•Hon University Fellow- Fac Health •Founder The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training •Patient Safety •Hoping for a Social Media Platform where everyone can live together peacefully #Oliverscampaign
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#OliversCampaign Today my thoughts are with every child starting or returning to school especially those who find it overwhelming I’m also thinking of the forgotten #SEND children still without a school place abandoned & failed time & again by government This injustice must end
#OliversCampaign I was utterly horrified reading this story. ⚠️ A warning to my followers: the details are deeply distressing and may be very triggering. It's like reading something from a horror book www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign You are welcome
#Oliverscampaign It's really strange, I am sitting by myself watching TV, and I keep getting random wafts of Oliver’s aftershave.
#Oliverscampaign When Oliver went into hospital I could never have imagined that a lack of training would cost him his life That is why I campaign for better understanding of learning disability & autism Behind every statistic is a person who deserves to live thrive & be valued
#Oliverscampaign I still catch my breath when I see my name with the word Oncology written next to it.
#Oliverscampaign 500 complaints tell you there is a problem Senior management denying there is not a problem is concerning @ShaunLintern @Rebeccasmt @JamesTitcombe 'She denied there was a toxic culture in the maternity department following complaints' www.itv.com/news/meridia...
#Oliverscampaign Thank you
#Oliverscampaign How I miss this brave little boy with the biggest smile
Today is our 35th Anniversary We have faced more than most couples could ever imagine Losing Oliver in the most horrific way may have torn others apart But it drew us even closer Now as I walk the difficult path of my cancer journey we remain stronger than ever I am truly blessed
#Oliverscampaign This story reeks of a consultant covering her own back, blaming lower-grade staff for her failures www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerse...
#Oliverscampaign Oliver was incredibly artistic He was only 14 years of age when he painted this. Remember, Oliver had cerebral palsy
#Oliverscampaign I have started a Keto diet so that we can get better CT/PET scan results on Wednesday I am now on day 5 & the sugar craving is driving me nuts I cant have a glass of wine or go for a walk because it is raining I can come off it after the scans thank goodness
#OliversCampaign I am angry @NHSE_WTE have always been clear: people with a learning disability & autistic individuals delivering Oliver’s Training should be paid Band 5 rates Yet many charities with contracts to deliver it are paying minimum wage Not On My Watch Please retweet
#OliversCampaign I am angry @NHSE_WTE have always been clear: people with a learning disability & autistic individuals delivering Oliver’s Training should be paid Band 5 rates Yet many charities with contracts to deliver it are paying minimum wage Not On My Watch Please retweet
#Oliverscampaign just getting ready for my presentation speech for @SaferSurgeryUK Fingers crossed it goes well www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/48829/...
#Oliverscampaign @seeability.bsky.social I have been contacted by several neurodivergent individuals regarding the hourly rate you are paying them to deliver Oliver’s training NHSE says you must pay the equivalent of Band 5 www.google.com/search?q=nhs...
#Oliverscampaign Another avoidable death in an autistic teenager, another family whose voices were not heard Hospital launches review into death of autistic boy, 14 www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
#Oliverscampaign Amongst all the hate, there is beauty all around us in this world. We just have to open our eyes, hearts, and minds
#Oliverscampaign Placing an autistic person in a dementia care home does not support, it is neglect It shows a system that still doesn’t understand, doesn’t listen, & doesn’t care enough to do better #autismacceptance #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #autism www.itv.com/news/calenda...
#Oliverscampaign @rdash_nhs Helen Ray CEO of the North East Ambulance Service strongly champions & endorses the Oliver McGowan Mandatory training on learning disability & autism @devonsylvia #autism #Neurodiversity @NHSEngland m.youtube.com/watch?v=YA23...
#Oliverscampaign The Association for Perioperative Practice @SaferSurgeryUK has announced that Paula McGowan OBE is a speaker at its National Conference on 8 August A passionate fearless campaigner for people with learning disabilities & autism www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/48829/...
#Oliverscampaign We are told the NHS is financially on its knees Yet @GWH_NHS spent over 100k to silence Mark Hemphill former head of health & safety had been subject to brutal & bullying conduct under the trust's former chief executive, Kevin McNamara www.bbc.com/news/article...
#OliversCampaign It is utterly disgraceful that private care providers are charging extortionate fees to care for learning disabled people. This isn't care, it's exploitation. They're profiting from vulnerability and making a mockery of social care. www.itv.com/news/2025-07...
#Oliverscampaign Another family not listened to, another child paying the price Another attempt at damage limitation from the NHS until of course they are exposed. Yusuf deserved better www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign This says it all. Acceptance isn’t a place, it’s a mindset. We need it in hospitals, schools, workplaces, communities, everywhere. Let’s move beyond awareness to genuine inclusion and respect. #autismacceptance #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #autism
#Oliverscampaign You are correct x
#Oliverscampaign I agree
#Oliverscampaign A dying mother called 999 pleading for help, yet no ambulance came. Her body went unnoticed for months, alongside her dead disabled daughter, who had been left alone and helpless. This is what happens when our systems fail the most vulnerable. www.bbc.com/news/article...
#OliversCampaign I really do try not to let my face reveal my thoughts… but it rarely cooperates.
#OliversCampaign What a privilege to watch this humpback whale and her calf in the wild. I’ll deeply miss witnessing nature in its raw beauty when I return to the UK
#Oliverscampaign This powerful animation has been co-designed & co-produced with autistic people & people with a learning disability It is aimed at helping staff across health & social care to understand Oliver's Training & why it is so vitally important youtu.be/ouhKSOGm49g
Is government ‘sitting on’ damning report into learning disabled people’s deaths? www.channel4.com/news/is-gove...
#Oliverscampaign On Friday 8th August I will be presenting Oliver's story & the importance of reasonable adjustments for @SaferSurgeryUK conference www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/48829/...
#Oliverscampaign Parents must protect their children from #MeaslesOutbreak PLEASE do not leave it until it's too late. bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign This is VERY concerning Surgeon banned by private practice is working for NHS bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign Social Services are wholly responsible for the death of this young teenager. Melissa Mathieson, 18, was murdered by Jason Conroy at Alexandra House in Bristol, which provided care for adults with learning disabilities www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
#Oliverscampaign And you are the only person who responded to this post This is how little importance or relevance people with a learning disability have amongst the public, politicians & health care organisations
#Oliverscampaign Over the last 10 yrs 14000 people with a learning disability have died AVOIDABLE deaths due to poor service from NHS health & care I expected learning from lives & Deaths to feature prominently in the NHS 10 year plan. But absolutely NOTHING @AliveLeder www.gov.uk/government/p...
#Oliverscampaign People have no idea until it happens to them
#Oliverscampaign This new plan if managed & delivered well, really could re-wire the NHS Millions of patients will be treated closer to home under plans to "fundamentally rewire" the NHS in England, the prime minister has said www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign Few things are more hurtful to a grieving parent than hearing, "Time heals." Ask yourself, could you ever get used to your own child not being here? People often mean well, but words like this don’t help. They leave us feeling guilty for missing our children.
#Oliverscampaign Thank you so much
#Oliverscampaign The Oliver McGowan Code of Practice is complete. There is still work to be done There are some regions in the North that are NOT following the law & NOT rolling out Olivers training I am contacted by neurodivergent patients who are receiving poor care in this area
#Oliverscampaign Thank you for publishing x
#Oliverscampaign I have a feeling that today is going to be a good day.
#Oliverscampaign This is shameful & still @CareQualityComm rated them as good Under-fire NHS trust @NELFT recorded patient ate breakfast 3 days AFTER he died In the last decade 30 prevention of future deaths reports from coroners have mentioned NELFT www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign Oliver should be sleeping safely in his own bed, instead he lays in a grave This #learningdisability2025 let's stop these horrendously preventable deaths due to inequality of health care, ignorance, diagnostic overshadowing, bias & prejudice
#Oliverscampaign #LearningDisabilityWeek2025 It's learning disability week How many people with LD feel they are seen, heard & & valued? Not many The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on learning disability & autism for health/care staff will change that youtu.be/ouhKSOGm49g?...
#Oliverscampaign A 22-year-old nursery worker has been convicted of abusing 21 babies, including kicking one little boy in the face and stepping on his shoulder. www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign It really is good to see the first glimmers of improvements in our NHS We all know there is a very long way to go, but this really is a positive step forwards especially when it is too often backwards Well done @wesstreeting www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign This awful Come on @NHSEngland we must do better An inquest concluded that Declan Morrison, 26, died from catastrophic injuries in the detention suite which should only have been used for 48 hours www.itv.com/news/anglia/...
#Oliverscampaign This story hurts my heart There really are some cruel monsters in this world Parents are demanding answers over how a paedophile was able to abuse dozens of disabled & special educational needs children www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign This story really is shocking A doctor admitted having an evolving friendship with the girl, which began when she was a 13 year old patient at Bristols Childrens Hospital www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
#Oliverscampaign My goodness! A nurse jailed for murdering four elderly patients has been told he faces a wait to find out the outcome of his appeal against his convictions www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign The reality of this story is that the GMC accepted this woman's obvious fraudulent qualifications How many patients has this criminal been allowed to harm as a consequence? www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign I really am very shocked
Excited for the launch of our RCNf funded careLeD tool; co-designed resorces to help people with learning disabilities access urgent and emergency care. Use the QR to reserve your ticket. #careLeD #ReducingInequalities @rcnfoundation.bsky.social @oliverscampaign.bsky.social @ldengland.bsky.social
#Oliverscampaign What type of parent would ever give their autistic child bleach? What type of low life would encourage parents to do this? www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
#Oliverscampaign This is another tragic & avoidable death in a very young neurodivergent person What IS refreshing & incredibly rare is to have two doctors saying they got things wrong & have learned from their mistakes @NewcastleHosps www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
#Oliverscampaign Over the last few days, I have received several concerning messages about the future of LeDeR It would be an absolute outrage if what I am being told is true @AliveLeder @wesstreeting
#Oliverscampaign Good luck with your surgery x
#OliversCampaign Every child should be valued equally from the moment they are born. Yet, when a child is born with medical needs or a disability, society too often sees them as a burden. Tragically, the evidence we see throughout their lives only reinforces this painful truth.
#OliversCampaign Every child should be valued equally from the moment they are born. Yet, when a child is born with medical needs or a disability, society too often sees them as a burden. Tragically, the evidence we see throughout their lives only reinforces this painful truth.
#Oliverscampaign This is the jaw-dropping type of prejudice that #autistic people face #AuDHD #AutismAwareness
#Oliverscampaign You are expected to also complete Tier 2 face to face classroom-based part of Oliver’s Training This is actually statutory training
#Oliverscampaign This is terrible Two men with paranoid schizophrenia stabbed members of the public in separate attacks weeks before Valdo Calocane's killings in Nottingham – and all were under the care of the same NHS trust @nottmhospitals www.bbc.com/news/article...
#OliversCampaign Yesterday began in a tough place, but a heartening meeting with Minister Stephen Kinnock turned it around. He shared some exciting news about Oliver’s training that will be announced soon. @SKinnock has done the training himself and continues to show heartfelt commitment
#OliversCampaign Yesterday began in a tough place, but a heartening meeting with Minister Stephen Kinnock turned it around. He shared some exciting news about Oliver’s training that will be announced soon. @SKinnock has done the training himself and continues to show heartfelt commitment
#Oliverscampaign Thank you x
#Oliverscampaign Chemo doesn't work for my cancer, I am on Targeted Therapy I hope you are now doing well
#Oliverscampaign #Cancer Darn it, blooming cancer. I was just drying my hair and noticed a large amount of long hair caught in my brush. I was warned it could thin or fall out, but it still hits hard when it actually happens.
#Oliverscampaign This was the last video that Oliver McGowan shared with us. I can vividly remember him on the morning that he went into hospital, showing us the video and laughing at it. This really did reflect Oliver's sense of humour youtu.be/9LCy7a_rnSA?...
#Oliverscampaign Campaign work can only work if there is interaction and engagement
#Oliverscampaign I set my settings to Only You on Twitter, which stopped me seeing stuff I didn't want to see. Those working in the professional sector, tend to be on LinkedIn which obviously is not thr same
#Oliverscampaign Hi there, I'm just wondering if it's worth staying to be honest
#Oliverscampaign I have to be really honest & say that I definitely don't get as much traction on @bluesky as I do on #Twitter Am I doing something wrong or this really is it #bluesky
#Oliverscampaign That is a good name for it and also not enough people from the UK on it
#Oliverscampaign Thank you
#Oliverscampaign It is definitely different
#Oliverscampaign @NHSEngland has published its Patient safety healthcare inequalities reduction framework designed to address unfair & avoidable differences in patient safety outcomes across population groups Olivers story has been included in appendix 1 www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/pa...
#Oliverscampaign I have to be really honest & say that I definitely don't get as much traction on @bluesky as I do on #Twitter Am I doing something wrong or this really is it #bluesky
#Oliverscampaign Thank you and huge congratulations to you x
#OliversCampaign I’m over the moon to share some exciting news I’m going to be a Grandma for the first time to identical twin girls As an identical twin myself, this feels especially magical. These precious little ones will be the first set of twins in our family in 60 years
#Oliverscampaign Certain photographs of Oliver catch my breath. He was so pure, so innocent, and so loved
#Oliverscampaign It appears to me that there is something very broken about LeDeR @AliveLeder submitted their report to NHSE over five months ago BUT NHSE has NOT released it One can't help asking WHY is there something they don't want us to see @ClaireCNWL can you help
#Oliverscampaign Grief is a natural response to losing a child—the greatest loss of all. We don’t stop loving or missing them or wondering if they can still see and hear us. It’s okay to grieve, to feel sadness, and to miss them every moment. That’s normal.
#Oliverscampaign Today, two years ago, I was awarded my OBE (Oliver Behind Everything) Prince William made the mistake of asking me about #Oliverscampaign, I think everyone, including his staff, was shocked at the amount of time he chatted to me It was such a memorable day
#Oliverscampaign Last week I was a witness at The House of Lords to discuss the Autism Act 2009 I spoke from the heart & hope I represented our #Autistic communities well (I didn't hold any punches) @HLAutismActCom You can watch the full recording here parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
#Oliverscampaign This powerful new animation has been co-designed co-produced with autistic people & people with a learning disability It is aimed at helping staff and employers across health & social care to understand Oliver's Training & why it is so vitally important youtu.be/ouhKSOGm49g?...
#Oliverscampaign Today, two years ago, I was awarded my OBE (Oliver Behind Everything) Prince William made the mistake of asking me about #Oliverscampaign, I think everyone, including his staff, was shocked at the amount of time he chatted to me It was such a memorable day
#Oliverscampaign Thank you, Joules x
#Oliverscampaign Thank you, it was fantastic
#OliversCampaign I received my cancer scan results yesterday. While there are still a few issues, the treatment is doing its job. To celebrate, we’re off to see Alfie Boe and Michael Ball in the Les Misérables Grand Arena Tour in Sydney—and I’ll be back again for tomorrow’s matinee!
#Oliverscampaign Last week I was a witness at The House of Lords to discuss the Autism Act 2009 I spoke from the heart & hope I represented our #Autistic communities well (I didn't hold any punches) @HLAutismActCom You can watch the full recording here parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
#Oliverscampaign To my beautiful Oliver Happy Birthday in Heaven I hope you are partying up there and having a wonderful time. We miss and love you so very much xxxxx Oliver McGowan The video is Oliver’s last birthday on this Earth
#Oliverscampaign To my beautiful Oliver Happy Birthday in Heaven I hope you are partying up there and having a wonderful time. We miss and love you so very much xxxxx Oliver McGowan The video is Oliver’s last birthday on this Earth
#Oliverscampaign Oliver would be so proud. He did not die unnoticed—or in vain. Oliver McGowan training 'lifted scales from my eyes' www.bbc.com/news/article...
#Oliverscampaign Thank you so much x
#Oliverscampaign Oliver would be so very proud. His death was not in vain. www.bbc.com/news/article...