Dr Alison Pearson
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@alisonpearsonSW
Postdoctoral research fellow researching education, wellbeing, resilience. Mum to a beautiful trisomy girl.
We are really pleased to share our latest publication - "Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors' mental health and wellbeing". bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… #Wellbeing #MedTwitter #NHS #Doctors
Over 40% of parent-carers nationally have contemplated suicide while caring for a disabled child. The human cost of an overburdened, under-resourced Send system is felt in lost careers, exhausted caregivers . neweconomics.org/2026/05/rebuil…
You can share your experiences with care services and care providers, by getting involved in the #TellUs campaign. Let @CareQualityComm know about your thoughts here: cqc.pulse.ly/ag1s9wtisn
Labour say cutting sickness, and disability support Universal Credit, from £429.80 to £217.26 per month, will get disabled to work A million disabled people were sanctioned by the DWP from 2010 -2018 53% more likely to be sanctioned if disabled National Audit Office 2016
The Prime Minister has set a bold target to get two-thirds of young people to be taking a gold standard apprenticeship or heading to university by the age of 25. We're modernising our campuses to make it happen. Labour is restoring pride in our colleges. feweek.co.uk/revealed-302m-…
Labour say cutting sickness, and disability support in Universal Credit, from £429.80 to £217.26 per month, will get disabled to work A million disabled people were sanctioned by the DWP from 2010 -2018 53% more likely to be sanctioned if disabled National Audit Office 2016, said there was no evidence, sanctioning disabled made them work But suicides were linked to sanctioning #labour #mentalhealth #UniversalCredit theguardian.com/society/2018/f…
The £184 billion question: What would happen if the unpaid carers stopped caring? #Echobox=1775552575" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bigissue.com/opinion/what-h…
From today, the two child limit is lifted. That means 450,000 children will no longer grow up in poverty.
The two child benefit limit has been officially scrapped today, as part of a range of welfare reforms coming into force as the new financial year kicks in. The amount pensioners receive will also go up - by nearly 5%. Those claiming Universal Credit will get a boost too.
