I am delighted to have been appointed as the new NCD for Neonatology.
I’m looking forward to working alongside colleagues
@CMidOEngland
@phoebe_h_r
Donald Peebles and working with families to continue to improve neonatal outcomes for all babies
I’m a fully vaccinated Paediatrician. My gynaecologist husband, junior doctor daughter are fully vaccinated as well. Two teenage daughters have had their jabs. Those I love and care for the most are protected 💙
#vaxxeddoctors
Today I visited the new connect northwest neonatal transport base. An excellent facility, completion enabled by Neonatal critical care transformation
@NHSEngland
Well done to the team led by Ian Dady for all the hard work
@ConnectNW_Neo
@MFT_SaintMarys
@NWNeonatalODN
Ndidi is a medical student, who plans to be a radiologist. She is the daughter of Ngozi, a neonatologist. She's the granddaughter of Elaine, a nurse. She is the great-granddaughter of Ruby, a former hospital caterer who was part of the
#Windrush
generation
#ThankYou
#WindrushDay
Today I joined the first meeting of the Newborn Pulse oximetry framework for practice working group
@BAPM_Official
Excellently chaired by
@a_ewer
Thanks to all who contributed
@tinytickers
And children are not just big neonates! Our NICU getting ready to make contribution to Covid19 by admitting patients that would have gone to PICU .......
Long overdue but I’m so pleased our dedicated neonatal ambulances are here at last. We can now provide the high quality transport service that our babies in the North West deserve
#NICU
@MFTnhs
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you
@JohnAmaechi
for your insightful and uplifting talk for Black History Month today
@MFTnhs
Characteristically honest and uncompromising
Lessons: teach history properly-don’t leave out the uncomfortable bits.
Thanks John 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
#BHM2020
How do we improve outcomes for children & young people from Black and ethnic minority backgrounds? Session led by
@barnardos
with their young ambassadors and
@NHS_RHO
.
#KFTimeForAction
Talking with my taxi driver in D.C. this afternoon - He is an immigrant from Ethiopia and it turns out his daughter is a medical student
@MayoClinic
I’ll always remember what he told me:
“Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.”
Thanks to
@Tesco
and
@salvationarmyuk
for providing clothing for premature babies. Having a premature baby is often a surprise and can be a difficult time, so having specialist baby clothing available will be one less worry for parents while their baby receives specialist care.
All NHS premature baby units in England are receiving specialist baby clothing thanks to
@Tesco
and
@SalvationArmyUK
— helping parents in what is often a difficult time.
All 23,000 packs contain bodysuits, hats and mitts to help more babies just like Roman, Ruby and Ali.
What an emotional start to the day! The launch of this amazing film poem by Tony Walsh
@LongfellaPoet
at
@RMCHhosp
. Take a few minutes to watch this *may need tissues* 💚
NHS England » NHS announces £127m maternity boost for patients and families
£45M capital funding to increase neonatal cots. I’m sure
@Blisscharity
@BAPM
will welcome this long awaited funding for our babies and families
#NICU
A really humbling experience. Kudos to all the fighters on the night. Great grit💪🏾
@ricmoylan
🙏🏾 Thanks for all the fabulous financial support to NICU
@MFT_SMH
We did it team
@TheChristieNHS
and team St Mary’s Hospital. The GM Single Service MDT for Gynae-onc went live. Few technical glitches but all dealt with respectfully and patients first.
#better4patients
#better4everyone
Thank you for your presence and support of the event 🙏🏾
Lots more to do but I was humbled to note that this event has led to a few more people signing up for the vaccine
@charleskod
@cahn_gm
This afternoon I joined
@charleskod
and an inspirational panel of Black doctors at a
@cahn_gm
#COVID19
discussion on
#vaccine
safety. Thank you to the 1,400 people who tuned in.
Transparency and community engagement are vital to ensuring people get the information they need. 💉💉
The Age Proud competition is open to anyone in Greater Manchester and will generate a bank of positive and realistic images of older people 📸
We will have more details, including how to enter very soon ⏰
#AgeProudPics
#GMOPNInfluencing
How wonderful
Happy world prematurity day🙏🏾
Thanks for recognising it
@MFT
@MFT_SMH
Shows that our smallest patients are considered to be just as important as all our patients and rightly so
#WorldPrematurityDay2020
It was such an exciting day yesterday when some of the team from
@ManUtd
were able to visit NICU in
@MFT_SMH
yesterday and bring smiles to patients, parents and staff alike! ❤️
Two things close to my heart in one! Manchester and Neonates
Thanks Made in Manchester Awards (MiMA) for supporting a fantastic neonatal charity
@SpoonsCharity
#NICU
@promanchester
🎫 Enter our MiMA Charity Raffle
@SpoonsCharity
We will be raising much needed funds for Spoons Neonatal Family Support by hosting a raffle on the night of the MiMAs. We have some fantastic prizes up for grabs.
follow the instructions and enter here:
🎥 TONIGHT on
@BBCNWT
Dr Edmond Edi-Osagie, Consultant Gynaecologist at
@MFT_SMH
will be live in the North West Tonight Studio to discuss the impact of
#Endometriosis
which affects 1.5 million women in the UK.
📺 Tune in to BBC at 6.30pm for more.
So pleased my mum Elaine is involved in Manchester older people’s board. She has helped to make Greater Manchester is the first age-friendly city region in UK.
Answering questions from the floor, Andy talks about how transport is essential for reducing isolation in older people. They need to be able to access transport stops and also be able to afford it too. Community transport services like Ring and Ride are vital.
#GMOPNTransport
Well done to all of our amazing staff and everyone else who took part in the
@Great_Run
#TeamMFT
#nhs
blue wave today! We’re so incredibly proud of all of you whether you walked, ran, used a wheelchair or cheered people on!
#GreatManchesterRun
NHS: Over 3,000 more midwifery training places offered. Good news for my midwifery colleagues. Dear Mr Hunt please can we have some more neonatal nurses too?
#moreneonatalnurses
It’s
#WorldBreastfeedingWeek
!
🤱🏻🤱🏼🤱🏽🤱🏾🤱🏿
Being a parent is the most important job in the world. Parents need time to give their child the best start in life.
#Breastfeeding
is one of them!
Support mums breastfeed anytime, anywhere!
@GmWalks
@Chris_Boardman
@GmMoving
The desire to get out and about does not diminish in older age, nor does the variety of activities people like to do outdoors. Movement between amenities is vital for older people.
#BeeNetwork
We’ve had a great afternoon talking about what makes Manchester an Age-Friendly city. Find out what we’re doing to make Manchester a great place to grow older:
We're excited to share our new animation that has been months in the making! We hope that this can go a small way towards making new parents feel slightly more at ease when they find themselves unexpectedly in a
#NICU
#NICUParentsAnimation
This afternoon an open letter has been sent to
@EditorsUK
and
@NUJOfficial
calling on the UK media to be responsible in its language and portrayal of older people in coverage around COVID-19.
The letter has been signed by
@tmbc_leader
,
@Ageing_Better
and
@GMOPN1
👇👇👇
A really good listen for parents of prem babies and for us the doctors and nurses who look after them too. “The milking shed” description of the expressing room 😊. The impact of neonatal care on parents shouldn’t be underestimated
#nicu
#nicuparents
Francesca Segal’s twin daughters were born prematurely at 30 weeks. She spent 56 days with her girls in hospital. She told Woman's Hour about 5 things she wished she’d known about being the parent of a premature baby:
@francescasegal
#mothership
Brilliant presentation by dr michelle parr on the importance of breastmilk to prem babies. Absolutely amazing! Eg prem milk eg double protein than term baby milk. Less lactose in prem milk coz preterm slightly lactose intolerant. And so much more.
Was a fab day. Thanks to the families from 10 years ago who came back to celebrate with us. Inspired by your progress and stories to continue to do my best for my babies
#NICU
@MFT_SMH
📸☕️ A few more snaps from the afternoon tea party on NICU yesterday, marking our 10th birthday at our current site.
It was brilliant to welcome back former colleagues and families to celebrate with current staff! Happy 10th Birthday to us! 🍰🥳🙌🎉
👉
What makes my mums
@EAnionwu
#PrideOfBritain
award extra special to me is knowing where her story started. Hers is an inspiring story of achievement in the face of adversity, that is as heartbreaking as it is heartwarming. It’s all in her book!
"Representation of the black community should be at all levels." Elaine Unegbu
@GMOPN1
presenting now at the
@Ageing_Better
webinar on the cumulative inequalities of age and ethnicity.
👇
Today is NEC awareness day. Spare a thought for all the babies we’ve lost through NEC 😢 and think of what we as a neonatal community can do to reduce NEC and highlight on your WRs and staff communication today.
#NECawareness
#breastfeeding
#NEC
Did you know older adults should aim to be active for at least 150 minutes over a week (or 30 minutes, five days a week)?
Physical activity and exercise can help you stay healthy, energetic and independent as you get older.
#GMActiveAgeing
1. Intubation without a video laryngoscope 2. Invasive blood gas measurements instead of transcutaneous monitoring 3.Hypothermia in babies without HIE 4.Parents excluded from WRs 5.Siblings not allowed to visit 6. Paper notes
We’re delighted to share Manchester Paediatric Surgery Specialist Training ranked 1st nationally for overall satisfaction in GMC Survey of trainees
#GMC
@RMCHosp
@RMCH_PaedSurg
🥇⭐️
Making sure we input all our data as best we can on badger. You look fab “badger warrior” armed with black and white sweets for staff too 😊 Good care includes collecting good data
#NICU
#NNAP
#neonataldata
Breaking news! I love the new title 😊
“Seven Dials has acquired world rights to Dame Elizabeth Anionwu’s memoir ‘Dreams From My Mother’ The book was originally self-published.
.it will be a lead title.., .with new material as a paperback original, e-book & audio, in June 2021.”
Excellent neonatal surgical study day. Looking forward to to next years study day already. Thanks to
@baldie76
@kristintanney
and my surgical colleagues
@RMCH_PaedSurg
for organising 👏🏾👍🏾
Thank you to
@DavidLinden
for highlighting our
#ParentsArentVisitors
campaign in Parliament today.
@MattHancock
rightly acknowledges profound impact on parents, and we are delighted that he is willing to meet to discuss these issues further.