Dear 🇬🇧, The current state of UK medicine - a brief 🧵 Exactly 1 week ago, I felt I had no choice but to resign from giving a keynote speech at this year's Royal College of Physicians annual conference. The behaviour of the College leadership left me no choice. 1/n x.com/doctor_oxford/…

Sunak and Tories already caught cheating by pretending his audience is valid except it contained two pre-arranged Tory councillors asking questions There is no bar too low!!! No lie too shallow No cheat too small For a Conservative #GeneralElection

Today is World Blood Cancer Day, but across the globe, awareness of blood cancer remains shockingly low. Help us #SayBloodCancer by sharing this video with your family and friends. Thank you. ❤️

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Britain is not a member of the World Economic Forum. The man’s a joke. But make no mistake, plenty of conspiracy theorists & other idiots will lap this up…

Andrew Tate is facing "charges in Romania of human trafficking, rape, and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women". Farage praised him. Let that sink in. theguardian.com/politics/artic…

A powerful sculpture by Sophie Muller and a picture that speaks so many sad words . We can and must do better for our young people.🧠🌱

Becoming a trauma informed,trauma responsive, attachment aware, and sensitive school means recognising the power of relationships. This needs to be embedded into every policy and procedure.🧠🌱

Four weeks today and on what is my darling boys #foreveryoung 16th birthday ; I launch my annalouise.wales memoir Life: a story of believing where I have opened up fully about Stuart Bates and frasers tragic passing and NHS Organ Donation💗🫀🫁 to setting up Believe Organ Donor Support.

#OTD 1966 • The Aberfan Disaster 🥀 On Friday morning, the 21st of October 1966, a wave of coal waste slid down the Aberfan Valley, taking the lives of 116 children and 28 adults with it. #Wales #History

Nurture isn’t a room, but should be every room in a school. Creating a nurturing environment that allows children to learn, grow and explore their potential. 🧠🌱

The most overused, oddly glorified, yet under-respected topic on the internet: Childhood Trauma. It’s why your dad won’t cry, your relationships don’t stick, and why you feel exhausted every morning. Here’s what trauma is—and how to reverse its effects (backed by science): 🧵

After our physiological needs are met,we need to biologically attach. We have brain circuitry wired for attachment (limbic).Within schools, attachment should come before everything. It's all about attachment. For pupis, it's an absolute necessity. Everything else will follow.🧠🌱

We explored Bruce D. Perry, M.D.,Ph.D. 's Neurosequential model of the brain during our Family Wellbeing workshop. We practiced tapping as a method to calm our nervous system. Then, children explored the lighthouse classroom Parting words were peaceful, relaxed, heard, involved, & hopeful.

It looks like a wet weekend ahead but there’s a lot of local history to watch on this ‘Little Knowledge Podcast’ YouTube Channel, in particular the episodes about the Tredegar family that owned much of the land in our area. youtube.com/@littleknowled…

I'm doing a free giveaway to celebrate the publication of my latest book! Like and retweet to enter (UK only). Winner announced on Sunday. Link to find out more about the book below. #freebie #giveaway

We need more trauma informed care and trauma responsive education in our school settings. This gives our young people hope,healing, and builds resilience.🧠🌱

This could prove very useful I guess to local geneaolgists. 'Find My Past' (vailable free in the local library) had just added three sets of Cardiff Catholic Records to their collection. I've searched 'Roath' and it looks like St Perter's recods are included.

When our young people are highly stressed ,fight/flight/freeze response,they will have high levels of cortisol(stress hormone).This makes it harder for them to think,make decisions, reflect, problem solve & access learning.🧠🌱

A Common Oak, dating back to the late 1700s toppled in Roath Park Botanical Gardens yesterday, on Winter Solstice. It would have started growing a hundred years before Roath Park was in the late 1800s. cardiffparks.org.uk/.../quercus-ro…