ITV London Sickle Cell Society This should have never happened in this day and age. I am shocked and angry that this can still happen in a hospital in London in 2019. How embarrassing for medical staff and the hospital to admit ignorance about Sickle Cell Disease and lack of care. Shame on you all!

Our thoughts are with the family of Evan Nathan Smith in light of the inquest into his death. It is further evidence that more awareness and training on sickle cell is desperately needed within the NHS to avoid preventable deaths of people living with SCD. itv.com/news/london/20…

For #worldhealthday we're drawing attention to the Sickle Cell Society exhibition ‘Our Journey Our Story: History and Memory of Sickle Cell Anaemia in Britain 1950-2020', currently displayed digitally on BCA. Read more here: bcaexhibits.org/exhibits/our-j… #sicklecellawareness

"art was something that was in me all the time, even when things around me failed." – Laurel Brumant- Palm View the full Sickle Cell Society exhibition on display at BCA: bcaexhibits.org/our-journey #SickleCellAwareness #worldhealthday

How do people with sickle cell disease navigate life, work & the NHS? How can they communicate the pain of an invisible illness to doctors, colleagues & family? View the full Sickle Cell Society exhibition on display at BCA: bcaexhibits.org/our-journey #worldhealthday

'2021 And We Still Cry' is the latest Real Lives blog by Laurel in memory of Evan Smith & Richard Okorogheye. Read the full blog here: sicklecellsociety.org/2021-and-we-st… #SickleCell #Blog

On 4 May at 4pm, Rosemary Cresswell (Wall) will be talking to Dr Stephanie Snow Voices of Our NHS and Dr Gareth Millward Gareth Millward about vaccination programmes present and past. More news on how to join our NHS History webinar soon.

You can now see our exhibition in person at the BCA! Alinta Sara isn't on Twitter but she has worked so hard to bring this to life. The BCA have been so flexible & helpful through successive lockdowns. & thank you always to the people who shared their stories with this project.

My first article, '‘A British Problem Affecting British People’: Sickle Cell Anaemia, Medical Activism and Race in the National Health Service, 1975–1993' is now available open access at TCBH Journal! academic.oup.com/tcbh/article/3…

This is going to be amazing! Congrats Peder <3

My amazing colleague Alinta Sara is teaching a short course at Imperial College London on modern and contemporary African art — sign up and share imperial.ac.uk/evening-classe…

MURAL COMPLETE! 🥳🙌🏾 Huge thanks to muralist Michele Curtis from IconicBlkBritons, and Imperial Health Charity for making this possible. This mural reminds us of the work of so many African Women who contributed to the National Health Service - go see it at Charing Cross Hospital!

Thanks so much to the wonderful Nicola Allen and Becky Gilroy at RCN History of Nursing Forum for this!

I'm very excited to talk about the archives of Sickle Cell Society tomorrow at Wellcome Collection, joined by the legendary @EAnionwu, the UK's first sickle cell nurse counsellor. You can get online tickets here: wellcomecollection.org/events/ZACLQRQ…

I’ve previously used ‘postcode lottery’ to talk about the UK’s vast regional inequalities – from incomes to productivity. But this thoughtful paper by Grace Redhead & Rebecca Lynch traces the history of the term – from narrower use in mid-1990s on unfair access to the NHS to now...

...and is an excellent reminder that Britain's stubbornly high income & productivity gaps & now RISING child poverty gaps had no chance of narrowing via small pots of cash allocated by competitive bidding. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…