🔁 All policy & campaign writing has moved to @safe_by_default: ➤ Digital safety ➤ Neurodivergent rights ➤ Safeguarding failures If you followed me for that work, please head there. Red Apples & @UnlockingBirth will now focus on #research #LivedExperience #PublicHealth #memoir

A social media ban may reduce some risks. But many children most exposed to online harm were already struggling before the app became visible: excluded, isolated, waiting for support saferbydefault.substack.com/…

Prof Anita Thapar who Co-Chaired the NHS ADHD Task Force, makes a valid argument for prioritising children left on long waiting lists for ADHD assessments - saving money in all sectors through early intervention bmj.com/content/393/bmj-2026… @bmj_latest @DHSCgovuk @CAMHSNetwork

This morning I spent two hours holding still for artists, while thinking about riots, rage, fear, children, Britishness, and what it really means to protect a place. #British #Irish #Welsh #riots #identity open.substack.com/pub/redapp…

First @arc_nwc Phase 2 Public Contributor Champion meeting yesterday. A new role building on Phase 1 work, supporting strategic public influence across themes, governance, implementation and learning. Good discussion, useful questions & plenty to build on. #PPIE #NIHR #ARCNWC

Are newborns blank slates? Does it matter to them from whom the oocyte for their conception came or who gestated and birthed them? Using research from adoption, donor conception and surrogacy, this paper argues for consideration of the child's experience in surrogacy language.

I’m seeing more local parenting posts from families waiting years for #ADHD assessment, medication review or support. The risk doesn’t stay on the waiting list. It moves into homes, schools, families & safeguarding systems. open.substack.com/pub/redapp…

We are all behind you Sall. #IStandWithSallGrover

Have you got a passion for research and want to help shape funding decisions? We’ve opened a wide range of opportunities to join our decision-making committees across multiple research programmes. 📅 Closing date: 26 May 2026 Learn more about the opportunities available and apply at ⬇️ nihr.ac.uk/get-involved/comm…

Out in @JAACAP "We are pleased to introduce the Evidence-Based Intervention database for ADHD (EBI-ADHD: ebiadhd-database.org/), a new and open-access online resource for the clinical and research community in child and adolescent psychiatry." jaacap.org/article/S0890-856…

I took part in this podcast on the Southport Inquiry report last week

My good friend Nettie died from a brsin tumour in her early 50s. Could be an interesting report for @NIHRARCs #cancer #BrainCancer thebraintumourcharity.org/ne…

The best predictor of scientific impact isn't gender, seniority, methodology, or geography, it is the informal network of colleagues and mentors who provide guidance and feedback. We are often ignore the most important source of success. Informal support networks are the unsung heroes in science. Joining a great community of supportive and collaborative colleagues might therefore be one of the most important keys to success. This is based on a new paper analyzing the scientific impact of 86,000 scholars. The authors found that informal connections (ie the people who you thank in acknowledgement sections) are more important that your coauthors in predicting publication productivity and impact. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…

How hard is it to access NHS data for research? Two major congenital heart disease studies required 12 regulators, dozens of forms, and years of approvals before analysis could begin Researchers share lessons on improving access while protecting privacy ijpds.org/news/30-04-26-hard…

Listening to music with a friend syncs up your emotional and brain responses. According to a recent Cortex study, sharing a musical experience increases the moment-to-moment similarity of subjective pleasure and enhances neural alignment between listeners. dlvr.it/TSHPgK

Thank you to @Channel4News  and @SophieBraybrook for reporting on the growing trend we’ve been seeing on our Stop It Now helpline. Last year, the number of people contacting us about viewing or generating AI sexual images of children doubled. channel4.com/news/three-time…

How surrogacy is softened through doulas, care, ethics language and sacred birth culture redapples.substack.com/p/the…

It’s that time again! Ann Memmott’s April research roundup is here! In this research roundup, Ann Memmott brings together recent papers covering a range of topics including terminology, rejection, social media, ABA and conflict of interest Read here 👇 ndconnection.co.uk/blog/auti…

This proposal from the Tony Blair Institute shows a complete misunderstanding of both mental health & the benefits system. Declaring some conditions 'non work-limiting' is a discriminatory & simplistic response to a hugely complex challenge 1/4 telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

Great to hear from @VSNWEscadale at #Arcfest @arc_nwc #VCSFE sector at the heart of Phase 2. How can @NIHRARCs support #data tracking to improve the evidence base of the sector. Build social.movements of #resesrch knowledge mobilisation.

A challenge from our departing steering board chair @Popay100 Jennie Popay to @arc_nwc to consider the importance of language. Deprived or impoverished? #Arcfest