Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team Lewis Hamilton Three trips to Silverstone in her three years of life! First trip all she could say was ‘car’ (her first word). Now she can tell everyone who her favourite driver is: Sir Lewis Hamilton! ❤️ today was incredible!

Trust, neighbourhoods and communities set up to enable children’s play & mobility, norms which ‘permit’ it, good and affordable childcare, appropriate risk and sensible assessments of ‘threats’. These seem to be the Norwegian ingredients for childhood. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

Glorious 3 mile walk in the peaks with my little legend yesterday. She walked the whole way and was mostly powered by haribos and singing increasingly ridiculous made-up songs featuring sheep, police men and bridges made out of glass.

Read about our new project funded by the NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Programme! Claire Ashmore NIHR School for Primary Care Research Dr Georgina Fletcher

Putting the ‘Social’ into Frailty: operationalising social frailty for health and social care in the UK. A little about our new development project - sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/putti…

‘There’s something special about making a difference’: community nurses step up – a photo essay. So proud of my sister Anna Darwick who is featured in this. She is an inclusion nurse who supports homeless people in Hull A&E. theguardian.com/society/articl…

I shared my story of bringing my lived-experience of mental ill health to my academic research. It’s been a journey. Thanks to the ⁦The McPin Foundation⁩ for their support and to the NIHR Three Schools Mental Health Programme for funding the research. ⁦ arc-yh.nihr.ac.uk/resources/blog…

Finding it hard to concentrate on work (or anything) with the awful events in our country.

We are delighted to share this Voices blog by Ruth Naughton-Doe , NIHR Postdoctoral Research Fellow School for Business and Society who reviews her recent research and findings on preventing perinatal #loneliness buff.ly/4cpkTgm @pn_loneliness #perinatalmentalhealth

What can Health Visitors do, and what do they need, to reduce perinatal loneliness? A blog post for the Institute for Health Visiting, who have been a fantastic partner in this research. #loneliness ihv.org.uk/news-and-views…

An interesting piece of work from Ruth Naughton-Doe on perinatal loneliness and potential health visitation solutions. ihv.org.uk/news-and-views…

What are parents' experiences of perinatal loneliness? Ruth Naughton-Doe' key findings from the Solutions for Perinatal Loneliness study, shed light on the lived experiences of parents, and provide solutions for change to policy and practice. Read more: figshare.com/articles/onlin… #PerinatalMentalHealth

Everyone should read this Lucy Jones The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

My research into solutions for loneliness also explored fathers’ experiences. Check it out- be great to hear feedback.

The comments section on Lucy Jones’ fantastic Guardian article on new motherhood and loneliness are really worth a read.

Sign up today for our event Father-inclusion and the Family Hubs: ‘what works’ in engaging Dads. It will be a great day for working together to explore the next steps for improving father inclusion.

This moving and raw article by Lucy Jones in the The Guardian highlights the loneliness and isolation often felt in motherhood and features the much-needed research of Ruth Naughton-Doe Solutions for Perinatal Loneliness: theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a… #PerinatalMentalHealth

Couple of upcoming events about supporting dads to remind you about! Please do join if of interest! NCRM ‘Dad Data’ course with Rebecca Goldman fatherhoodinst 11/9/24 Online ncrm.ac.uk/training/show.… Father-inclusion in the Family Hubs 8/10/24 F2F eventbrite.co.uk/e/father-inclu…

I finally made a Link Tree (link in profile) and maybe I did achieve my childhood dream of being a writer, after all? Maybe not the writer I imagined, but a writer nonetheless. And there’s still time!