It’s a big week! After 10 years, we're proud that we've reached over 15K families, with measurable positive outcomes for young children & families in Lambeth. This Weds we're presenting our learning & we hope it will pave the way for continued improvements for babies & families👇

Delighted to have been elected Chair of the Health and Social Care Select Committee Health and Social Care Committee. From GPs to dentists, maternity services to mental health there is much to do. The committee has a vital role to play scrutinising govt as it tackles these challenges.

We (understandably) often jump to deaths as a result of NHS underfunding or other failure when we discuss it but there’s also just so many people having a worse quality of life than they (we) need to. Deaths are the tip of the iceberg.

Hasn't he actually said that they will come up with a 10 year plan, by the Spring?

Glad to see that this @AIMS letter will be good for the post-Darzi pile, as Ministers work their way through 'sorting maternity'. It contains some great suggestions for the next 10 Year Plan :-) Wes Streeting MP

Stephanie deGiorgio Just on process, we can insist that the draft 10 year plan goes out to full public consultation as a starter. And a good first step before that would be the production of a thorough assessment of the existing plan, and progress made.

First observation: I'm finding it unusual to see so many of these in a PM speech: "[Please note political content redacted here.]". Now on to the substance! gov.uk/government/spe…

Mairi A good example of prevention, perhaps? Your brief low cost intervention treated the issue & prevented a lengthy precautionary admission? Is this intervention offer standard, supported by all HCPs? (Ps: What's the likelihood baby will stay head down?)

At the EJOG editors meeting yesterday, we vowed to stamp out fake research. We learned methods to detect it. If you made up your data, don't send it to EJOG. We'll catch you.

Delighted to meet a cardiac physiologist this week. So, where do physiologists specialising in maternity hang out? I'd love to connect, inc re aims.org.uk call for physiology informed maternity services The Physiological Society Alison Wright 💙 Melanie wildman Octavia Wiseman Christine McCourt

Thanks to aims.org.uk for publishing this piece of mine, in response to their call for articles on the theme of trust. "I have come to dislike having to refer to local NHS services in their organisational form as trusts. It feels like ... a particular kind of gaslighting"

Kids in school uniforms being forced to cosplay as 'mini, middle-class office workers'. Brilliant. Almost nailed it😉 Do school leaders even know what usual attire of that group is? The age of daily wearing of jackets and ties is long gone in all but minority of workplaces🙄

Why are consent forms etc in NHS deployed so randomly? Case 1: non-emergency outpatient ultrasounds, same area, one org uses them/another doesn't. Case 2: local MRI, private contractor: no consent form nor patient feedback tool. Information provision also varies.

I looked after my mum with advanced dementia, and I wished to promote her dignity, autonomy and independence as far as I could. But there comes a time where complete independence is actually unsafe, and you have to prioritise safety. There's an important lesson in there.

Having space to think & slow down- clinical supervision, peer support etc- is key for decent care. It's about the state of mind of the care-giver, to feel supported & keep perspective. When are we going to genuinely commit to this rather that it being an add-on "if there's time"?

What would the average UK food shop/ supermarket layout look like if everyone actually followed UK Govt dietary recs/ the eatwell (A FutureLearn course is provoking thoughts!) #PublicHealth #HealthyEating Andrew Gwynne MP

Looking forward to chairing the NHS Race & Health Observatory this group nhsrho.org/what-we-do/adv… tomorrow with Daghni Rajasingam. We will focus on equity& equality review of our work past, present &future. Also thanks&call to further action at our partners meeting tomorrow pm nhsrho.org/what-we-do/adv…

Have just been reading a 20yr old recommendation re chaperones that has been patchily implemented but still not - as far as I can tell - evaluated. Anyone?