Sarah: Changing the Narrative

10/03/2026

Mental health patients deserve care, dignity and privacy. Not constant surveillance.

This video from Novara Media raises serious questions about a technology called Oxevision that is now used in many mental health wards across England.

Oxevision uses cameras and sensors to monitor breathing and movement without physical contact. It is promoted as a way to keep patients safe. But investigations and patient testimonies suggest a far more troubling reality. Some patients say they were not properly told they were being monitored. Others say it feels like being watched constantly while at their most vulnerable.

The technology has also been linked to several inpatient deaths, raising urgent questions about whether it actually improves safety or simply replaces human care with remote surveillance.

This is not just about technology. It is about power, consent and whose dignity matters in healthcare.

Disabled people, people in mental health crisis, and people who are already marginalised often experience the most intrusive forms of monitoring and control. When systems prioritise risk management over relationships and care, the people most affected are those already treated as less credible or less worthy of autonomy.

We should be asking some very basic questions.

Who gave consent?
Who is being watched?
Who is accountable when something goes wrong?
And why is technology replacing human care in already under-resourced services?

Real safety comes from well staffed wards, trained professionals and respectful relationships. Not silent cameras in hospital bedrooms.

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10/03/2026

More good news about ReformUK Ltd losing a bi-election.

09/03/2026

Worth knowing even in the U.K. context.

09/03/2026

09/03/2026

People often think data and technology decisions are abstract policy issues. They are not. They affect our rights, our privacy, and the future control of public services.

This video explains why many people are concerned about the growing role of companies like Palantir in public systems, including the NHS and government data infrastructure. When powerful AI systems and data platforms are embedded into essential services, removing them later becomes extremely difficult. That means decisions made now could shape how public services operate for decades.

This is why the right to opt out matters.

This petition is not about being anti technology. It is about democratic oversight, informed consent, and protecting the public’s right to control how their personal data is used. Our health records and public service data should not quietly become assets for private tech companies without clear consent, transparency, and safeguards.

Signing the petition simply says that people should have the right to choose whether their data is used in these systems.

If you care about privacy, democratic accountability, and the future of public services, please watch and consider signing the petition below.

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07/03/2026

Dennis Billups is not a name as widely known as some of the leaders of the 504 Sit-in. But his role mattered enormously.

Dennis was blind, Black, and not part of a major organisation. He described himself simply as a “regular person.” Yet inside that San Francisco federal building in 1977, Dennis helped keep the sit-in alive.

He led chants.
He gave speeches that lifted people’s spirits.
He called directly to disabled people of colour to rise up and claim their place in the movement.

The 504 sit-in became the longest nonviolent occupation of a federal building in U.S. history. People often remember the well-known leaders. But the movement was also carried by people like Dennis Billups, whose voice, courage, and insistence on solidarity kept the momentum going.

Remembering Dennis matters. Because movements are not built only by figureheads. They are sustained by the “regular people” who refuse to be silent.



Article: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/16/dennis-billups-he-helped-lead-a-long-fiery-sit-in-and-changed-disabled-lives?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Image description:
Black and white portrait of Dennis Billups, a Black man with short grey hair and a moustache, smiling and wearing a suit and tie. Text above reads “Disability Rights Activist: Dennis Billups.” A quote below reads “We are not asking for charity. We are demanding our rights.” with attribution “Dennis Billups, 504 Sit-in, 1977.”

06/03/2026

06/03/2026

Wow that’s a huge difference.

05/03/2026

Disabled people already face constant disbelief from systems, media, and politicians who frame us as “burdens” or “scroungers.” That pressure doesn’t just stay outside the community. Sometimes it seeps in and creates a harmful hierarchy of who is seen as “disabled enough.” I have been questioned a number of times by specifically wheelchairs users who have asked if or why I need to use the accessible toilet. I have been told that I don’t really need to use the disabled parking space. Despite my being aware not to use spaces designated for WAV parking. This hierarchy is very harmful to us all and reinforces ableism. 

This post speaks directly to that experience. It is about internalised ableism, credibility policing, and the idea that disability must look a certain way to be believed.

Disabled people are not a single aesthetic, a single diagnosis, or a single way of moving through the world. When we start measuring each other against narrow ideas of what disability “should” look like, we end up reinforcing the same system that harms us all.

Worth listening to. 💙🧡

05/03/2026

Advice for scam prevention.

04/03/2026

Did you notice them all?

04/03/2026

Good news for London.