Thanks for all your work. Am in Barcelona on hols and impressed by their efforts

I helped at a East End health fair this week for my public health job - it was aimed at Somali men in a mosque where everyone was kind, generous and focused on improving themselves and their adopted home. As a Labour member of 23 years (12 as councillor) I’m appalled at Starmer’s words and actions

The regeneration of King’s Cross and St Pancras and surrounding area is a triumph

A cycle through what used to be one of the UK’s worst traffic sewers and now one of the best public realm transformations next to my Alma mater @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social #Strand

Really enjoyed delivering my Better Mental Health Training with Ashford Borough Council - 100% rated ‘Excellent/Good’ (there were more trainees online)

This week I’ve delivered my @nihr.bsky.social evaluated mental health training in Suffolk and Kent: over 90% rate it Excellent/Good, 68% adopt mentally healthier behaviours and 49% go on to improve their organisation’s policies. DM me for a chat about booking your sessions

The moon and Venus over Brixton

If government is serious about growth it could do worse than read this: countries that invest in health and education rapidly get return on investment with quality jobs, healthier more productive workers, infrastructure. Expanding airports etc just creates political and environmental harm

Spent a couple of days, my first ever, in Newcastle - what a beautiful city and such friendly people

What a week - have evidence to Health Select Committee on community mental health care, chaired a West Midlands public mental health community of practice meet and hung out with Lambeth Mayor for Life of a Top Boy event on trauma in Black communities

What a week! Gave evidence to Health Select Committee on community mental health care, chaired a West Midlands community of public mental health practice meet, ran a Greenwich mental health complex system mapping workshop and hung out with Mayor of Lambeth at Life of Top Boy event in Brixton

Delivered a short session of my Better Mental Health Training for Councillors to Wandsworth Labour Group away day yesterday- great discussions about improving personal and community wellbeing

My first post on here! Here’s me and NHS Confederation chair Lord Victor Adebowale recently launching A Mentally Healthier Nation that I led work on to support 10 year improvement in mental health www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...