NHS GP, parkrun UK Ambassador for Health & Wellbeing, Co-Event Director, Hesketh Park junior parkrun. Passionate about diet, exercise reversing diabetes #LCHF
Joined November 2013
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Ever wondered why doctors and people with type 2 diabetes are getting so excited about low carbohydrate diets? 🤔
73 patients at my surgery have now reversed their type 2 diabetes 🙌
#medthread #tweetorial #medtwitter
Here's a tweetorial of how it's done👇
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FAO all GPs. Just out in @BJGPjournal 👇🏼
Impostor syndrome in general practice: a cost of expert generalism
“The danger lies not in feeling like an impostor, but in believing that feeling makes you unfit to be a GP”
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20 Nov 2025
Being elected as a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) was much more than simply gaining a title. It revitalised my career. It’s true! When I tell other GPs this, as all good primary care physicians do, they say “tell me more…”
bjgplife.com/fellowship-re-i…
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Simon Tobin retweeted
16 Apr 2025
Ellie and Mel Pinnington bring energy, music, and joy to Southport’s junior parkrun
Volunteering at junior parkrun has given Ellie a safe and structured space to build her confidence and independence
#autism #AwesomeEllie
🙌 search.app/TjN1HzLdQyGDKpye9
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20 Mar 2025
Southport GP says socially prescribing @parkrunUK can help people both physically and mentally
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lep.co.uk/health/southport-g…
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25 Nov 2024
What’s going on here? 🤨👇🏼
25 Nov 2024
>40% of the followers of our @juniorparkrunUK event appear to be scantily clad women [no joke]
We need to rethink our marketing - obvs🤔
Whilst we do that perhaps some of you/them might consider wearing something a bit warmer and volunteering on a Sunday😉
@tomwilliams1974
ALT Screenshot of the Twitter/X profiles of 4 successive, scantily clad followers of our junior parkrun account
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Simon Tobin retweeted
25 Nov 2024
😂 😂 😂 👇
25 Nov 2024
>40% of the followers of our @juniorparkrunUK event appear to be scantily clad women [no joke]
We need to rethink our marketing - obvs🤔
Whilst we do that perhaps some of you/them might consider wearing something a bit warmer and volunteering on a Sunday😉
@tomwilliams1974
ALT Screenshot of the Twitter/X profiles of 4 successive, scantily clad followers of our junior parkrun account
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13 Nov 2024
Absolutely ❤️ this 👇
13 Nov 2024
@CumbriaPR check out the book 🥰
P is for Parkrun x
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13 Nov 2024
Thanks for sharing @DocRunner1 - @StVincentsL12 @Southportpkrun @croxhallparkrun
Make a difference as a VI guide | parkrun UK Blog: blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/11/…
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13 Nov 2024
"Most of us have never thought to ask why there are so few visually impaired parkrunners at parkrun. 340,000 people in the UK are registered blind or partially sighted but an average parkrun weekend across the UK attracts 60 - 80 VI parkrunners"
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blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/11/…
ALT Southport parkrun regulars. Zana in red T-shirt guiding James who is wearing his guide running his vis T-shirt, blue cap and cool shades
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Simon Tobin retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Probably the best thing you'll read today. Good stuff @HeskethParkjpr @DocRunner1!
15 Oct 2024
“If someone asked me “What’s the best way to bring more joy into my life” I’d say: set up a junior parkrun”
Lovely blog from @DocRunner1 on how @juniorparkrunUK has brought his community together
More here👇
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
@chrissiesmiles @katy_cleece @_JamesMThomas
ALT Four children walking out of Hesketh Park holding hands after a junior parkrun. Dappled sunlight coming through the trees
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Simon Tobin retweeted
15 Oct 2024
Starting a junior parkrun event, parkrun UK Blog ‘If you want more joy in your life, go on, give it a go. I guarantee that you won’t regret it and that your community will be healthier and happier as a result’ @DocRunner1 @parkrunUK 👍 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
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Simon Tobin retweeted
15 Oct 2024
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
Lovely article by @DocRunner1 about @HeskethParkjpr with a gorgeous photo of my 4 grandchildren taken by my talented son! So much joy!! @lowcarbGP
More of this cheerful community healthy stuff please 🙏🏻
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3 Aug 2024
Deciding whether to hold today’s event @Southportpkrun was incredibly hard
We went ahead because what @parkrunUK does so brilliantly is to bring people together, nurturing and strengthening bonds in our communities
#Southport
@PSH_A1674 @tomwilliams1974 @chrissiesmiles
ALT Tube of super glue labelled: parkrun, glue for communities. Strong stuff
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Simon Tobin retweeted
20 Jul 2024
Real Food Runners @Southportpkrun this morning! @DocRunner1 @NicolaLock07 & Jane Parkinson 🚶🏃♀️🚶♀️🏃
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Simon Tobin retweeted
19 Jun 2024
Is your GP practice a parkrun practice?
19 Jun 2024
6 years of parkrun practice initiative
If you are a practice, primary care network/cluster and want to join the initiative please reach out to your local parkrun event team (via event website), or go along to your local parkrun to introduce yourself
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blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/06/…
ALT Simon in parkrun apricot T shirt with Hussain in GB triathlon top at Rothay Park parkrun
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19 Jun 2024
6 years of parkrun practice initiative
If you are a practice, primary care network/cluster and want to join the initiative please reach out to your local parkrun event team (via event website), or go along to your local parkrun to introduce yourself
👇🏼
blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/06/…
ALT Simon in parkrun apricot T shirt with Hussain in GB triathlon top at Rothay Park parkrun
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