Dr Sheila Fish

Following the exclusive preview event of our film Invisible this evening, we are delighted to announce that it is now available on our website, together with some briefing notes. Invisible raises awareness the emotional wellbeing of fathers buff.ly/2a39xzj #DadsMHDay

@KarenB_LU @NuffieldFound @BASW_UK @CommunityCare @Sanchia7 @NuffieldFJO @SAILDatabank @guardian Fabulous! So great to hear Karen 🥂

Huge thanks to all my wonderful collaborators over the years. Delighted to receive this honour👇@familylaw @NuffieldFound @BASW_UK @CommunityCare @Sanchia7 @NuffieldFJO @SAILDatabank @guardian

More on Kassiba’s story including an interview with @AQuinnUnbroken on Woman’s Hour here. Starts at 14:35. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

This week, in a first for our panel of parents with lived experience of children's social care, they met with Minister for Children & Families @JanetDaby. A "pivotal moment" in @AFrazerWicks' words "from being seen as part of the problem to being seen as part of the solution."

In a time when strength is being championed as the only value, this book may help show up the lie. Out in June from @Wildfirebks

⬇️⬇️⬇️ **900** victims of domestic abuse kill themselves each year in England. &900 perpetrators’ take their own lives, a decision described as the ‘ultimate act of coercive control’. Suicide secondary to domestic abuse is a sig issue AND v.relevant to #AssistedDyingBill

🗨️That LfPSE is not currently providing the means to analyse and share cross-organisational learning represents a significant missed opportunity🗨️ Patient safety across organisational boundaries: Our response to the latest HSSIB #patientsafety report⬇️ pslhub.org/learn/patient-…

📅Date for your diary: Radical Place Leadership - English Devolution White Paper. We'll be discussing our work with Brent Council, #RadicalPlaceLeadership, communities and focussing on the support people really need, rather than what organisations need. buff.ly/3CZxye7

Carers will tell you caring doesn't stop when someone is in hospital. In fact, it can be more intense. This rule is yet another reason why the Carer's Allowance system must be completely overhauled 🗑️ Full article: bit.ly/4kgvcs2

Rayner to push ahead with evacuation plans that are ‘insult’ to disabled people who died at #Grenfell #PEEPs @AngelaRayner @InclusionLondon @DisRightsUK disabilitynewsservice.com/rayner-to-push…

This report has, for the first time, got some of this data! Some of this is shocking: 20% of all kids in secure settings come from only SIX SCHOOLS! And 5% come from THE SAME SCHOOL!

I have been waiting a loong time for some of this data. My fellow data nerds: this @ChildrensComm report is fascinating. Children in prison often know each other from before. But this is a group of only ~500 kids across England and Wales. How can such a small number be connected?

Today I had the opportunity to share the impacts of Child Sexual Abuse and Technology Assisted #CSA, for the development of professional training. TACSA is an aspect of my abuse I mentioned but chose not to focus on in my book #TheFlyingChildStory. Today I found a way to articulate why it’s particularly challenging for me. As a survivor, when our abuse is filmed or photographed, it doesn’t stop with one perpetrator. These images are shared. One perpetrator becomes another. And another. The abuse continues indefinitely and the worst thing about it is that we might never know where or who or how far it reaches. My abuse was pre-internet, but to me it makes little difference because the images and videos might have been uploaded online. The chances are I will never know. The meeting today was challenging because it’s painful to look back. It’s also particularly difficult to explore the shocking responses from some professionals I met along the way. However, it was a meeting that left me with hope. Tonight I reflect on how many people, including my own organisation, The Flying Child CIC, are fighting to shift public attitudes to victim/survivors. Together, we are making a tangible difference. I really do believe this. There are many ways in which we can continue to improve the societal response to survivors of CSA - and this feels hopeful 🌸 #TACSA #hope

A former NHS leader has described the Nottingham attacks as an "accident waiting to happen", #comments-wrapper" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

And here’s my report tonight on the Church: channel4.com/news/church-sc…

On 3rd March there will be a short debate in the House of Commons at close of business. The subject is CofE Safeguarding. If you could encourage your MP to be present in the Chamber to show concern, it would be very helpful.

Anthony Pierce sex abuse reported to church 17 years before police told - BBC News. This is why we need an EFFECTIVE #MandatoryReporting law i.e. one with criminal sanctions for failure to report bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We don’t “drag people to hospital” but As the Consultant Psychiatrist for an Assertive Outreach Team for >20 yrs think it’s scandalous that in a vain attempt to save money (it didn’t) AO teams were scrapped across the country With no accountability nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

Media statement via Andrew Graystone from some of the victims & survivors of John Smyth. 25 February 2025

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, former Bishop of Durham, chaplain to the late Queen, and seven prominent evangelical clergy to face Clergy Disciplinary Measure over the Smyth scandal that led to Justin Welby’s resignation. churchofengland.org/media/press-re…