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🧵A big part of trying to make the #RCOTCasson lecture bigger than ever was trying to get it outside of where it would normally be talked about.

I asked "It the Casson lecture being talked about on the BBC too ambitious?" @BBCNews @BBCWalesNews Image
It turns out that it was too ambitious, but with two days to go, let's have a look if there's anything that could hook the media in for a wider discussion.
Firstly lets get nationalistic - A Welshman, in Wales delivering the professions highlight lecture in honour of a Welsh doctor with record attendance on its bicentennial anniversary. @BBCNews @BBCWales Image
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1) @Keirwales is the ultimate Marmite Man. You love him or hate him. But put that aside. He’s doing a brave thing. Speaking about how he raised a concern about harm to SUs. Instead of investigating the complaint, he was investigated. > #RCOTCasson rcot.co.uk/2023-elizabeth…
2) The story of being punished when raising concerns will be familiar to many of us. The lecture’s theme is ‘Nothing Flourishes in a Toxic Environment’. Keir is a white cis educated man who took a stand to avoid harm to vulnerable people. How do people from already marginalised >
3) groups feel when they are in a similar situation? Staff are either silenced, or forced out. It is a really important discussion to have as it impacts on everyone, whether you are an OT or not. @Keirwales now works with the formidable @HoppyPelican, who also has her own story >
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I don't think that @theRCOT does this for every #RCOTCasson lecture but it's lovely to see a report that perfectly links with my lecture

Or it would be if it wasn't so bleak. I assure you these issues affect every profession. Look at the picket lines if unconvinved...🧵👇
Demand has increased, complexity is higher, staff have to watch needs not being met, people cannot provide the service they want 60% of staff experiencing extreem stress Image
"Being told not to work to gold standard due to capacity issues provides a huge amount of stress" and this is partly due to having to hide it from those we work with. We rarely say "if you'd been here 5 years ago you'd be getting much better treatment". We have to pretend... Image
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