Tom Robinson
Essex NHS mental health trust fined £1.5m over deaths of 11 patients
There was an article on the BBC News site last week which detailed how a mental health trust has been fined £1.5 million for safety...
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Tom Robinson
- May 27, 2021
- 4 min
“My doctor prescribed rambling for lockdown anxiety”: how social prescribing can promote well-being
There was a nice story on the BBC News page a couple of weeks ago, involving a widower who was prescribed rambling for his anxiety in...
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Tom Robinson
- Apr 19, 2021
- 6 min
Prince Philip: how deaths of public figures can affect the mental health of others
It’s been such a beautiful spring weekend and I’ve spent so much of it outside reaping the benefits of vitamin D and fresh air. Not once...
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Tom Robinson
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Mental health unit suicide ‘didn’t need to happen’: why are patients dying on our psychiatric wards?
There was another article on the BBC News page a couple of weeks ago, which once again, highlighted the terrible shortcomings of the...
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Tom Robinson
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
Blind student’s emotional reunion with guide dog after seven months lonely and isolated
I thought I would write a less involved post today to balance out the rather difficult topics I generally discuss on here. Committing to...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 13, 2021
- 4 min
Lockdown binge eating and inactivity a 'health time bomb' according to Yorkshire council
It's been an interesting week with lots of mental health stories being published once again. I think the media are going to have to be...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 10, 2021
- 4 min
Social anxiety disorder: will the lifting of restrictions pose problems?
I read an article yesterday which discussed the potential problems for people with anxiety disorders, which could stem from the lifting...
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Tom Robinson
- Mar 8, 2021
- 5 min
£79 million allocated to children's mental health as a result of increased problems due to COVID-19
There was an article on the BBC News page on Friday which detailed the government spending on children's mental health, with a figure of...
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Tom Robinson
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
PTSD: Dispelling a few misconceptions
An article that was published on the BBC News page on Monday discusses the impact that the pandemic is having on hospital staff, and...
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Tom Robinson
- Feb 20, 2021
- 3 min
Isolation and lack of work/life balance cited as factors in poor mental health rates by U.K farmers
I wasn't going to write about farmers again until I'd watched the 'Under the Soil' documentary that was mentioned on a recent Countryfile...
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