Loved working on outcome measures with this international group! Here is our newly published paper:
JCM | Free Full-Text | An International, Multidisciplinary Consensus Set of Patient-Centered Outcome Measures for Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders mdpi.com/2077-0383/13/7…

Tues 30th April: I will be talking about ‘Living with Chance, Luck and Coincidence’, at Perse School, Cambridge CB2 8QF. In aid of the excellent Sick Children’s Trust (I benefited from their charity).
Wine 19.00hr. Talk 19.30hr. £15.00 (including wine). [email protected]

Suicide is the biggest cause of death in men under 50.

Learn the skills to start conversations about suicide. The training from Zero Suicide Alliance only takes 20 minutes, and could help save a life. #ZeroMaleSuicide zerosuicidealliance.com/training

Please share widely and take part in this international study if your child plays video games. The team are interested in learning about the video gaming behaviours of children and caregivers, and their spending habits. Thank you! Henrietta Bowden-Jones

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Boat Race 2024: Cambridge beat Oxford to retain men's title bbc.in/3xk9W0H

NEW today, Centre for Mental Health report commissioned by MHN Chief Executive on the economic and social costs of mental ill health in England in 2022. The total of £300 billion is equivalent to twice the NHS budget that year. It’s a huge cost, mostly paid by people living with mental illness

All living UK Chief Medical Officers support the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.

Smoking kills and harms very large numbers. Most smokers wish they had never started but are trapped by addiction.

A smoke-free generation would be a major health advance.

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Please take part in this international study if your child plays video games. The team are interested in learning about the video gaming behaviours of children and caregivers, and their spending habits in video games. Thank you! Henrietta Bowden-Jones
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Absolutely brilliant musician Maya Youssef will be on my favourite podcast #addtoplaylist BBC Radio 4 on Friday 29th March. Have a listen to her being interviewed by me for the Emotional Baggage series bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c… in which she tells me about her love for the qanun

In House of Lords ‘Lord Speaker’s Lecture’ with Baroness Kidron and Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General
I asked If industry can not demonstrate safety should it be stopped from trading? His reply ‘When industry harms users, we need a proportionate punishment. We are not doing enough. Impressive!

And here we are!! ⁦Matt Gaskell⁩ about to introduce the event. Room filled with people who care about eradicating gambling harms ⁦Gambling with Lives⁩

Historical Day as I head to Sheffield to make a speech and mark the occasion at the opening of the last of the fifteen ⁦NHS England⁩ gambling clinics!! We have made it! No postcode lottery for the treatment of gambling harms across the whole country. ⁦Claire Murdoch⁩

statutory levy, agreed and we need to quickly get that circa £100m paying for education, prevention, research and treatment. NHS, primary care and third sector. Some great providers to build a better future with. BUT tough fines for predatory industry tactics still essential!

Please come to our national conference on Fri 10th May in Cambridge. The Medical Women's Federation is the largest organisation of women doctors & medical students in the UK. Please join us! +/- Dinner Thurs 9 May.
All welcome including allies. Book
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Here is the second part with my statement as Founder and Director of the first of the fifteen NHS clinics. Incredible work from ⁦NHS England to meet the 2019 longterm plans. Well done! ⁩ ⁦Claire Murdoch⁩ ⁦Amanda Pritchard⁩

In two parts: ⁦NHS England⁩ statement on the expansion of gambling clinics from one to fifteen delivering on time a national network of evidence based interventions. Fantastic work all round!! ⁦Amanda Pritchard⁩ ⁦Claire Murdoch⁩

There is no room for gambling adverts on London transport. These should have been banned years ago. The young must be protected. Act now ⁦Mayor of London⁩
Sadiq Khan urged to honour pledge and ban gambling adverts from transport network | standard.co.uk/news/london/sa…

Attending the Brain and Risky Decision-making symposium hosted by Bryan F. Singer SARIC Henrietta Bowden-Jones and funded by Academic Forum for the Study of Gambling (AFSG).