Ian Sinha (wheezylikesundaymorning) Profile picture
Resp paediatrician; NRAP CYP lead; NW asthma CYP lead; #asthma #neonatal (never a member of a political party, my own views and tweets etc)
Nov 7, 2020 13 tweets 7 min read
Absolutely. Buzzing.

Zoom call with @SFoodbanks, @IanByrneMP, and @Kartik__Raj #righttofood (wow)

These guys are REAL heroes and they dont even know it - their hard work and passion keeps families afloat, and dignity intact, and here's a thread about the importance of this: 2 Adversity hits the poorest hardest - and that includes natural disasters, accidents like Titanic, and austerity: cuts per head are highest for places with the sickest people, especially in the North. Infants of families who are in poverty are more likely to die.
Oct 30, 2020 7 tweets 4 min read
So we had a hospital grand round @AlderHey today :

“I’M NOT RACIST BUT...”:
THE OVERT AND COVERT EFFECTS OF #RACISM ON CHILDREN

And here’s the highlights 1/7 Overt and dramatic acts of racism lead to outrage - and also lead to meaningless celebrity and corporate platitudes ... in answer to your question @MarcusRashford , this is what virtue signalling is. Black Lives Matter(ed) for about three weeks 2/7
Jun 16, 2020 24 tweets 13 min read
@MarcusRashford - legend

Child poverty is THE most pressing issue for the NHS

Mr Rashford has had far more impact than I ever could, but here are 25 of my slides for a recent @AlderHey talk on #covid19, #lockdown and #Childpoverty in the UK Image In adversity the vulnerable lose out most: everyone on Titanic hit the same iceberg, but the poorest people were most likely to drown Image