"Assessment is the hardest thing to change yet it’s the thing that’s shaping the students’ experience more than anything...." #highereducation #education buff.ly/3tRw7aI

Totally disgraceful behaviour from Kellogg’s. A better course of action would be to put the effort in to making healthier products instead!! theguardian.com/business/2022/…

Eid Mubarak to all friends and colleagues celebrating today!

Loneliness can be difficult, at the start of Mental Health Awareness week - reach out to a colleague, a friend, a stranger and make a difference in someone's day. Roz McMullan

An excellent thread to read for anyone working with patients and for families about cancer care and end of life decisions.

On 9-10 June, FPH and British Assn. for the Study of Community Dentistry are hosting a summer scientific meeting in Glasgow celebrating #50YearsofFPH and discussing ‘Build Back Better: Inclusion, Integration and Innovation’. Book your place here bascd-events.co.uk

Great opportunity for Consultant in Dental Public Health post - working both locally NHS DG and nationally Public Health Scotland youtu.be/4pBVe1syJMc

We all want to stop rising rates of obesity in Wales and create healthier communities. Have your say on the sale of energy drinks to under-16s, limiting hot food takeaways near schools, and other ways we can improve the health of people in Wales, here 👇 gov.wales/banning-energy…

We’ve published new research into the ongoing impact of COVID-19 on the dental sector. The reports indicate that profound challenges persist for both professionals and patients. Read the highlights and full reports gdc-uk.org/standards-guid…

Public Health Wales has welcomed the launch of a consultation by Welsh Government aimed at developing new ideas for legislation to improve the health of young people, and to stop the rising rates of obesity in Wales. More: ow.ly/ZnRm50JtCrj

The government, of course, thinks that healthy eating is a matter of individual responsibility. If so, why have obesity rates gone up? And why increased inequality in childhood obesity? A food strategy needs to deal with inequalities in healthy eating. theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Great opportunity for any dentists looking to work in Wales

Kellogg's loses court case! ”if it [breakfast cereal] contains excess fat, sugar or salt, that feature of the product is adverse to a child's health". And adding milk doesn’t change the fact that it contains sugar. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Help. How can I share the message that obesity increases the risk of #breastcancer recurrence by 35-40% without upsetting those women who were overweight when diagnosed or are struggling to lose post-treatment weight gain? BreastCancer Chat WW #BCCWW LobularBCUK tickoffbreastcancer

Conference organisers… which excuse will YOU use??

On call for Nottingham Neurology and i realised there is an epidemic of nitric oxide induced spinal cord and nerve damage. Terrifying to see paralysed young people from laughing gas canisters.

This is how you REALLY examine your breasts. Let me show you - What to look for Where to feel How to feel What a cancer might feel like I NEVER checked mine - I didn’t think I would get #breastcancer. I was wrong. Please share this with anyone who needs to learn

Invitation to all Dentists, DCPs and dental practice managers/receptionists to complete a U.K. wide survey evaluating dental team mental health and wellbeing #SDCEP #MINDSETUK #dentalteam #mentalhealth sdpbrn.org.uk/current-projec…

Despite widening oral health inequalities we currently have the lowest no. of specialists in dental public health on GDC register. Successive reorganisations have fragmented, exhausted and eroded the workforce. Need a plan Department of Health and Social Care NHS England BDA British Assn. for the Study of Community Dentistry Faculty of Public Health Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)