Rosi Sexton
@rosisexton.bsky.social
A collection of random hyperfoci held together by anxiety & sticky tape. Osteopath, climber, maths PhD, pianist, former professional MMA fighter. Dabbled in politics (Green). Passionate about health, health inequality, mental health, neurodivergence.
Also: talking about MH symptoms can be hard.
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Also: talking about MH symptoms can be hard.
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We know a large proportion of GPs are likely to be unsympathetic or not believe us.
Having to play locum roulette with who you get to disclose your (say) trauma history to put a LOT of people off seeking help.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lots of things we seek healthcare for are normal reactions to abnormal situations. Like falling downstairs.
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lots of things we seek healthcare for are normal reactions to abnormal situations. Like falling downstairs.
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A broken leg can be a normal response when you're exposed to forces that exceed your body's safe operating limits.
That doesn't mean you don't need healthcare.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'Life being stressful is not an illness' - technically speaking neither is breathing in coal dust for a 12 hour shift but we still recognise blacklung as an illness.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
The fact that many GPs don't believe people with mental health conditions will not be news to those of us with mental health conditions who have had to deal with these cunts.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
Kudos on the BBC for continuing to manufacture consent to take away our rights and healthcare though.
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - GPs on mental health over-diagnosis
Hundreds of GPs in England tell the BBC they are also worried about a lack of help for patients.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
'Life being stressful is not an illness' - technically speaking neither is breathing in coal dust for a 12 hour shift but we still recognise blacklung as an illness.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
Life in a harmful environment makes you ill and people who don't know that shouldn't be doctors.
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'There is growing evidence that it is cost-effective for the NHS to provide welfare advice and thereby help maximise people’s incomes.'
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
Is There A Quick Route To Reducing Health Care Costs? | The King's Fund
A recent US study showed one simple intervention resulted in 27% fewer visits to emergency services. Could it work in the UK too?
www.kingsfund.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
'There is growing evidence that it is cost-effective for the NHS to provide welfare advice and thereby help maximise people’s incomes.'
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
In her latest blog - Julia Cream looks at the ways maximising people's incomes, could help reduce costs for the NHS. https://bit.ly/3KtQ4iu
If only we could have seen this coming.... 🙄
"There is an obvious lesson to take from this, that the government seems almost certain to ignore: there is no way for the government to win for as long as it plays this game…The goalposts will be endlessly shifted."
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
The crazy right will never be satisfied about migration
Keir Starmer slashed net migration as the Mail and Farage demanded - and still got hammered for it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If only we could have seen this coming.... 🙄
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Clearly we have a crisis of overdiagnosis of eye problems requiring expensive and life long medical intervention (glasses). We need to crack down on Specsavers.
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Clearly we have a crisis of overdiagnosis of eye problems requiring expensive and life long medical intervention (glasses). We need to crack down on Specsavers.
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Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Facial recognition to be expanded in fresh crime crackdown
Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Facial recognition, scrapping juries, and mandatory digital ID.
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This Labour Government is creating a toolkit for the far-right.
The EU has already put strong controls on this intrusive technology, MPs must pass legislation to do the same.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Really terrific piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk this. Poses really difficult questions for governments of left and right about how provision works:
Government by Breakage
What a failed appliance promotion shows us about our state
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Really terrific piece by @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk this. Poses really difficult questions for governments of left and right about how provision works:
I love this piece. ❤️ As a neurodivergent healthcare professional, I speak to so many neurodivergent people who have been harmed by the biases baked into our healthcare system, and its increasing inaccessibility to brains that feel the world differently from the norm.
I wrote about systemic medical bias, chocolate medals and Eamonn Holmes
Diagnosed but not believed: Autistic women and the medical gaze
A GP I met for the first time three minutes ago is glancing over my electronic health record, trying to match it with the woman before him…
medium.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I love this piece. ❤️ As a neurodivergent healthcare professional, I speak to so many neurodivergent people who have been harmed by the biases baked into our healthcare system, and its increasing inaccessibility to brains that feel the world differently from the norm.
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The last 25 years has seen a perpetual goldilocks dance in policy and perception around mental ill-health. Under diagnosis and lack of support is seen as a scandal until the costs of treating this seriously are manifest, then it's 'there's too much, there must be mistakes somewhere in counting'
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The last 25 years has seen a perpetual goldilocks dance in policy and perception around mental ill-health. Under diagnosis and lack of support is seen as a scandal until the costs of treating this seriously are manifest, then it's 'there's too much, there must be mistakes somewhere in counting'
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Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
December 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Always amused (not amused) at how regularly the idea that there is a 'right' amount of mental ill-health in British society and that we must somehow return there. Declaring the correct amount of mental ill-health based on what you are prepared to pay to mitigate its effects isn't how reduction works
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Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
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Migrants, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, and now neurodivergent individuals. Does Labour have a check list of which already marginalised and vulnerable groups they will go after on any particular day?
December 4, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Migrants, trans and non-binary individuals, disabled individuals, and now neurodivergent individuals. Does Labour have a check list of which already marginalised and vulnerable groups they will go after on any particular day?
Can we talk about the ways in which society is increasingly hostile towards neurodivergent people, and the effect this almost certainly has on driving the numbers of people seeking support?
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Can we talk about the ways in which society is increasingly hostile towards neurodivergent people, and the effect this almost certainly has on driving the numbers of people seeking support?
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This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
November 27, 2025 at 8:06 PM
This is off the top of my head.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
These sorts of inefficiencies happen on quite literally a daily basis. Everybody in the system knows this. Everyone.
Yet what is the government’s diagnosis?
“Juries. They are the problem. Get rid of juries.”
It is absolutely mind-boggling.
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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"How could I, a very sensible journalist for a left-leaning publication, have views on a particular subject that are many times more extreme than those held by the Conservative government when it was led by Theresa May? oh and also we should stop kids having smartphones."
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"How could I, a very sensible journalist for a left-leaning publication, have views on a particular subject that are many times more extreme than those held by the Conservative government when it was led by Theresa May? oh and also we should stop kids having smartphones."
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I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
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This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
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...if we add up the cost of all the council worker hours wasted on failed applications for the "Treasury Happy Press Release Fund" type gimmicks, I suspect more often than not the net benefit to the country overall will be minimal or negative
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
...if we add up the cost of all the council worker hours wasted on failed applications for the "Treasury Happy Press Release Fund" type gimmicks, I suspect more often than not the net benefit to the country overall will be minimal or negative
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The government can stick to this plan, or the government can get re-elected. Unlikely it can do both. Therefore either the government has a death wish or the 27-29 figures are yet another budgetary fairy tale. Remember when this government promised to be serious and not to duck the hard choices?
The government’s spending plans are “25-27: spending increases, 27-29: paaaain” which, uh…the election is 2028-9!
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The government can stick to this plan, or the government can get re-elected. Unlikely it can do both. Therefore either the government has a death wish or the 27-29 figures are yet another budgetary fairy tale. Remember when this government promised to be serious and not to duck the hard choices?
Oh, PLEASE can we try the coalition of chaos this time around?
If you’re worried about Reform taking over the UK, take some comfort from the Daily Telegraph. In its latest swivel-eyed rant, it analysed polls and said the outcome is actually likely to be a “left wing coalition of chaos”.
So 🍻
Unfortunately the Telegraph won’t let me post a link.
So 🍻
Unfortunately the Telegraph won’t let me post a link.
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Oh, PLEASE can we try the coalition of chaos this time around?
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Many of you have been hoodwinked or bamboozled into thinking that tax is bad or evil. It’s literally the dues we pay for living in this big clubhouse we call civilization
November 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Many of you have been hoodwinked or bamboozled into thinking that tax is bad or evil. It’s literally the dues we pay for living in this big clubhouse we call civilization
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This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
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The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.