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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Written after hearing the amazing ⁦ @MargaretAtwood ⁩ interviewed by ⁦ @mrjamesob ⁩. The phrase about cheese struck me.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

Tell me you work in the NHS without telling me you work in the NHS: I’m eating my sausage casserole with a teaspoon.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

For 5 yrs I have taught medical students about childhood obesity, pointing out that it is complex, and strongly associated with socioeconomic deprivation. That simplistic fixes and blaming children and their families won’t work. That we need to change society. 1/2

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

6 years

@choo_ek I’m tired of sweethearting people into doing their job. I’m *really* good at it, but I’m tired of soothing, smoothing, coercing and cajoling.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

My Christmas List

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@DGlaucomflecken Just realised this is *literally* a pet peeve, surely I deserve the job on that alone?

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@DGlaucomflecken Paediatrician obsessed with family and social history here. You haven’t covered all the bases if you don’t know the dog’s name and breed.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@mikegalsworthy Yup. Fear and misogyny. They’re used to everyone fitting into the paradigm they’ve created. It terrified them if we/they don’t.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

Reading the discussion about PAs and juniors, as a former trainee and current consultant (paeds) makes me feel the major problem is how we are treating g junior drs. I really think the time has come to acknowledge that 4-6 monthly rotation is no good for anyone.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

I’m actually raging at this headline. RAGING. This government, which underfunds and undervalues all the services which do their very best to protect children, this government failed Arthur. Fund. Value. Protect.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 months

@KateBurkeNHS @CaraghScott The lack of non-clinical staff is exactly what means I, a paediatric consultant, regularly end up changing beds, cleaning floors, sorting out discharge letters and re-stocking equipment trolleys. Because until those things are done, I can’t do the job I’m supposed to do.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@theJeremyVine

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@eliistender10 Feels like you might like this poem I wrote (in response to a great interview of @MargaretAtwood by @mrjamesob )

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@caitlinmoran Absolutely, and she was completely accurate in what she said, and more measured than I think I could have been. Welcome home @FreeNazanin and I wish you peace and healing and the most wonderful mundane times with your family. But your righteous anger is absolutely appropriate.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

I wonder how many of my colleagues and collaborators in nutrition and equity had the same reaction I did to the story about breastfeeding and GCSE results? Which was ‘gaaaah. Argh.’ A THREAD.

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@mancunianmedic Something that we as paediatricians are increasingly aware of is the population of medically complex children who are graduating from our care as adults. An already fractured system isn’t fit for them.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@MichaelRosenYes @spencermorgan93 A few years ago myself and another children’s intensive care dr spent hours trying (and sadly ultimately failing) to move air into the lungs of a dying child by hand because they were so sick. I have no idea why people think flu is a trivial illness.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@holliepoetry @Waterstones @PNReview I wrote this after hearing @MargaretAtwood interviewed by @mrjamesob and saying one of her key life lessons was learning that not everyone can like your work, some people don’t like cheese. A lesson I wish I’d learned years ago, and I hope my daughter learns faster.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

@amydiehl This is one of the most affirming and reassuring albeit depressingly accurate things I’ve ever read. In return please have this

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Really moving hearing @theJeremyVine show on newborns in lockdown. As a paediatrician with a specialist interest in infant behaviour and feeding, I think there’s been a huge and understandable increase in parental anxiety. 1/

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

A happy ending... thanks to the magic of social media, my distinctive panniers, the kindness of strangers and a back wheel puncture, my bike is back in my possession. Thank you so so much.

Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

A special gift to me on leaving @GreatNorthCH tonight at 2220. This is a picture of an absence of bike. Someone nicked my major form of transport - I do all my on call on this. And my pride and joy. Cue one sad me. Look out cyclists of the northeast! @NewCycling

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

That was supposed to be the end but it can’t be; here are some things: I, as a clinician, activist and advocate believe would work. 1. Infant and young child nutrition. Support breastfeeding and responsible feeding. Look at the work of @MeghanAzad @1stepsnutrition @Prof_AmyBrown

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 months

@oldenoughtosay Simultaneously remember this from when my kids were little, see my 11 yo doing his version of this and also recognise 43 yo me does this.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

@Jessicae13Eaton I often see little girls with vulval issues and the parents can’t/won’t even use correct terminology when I explain it to them. Today I went on a bit of a rant saying vulva and vagina repeatedly. If we don’t know the proper words we can’t look after our bodies

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

3. No one should feel guilty about not breastfeeding. 4. We should have an unbranded affordable unadvertised formula milk available at cost or for free for families who want to or have to use it. 5. We should train our HCPs to support breastfeeding effectively.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@JaneyGodley my 4 yo loved the video of Honey talking about masks and laughed so much she nearly fell off her chair. I think your Nicola voiceovers are brilliant. And your interview with @mrjamesob was utterly gripping, and inspiring. Keep doing what you’re doing please.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

3. Make schools places of health and activity. Provide nutritious, varied and tasty food. Teach children how to cook, even better have a space to grow produce. Make physical activity fun not selective. Find something every child can enjoy doing.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

All I want for Christmas is #breastfeeding frontline workers to be able to make the choice to have the #COVID19Vaccine like our colleagues in the US and ROI. @MHRAgovuk @CMO_England @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @milkymedics @DrNShenker @gp_aulait @DrHollysMum @DrSofiaR

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

My 7yo son, finding my @GuiltFemPod stickers: Muuuuuum, what’s a feminist? Me: someone who believes things should be fair for everyone. 7yo: well of course they should. I’m one then. Me: Yes sweetheart. Yes you are.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

It is truly unbelievable that young people have been accepted to university on the basis of application forms, academic track record and interviews and then lost those places due to *exams they haven’t done*. It’s Orwellian. We have failed them.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@CCriadoPerez @robertemeryx I remember talking with a good friend who is high up in policing. He had literally no comprehension of the fear women experience running/walking/crossing a car park/waiting at a bus stop.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

So it is deeply frustrating to see the same simplistic messages coming from @DHSCgovuk and @BorisJohnson . For privileged people who can afford a personal trainer and a chef, weight loss is still not easy (though it is *easier*). We need structural and cultural change. NOW. 2/2

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

@gracepetrie NHS worker here - it doesn’t have to be either/or. The clapping was lovely to hear, but I just want people to remember. What we are doing, we are doing on a background of a decade of criminal underfunding of health and social care. There must be a reckoning at the ballot box.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

excellent work. @MHRAgovuk @HIFN12 @milkymedics @PHE_uk @PregnantScrewed @APPGIFI @Pfizer_UK @LLLGB @AssocBfMothers @BfN_UK @BfWendy @BetterBfing @Prof_AmyBrown @DrNShenker @DrHollysMum @jane_f_r @DrSofiaR @TheBAMEGP @katequilton @harrietsherwood

Healthcare workers who breastfeed should be offered the covid-19 vaccine - The BMJ

The UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has advised that no breastfeeding woman should receive the Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine. NHS Trusts have interpreted this as a...

blogs.bmj.com

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

2. Look at the built environment and how it promotes activity. Structure for humans not cars. Don’t make cyclists swap between spaces dedicated for cars and feet. Have clean, efficient, fast, reliable public transport.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

The @KLM breastfeeding fiasco: a thread. Firstly, I’m pretty shocked that they’ve held this line. A ridiculous PR disaster which makes them look foolish. A calm and humble apology could have gone a long way.1/n

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@MichaelRosenYes I’ve seen some tweets saying it’s because of vaccination. Sigh. I’m a dr. I’m vaccinated.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Thinking today about the rise of domestic abuse during the pandemic, in the context of women advised to stay inside lest we be attacked.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

6 years

Realistic feeding history taking in breastfeeding for paediatricians...

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

On a day when women are remembering why we are frightened. Why we walk with our keys bunched in our fists, one headphone out, trying to strategise where is safest. Where we won’t be blamed for being.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

I am listening to @theJeremyVine on the strike and would love him to consider this.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

4. Look at the incredible success of @parkrunUK - true grassroots activity which normalises physical exercise for all abilities and welcomes everyone. Work with communities to bring #parkruns to everyone’s doorstep.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

Lovely to see this quote from @RCPCHPresident ‘While guidance for pregnant women has been updated, it remains the same for new mums and babies. We don’t want to see the mother and baby separated, even when the mother tests positive for coronavirus. 1/2

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

Very very proud to say that I have contributed a chapter on breastfeeding sick hospitalised children to this. It was possibly the hardest thing I’ve written (sorry @Prof_AmyBrown and @BfWendy for stretching the deadline) but I’m very pleased it exists.

Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

@Prof_AmyBrown

5 years

Our new textbook for the medical profession is out on December 20th - all profits are being donated to the @milk_foundation who plan to use the money to support more breastfeeding training particularly amongst those who are currently underrepresented 😍😍 #bfconf

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

Because when a HCP is sitting with a distressed mother with a screaming baby and shredded nipples, telling her that breastfeeding will help her baby get A grades at GCSE is not helpful. But helping her breastfeed that baby without pain or distress for either of them is.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@mrjamesob

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

I’ll finish with my summary: 1. Research on the health impacts of breastfeeding needs to be addressed at population not individual level. 2. Knowing that breastfeeding is associated with particular outcomes does not help anyone do it.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

For my colleagues, for our patients, for their families, with love . From #TheseAreTheHands inspired by @MichaelRosenYes , curated by @emergencypoet and @Bigger_Pict and printed by @fairacrepress

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

It has never been more important to support families with breastfeeding. Breastmilk is not a cherry on the top, it is a key part of immunity and nutrition. @heartsmilkbank @AssocBfMothers @LLLGB @wbtiuk @BfN_UK @LCGB1994 @BetterBfing @makesmilk @HIFN12 @milkymedics

Baby Friendly UK

@babyfriendly

5 years

Following our statement on #Covid19 , we have produced a quick reference guide for health professionals on supporting mothers to maximise the amount of breastmilk they can give or to re-lactate if they have stopped #breastfeeding and wish to re-start.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

So happy about this. Great decision @RCPCHPresident @RCPCHtweets and I’m sure @DoctorChrisVT @charlmorayplace @LLLGB @AssocBfMothers @BfN_UK @babyfriendly @babymilkaction @DrTomori and so many others feel the same. This protects all babies, however fed, from predatory marketing.

RCPCH

@RCPCHtweets

5 years

RCPCH members vote and pass the motion to decline further funding from formula milk companies. #RCPCH19 #AGM

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@BecksBiochemist @CCriadoPerez @robertemeryx Exactly- sometimes I wonder if the precautions I am taking are against being attacked, or against being criticised for taking risks that meant I was attacked.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

5. Consider food deserts: areas of the UK where there are no shops selling affordable healthy foods. How do those communities access food? What barriers need dismantling?

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Because if the PM of this country, arguably one of the most privileged people in the world, got ‘too fat’ in his words, how is anyone less privileged going to maintain a healthy weight?

'I was too fat': Boris Johnson launches UK obesity reduction drive – video

The prime minister has formally launched the UK government’s initiative to reduce obesity levels. In a video released by No 10 with an accompanying soundtrack, Boris Johnson said he had lost more...

www.theguardian.com

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@MichaelRosenYes @RevRichardColes I don’t expect huge amounts of sympathy but my actual earnings as a dr are 25% lower than predicted 23 years after I started medical school. But that’s because of the actions of this government, so…

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@LittleDoctorVic

6 years

Whenever I hear of parents waiting for permission to touch their own sick or preterm baby, my heart twists. We must do better. #bfconf

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@SamCoatesSky

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

6. Look at how people live their lives: how easy is it for families with food insecurity, uncertain employment, poor accommodation, unsafe physical environments, health issues and limited time to cook healthy food from scratch and exercise? (Spoiler alert: it isn’t).

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@LittleDoctorVic

6 months

@RhonddaBryant How dare they not call a GE now? Cowards. Shameful, spiteful cowards.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

A Kenyan dr tells us about education in her medical school: two weeks purely dedicated to infant and young child feeding, of which FIVE WHOLE DAYS are devoted to breastfeeding @HIFN12 @GP_IFN @milkymedics @babyfriendly @NeoResearch_Net

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

I am deeply worried that families will be (even more) frightened of their child’s death after recent news coverage. I have had the immense honour of providing end of life care to many children and it has always been a dignified and compassionate process.

Rosie Baruah

@rosieICM

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Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment in ICU is conducted with the continuous presence of a trained ICU nurse providing 1:1 care, with medical help if needed. Supporting family is central to this process, as is preventing pain/distress in the patient. It is not barbaric 1/

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@JanPumpPal Thank you - I wrote it.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Feels very poetic that this beautiful anthology, featuring my poem Labour Ward Prayer, arrived on my son’s eighth birthday. Feeling very grateful that motherhood and medicine have unlocked the words in me, and for all those who have supported me writing.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

Hello, lots of lovely new followers who’ve seen this poem. Just to let you know, this account is a big mishmash of my work (paediatrician, interested in nutrition), the occasional poem, and tweets related to dogs, cats, cycling and running.

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@oschonrock @mikegalsworthy You can be bored by the whole Royal Family, hate celebrity culture and also feel protective of Meghan against misogynoir. I’d at least that’s how I feel.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@NicKeaney @Femi_Sorry I actually find this body language quite worrying.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

As a parent myself, my heart aches for those experiencing new parenthood with no warm circle of nurture and companionship. Hats off to @LLLGB @AssocBfMothers @BfN_UK and all the parenting support groups who have worked so hard to support in these challenging times 3/

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

Congratulations to those who have stepped down from the editorial board of @BJMidwifery over the issue of formula industry sponsorship. Thank you for standing up for families @dunkleybent @bmj_latest @DoctorChrisVT @1stepsnutrition @babymilkaction @BflgUk

Lisa Ramsey 🌈💙🏳️‍⚧️

@Doula_Lisa

5 years

@DameTina1 @JonathanCliffe8 @dunkleybent @smithgillianbl @drtraceyc @LesleyBriscoe @Yanarichens @Prof_AmyBrown @MotherworldlyUK @BetterBfing @SagefemmeSB I'm not sure of others' reasons but I stepped down because the way babies are fed is critical to the future health of our nation and there are other ways to fund a journal and a conference.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

Exactly this. And as I learned more about bfing as a mother, I realised how little I had known about it as a dr. And how little high quality support is actually available from HCPs.

Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

@Prof_AmyBrown

5 years

'Mothers who cannot breastfeed are absolutely not failing, rather, they are being failed – by a government who is far too quick to promote breastfeeding without protecting it'.

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

@PaulMainwood I wrote this during the pandemic.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@James_Durkan @mevparekh I love this game; it’s called surprise consultant.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@DrBenLovell @DrLindaDykes I believe our on call phone is a horcrux and enjoy taking it for an hour or longer to give the reg a break. It also means I get to play my favourite game ‘surprise consultant’.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

Really important message. Protection for all. Covid vaccination is safe in pregnancy. Covid is dangerous.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@MarinaHyde Christ. I know healthcare professionals who have cared for their kids when they had covid. I know others who have opted to live apart from their families to manage the risk for everyone. Cummings’ behaviour is literal insult after the injury we have all been subjected to.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

Nearly knocked off my bike today by a driver who said ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t see you’. When will they learn that this is not an excuse? If you didn’t see this, you aren’t safe to drive.

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@thewhof @Nestle This feels ill-judged. While I appreciate @WHO is a separate entity to @thewhof , engaging with a company with the track record of Nestle in any way has tricky optics. and if this is not familiar territory.

Don't Push It Report | Save the Children UK

Our Don’t Push It report looks at the aggressive marketing activities of six global companies that together own more than 50% of the market in breast-milk substitutes.

www.savethechildren.org.uk

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@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

Genuinely interested: men who shout comments (derogatory or attempts at compliments) at women from cars, what are they trying to achieve? Does anyone know? In unrelated news, this Facebook post…

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

Essential reading for HCPs. Not understanding the importance of the WHO code and our role in upholding it is a serious error.

Alive & Thrive

@aliveandthrive

4 years

2021 is the 40th anniversary of the #WHOCode of Marketing for #BreastmilkSubstitutes . What is the Code & how does it protect families 👨‍👩‍👦& #breastfeeding 🤱? A&T's Quick Guide: ⬇️

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@LittleDoctorVic

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A special gift to me on leaving @GreatNorthCH tonight at 2220. This is a picture of an absence of bike. Someone nicked my major form of transport - I do all my on call on this. And my pride and joy. Cue one sad me. Look out cyclists of the northeast! @NewCycling

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@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

@DrLizHerrieven See also when you say something in a meeting and nothing happens and a male colleague repeats your exact words 5 mins later and everyone reacts like he’s just split the atom.

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

Secondly, this stuff really really matters. Feeling embarrassed to bf in public is one of the top reasons mothers give for stopping bfing. The media traction these stories get makes women anxious. It turns bfing into a niche and unusual pursuit. 2/n

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

The baby may well be normal, but the times are not. The experience of parenting is not. I can’t give worried parents a hug, a biscuit and a cup of tea as a peer support group can. But I can use my ears and knowledge to help them through this strange time. /end

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

For governments to invest in population level strategies. This includes better training for healthcare professionals. It’s easy to be caught up in the WHY of breastfeeding, but if we can’t help with the HOW to, we just set everyone up to fail. Parents and professionals.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Thanks @BBCNews for having me on to talk to @BBCSimonMcCoy about #BreastfeedingInLockdown and #Keep2gether letter from @HIFN12 and @milkymedics after @elscostells report came out today

Breastfeeding - BBC News

All the latest content about Breastfeeding from the BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

6. We need to look at societal levers around how we understand infant behaviour and feeding, and work to support parents with normal baby behaviour with honesty and compassion.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@milkymedics @HIFN12 @DrNShenker @PregnantScrewed @WEP_UK @CMO_England @TeamCMidO @RCPCHtweets @NeenaModi1 @RCObsGyn @BfWendy @makesmilk @AssocBfMothers @BfN_UK @LLLGB @LCGB1994 @BetterBfing @BFMedicine @DrTomori @NCTcharity

Breastfeeding mothers will not be offered Covid vaccine, say regulators

Campaigners claim women face ‘impossible’ choice between feeding their child naturally or being inoculated against Covid-19

www.theguardian.com

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@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

@humzaay Last night a family of a sick child found my few words of Punjabi and Arabic cheering and comforting. And a Kurdish speaking parent used google to thank me for cannulating their child. Diversity is beautiful. We must learn from each other.

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@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

This is a huge honour. Thank you. And thanks to @helenchitty4 for nominating me, and to my sister-colleagues at @HIFN12 , @milkymedics and @GP_IFN , to @NewcastleHosps and @GreatNorthCH for providing a great workplace for me. And to @BasisOnline1 for our partnership work.

NHSA

@The_NHSA

4 years

Happy #IWD2021 ! To mark the day, we're shining the spotlight on innovative & inspirational women across the North – as suggested by you – as we publish our #NorthInnovationWomen list with @N8research . See the list of amazing women ⤵️ #N8Women

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3 years

@GuiltFemPod

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

@Keir_Starmer We need you and @UKLabour to stand with striking NHS workers, and be clear that your government will care for the people who care for our patients.

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@LittleDoctorVic

1 year

@DrSdeG I was told this week of a secondary school where toilets are LOCKED apart from at break times. The amount of my time taken up sending letters to schools advising my patients need free access to toilets is deeply frustrating. It’s also incredibly dehumanising for young people.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

3 years

I could not rate @1stepsnutrition any higher and am honoured to be a trustee. Dr Helen Crawley has brought intelligence, patience, and an incredible ability to explain complex concepts to her role. If only all hcp organisations could recognise the impact of industry on policy.

First Steps Nutrition Trust

@1stepsnutrition

3 years

As I am about to depart I will send one final plea to @BDA_Dietitians to have a proper review of their relationship with food companies and baby milk companies - they lag far behind every other health professional group. They seem to have no understanding of what COI means.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

@DrNShenker @CatrionaWaitt They can tell my inboxes women don’t need better support... on top of being a paediatrician 36 hrs/week (what I’m paid for, not what I do), 10-15 hrs of bfing work. 0% taught to me in medical school/paeds training, all learned from @LLLGB @AssocBfMothers @BfN_UK or self study.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Today’s rant is brought to you by predatory marketing of expensive and unnecessary products aimed at anxious parents. Thank you to a (non-evidence based) colic treatment, @SophieEB ’s sponsors and a luxury baby food company who are spamming parenting support groups 1/

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

After running 5 miles this morning for my #NotAParkrun , I’m having cake for breakfast and joining the #ABMConf20 for my own version of #FeedIn . I’ve learned so much from the bfing orgs over the last 7 years and look forward to learning more.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

5 years

@drphiliplee1 Funny how socialism is fashionable when we are in a crisis. Sort of makes you wonder if we might avoid more crises in the first place if we stuck with it...

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

4 years

Quite excited to be talking for @M0MSuk webinar tonight with @bf_uncovered @DrNShenker @BfWendy @DrSofiaR @GCPartridge - I’ve never had 1000 people register to hear me talk before 😱(I think they’re here for the rest of the line up really....) @HIFN12 @milkymedics

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

2 years

@drphiliplee1 Ah, in paeds I’ll still be writing the first one. I always say it’s not a proper social history if you don’t know the dog breed and name.

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Vicky Thomas

@LittleDoctorVic

6 years

Impressed to hear plans to train paediatricians in children’s hospitals in Scotland about breastfeeding #bfconf #hospitalbreastfeeding - time for @RCPCHtweets to lead with standardised infant feeding training?

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