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New Statutory body as an alternative to the NHS for mental health and hidden disability

IrishInManchesterUK

Now that advances in medical science has uncovered more people in modern times, children, adolescents and adults alike, including in the post-Covid era, with mental health and hidden disabilities including autism, is it not now time to set up a separate statutory body, properly funded and properly managed, entirely seperate from the NHS, dealing exclusively with all mental health and hidden disability issues? We all know the problems of the NHS that have been going on for decades and are well-documented, of mismanagement and wastage, so is it not time for a fresh start with a new body, alongside implementing reforms within the NHS?

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  • While relatively minor issues can be figured out, the reality at the end of the day is that the current crisis situation is totally unsustainable and further emphasises the need to “take the bull by the horns” in implementing innovative, fundamental, far-reaching and groundbreaking legislative changes where, yes, a revolution is exactly what is absolutely required, much needed and long overdue, where difficult decisions must be made, even if unpopular to some, driven by the kind of strong leadership that is exactly what is needed - while I acknowledge the comments made regarding various issues, the present situation must not be allowed to continue - my granny used to say that “there are limits to everything” and “what will a certain course of action lead to” and very often during my 30 years in supermarket retailing, our managers had to use their initiative in dealing with certain situations using common sense 

  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK
    Trigger warning:
    For a neurodivergent person whose nervous system is already dysregulated by a hostile world, a "revolution" can feel terrifying because it threatens what little stability they have left.
    I know this from personal experience, so I respect where other people may be coming from on this, 
    Nonetheless...
    This thread and what has happened in it is why I said in my first response that the only way change is going to happen is through a revolutionary shift in thought and practice—I'm with granny's thinking on this.
    By adopting the language of the establishment ("it's too expensive," "the public won't support it," "large systems always fail"), people are essentially acting as the gatekeepers of their own marginalisation. It is preemptively managing one's own expectations for a system that is already failing us. "Turkeys voting for Christmas" springs to mind.
    But if I look closer at this, and perhaps more compassionately, the answers members are coming up with here could be a defence mechanism against a much deeper, more painful truth: if a better world for neurodivergent people is actually possible, then the suffering people are currently experiencing is completely unnecessary and cruel.
    It is psychologically safer to believe that a system is broken because it has to be.
    I tried to break the spell by shifting the conversation away from "costs" to "savings" and explaining that if there's a will, there's a way.
    Personally, though, I maintain that the only way for true psychological safety to come about is through revolutionary thinking and action.
    Up the Grannies!!!
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  • in reply to IrishInManchesterUK
    Trigger warning:
    For a neurodivergent person whose nervous system is already dysregulated by a hostile world, a "revolution" can feel terrifying because it threatens what little stability they have left.
    I know this from personal experience, so I respect where other people may be coming from on this, 
    Nonetheless...
    This thread and what has happened in it is why I said in my first response that the only way change is going to happen is through a revolutionary shift in thought and practice—I'm with granny's thinking on this.
    By adopting the language of the establishment ("it's too expensive," "the public won't support it," "large systems always fail"), people are essentially acting as the gatekeepers of their own marginalisation. It is preemptively managing one's own expectations for a system that is already failing us. "Turkeys voting for Christmas" springs to mind.
    But if I look closer at this, and perhaps more compassionately, the answers members are coming up with here could be a defence mechanism against a much deeper, more painful truth: if a better world for neurodivergent people is actually possible, then the suffering people are currently experiencing is completely unnecessary and cruel.
    It is psychologically safer to believe that a system is broken because it has to be.
    I tried to break the spell by shifting the conversation away from "costs" to "savings" and explaining that if there's a will, there's a way.
    Personally, though, I maintain that the only way for true psychological safety to come about is through revolutionary thinking and action.
    Up the Grannies!!!
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