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Not Just a Story: the media's engagement with lived experience (2026) - NSUN website
This report explores the experiences of people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma when engaging with the media. During the... more
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🚨 NEWS 🚨
NSUN has today published ‘Not Just a Story’, a new report exploring experiences of engaging with the media as people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for a summary of the report and its findings.
www.nsun.org.uk/resource/not...
NSUN has today published ‘Not Just a Story’, a new report exploring experiences of engaging with the media as people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma. Scroll for a summary of the report and its findings.
www.nsun.org.uk/resource/not...
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10 mental health trusts have been referred to the CQC over their use of Oxevision (now LIO) it has been revealed at the Lampard inquiry hearings this week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ten NHS trusts referred over monitoring consent - Lampard Inquiry
Infrared technology is used in patients' bedrooms and can monitor their breathing and pulse.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
10 mental health trusts have been referred to the CQC over their use of Oxevision (now LIO) it has been revealed at the Lampard inquiry hearings this week www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One week to go until the next Writing Our Own Way workshop! We can't wait to see the creativity and care people bring to this🖊️ You can find out more about the Arts and Ourselves series on our website: www.makespaceco.org/artsandourse...
October 7, 2026 at 8:57 AM
One week to go until the next Writing Our Own Way workshop! We can't wait to see the creativity and care people bring to this🖊️ You can find out more about the Arts and Ourselves series on our website: www.makespaceco.org/artsandourse...
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🚨Patients and health workers staged unprecedented protests against Palantir at over 40 locations across England last week.
The government is feeling the heat as it decides Palantir's future in our NHS.
Let's keep up the pressure. More info ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2026/10...
The government is feeling the heat as it decides Palantir's future in our NHS.
Let's keep up the pressure. More info ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2026/10...
Unprecedented mobilisations against Palantir turn up the heat on government — Just Treatment
Over 40 protests across England, and a government starting to listen.
justtreatment.org
October 7, 2026 at 11:43 AM
🚨Patients and health workers staged unprecedented protests against Palantir at over 40 locations across England last week.
The government is feeling the heat as it decides Palantir's future in our NHS.
Let's keep up the pressure. More info ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2026/10...
The government is feeling the heat as it decides Palantir's future in our NHS.
Let's keep up the pressure. More info ⬇️
justtreatment.org/news/2026/10...
"Apart from meagre attempts at symptom management and harm reduction, where is the real commitment to helping people find peace of mind and fulfilling lives?"
An anonymous NSUN member writes on their experiences of secondary care mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/the-hopeless...
An anonymous NSUN member writes on their experiences of secondary care mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/the-hopeless...
The hopelessness of secondary care mental health services
Apart from meagre attempts at symptom management and harm reduction, where is the real commitment to helping people
www.nsun.org.uk
October 6, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Apart from meagre attempts at symptom management and harm reduction, where is the real commitment to helping people find peace of mind and fulfilling lives?"
An anonymous NSUN member writes on their experiences of secondary care mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/the-hopeless...
An anonymous NSUN member writes on their experiences of secondary care mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/the-hopeless...
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Next week the Lampard Inquiry will resume with hearings to hear evidence that may support the need for interim recommendations to be issued regarding observations and technology, including the use of Oxevision (now LIO health)
www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
Lampard Inquiry to consider further evidence in support of interim recommendations on the use of Oxevision in mental health inpatient settings | Bindmans
The Lampard Inquiry is a statutory investigation into deaths of people who died under the care of mental health services between 2000 and 2023.
www.bindmans.com
October 2, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Next week the Lampard Inquiry will resume with hearings to hear evidence that may support the need for interim recommendations to be issued regarding observations and technology, including the use of Oxevision (now LIO health)
www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
www.bindmans.com/news-insight...
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Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside Palantir's London HQ to demand an end to their #NHS contract. The rally closed a day of protests at 40+ locations across England, and a week of action against Palantir around the world. ✊
#PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause
#PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause
October 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Last night, hundreds of people gathered outside Palantir's London HQ to demand an end to their #NHS contract. The rally closed a day of protests at 40+ locations across England, and a week of action against Palantir around the world. ✊
#PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause
#PeopleVsPalantir #NoPalantirInTheNHS #BackTheBreakClause
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SP returns to the Harrison in King's Cross Tuesday 13 October and we are so excited to welcome Oliver James Lomax as featured poet and Archie Shuttler as featured musician...🥰
September 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
SP returns to the Harrison in King's Cross Tuesday 13 October and we are so excited to welcome Oliver James Lomax as featured poet and Archie Shuttler as featured musician...🥰
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
We've extended the deadline to apply for our Campaigns and Communications Manager to Sunday 4th!
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
We've extended the deadline to apply for our Campaigns and Communications Manager to Sunday 4th!
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
September 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
🚨 DEADLINE EXTENDED🚨
We've extended the deadline to apply for our Campaigns and Communications Manager to Sunday 4th!
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
We've extended the deadline to apply for our Campaigns and Communications Manager to Sunday 4th!
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
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Palestine is a Disability Justice Issue
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts
Saturday 17th October
Ascension Church Hulme
M15 5TQ
11- 4.30
With
Makan & Aman Ahluwalia-Hinrichs.
•BSL•Accessible Venue•
www.eventbrite.com/e/palestine-...
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts
Saturday 17th October
Ascension Church Hulme
M15 5TQ
11- 4.30
With
Makan & Aman Ahluwalia-Hinrichs.
•BSL•Accessible Venue•
www.eventbrite.com/e/palestine-...
September 30, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Palestine is a Disability Justice Issue
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts
Saturday 17th October
Ascension Church Hulme
M15 5TQ
11- 4.30
With
Makan & Aman Ahluwalia-Hinrichs.
•BSL•Accessible Venue•
www.eventbrite.com/e/palestine-...
Manchester Disabled People Against Cuts
Saturday 17th October
Ascension Church Hulme
M15 5TQ
11- 4.30
With
Makan & Aman Ahluwalia-Hinrichs.
•BSL•Accessible Venue•
www.eventbrite.com/e/palestine-...
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Makan are great, I've no doubts this will become such a valuable space.
Announcing Madness & Palestine Solidarity Circle, a bi-monthly online sharing space co-hosted with @makanrights.bsky.social.
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
Madness and Palestine Solidarity Circle
An online sharing space to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk
September 29, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Makan are great, I've no doubts this will become such a valuable space.
In October 2026 the Lampard Inquiry is set to hear more evidence relating to Oxevision, a for-profit surveillance technology being used in NHS psychiatric wards.
Our long-read outlines the Lampard Inquiry so far, and calls for the use of Oxevision to be ceased.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-lo...
Our long-read outlines the Lampard Inquiry so far, and calls for the use of Oxevision to be ceased.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-lo...
NSUN long read: the Lampard Inquiry, Oxevision, and the risks of for-profit surveillance tech
This long-read outlines the background and timeline of events in the Lampard Inquiry, and argues that the use of Oxevision/LIO technology must be ceased immediately in all settings.
www.nsun.org.uk
September 29, 2026 at 1:24 PM
In October 2026 the Lampard Inquiry is set to hear more evidence relating to Oxevision, a for-profit surveillance technology being used in NHS psychiatric wards.
Our long-read outlines the Lampard Inquiry so far, and calls for the use of Oxevision to be ceased.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-lo...
Our long-read outlines the Lampard Inquiry so far, and calls for the use of Oxevision to be ceased.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/nsun-lo...
Announcing Madness & Palestine Solidarity Circle, a bi-monthly online sharing space co-hosted with @makanrights.bsky.social.
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
Madness and Palestine Solidarity Circle
An online sharing space to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk
September 29, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Announcing Madness & Palestine Solidarity Circle, a bi-monthly online sharing space co-hosted with @makanrights.bsky.social.
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
Join us for our first session on 20 October to think, learn, and feel about Palestine, mental health, militarism, and colonialism.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/madness...
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💫 We’re hiring 💫
We’re looking for a Campaigns & Communications Manager to turn complex legal and political issues into campaigns people understand, care about, and act on.
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
We’re looking for a Campaigns & Communications Manager to turn complex legal and political issues into campaigns people understand, care about, and act on.
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
Good Law Project
About the Role This is a role for someone who knows that great campaigns don’t just inform people, they move them. Someone who can see the bigger picture, move quickly when an opportunity emerges,
hr.moorepay.co.uk
September 25, 2026 at 5:56 AM
💫 We’re hiring 💫
We’re looking for a Campaigns & Communications Manager to turn complex legal and political issues into campaigns people understand, care about, and act on.
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
We’re looking for a Campaigns & Communications Manager to turn complex legal and political issues into campaigns people understand, care about, and act on.
Apply here 👇
https://hr.moorepay.co.uk/hr/recruitment/role/2bddff06c3e66e3366afaadf55191b30/54876
"My silence was not the absence of a story; it was the consequence of telling it so many times."
Donna Samantha on the cumulative mental health impact of constantly proving you need support.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-distres...
Donna Samantha on the cumulative mental health impact of constantly proving you need support.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-distres...
When distress becomes administration: the cumulative mental health impact of constantly proving you need support
At what point does a person stop being someone in distress and become a case number to be managed?
www.nsun.org.uk
September 23, 2026 at 10:28 AM
"My silence was not the absence of a story; it was the consequence of telling it so many times."
Donna Samantha on the cumulative mental health impact of constantly proving you need support.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-distres...
Donna Samantha on the cumulative mental health impact of constantly proving you need support.
www.nsun.org.uk/when-distres...
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On October 15, join us and @biddetention.bsky.social for the opening night of Taking Liberties, a new exhibition led and curated by people with lived experience of immigration detention and reporting.
🎟️ actionnetwork.org/events/takin...
ℹ️ www.migrantsorganise.org/taking-liber...
🎟️ actionnetwork.org/events/takin...
ℹ️ www.migrantsorganise.org/taking-liber...
September 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
On October 15, join us and @biddetention.bsky.social for the opening night of Taking Liberties, a new exhibition led and curated by people with lived experience of immigration detention and reporting.
🎟️ actionnetwork.org/events/takin...
ℹ️ www.migrantsorganise.org/taking-liber...
🎟️ actionnetwork.org/events/takin...
ℹ️ www.migrantsorganise.org/taking-liber...
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We're delighted to see so many people sign up for workshops in our Arts and Ourselves creative programme already! We know we've been quiet for a while, so we thought we'd reintroduce ourselves... (1/6) www.makespaceco.org/artsandourse...
Arts & Ourselves — Make Space
www.makespaceco.org
September 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
We're delighted to see so many people sign up for workshops in our Arts and Ourselves creative programme already! We know we've been quiet for a while, so we thought we'd reintroduce ourselves... (1/6) www.makespaceco.org/artsandourse...
Tomorrow we come together online to discuss what solidarity between the mad, disabled and migrant justice movements could look, and how we can work together to push back against efforts to pit us against each other.
4-5.30pm, sign up below.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
4-5.30pm, sign up below.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
Borders, migration and mental health (with Brian Dikoff & Francesca Humi)
How do people experiencing mental ill-health navigate the immigration system? How does immigration policy seek to create distress?
www.nsun.org.uk
September 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Tomorrow we come together online to discuss what solidarity between the mad, disabled and migrant justice movements could look, and how we can work together to push back against efforts to pit us against each other.
4-5.30pm, sign up below.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
4-5.30pm, sign up below.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
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"ChatGPT gave me continuity, language and a way to interrogate my care. It also flattered, over-validated and mirrored my framing. Ultimately, however, it responded to me as a person asking a question, rather than first and foremost as a bipolar patient"
A growing number of people are turning to AI chatbots to support their mental health, with 31% of a surveyed group saying they preferred the experience over formal services.
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
What does people’s use of AI reveal about the unmet needs of those using mental health services?
The most interesting question isn’t why people are turning to AI chatbots, but what kind of support is proving difficult to find elsewhere.
www.nsun.org.uk
September 17, 2026 at 12:21 PM
"ChatGPT gave me continuity, language and a way to interrogate my care. It also flattered, over-validated and mirrored my framing. Ultimately, however, it responded to me as a person asking a question, rather than first and foremost as a bipolar patient"
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Hub Event! 💻
More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Join us for a free online event on Wednesday 28th October where Maria Roberts will share learning from the UK and Australia about gathering suicide lived and living experience with safety and purpose.
More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Join us for a free online event on Wednesday 28th October where Maria Roberts will share learning from the UK and Australia about gathering suicide lived and living experience with safety and purpose.
More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Hub Event with Maria Roberts (The Churchill Fellowship)
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September 15, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Hub Event! 💻
More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Join us for a free online event on Wednesday 28th October where Maria Roberts will share learning from the UK and Australia about gathering suicide lived and living experience with safety and purpose.
More Than a Story: The Hidden Impact of Lived Experience Engagement
Join us for a free online event on Wednesday 28th October where Maria Roberts will share learning from the UK and Australia about gathering suicide lived and living experience with safety and purpose.
A growing number of people are turning to AI chatbots to support their mental health, with 31% of a surveyed group saying they preferred the experience over formal services.
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
What does people’s use of AI reveal about the unmet needs of those using mental health services?
The most interesting question isn’t why people are turning to AI chatbots, but what kind of support is proving difficult to find elsewhere.
www.nsun.org.uk
September 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
A growing number of people are turning to AI chatbots to support their mental health, with 31% of a surveyed group saying they preferred the experience over formal services.
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
In this blog, Hayley explores what AI use reveals about mental health services.
www.nsun.org.uk/what-does-pe...
There is just one day until our panel discussion on borders, migration and mental health!
Secure one of the final spots to hear from organisers, Brian Dikoff and Francesca Humi on Zoom from 4.00-5.30pm.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
Secure one of the final spots to hear from organisers, Brian Dikoff and Francesca Humi on Zoom from 4.00-5.30pm.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
Borders, migration and mental health (with Brian Dikoff & Francesca Humi)
How do people experiencing mental ill-health navigate the immigration system? How does immigration policy seek to create distress?
www.nsun.org.uk
September 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
There is just one day until our panel discussion on borders, migration and mental health!
Secure one of the final spots to hear from organisers, Brian Dikoff and Francesca Humi on Zoom from 4.00-5.30pm.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
Secure one of the final spots to hear from organisers, Brian Dikoff and Francesca Humi on Zoom from 4.00-5.30pm.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/borders...
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Our website will be inactive while we switch over some billing details, it will be back. If you need us, you can always get us on:
[email protected]
(E2EE, no AI used.)
We have 4 facilitators who keep up with emails and will send you info re meetings. You are never a bother to us.
[email protected]
(E2EE, no AI used.)
We have 4 facilitators who keep up with emails and will send you info re meetings. You are never a bother to us.
September 14, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Our website will be inactive while we switch over some billing details, it will be back. If you need us, you can always get us on:
[email protected]
(E2EE, no AI used.)
We have 4 facilitators who keep up with emails and will send you info re meetings. You are never a bother to us.
[email protected]
(E2EE, no AI used.)
We have 4 facilitators who keep up with emails and will send you info re meetings. You are never a bother to us.
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Reminder if you want to explore more about the role, we are holding a Q&A Webinar 5pm TOMORROW - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 14, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Reminder if you want to explore more about the role, we are holding a Q&A Webinar 5pm TOMORROW - us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...