My Mother's post-natal depression led to chaotic life of drink, drugs, divorce and ultimately, when I was nine years old, her death. I have spoken about this to the podcast "Past Imperfect" with Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester in The Times. 1/4.

Huge 🙏 to My Noble Lords James O’Shaughnessy and Jonny Pakington for joining the Thames Tidal Swim from Kew to Hammersmith. Three jolly peers swimming along 11km of totally empty river on a summers evening. Such joy. Once a busy transport artery for 🇬🇧 industry, now

It’s a remarkable achievement to write so much about precision public health without referring to the benefits of giving voters/taxpayers/patients agency over their own health. #healthnation.

RT @bmj_latest: As the Precision Public Health Asia conference approaches, @kentbuse and colleagues caution that the specialty risks becomi….

RT @DoctorChrisVT: Junk food companies are doubling down on sport sponsorship to avoid the upcoming (and much delayed due to lobbying) ban….

RT @ThomasSowell: This.

RT @bmj_latest: A BMJ investigation found more than 90 sponsorship deals between top British sporting stars, teams, and organisations, and….

RT @csjthinktank: 🚨NEW: Sickness benefit claims have hit 3k per day, with costs soaring and the potential of millions wasted. New CSJ anal….

RT @tombennett71: Completely endorse this. No child under 14 should have their own smartphone. They’re *designed* to be compulsive. Adults….

RT @pinstripedline: Grim reading - Only 3 escort ships of 14 deployed outside UK home waters, one of which will be scrapped later this year….

RT @CollectiveShout: Today, alongside some of our major global partners, we have sent an open letter to the executives of 7 creditor card c….

“Trial”!!! . Why “trial”? . This is not complicated. Or unproven. Or under-researched. Why not change the regs. And divert budget from “sick notes” to “social prescribing”. There’s a huge pile of research, white papers, workforce plans to make this happen. Why so hesitant?.

So proud of @APPG_CSE for their battle against sexual exploitation. A real honour to be vice-chair. Some huge achievements here. Great video. But much to do.

RT @APPG_CSE: Commercial sexual exploitation is taking place on an industrial scale. @APPG_CSE members are leading calls for Government act….

RT @GoodGrowthFdn: Shifting NHS care from hospitals to the community - high streets, town centres - eases pressure on hospitals and brings….

This makes me feel desperately sad. There so much hope, so much hard work, so many fresh ideas. But it’s going to get blown up by this blurt of anger. So sad.

RT @LailaMickelwait: The unsigned, undated Epstein memo is on the DOJ website, but it’s hard to believe it’s real. The memo says there are….

A little reminder that if we are in worse shape than before if there’s another pandemic. China Retaliates Against EU on Medical-Device Procurement.

Reminded that breakthroughs in vaccines COULD be a bigger deal than much-hyped AI, which has so far failed to deliver much value to anyone apart from my HOL researcher, as far as I can tell. Moderna announces promising mRNA flu vaccine trial.

This is such good news for me. My cycle from home to my wild-swimming happy place is massively more dangerous than jumping into the Thames. Maybe these works will solve that.

RT @willnorman: Breaking ground on London’s newest Cycleway - C34 from Wood Lane to Shepherd’s Bush Green (and then planned to go across Ho….