Absolutely buzzing, in August I'll be returning to NHS Maudsley for my specialty registrar training in child and adolescent psychiatry Royal College of Psychiatrists #choosepsychiatry

Working through the Cass Review. I'm struck by some parents concerned about their lack of involvement in social transition, but review doesn't look into WHY they're not involved. The page before mentions rejection and prejudice from peers, but none about this from some parents

Reading complete horror stories like this makes me so grateful that the psychodynamic training I’ve received had a relentless focus on thinking about what’s actually going in the room and with the person in front of me, and not getting lost in theory.

If I'm not active on Reddit, do I even exist? Am I ok?

Made focaccia last night, my partner combined it with a laoganma crispy fried egg. A perfect breakfast.

Utterly brilliant, we're so lucky to have Chris Whitty youtube.com/watch?v=lCUY7o…

Had a great time speaking to HFMA Healthcare Costing for Value Institute’s Value Masterclass today about our work implementing a system-wide fracture liaison service in Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System. We showed just how much you can achieve for patients when clinicians and finance colleagues work well together.

“I do not want to have these problems that are notoriously difficult to solve, about which there is no professional agreement. I do not want to embark on a years-long project dedicated to my own mind.” Lauren Oyler

Excellent essay!

newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

It was a great pleasure to attend the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Dennis Ougrin Barts and The London, Queen Mary. Dennis spoke about suicide & self harm in young people, therapeutic approaches & art groups for Ukrainian children. Proud of you, my friend Dennis Ougrin

It's always tricky to work out how NICE decides what topics to produce guidance on.

To address this, I spent most of my year at NICE building up its first ever unified approach to topic prioritisation, and now it's out for public consultation. Give it a read and comment!

I'm pleased to share details of a new app to support those with #eatingdisorders . Juniver provides in-the-moment support for ED urges. It's currently being evaluated in a clinical trial. More details below!

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

Where is funding going to be cut from? V little of this is in the control of A&Es themselves. Improving inpatient operational management and availability of hospital beds are the only ways to really move the needle on A&E waits.

There is so much happening in this article about James Joyce’s absolute nightmare of a grandson who controlled his estate, it’s golden granta.com/ecce-senex-ste…

People who insist on turkey as their Christmas bird have never eaten goose. Dry marinade with fivespice, lemon, lime, salt; glazed with honey during the roast.

Very proud to be involved in this utterly FASCINATING paper in Scientific Reports that looks at behavioural symptoms and #psychiatric disorders in children from the #Hadza tribe - one of the last remaining #huntergatherer tribes on Earth:

nature.com/articles/s4159…