Research=dating. I'm in the honeymoon phase of new project, coyly learning a new topic & waiting to find out its annoying quirks. Simultaneously, breaking up with an older project, feeling like I learnt a lot, but its me, not you (I've got to start the new project), but I will always love you.

Access to safe abortion protects the health of women and girls. As with all other health services, women and girls should be able to access safe and respectful abortion care, when they need it, without fear of harm, punishment or recrimination. #HealthForAll

Off to @local.gov.uk conf nxt week? #Liverpool. Join our PHIRST sessions @nihrlambethhdrc.bsky.social @helenmw66.bsky.social @dph-mashton.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @pvandergraaf.bsky.social @profkebrown.bsky.social @susiesykes.bsky.social @janedwills.bsky.social

I have evolved from following my dog round checking what's in her mouth, to following my dog round with her cooling mat and attaching a cold 'cape' in the form of a teatowel. #PokemonDogMumEvolution #Colddogizard

M&S using 'all the small things' for their latest ad. That's it, hell has frozen over.

I've always said David Tennant was my Doctor but damn, I'm claiming Ncuti Gatwa as my Doctor too!! 10/10 Doctoring! Knew he'd be excellent! #DrWho

Very worrying and not impressed by the veiled dig at junior docs who absolutely deserved their pay increase. I don;t know what to say! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can't believe no-one told me that the best way to stop scam calls is to drop your phone down the toilet #LifeHacks

*Free/subsidised place opportunities for NHS and Local Authority colleagues to attend the 2025 Society for Social Medicine and Population Health Annual Conference in Bradford (10-12 Sept)* 10 to those in the Bradford district; 10 from elsewhere in the UK and Ireland. Apply here: bit.ly/3FCh8JR

Great news for women's health and reducing health inequalities in the UK! Bravo! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yesterday was #SocialPrescribingDay. In a new blog, Loreen and Nurajahan explore the role of shared leadership in social prescribing. Read the full blog. buff.ly/w3zDbe9

Happy birthday, BF Skinner! (1904-1990) This quote, which rings even more true today than ever, is from Contingencies of Reinforcement: A Theoretical Analysis (1969)

Heathrow willing, we will be completing our data collection in NI next week for our process eval of the implementation of a whole systems approach to obesity! We're finding some really interesting stuff which we can't wait to share with you this summer! For more: phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

Come and play with us, lovely local governments! Check out our website for the sorts of evaluations we've done so far phirst.nihr.ac.uk WE WANT YOU!

Aah it's nice to be back in academia, receiving insane spam emails inflating my standing: "Dear Professor Lamming..." Sadly, I will respond to nothing less than my chosen honorific: Integalactic Leader of the Empire and Goose Juggler Extraordinaire, Madam Lamming. Predatory journals take note.

Our PHIRST Connect Team has published a research article on their evaluation of Green Health Prescriptions (GHPr) in Scotland using the APEASE criteria Acceptability Practicability Effectiveness Affordability Spillover effects Equity (1/8) rdcu.be/eaU19

Rollercoaster of a week for millenials, Buffy's Michelle Trachtenberg dead (sob, apparently she wrote her own invesnted story arc to convince stupid Whedon to give her a part, gotta respect the fandom) and 5ive reuniting. My heart is very conflicted!

Having an employer that supports wellbeing makes all the difference. This blog written for the Society of Occupational Medicine describes how SMEs can get over barriers they may face in supporting employee wellbeing www.som.org.uk/supporting-e... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social

Highly recommend going to see Buffy ReVamped while it's on tour. My cheeks hurt from laughing and I'm hoarse from whooping. #SpikeSlayed

THIS! A powerful, hopeful and enjoyable presentation of some really valuable work around the barriers and facilitators for politicians trying to change food policy for the better. Phenomenal 'elite participants' + excellent avocado earrings @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social Bravo!! #WholeSystemsApproach

As a public health researcher, my inability to spell 'imporving' and 'intervnetion' is the bane of my life....#improving #intervention #SpellCheckIsMyGod #publichealth

Women’s health has long been overlooked and neglected. Could digitalisation help improve this situation? Find out in Loreen Chikwira and Danielle Jefferies' new blog: www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Great that PHIRST Connect Green Health Prescription evaluation phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/... in @naturescot.bsky.social report Realising the Potential of Scotland's Natural Health Service www.nature.scot/doc/realisin... @profkebrown.bsky.social @lauralamming.bsky.social @afwellings.bsky.social

Listening to the inauguration. Think I sicked up in my mouth a bit...

Fixed it. "Trump's inauguration moved indoors to hide poor turnout this time around" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In other #PublicHealth news, thought this tool was interesting. But worried that it could be used like a shopping list by govts. to pick cheap interventions to use without considering local context or other not-included approaches blueprint.nesta.org.uk @davidjbuck.bsky.social seen this?

I think this emphasises how common sense sometimes is forgotten in the face of ethics constraints - ethics panels are there for a very good reason, but measured consideration must be used to ensure vulnerable, marginalised groups are still given (safe) opportunities to participate. #PublicHealth

Late to the game here, but loved this article championing the approach of using the "whole system of everyday policy making." We must go big, or go home. But do we have the visionaries in policy-making roles to deliver on this, I wonder? #WSA #PublicHealth

As I'm enjoying doing some WSA eval work in NI right now, I wanted to share some other work in the area. WSA's feel like the direction of travel and have so much potential. Local (and central) govts. should feel proud to invest in schemes that promise better futures beyond their tenure #PublicHealth

The irony is not lost on me ...

This should be my Friday spotlight public health tweet, and indeed I am back at work, but instead I'm going to reflect on how I can now confirm without a doubt that I'm old. I bought myself a debobbler for christmas and I'm so f*cking excited to crack that sucker out this weekend. #PublicHealthStuff

With advent calendars, decorations + gifts abounds, I have never spent quite so much time trying to figure out what my dog has in her mouth. (Its ok gang, it was a lamb braid this time...but she's side-eying me right now in a way that makes me feel I'm being lulled into a false sense of security.)

Had a heck of a good time @LettersLive last night - thankfully, this person shared some of the excellent letters read by Bumbleface Clumbersnatch and others. An absolute HOOT!

About to livestream the OHID session on Healthy Communities: Understanding and evaluating the impact of Community Champion approaches....wish me luck! 1/n

When you get a dog, you trade in your dignity for a furry friend. I have just hopped around the garden chasing my furry friend after she stole the shoe OFF MY FOOT. I love her, the little nightmare.

Is it possible to have sympathy stomach pains for your dog?! I swear, she get's sick, I feel crummy. Similarly, she is happy and bouncy, I feel crummy....wait a minute! Bloody winter.

Next week there's a free webinar supported by OHID on Community Champion evaluations! It features a double-bill from two PHIRST groups (Connect and Fusion) and you'ld be silly to miss it. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/62676b...

Having a ball in NI meeting enthusiastic and dedicated teams in LA's working on whole systems approaches and hosted by the lovely Gavin Breslin (whom I'm trying to persuade to join Bsky). We even had a chance to drop in on Stormont and wave at Paddington.... #PHIRSTConnect #WholeSytemsApproach

Heading to Northern Ireland this weekend to start a bumper week of data collection IRL (whoop!) looking at implementation of a whole systems approach to obesity. Watch this space for findings phirst.nihr.ac.uk/evaluations/...

I've started compiling a starter pack of researchers and advocates working in public health and health promotion. Its not complete and I can add to it, so would love if you could pop any recommendations for anyone else below! go.bsky.app/RhTFdxd

I can't take the Musk (and Trump) of it all today - hello BlueSky!