Labour WIN: Congratulations to Kim McGuinness, the new Labour North East Mayor🌹

Am I living in some sort of alternate universe where Teesside represents the last glimmer of hope for the Conservative Party’s General Election prospects How did this happen?

Some of the PoCo study team are in Liverpool today, for the Royal College of Midwives 💙 conference. Come and have a chat if you're here - John, Paul, George and Ringo loved hearing all about our latest findings!

Presenting findings from the The PoCo Study today at the Royal College of Midwives 💙 #rcmconf24 😃 come and chat with us!

Great to see findings & recommendations from the ⁦North East Smokefree NHS Taskforce⁩ staff tobacco dependency offer evaluation Support at work acceptable to NHS staff & having that support by trained advisors & in the workplace should be a key priority for employers northeastnorthcumbria.nhs.uk/news/posts/sup…

Had a great time today presenting findings from the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria supported NENC NHS staff tobacco dependency offer evaluation North East Smokefree NHS Taskforce at #SSM2024 Society for Social Medicine & Population Health (my first conference presentation!) and also getting chance to explore Glasgow :)

Response to Kemi Badenoch's "Conservatism in Crisis" from our CEO, James Cusack (James Cusack). Badenoch's comments are part of a damaging and, unfortunately, growing trend where people attempt to use issues like #autism and #neurodiversity to gain political capital by making

Kemi Badenoch’s comments and the statements in the ‘Conservatism in Crisis’ document are not only offensive to autistic people but detached from reality and demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding of autism and disability: bit.ly/4f3Rr13 1/4

Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We’re concerned that people with mental health problems could be pushed to have conversations about work when they’re most unwell. 🧵1/7

Out now! The Autistic Postgraduate Woman by Dr Sophie Phillips is available to order. With a foreword by Amy Pearson this book is packed full of essential information and a holistic view of current research. Dr Sophie Phillips Learn more and order here: bityl.co/SRqr

Thank you to all those involved in making #NFNC2024 happen & in contributing to knowledge exchange today!

Great talk by Dr Gina Nguyen Giang Nguyen at the #NFNC2024 Nourishing Futures Network

🧵 THREAD 🧵 Autistic Burnout: Understanding & Preventing It Autistic burnout is more than just feeling exhausted. It’s a state of overwhelming physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion that uniquely impacts those of us who are autistic. Let’s explore it...

And that’s a wrap for #NFNC2024 please continue to tag us in your content! A huge well done to our network leads and local organising committee for a brilliant inaugural conference 🙌🏽

This quote from Luke Beardon beautifully highlights the complexity of autism. The idea of assigning a "severity grade" doesn’t capture the true experience of being autistic. It’s not about levels, but understanding that the experience of autism is fluid & diverse. #Autism

We are pleased to announce that 9 UK universities have been selected to make up the NIHR Challenge: Maternity Disparities Consortium. The consortium aims to tackle #inequalities in #maternity outcomes. Research will aim to lead to measurable improvements in care and outcomes

My first published paper!!! Supported by North East and North Cumbria NHS North East Smokefree NHS Taskforce NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria Evaluating the acceptability of the North East Smokefree NHS Taskforce offer for NHS staff across the NENC Read the full paper here: mdpi.com/1660-4601/22/3…

You can read more about this work, here ⬇️ tinyurl.com/STDONENC24 There is also a plain language summary of this research paper on our Evidence Hub⬇️ tinyurl.com/52uraete

@ Newcastle Uni students!! 5 days left to apply for my summer internship role: mycareer.ncl.ac.uk/leap/jobs.html… A great opportunity to be apart of meaningful health research (autism and maternity) and also you get to spend your summer working with me! What more could you want 🙂‍↕️