Alice Coombs
@alcoombs.bsky.social
Psychiatry registrar. Intellectual Disabilities and CAMHS. Queer Christian. Occasional violin and cricket. Gerbils.
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🖤 Black History Month 2025 💛
This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power & Pride”, reminds us to honour the resilience, strength and heritage of Black communities.
Together, we can build a future where cricket truly is for everyone.
This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power & Pride”, reminds us to honour the resilience, strength and heritage of Black communities.
Together, we can build a future where cricket truly is for everyone.
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🖤 Black History Month 2025 💛
This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power & Pride”, reminds us to honour the resilience, strength and heritage of Black communities.
Together, we can build a future where cricket truly is for everyone.
This year’s theme, “Standing Firm in Power & Pride”, reminds us to honour the resilience, strength and heritage of Black communities.
Together, we can build a future where cricket truly is for everyone.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
August 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The Israeli government has adopted the double-strike tactic used by Bashar al-Assad in Syria: target a hospital or heavily populated area, then hit it again when rescue workers, reporters and medics turn up, to kill or maim them too. Hideous war crimes piled one upon another.
Excited for the England India match at Durham's Riverside today. Come on Filer! 🤞🏼Weather holds
July 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Excited for the England India match at Durham's Riverside today. Come on Filer! 🤞🏼Weather holds
Watching Durham play in hot pink today is a little confusing with Hampshire playing in Durham's usual colours and the umpires matching Durham 😬
Great charity Coppafeel being supported today. Also great cakes.
Great charity Coppafeel being supported today. Also great cakes.
July 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Watching Durham play in hot pink today is a little confusing with Hampshire playing in Durham's usual colours and the umpires matching Durham 😬
Great charity Coppafeel being supported today. Also great cakes.
Great charity Coppafeel being supported today. Also great cakes.
Looking forward to the ODI today at Derby. Made it in time for the toss, the weather has hopefully settled. Great to be at a new (to me) ground and first time seeing this new look England as well as first time seeing West Indies
May 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Looking forward to the ODI today at Derby. Made it in time for the toss, the weather has hopefully settled. Great to be at a new (to me) ground and first time seeing this new look England as well as first time seeing West Indies
Lovely morning at Corbridge CC watching Northumberland Women play Cambridgeshire in the knockout cup. Beautiful grounds, some good cricket. Ridiculously sunny
May 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Lovely morning at Corbridge CC watching Northumberland Women play Cambridgeshire in the knockout cup. Beautiful grounds, some good cricket. Ridiculously sunny
Colder this week at Riverside. Loving seeing Durham Womens Cricket. Despite the rain some excellent performances in the 1st innings.
Popped inside to warm up and they got their first wicket against Somerset.
Popped inside to warm up and they got their first wicket against Somerset.
May 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Colder this week at Riverside. Loving seeing Durham Womens Cricket. Despite the rain some excellent performances in the 1st innings.
Popped inside to warm up and they got their first wicket against Somerset.
Popped inside to warm up and they got their first wicket against Somerset.
@pollystarkie.bsky.social We've made it to Riverside. Ground staff seem to be working hard to get the match on.
The Members' lounge is busy even if the stands aren't yet.
Well done on the marathon, even if you weren't convinced on the recent podcast episode, we were impressed
The Members' lounge is busy even if the stands aren't yet.
Well done on the marathon, even if you weren't convinced on the recent podcast episode, we were impressed
May 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
@pollystarkie.bsky.social We've made it to Riverside. Ground staff seem to be working hard to get the match on.
The Members' lounge is busy even if the stands aren't yet.
Well done on the marathon, even if you weren't convinced on the recent podcast episode, we were impressed
The Members' lounge is busy even if the stands aren't yet.
Well done on the marathon, even if you weren't convinced on the recent podcast episode, we were impressed
Important reflections at such a time as this...
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Important reflections at such a time as this...
Our new gerbils are settling into their new tank. It's an upgrade on the one we had for our previous pair.
Here are Julian and Bingen; it's lovely watching them explore and make the space their own.
Here are Julian and Bingen; it's lovely watching them explore and make the space their own.
April 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Our new gerbils are settling into their new tank. It's an upgrade on the one we had for our previous pair.
Here are Julian and Bingen; it's lovely watching them explore and make the space their own.
Here are Julian and Bingen; it's lovely watching them explore and make the space their own.
Worked with some enthusiastic and curious medical students this week, full of questions...I was surprised when one asked if sexting laws were different for children as it was a little off topic. But it turns out he had asked about sectioning laws (meaning the MHA) so it was my answer that was rogue!
April 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Worked with some enthusiastic and curious medical students this week, full of questions...I was surprised when one asked if sexting laws were different for children as it was a little off topic. But it turns out he had asked about sectioning laws (meaning the MHA) so it was my answer that was rogue!
Had a lovely trip to Hamburg last month including good trains, remarkable Minatur Wunderland, catching up with beautiful MCC Folk and a fabulous concert in the stunning Elbphilharmonie.
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Had a lovely trip to Hamburg last month including good trains, remarkable Minatur Wunderland, catching up with beautiful MCC Folk and a fabulous concert in the stunning Elbphilharmonie.
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Are young people losing their freedom because of Deprivation of Liberty Orders? @torbc.bsky.social looks at some recent coverage of so called ‘Dol’ cases: transparencyproject.org.uk/are-young-pe...
Are young people losing their freedom because of Deprivation of Liberty Orders?
This is a guest post by Victoria Butler Cole KC. Victoria is a barrister at 39 Essex and you can find her on Bluesky @torbc.bsky.social.
The BBC recentl
transparencyproject.org.uk
April 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Are young people losing their freedom because of Deprivation of Liberty Orders? @torbc.bsky.social looks at some recent coverage of so called ‘Dol’ cases: transparencyproject.org.uk/are-young-pe...
This continues to be a devastating emergency and the lack of progress to the care and wellbeing of the civilians is awful and the attacks on civilians, aid workers and emergency workers is surely not accidental
April 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This continues to be a devastating emergency and the lack of progress to the care and wellbeing of the civilians is awful and the attacks on civilians, aid workers and emergency workers is surely not accidental
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MCC is... Transgender | Transgender Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️
WATCH: youtu.be/BlW_Kk6muE4
#TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #TransVisibility #TransIsVisible #TransAwareness #TransLivesMatter #TransLivesAreHumanRights #TransJoy #ProtectTransKids #TransRights #TransResistance
WATCH: youtu.be/BlW_Kk6muE4
#TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #TransVisibility #TransIsVisible #TransAwareness #TransLivesMatter #TransLivesAreHumanRights #TransJoy #ProtectTransKids #TransRights #TransResistance
MCC is... Transgender | #TransgenderDayOfVisibility
YouTube video by Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC)
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March 31, 2025 at 5:49 AM
MCC is... Transgender | Transgender Day of Visibility 🏳️⚧️
WATCH: youtu.be/BlW_Kk6muE4
#TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #TransVisibility #TransIsVisible #TransAwareness #TransLivesMatter #TransLivesAreHumanRights #TransJoy #ProtectTransKids #TransRights #TransResistance
WATCH: youtu.be/BlW_Kk6muE4
#TransgenderDayOfVisibility #TDOV #TransDayOfVisibility #TransVisibility #TransIsVisible #TransAwareness #TransLivesMatter #TransLivesAreHumanRights #TransJoy #ProtectTransKids #TransRights #TransResistance
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I wrote about palliative care and assisted dying/suicide for The House magazine.
Palliative care can help people who want to die want to live. It is, imo, an important safeguard. But amendments to ensure people who request assisted dying receive palliative care have been rejected.
t.co/9Db4kzVfKc
Palliative care can help people who want to die want to live. It is, imo, an important safeguard. But amendments to ensure people who request assisted dying receive palliative care have been rejected.
t.co/9Db4kzVfKc
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/assisted-dying-discourse-stoked-fear-death-truth-is-palliative-care-works
t.co
March 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wrote about palliative care and assisted dying/suicide for The House magazine.
Palliative care can help people who want to die want to live. It is, imo, an important safeguard. But amendments to ensure people who request assisted dying receive palliative care have been rejected.
t.co/9Db4kzVfKc
Palliative care can help people who want to die want to live. It is, imo, an important safeguard. But amendments to ensure people who request assisted dying receive palliative care have been rejected.
t.co/9Db4kzVfKc
Great to be at the launch of Durham Women's Cricket. Excellent to see the support for the team. Excited to see them play next month. Even had some encouraging umpiring chat and discovered a new podcast (Noughtie Child Podcast)
#ForTheNorth #ForEveryone
#ForTheNorth #ForEveryone
March 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Great to be at the launch of Durham Women's Cricket. Excellent to see the support for the team. Excited to see them play next month. Even had some encouraging umpiring chat and discovered a new podcast (Noughtie Child Podcast)
#ForTheNorth #ForEveryone
#ForTheNorth #ForEveryone
Had a good session from local/regional team delivering the HOPE(S) model today. Seems particularly relevant as I go back to working on wards for 6 months in Feb.
January 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Had a good session from local/regional team delivering the HOPE(S) model today. Seems particularly relevant as I go back to working on wards for 6 months in Feb.
Passed my arcp...final year of training ahead now!!!
January 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Passed my arcp...final year of training ahead now!!!
Had a lovely Christmas break seeing family and friends. Now for a final relaxing evening before going back to work tomorrow. Trying to catch up on Traitors.
January 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Had a lovely Christmas break seeing family and friends. Now for a final relaxing evening before going back to work tomorrow. Trying to catch up on Traitors.
Just opened a Christmas present from my consultant supervisor including a packet of googly eyes, I've never felt more seen.
December 29, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Just opened a Christmas present from my consultant supervisor including a packet of googly eyes, I've never felt more seen.
Today I was on a course with a bunch of psychiatry registrars from across the North East and Yorkshire and met someone I previously had met in a backpackers hostel in Zambia, 13 years ago, for about 2 evenings. We had not stayed in touch or known the other had gone into psychiatry. Such a delight.
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Today I was on a course with a bunch of psychiatry registrars from across the North East and Yorkshire and met someone I previously had met in a backpackers hostel in Zambia, 13 years ago, for about 2 evenings. We had not stayed in touch or known the other had gone into psychiatry. Such a delight.
Meanwhile the second week of December involved lots of end of placement work based assessments, busy on call shifts, lovely patients, and gerbils who are outraged that they've been moved to make space for the Christmas tree. 🎄
December 17, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Meanwhile the second week of December involved lots of end of placement work based assessments, busy on call shifts, lovely patients, and gerbils who are outraged that they've been moved to make space for the Christmas tree. 🎄
Excited for the NHS Carol Service at Durham Cathedral this evening. Rehearsal went well earlier and as long as the congregation don't mind us having 4 attempts at the final verse of The Holly and the Ivy I'm sure we'll all finish at the same time at least once
December 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Excited for the NHS Carol Service at Durham Cathedral this evening. Rehearsal went well earlier and as long as the congregation don't mind us having 4 attempts at the final verse of The Holly and the Ivy I'm sure we'll all finish at the same time at least once