & groups is different to managing change within a single organisation. Collaborate is a great source for approaches to system change. They use the term "system activist" rather than "system leader", as mobilising

Great opportunity to work in Argyll and Bute #recovery #alcoholanddrugs #abplace2b

If we’re going to place social care at the heart of communities, and communities at the heart of social care, we have to stop talking about people “accessing the community” and start talking about communities where everyone belongs. #RewritingSocialCare rewritingsocialcare.blog/community

Well done to everyone who brought #rainbowfest to Campbeltown Live Argyll #liveargyllyouthwork ObanPride #abplace2b

The power of this community conversation on themes across health, wellbeing, economy and climate was immense and I'm excited to do more of the same. Let's focus on building relationships and trust and see how inspiration arises. #abplace2b Argyll and Bute HSCP Argyll and Bute Council Argyll&Bute TSI

Really important to have fully informed consent conversations about antidepressants. Thanks for all the work you do on this.

Nurses wellbeing is so important 💞 We love this idea of Circles: a wellbeing space for nurses to pause, reflect and tune in. Please help spread the word 🙏 circles.empathymuseum.com Empathy Museum Esther Murray #wearetheuniversity 🕷🇪🇺

Big thanks to Naomi Klein for inspiring my new essay Aeon Magazine on the Disruption Nexus, about how disruptive movements can spark crises to generate transformative change aeon.co/essays/what-tu… #historyfortomorrow

Grab a cuppa and watch our film of amazing community development work in Argyll. What a joy to see passion and hope in working with like minded people. Community should always be at the heart of everything we do. NHS Highland Argyll and Bute HSCP Argyll and Bute Council

Social prescribing and our amazing Community Link Workers are not only good for the health and wellbeing of the people they support but also for the wellbeing of our healthcare staff Rebecca Helliwell WeAreWithYou Argyll & Bute Links

'Rather, the pharmaceutical industry works on the inside of the NHS, with complex, often opaque deals which can fund staff, education or medical devices. The result is an invisible but complex dependency...' Fascinating insider piece from Margaret McCartney the-fence.com/the-drugs-dont…

“It has to become more normalised. Why would you do research without involving the people that the research is about?” How is the role of patients on research projects changing? bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Should we stop using the word #stakeholder in #participatory #engagement research & practice? Our paper critically examines the limitations of "stakeholder" and its ambiguity, normativity, potential for (further) exclusion & marginalisation. Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Really helpful contribution to mental health improvement, in a nutshell reduce poverty and give children the best start in life. It's not rocket science.

STOP everything you're doing & listen to what Jewish American Doctor Mark Perlmutter saw in Gaza:

Leaders from across South Yorkshire met to explore shifting power and resources into our #neighbourhoods There's great work going on - but more to do. City of Doncaster Council Oliver Coppard Emma Latimer 💙 Wendy Lowder Toby Lewis Glyn Butcher Citizen Network citizen-network.org/library/neighb…

I really like the #OlympicGames #openi on the river Seine unlike most posts just now but, hoping all the homeless people living on the banks last winter now have roofs over their heads 🙏🙏

Another set of awful drug-death stats for Scotland from NatRecordsScot - as some of us suggested last year, a one-year drop was nothing to celebrate and certainly no evidence we had turned a corner. A short THREAD on some key findings from the data...