Clinical Senior Lecturer and honorary consultant paediatric neurologist. Loves: neurology, early intervention, sourdough baking & running. Own views expressed.

Newcastle University
Joined October 2013
An absolute privilege to be talking at a round table event on early intervention for infants at high risk of adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes - at the House of Lords with the EI SMART team. This felt hopeful. ⁦@UniofNewcastle⁩ ⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩ ⁦
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#ThrowbackThursday to Social Prescribing Day 🎉 One week on, we’re still reflecting on launching our WHO Collaborating Centre in Parliament with partners from across the UK and beyond. 💡 Read our thoughts and reflections: socialprescribingacademy.org…
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🆕Find out in our latest blog, how a pioneering social prescribing project is helping families of children with complex needs with invaluable practical and emotional support. tinyurl.com/d4wjtn9u #WeAreNCL #WeAreFMS
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👏 Congratulations to all nominees shortlisted for an ACAMH Award 2025 – a prestigious recognition of impact and innovation. Be part of the celebration! Our Ceremony is free, online, and open to all. Register here: bit.ly/4nB5xv4 #ACAMHawards2025
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We’re delighted that @newcastleuni have shone a spotlight on the SPACE Pilot in their From Newcastle blog 🌟 SPACE Pilot is a collaboration between Newcastle University, Ways to Wellness and the Great North Children’s Hospital. from.ncl.ac.uk/space-pilot-s…
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Prof Greta Defeyter at Great North Paediatric Conference on food insecurity- made two critical points. Firstly, signposting is not enough (I can’t agree more!), and secondly it’s the whole family that needs supporting to help the child. That’s the integration we need. #GNPC
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🎉 It is our pleasure to announce the shortlist of nominees for the #ACAMHawards2025! 🎉 Congratulations to the Eric Taylor ‘Translational Research Into Practice’ shortlist nominees: @AnnaBasu1, @Cathy_Creswell, @Professordaley1, Dr. Hanni Flaherty, @CharlesHulme8. bit.ly/4865WkE
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This is a very proud moment, to be shortlisted for an international award. Thank you ⁦@acamh⁩ for valuing the translational work I do. ⁦@UniofNewcastle⁩ ⁦@GreatNorthCH⁩ ⁦@BPNA_org⁩ ⁦@ways2wellnessUK⁩ ⁦@NIHR_ARC_NENC⁩ ⁦@Newcastle_NHS⁩
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Spreading the word at international conf. about SPACE CYP hospital initiated social prescribing for children with chronic complex needs: minisymposium & oral poster ⁦@EACD2025⁩ ⁦@ways2wellnessUK⁩ ⁦@NHSCharities⁩ ⁦@NIHR_ARC_NENC⁩ ⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩
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So pleased to have run this minisymposium on social prescribing for children with neurodisabilities #EACD2025 talking about our SPACE CYP project and hearing about EPIC-CP. ⁦@UniofNewcastle⁩ ⁦@GreatNorthCH⁩ ⁦@BPNA_org⁩ ⁦@EACD2025⁩ ⁦@NASPTweets⁩ ⁦
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Minisymposium on social prescribing for children with neurodisability. We enjoyed doing this😀
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Proud to be at the @NIHRresearch #Research Delivery Network launch, where Amy Thomas from @DHSCgovuk spoke about our SPACE Pilot, a @GreatNorthCH #partnership supporting families navigating hospital care for children with chronic, complex conditions waystowellness.org.uk/space-…
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🎉 We are thrilled that SPACE pilot: Social Prescribing for Children and Young People is the winner in the category of Health Inequalities at the Family Health Clinical board Celebration and Awards Event. Read more about the project at 🔗 waystowellness.org.uk/space-…
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Alicia Crunden (Newcastle uni student) presenting our SPACE PILOT data at the national BACD conference along with Lauren Loader, link worker, Ways to Wellness/GNCH. Teamwork😀. ⁦@UniofNewcastle⁩ ⁦@BACD_tweets⁩ ⁦@RCPCHtweets⁩ ⁦⁦@NewcastleHosps⁩ ⁦
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Lauren Loader, Team Leader for our SPACE pilot project, went to the British Academy of Childhood Disability conference in Sheffield. A poster on SPACE pilot, Social Prescribing and Community Resources for Children and Young People, was presented at the conference.
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It’s #ThrowbackThursday! Last month, @AnnaBasu1 & Simon Bromhead talked about our SPACE pilot project at the Shaping the Future of Paediatric Care event at the Great North Children's Hospital @NewcastleHosps🏥 🎥 Watch the full talk on YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=pkgTTf8F…
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This important evaluation, funded by NIHR, showed that for every £1 spent delivering a programme that supports children with neurodisability, £2.75 of benefits are experienced by them and their families. The investment was almost trebled. @NIHR_ARC_NENC 🔗 arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/sch…
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