#RandomThoughts 1. It takes longer to recover from physical injury in your 50s. 2. Order the 10th anniversary edition of Year of Yes. 3. My soup was chicken soup for the soul. 4. Hope is around the corner. 5. ☕️ will be the fuel that sustains me. #MyLifeAsMarsha

As I get older I feel like the work of mid-life, as a parent, is understanding the shadow cast by the decisions of your own parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Along with the pain they suffered through. And not casting that onto your children, and the generations that will follow.

#RandomThoughts 1. Another day of DIY. This time painting. 2. It’s soup season. Chicken soup is the order of the day. 3. Can’t believe Diane Keaton is no longer with us. 4. Finding time to write can be challenging. 5. Busy busy week ahead. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Wet days are ahead. 2. More Vinted sales. 😁 3. Time to get the Velvetiser out. 4. Highlights for Oct: Dracula, BBC Radio 4, Stylist Lice. 5. In search of a new winter coat. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. October is here. Ready for Autumn. 2. Teenagers’ concept of time, moving at a glacial pace. 3. Peer to peer work culture is the best where I work. 4. Coffee and writing calls. #MyLifeAsMarsha

About last night. There were goosebumps and almost tears. Brilliant performance by BBC Symphony Orchestra for Radio 3 at @southbank who excelled at Bridgeton and Beyond. A winning score had to be a toss up between Pride & Prejudice and Downton Abbey. #classicalmusic #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Winter planning… 2. When the team is multi-tasking… 3. Need to get a grip on digital. 4. Need to be inspired to run in this weather. 5. There’s a difference between lack of response and being tone deaf. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Autumn has officially started, crisp and sunny weather. 2. Time to get those darker colours out. 3. I’ve started running. 4. Struggling with writing. 5. Need more coffee in my life. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. A bit of a potter and wander on Burleigh House and John Clare cottage. 2. Feeling renewed after a fireside chat. 3. Found my favourite 🥀 4. Am I ready for work? Maybe. 5. Running shoes have arrived today! #MyLifeAsMarsha

We need agency to act to make changes in the health system, yet we are always seeking permission. We need to start modelling data looking at burden of disease, against mortality, birth rates, sickness absence, demographics, census to understand population health and demand/supply for healthcare.

#RandomThoughts 1. I have no time for flag shaggers. 2. Still a bumpy road with A’ levels in a new school. 3. Life admin to buy trainers, chiropractor and therapist. 4. Writing of a different kind. 5. But first coffee to set the tone of the day. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. If you’re travelling today to London, please be careful. 2. Never felt so intimidated as I did today, so much chanting and rage. 3. The flag has been taken hostage. How do we reclaim the flag back? 4. Going to a 🧵 picnic. There’s beauty and kindness in this world. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Captured my thoughts on a 🍌 at @kscopehealth.bsky.social event on What’s Next for the 10 Year Health Plan. 2. 🙏🏽 for the Overground this week. 3. Walked thousands of steps. Nothing recorded on Strava. 4. In rest and recovery mode. 5. Another essay in the making. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It has been an adventure travelling this week 2. Sad that we no longer have the cycle to work scheme at work 3. L&D seems to have paused. Paying for my own L&D is happening more. 4. Looking forward to hearing more on the 10 Year Health Plan 5. Today is my Friday #MyLifeAsMarsha

Resharing to raise awareness.

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSE stress over. 2. As a single income earner, I’m forever doing the mental maths. 3. Loving the swish of this skirt. 4. DIY seems never ending in my home. 5. Seeking solace in writing. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Working this weekend, but mentally planning for the week ahead. Excited to be starting my new Trustee role, allowing me to not only gain board experience but also give back, sharing my expertise in making a difference to local health services. #MyLifeAsMarsha

A free chicken pox vaccine will be offered to children as part of their vaccination programme from January. It will be given in a joint vaccine for measles, mumps & rubella, replacing MMR with the MMRV vaccine. It is the 1st addition to the childhood vaccination programmes for a decade. 1/2

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSEs stress almost over. 2. Still more DIY and gardening to do. 3. More decluttering with clothes going on Vinted. 4. Mindset preparing for winter. 5. The silence continues with this restructure. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Yesterday’s walk at Chess Valley reminded me that there are some beautiful scenic places outside of London, you just need to be prepared to travel out further (for me it was Chorleywood on the Metropolitan Line).

#RandomThoughts 1. GCSE stress almost over. What school will it be? 2. Off to my Bootstrappers’ walk with my fellow economists, statisticians, analysts. 3. Not feeling Nottingham Hill this year. 4. More DIY this weekend 5. I’ve had many proud mumma moments but Thursday tops them all. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Vulnerability is the soil where trust grows. How far are we willing to self disclose parts ourselves in work in a world where we seek perfection? #workculture #MyLifeAsMarsha

A milestone of 100 Community Diagnostic Centres open across evenings & weekends has been reached in England. They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes. Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS. 1/2

#RandomThoughts 1. Scenic walk, exploring new spaces. 2. GCSE results on Thursday. 3. Pretty fed up with my local gym at Virgin Active. 4. Signed up to hear more about #10YearHealthPlan from @kscopehealth.bsky.social 5. Exploring Trustee roles to gain board experience. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Cake for breakfast. 2. Chores today, they seem never ending. 3. Third BBC Proms later with BF. 4. Nerves creeping up with GCSEs next week. Decisions for a new school. 5. More DIY. Modernising a house seems to take forever. #MyLifeAsMarsha

I really should be doing something productive but I’m enjoying snoozing on the sofa as I’m going out later. Four nights in a row, and going out tomorrow night as well. Finally getting that work life balance. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. It’s M’s birthday today. Sweet 16. 2. There’s always some DIY, even today. 3. I’m burning to a crisp in this sunshine but that’s okay. 4. More writing… 5. Feeling re-energised in a health policy space. #MyLifeAsMarsha

"The UK health system remains under severe strain, and doctors’ perceptions of patient safety failings remain concerning, showing minimal improvement in recent years." www.gmc-uk.org/about/what-w...

#RandomThoughts 1. Working this weekend 2. 16th birthday around the corner. 3. This month is packed with theatre, theatre and more theatre. 4. More DIY planned this weekend. 5. In reflective mode. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Today I’ve been mostly writing, this time using voice notes and then transcribing, and fleshing out the context. Seems like an arduous process but I’m getting somewhere with this essay, which is the important thing. #IAmWriting #MyLifeAsMarsha

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

#RandomThoughts 1. Delightful weekend with @drivana.bsky.social 2. Listening on loop Ocean Eyes, Easy on me, and Survive. 3. DIY and gym tomorrow. 4. Need to master a top stitch. 5. Werk, work, wuk. Whatever you call it, it will not define me. #MyLifeAsMarsha

What the last 5 days of strikes have shown me: 1. Lessons identified are done for a reason, learn from this 2. People not being afraid to roll up their sleeves to ensure services are continued 3. People’s true behaviours show up in crisis, while others are calm, others less so #NHS #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Strikes = long days 2. I’m Prom happy. 3. The team finally feels seen. 4. What do you call someone you’re dating in your 50s? 5. Embracing colour in my life. #MylifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. What does “integration” really mean? 2. I’ve been thrown under the bus this week. 3. Exercise, exercise, exercise 4. First day off after working seven days straight. 5. My brain has turned into mush. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Forgot what it was like to travel into the office every day! Remember those days? It has been a busy week that has left me drained dealing with office politics. And that’s before I fully digest the 10 year Health Plan. #work #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. I’ve still got it. 2. Feeling better losing post holiday weight. 3. Chores, something to escape from, but needs doing. 4. I’ve been graded “For improvement” - not work related! 5. Jet lag slowly going. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Being playful with makeup. 2. I have a new found respect for foster carers. 3. Suffering from a serious case of jet lag. 4. Tired of being the “strong one”. 5. Tea and toast for dinner because I’m too tired. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. Tobago hits differently to Trinidad. 2. This natural glow on my face is mostly sweat and being sunburnt. 3. Eating all my favourite foods. 4. It’s all about the beach but my heart will always be in Durdle Door. 4. Reconnecting with family. #MyLifeAsMarsha

#RandomThoughts 1. The devil is in the detail. 2. Travelling light. 3. Oct half term break booked. 4. Ice cream weather. 5. Slowly switching off. #MyLifeAsMarsha

I would review Change4Life, what worked, what didn’t, what could we do more of and build on this. I would also go wider than obesity because of the stigma, focusing on nutrition focusing on the health of individuals of all shapes and sizes.

#RandomThoughts 1. Reading The Vegetarian. Quiet violence that moves you. 2. Staying indoors enjoying a salad as it’s way too hot outside. 3. I’m outside, looking in, at all of these changes in health trying to make sense of it all. 4. Drinking non-alcohol, a mindset shift. #MyLifeAsMarsha

Calling upon my fellow Trinis. Hope you’ll support my friend Clare Adam, who has published her second novel, Love Forms. A gripping read from start to finish. St Joseph’s Convent alma mater supporting her at the Author’s Club. #TrinidadFiction #MyLifeAsMarsha

First festival for the year. 🙏🏽 #OliviaRodrigo for an amazing performance at #HydePark. Next year, I’ll be wearing sequinned hot pants as festival wear looked more like going to the shops! Loved surprise appearance by Ed Sheeran. More summer concerts to follow. #MyLifeAsMarsha

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