It was an absolute joy to speak with health workers and students from across the world, full of passion and drive to learn and do their best for their patients.
The conference itself was phenomenal, and I am grateful to the hard-working IMED committee for their hard work
#GlobalhealthCommunity
It was an absolute joy and a career highlight to give the humanitarian lecture at the iMed conference in Lisbon.
My lecture focused on the politics of health
We cannot improve our patients' health without engaging in politics and tackling the social determinants of poor health
#HealthIsPolitical
2025 has been a year!!!
Looking back at 2025, shows how quickly things can change and how much can be achieved. I know grumpiness is all the rage right now, but I’m feeling quietly optimistic for 2026! (touching wood as I type) 😊
Delighted to have been re-elected to the Fabian Society Executive
We will work to ensure the Fabians remains the leading voice of the left, a place for fresh thinking & bold policies
A political home for our 6,000+ members to learn, debate and support progressive change
@thefabians.bsky.social
Women's health and ethnic inequalities panel at The Labour Party conference
Our conversation was honest and upfront about the realities of where we are and how far we still need to go.
But also practical and optimistic, with evidence and policy recommendations to address the health inequities
Thank you Liz for your powerful contribution on the panel
We urgently need #CleanAir laws
To protect the health of children now and the future
All mic’d up! I’m up next, giving the humanitarian lecture at the iMED Conference
As the only non-professor to speak, have massive imposter syndrome and feeling the nerves!!! 🫣🥴🙈
Heading to Lisbon!
Tomorrow I’ll be giving the humanitarian lecture at the international iMed conference.
I have MASSIVE imposter syndrome, but excited nonetheless! 🙈😁
Powerful discussion at the
Festival of Ideas @thefabians.bsky.social
At the Labour Party Conference
On the urgent need for #CleanAirAct legislation to improve our air quality
Our kids have the right to breathe in air that doesn’t make them sick
#CleanAirJustice
@barrygardiner.bsky.social
I will nervously be giving the lecture in Portugal this weekend!
Still feeling huge imposter syndrome, to be speaking alongside such eminent professionals from across the global scientific community
I’ll be giving a lecture on Health and Politics:
Why health is always political 💊🗞️
#iMED25
When I received an email asking me to give the humanitarian lecture at the International iMED Conference
My immediate response was to decline, as I did not feel in any way qualified to provide a prestigious lecture!
However, after some back and forth....
imedconference.org/imed-confere...
Five panelists and an event Chair sit on a stage decorated with Fabian Society branding. They are talking and laughing among themselves.
We were thrilled to host a lively discussion this week at the Labour Party Conference, in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social.
Panellists discussed clean air justice and what it would mean for Labour to lead on this issue. ⚖️
@soniaadesara.bsky.social #LPC25
Are you at Labour Party Conference
I’ll be on talking on the panel this afternoon
Discussing the policies we need to address ethnic health inequalities facing women
Join us! #Lab25 #LabourConference2025
Are you at the #LabourParty Conference?
I’ll be speaking at various events over the next few days
Monday 10AM - Clean Air Justice - healthy air coalition
Monday 13:30 - IPPR - Can the government deliver
Monday 15:00 - Critical condition - Age UK
Tuesday 17:45 - Ethnic Health Inequalities
#lab25
Are you at #LabourPartyConference
We have one of the highest mortality rates from childhood asthma in Europe
Join us tomorrow with @metecoban92.bsky.social @waseemzaffar.bsky.social
We’ll the changes & policies we need to implement to ensure our children can breathe clean air
#lab25 #cleanair
Heading to the #LabourPartyConference?
Come join the ✨Festival of Ideas ✨
Where you’ll hear from leading thinkers, politicians and policy experts
Discussing the big issues of the day
Join us! #Lab25 #LabConf
Are you at the Labour Party conference next week?
Join us at the✨ Festival of Ideas ✨
Hosted by the Fabian Society, at the Bluecoat
You'll hear leading campaigners, politicians and policy experts debating the big issues of the day
Join us at the #FestivalOfIdeas
#LabourPartyConference2025
And we need tools in the NHS to give our patients real nutritional support, and initiatives in place to help them get stronger and be more active
Instead of jabs for life, I want my patients to be healthy, fit and strong for life.
4/ #obesity #ozempic #weightlossjabs #mounjaro #gmb
But with 1 in 5 children growing up obese, we’re failing the next generation if we fail to address the root cause
We need our government:
- To take action on the food industry
- Nutritious meals for all in our schools
- We need to use our taxation system to make healthy food more affordable
3/
Food advertised to kids is full of sugar and unhealthy.
Even baby food frequently contains excessive sugar and has low nutritional value.
It’s easy to blame individuals for being overweight.
And it’s easy for me as a doctor to just prescribe a jab.
2/
Demand for the weight loss jabs is soaring, and I understand why.
In the food environment we live in, it's a constant uphill battle to maintain a healthy weight.
Our supermarkets are flooded with food engineered to make you crave more
Food advertised as healthy often isn't
1/ #weightlossjabs
We need progressive leaders in Europe to make a stand. They need to replace the funding which services globally have lost.
And they need to make a stand for reproductive rights globally.
We need action and boldness from our leaders right now. The silence we’ve had so far is deeply disappointing.
Unless this funding is replaced, 2.6 million women across the world will lose access to vital sexual and reproductive health services,
This is estimated to result in 2.4 million unintended pregnancies over the course of this administration if the funding is not replaced
3/
#abortion #globalgag
Trump has reinstated the global gag order, which withdraws all US funding to any aid or health services globally if they advise or provide abortion care.
For example, MSI an international health provider, because they refused to sign the global gag, has lost $ 14 million in funding.
2/ #abortion
I spoke to Austrian News about my disappointment with European leaders.
Across Europe and globally, there is a rise in far-right politics, with an associated resurgence of anti-abortion activism
In America and elsewhere, we have seen laws introduced to stop women from accessing abortion care
1/
Of course, this is just the first step! The legislation will still need to go through the Lords. And the 60 years old Abortion Act is very much in need of updating!
But this was an important first step. A historic vote, a vote that put women and women's health first
4/ #abortionrights
And the formidable, passionate teams at MSI Reproductive Choices UK, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), Abortion Rights who've been working tirelessly behind the scenes
3/
This vote was down to the commitment of so many people, from the thousands who’ve been signing petitions, incredible journalists such as Phoebe Davis - who brought the issues to public attention
2/
Three weeks today, parliament voted to stop the criminalisation of women—the most significant change in abortion law in 60 years
At a time when we have at US president rolling back reproductive rights in America and abroad, the vote sent an important signal to the world that we are pro-choice
1/
I'll be on Sky News tomorrow morning 📺
Giving my two pennies on weight-loss jabs 💉
Tune in live at 7:45 AM 🎥
#weightlossjabs
