Kate Edmondson

@WPSPhysicalEd Thank you to all the staff for making the trip so memorable. You all worked so hard to make sure everyone had a great time!

We have left Birmingham Airport and the ETA to Wootton Park School is 4:30pm #WPSSkiTrip2026

@AlisonHammond I have enormous respect for you as a woman & a broadcaster but please pay attention to detail and research b4 u go on air. Diogo Jota not Diego

That’s all folks. Heartbroken. Thanks for the love and support - I’m so delighted that so many people enjoyed watching us. @bbcstrictly brought me more happiness than I ever imagined. It has been life changing and life affirming.  There is something about taking big risks, performing, giving it everything, making yourself totally vulnerable and shedding the armour you normally use to survive that is exhilarating, liberating and inspiring. Dancing is physically and emotionally unique. I had more fun than should normally be allowed on television. I owe the vast majority of it my stunning dance partner @laurenmayoakley who is brilliant in every way, funny, clever, caring, gorgeous and wise. She taught me with patience and trust, boosted me when I doubted, picked me up when I crumbled. If you want to understand the kind of person she is : when dance performance shut down during the pandemic Lauren worked in a care home, she dreams of running an animal sanctuary and she’s so fun she really ought to be presenting children’s (and family) television. She is an incredibly talented dancer, choreographer and producer. When we met she said she had one aim : to make me love dance. She succeeded in week one. And somehow we made it to week eight. It had to come to an end sooner or later - the others were just too good. They’re all lovely and talented. It was a very special team of people to be part of and we look after each other. The Strictly production team are the best in entertainment. I’ve never felt more safe in other peoples’ hands. Going to wardrobe (especially wardrobe) and makeup and hair was always a joy. My beautiful wife Lisa supported me perfectly throughout, after being the first person to convince me to do the show. My talented daughter Jasmine cheered me on as only she can, my sceptical rockstar son Jay learned to love Strictly (and Claudia) almost as much as I did. I don’t quite know what happens now. Re-entry to normal life ain’t easy after something like Strictly. Especially when normal life is something as extraordinary as C4 News. The team there put up with me being semi-detached (to put it mildly) for the last two months. Thanks everyone. Lots of love. See u soon. Xx

Might be about 5 weeks after @AndyWinter7t8 got a copy, but today I received this! Dedicated to the #problembasedlearning communities and the writing communities that we are part of and that inspire us. @otwg_gcu

Sometimes, occupations can be disrupted or displaced by #addiction and #substanceuse. #OccupationalTherapy can help to restore participation in meaningful occupations and minimize the harms encountered in using substances. #OTWeek2023 #Recovery #Alcohol #Drugs

Do you have #OccupationalTherapy vacancies? We have a large number of soon to be newly qualified, high quality #OTs that we would love to connect you with! Contact @Sam_Dewis for info. @RCOT #OTWeek2023

So proud! Thanks @MOHOspark for the opportunity and all those brilliant OTs @CovUniOT who also contributed

Fancy a new challenge in education? Come and join our brilliant physiotherapy team @CUPhysios @CovPhysioStaff @KimStuartOT @stevenawoor 3 fantastic & varied oppertunities: Teaching Fellow in Physiotherapy Senior Teaching Fellow in Physiotherapy Curriculum Lead - Physiotherapy

@LouiseWiggins17 @Murphlemurph @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @julia_wilson70 Hi Louise. Thank you for responding. With your experience it would be great to pick your brains and at any level, always happy to get together with an OT! Please let me know your availability. Kind regards Kate

@midsummer77 @Murphlemurph @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @julia_wilson70 Hi Kate, I don’t have any specific interventions for this group but happy to jump on a Teams call to think through the potential options if that would be helpful.

@Murphlemurph @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @LouiseWiggins17 @julia_wilson70 Hi everyone. I have been given your names after a shout to the OT community. I am looking for some guidance on time specific interventions for a male inpatient rehabilitation ward.

@Murphlemurph @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @LouiseWiggins17 @julia_wilson70 Ah thank you for replying! No worries. All the best. Kate

@midsummer77 @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @LouiseWiggins17 @julia_wilson70 Hi. I was tagged in but I haven’t worked in this kind of environment for around 20 years! So I can’t be of much help, I’m afraid. Good luck

@Murphlemurph @KwakuOT @EmmaCroftymac @LouiseWiggins17 @julia_wilson70 Ideally I would love to visit a successful rehab ward but I'm struggling to find something which mirrors our set up. Apologies if this is not your area but maybe you know other OTs who I could contact please.

Thinking of an academic #OT career? We are recruiting Teaching Fellows both at our Coventry campus (tinyurl.com/mr3csyws) and our London Vauxhall campus (tinyurl.com/yckjahpv) We are a welcoming, diverse, innovative, and hard-working team. What can YOU bring?🤔 Pls RT

Any OTs working in male mental health inpatient rehab settings who would be interested in sharing ideas please. Developing a recovery pathway and open to any ideas around time specific treatment plans and interventions. Thank you!

I have learnt the most about managing perimenopausal and menopausal women by sitting in clinics of different menopause specialists. However, this is often not always practical or easy to organise. This is why I decided, many years ago, to launch the Confidence in the Menopause course in which we used actresses to act out different clinical scenarios with clinicians so people can watch and learn. In this updated course, each scenario has questions to answer before and after watching each consultation with explanations to each answers. In addition, there are links to the available evidence, guidelines and also numerous patient resources with every consultation. There are also lectures to watch and learn from. Over the next few months we will be adding even more clinical scenarios so let us know other topics that you think will be beneficial to learn from. This course is available for any healthcare professional and also anybody, male or female, who wants to learn more about the perimenopause and menopause.

Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all female cancers put together. This is @DrTraceyKA talking about why sex matters in cardiovascular disease at @WIMIN_UK #WIMIN2023 @TheBHF

Increasing awareness and education of the different symptoms women can experience during their menopause is integral to them being able to receive the right help, support and treatment. Many perimenopausal and menopausal women feel quite overwhelmed in the workplace, so we have created these free downloadable posters that you can print and display around your workplace. @balanceMeno I’m really proud of them and I hope they can help: balance-menopause.com/menopause-libr…

Every Occupational Therapist loves a discount right? (and to see their name in print more right!) @CovUniOT @KimStuartOT @sam_dewis @LouiseSewell_OT @MOHOspark @ClareTaylorBU

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Thank you for all your kind messages of support today. I've also written this for the @guardian about the need for Martha's Rule and why patients need more power in hospitals. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…