📢 Save the Date FPOP 2024 Conference will be on 17th-18th September Online This year fully hosted by your national committee. A real opportunity to deep dive together into the workstreams and discuss best practice together: Autism in OP Therapies Inpatients Neuropsychology

How do we influence others? Recent research shows that the approach most commonly used by leaders is "selling" - getting others to agree by showing them your idea is the best/most beneficial. However, influencing by "selling" produces suboptimal compromises. Leaders who adopt a more collaborative influence approach (enlisting the support/cooperation of others, without relying on formal authority, to achieve individual or common goals, especially in the face of conflicting priorities/perspectives) get better outcomes from decisions. sloanreview.mit.edu/article/…. Via @mitsmr.

What does 2 years of national "spare-time" collaboration look like? Two shiny new @BPSOfficial guidance documents to support professionals to achieve commissioning of services with excellent clinical governance and structures. @NSFTtweets @SNEEICB_WS @SNEEICB_IES @FPOPofficial

'I felt broken until my autism diagnosis at 70' ⁦@FPOPofficial⁩ ⁦@AnnaCrabtree123⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/cy8754…

Do you work with people living alone with #ParkinsonsDisease? Join our consultation next Tues (12th) at 2.30 to help shape policy recommendations! Pls RT @ParkinsonsUK @ParkinsonsEN @UHP_Parkinsons @Parkinsons_BFW eventbrite.com/e/10496675328…

Our State of Ageing: Infographics are our engaging and accessible illustrated infographics summarise our most up-to-date stats from our State of Ageing 2023-4 report. Download here: ageing-better.org.uk/resourc…

There's still time to register for next Wednesday's webinar on accessing #mentalhealth services. Professionals & experts by experience share insights from Parkinson's, motor neurone disease and Huntington's disease. @Peninsula_ARC @NIHRARCs @FPOPofficial eventbrite.com/e/96818009171…

"If you talk to somebody in their 80s or 90s a lot of them have lived long fascinating lives, they've done loads and loads of stuff, achieved amazing things in their life." Says Lizzie while talking about her experience of getting older for our State of Ageing 2023-24 report.

A message of condolence from His Majesty The King following the passing of Lily Ebert MBE, Holocaust survivor and educator.

The photos in our free age-positive image library show a more realistic depiction of ageing – to help challenge stereotypes of older people. The library, which contains over 3,000 images and is regularly updated, is available for anyone to use for free. Browse here: agewithoutlimits.org/image-l…

Today is International Day of Older people! Are you doing anything to celebrate? Share your plans with us in the comments. This year’s UK theme is: “The part we play”: Celebrating the integral role of older people in our communities. #IDOP2024 Want to find out what's happening near you? Browse events here: ageing-better.org.uk/uk-netw…

Can you help contribute to our understanding of the use of EMDR with older adults? Are you a psychologist or therapist trained in EMDR? If so, please contact us (details and more info in attached poster or DM) @FPOPofficial @EMDR_Foundation @emdracademy @DClinPsyLiv

Apparently today is #LincolnshireDay! If you were remiss enough to not wear a Lincolshire sausage in your lapel to work today, you can make up for it by attending the 2025 FPOP Conference in the beautiful city of Lincoln instead! 🗓 Save the Date: 2nd-3rd July 2025

We are collaborating with @DONBPS on a framework of neuropsych competencies for OP psychologists. If you're an OP Psychologist and want to join a working group to help decide which competencies feel essential v desirable for our specialism, please email: Rebecca.poz@nsft.nhs.uk

Decades of research into successful large scale change shows that it’s not about getting people in organisations to follow their leaders to the future - it’s about getting people to co-create the future. However, a change approach that seeks to engage everyone in the organisation may demand a new level of collaboration that leaders & managers aren't accustomed to and haven't been prepared for in a larger culture that has emphasised hierarchy & silos. This article from @mitsmr describes an organisational development approach to build "strength based teams", creating the fuel for genuine engagement and inclusion & the conditions for continuous innovation & improvement: sloanreview.mit.edu/article/….

We have some spanking new online neurosychology courses. Details below.

Very pleased to finally be able to say - it's Publication Day! Black History for Every Day of the Year - written with my siblings Yinka and Kemi Olusoga. 366 stories of people achievements, inventions and events. Out now.

I hope people will retweet to make sure people don’t miss their chance to register @BPSOfficial

30% of people who are offline feel that the #NHS is one of the most difficult organisations to interact with. Digital options can do a lot t support the NHS but do not fit everyone and exclude the most vulnerable even further What are you doing to ensure inclusion of all? #FPOP24

We are reminded, by Amanda Thompsell of the essential need for data to be stratified by age. If we don't both request and provide data on age in relation to healthcare, how can we know if older people really are getting equal access to what they need? #FPOP24