Michael Absoud

NHS long term plan - some positive aspects. BUT the focus on prevention contradicted with minimal specificity on how children (future adults) will be put first.. ▪️improve children’s oral health ▪️ restrict junk food advertising targeted at children, ban the sale of…

"Removing Education, Health and Care Plans will cause chaos... The idea that children with SEND can be adequately catered for by placing them all together in a “unit” in a mainstream school with no legal protection is preposterous." apple.news/AYvLUfVJ4RkWML…

'It's going to save lives' #BBCBreakfast has learned that lessons on suicide prevention are being added to the school curriculum in England as part of new government guidance being published today. Andy Airey is one of the Three Dads Walking who have campaigned for the change…

Measles is back on the rise. This webinar gives paediatricians an essential update on how to recognise, manage and prevent measles in children. Watch this webinar: ow.ly/yqHX50Wl3tO

4.5 million children live in poverty in the UK. This should be a source of national shame. @ChildrensComm highlights what we hear daily – kids are going without food, clothes or decent homes. theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

The Children's Commissioner has joined calls for the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap, saying some children in England are living in an "almost-Dickensian level of poverty." In a new report led by Dame Rachel de Souza, some young people have described living with rat…

Children with #SEND are the most unequal in society, and have paid most during the pandemic. They need more holistic joined up support, not less

Big news: Guardian story and multi-signatory letter on fears about how the govt will follow the disability benefits fiasco: with drastic moves on the educational rights of children & young people with Special Educational Needs & Disabilities theguardian.com/education/2025…

Family hubs should be part of the fabric of every community - this new strategy from @educationgovuk is a crucial step towards achieving this. Now the challenge is making every local service feel familial: consistent, non-judgemental & reliable. My statement in full 👇🏻

And similarly in England from MHCYP link.springer.com/article/10.100… Children and young people’s reported contact with professional services for mental health concerns: a secondary data analysis | European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Today RCPCH gave evidence to the @CommonsHealth First 1000 days inquiry. Dr Doug Simkiss spoke on the growing pressures on children’s community health services and called for investment in the wider child health workforce - including school nurses and health visitors. 1/3

"unhealthy food is far cheaper and more readily available, and so unless this change is part of a wider, comprehensive strategy it will not be enough to support poorer communities where families simply can’t afford healthy food options."

🧪 Most ventilation-performance studies rely on weak observational data. Confounding variables, cherry-picked results, and overreliance on CO₂ (a poor proxy for IAQ) undermine conclusions. #scientificrigour 3/5

Heartbreaking, if ever there was a window for prevention, surely it is in childhood "children’s health services face increasing deprioritisation and underfunding"

Murray wants to shield kids from 'damaging' social media bbc.in/46ePFsK

Government should put children first, especially those with SEND