Flora Douglas

@FranklyLess @nourishingftrs Looking forward to seeing you there! 😀

Packing my bag and excited to be heading to #NFNC2024 to be with old and new friends passionate about food security for pregnancy and the early years. A powerhouse of delegates. @nourishingftrs

When parents are skipping meals because they cannot afford formula, when midwives worry about feeds being kept longer than is safe because families cannot afford to waste, "excessive" maternity pay isn't the problem. bit.ly/47MG5Mq

@Forensic_Sci_ @p1154 @CellCellPress @drphilhammond Absolutely!

@LightFayber 2/2 … and more, from what I’ve read from credible independent experts in neonatal/medicine, stats, and legal matters. It was a brave but incredibly important thing to have contributed your psychological expertise to this programme.The visuals of those notes haunted me last night

Very pleased to have been able to contribute to this documentary discussing important concerns over the evidence in the #LucyLetby case channel5.com/show/lucy-letb… 1/

@LightFayber Thank you for your contribution to this programme Faye. I’m ashamed to say I’ve only just tuned in to this case since the Guardian piece earlier in July, and very concerned about the safety of the conviction, sir all the reason outlined in the programme ..1/2

@gill1109 I seem to have just ordered a paperback copy that will delivered tomorrow.

amazon.com/Miscarriage-Ju… “You have been lied to. This book has been re-released after being suspiciously banned from print”. Did the UK criminal injustice system put pressure on Amazon? The book is well worth reading. Kindle version is not expensive. #lucyletby #freedom4lucy

Come and work with a great research team that is led by @Kenned4Catriona and includes @FloraD

Could food banks be relegated to the history books? @sabineegoodwin in @BigIssue @scotgov @povinequalscot @CitAdviceScot @nourishscotland @TrussellScot #CashFirst bigissue.com/opinion/could-…

And for @FranklyLess's time too last week enabling our @RGUNMandP midwifery students explore the implications for midwifery practice associated with the presence of household food insecurity in high income countries on maternal and infant health. 🙏🙏

Grateful 2 @FranklyLess and Dani and Vicky from Abercessities too for their input to our @AHRDC 'Understanding Food Insecurity in Aberdeen' webinar where infant food insecurity was spotlighted as an area of deep public health concern needing more attention in our city.

We made this short film about maternal & infant food insecurity to mark the occasion of @FranklyLess's recent visiting fellowship from Canada 2 Scotland/UK & Aberdeen. Thanks 2 Lesley and @Abernecessities for their time & expertise shared so generously in the making of this film.

This great video by @IFAN typifies being a ‘critical friend’ 4 people living in poverty & food insecurity, ie. pointing out, from front line experience of doing something practical 2 help people in food crisis, that food banks are not a sustainable solution to the problem.

Our latest data (ifanuk.org/430f84s) demonstrates just how vital it is for @10DowningStreet #FarmToForkSummit to prioritise a #cashfirst approach to #foodinsecurity.... @UKSustain @Food_Foundation @readifood @EarlsfieldFood2 @broke_not

Looking forward to our workshop with @RGUNMandP midwifery students this Friday exploring the implications of household food insecurity on the health and well-being of pregnant women and their infants, be they bottle or breast fed. 🙏

Great 2 have you visit us in Scotland this month sharing research insights & perspectives at our @ahdrc ‘Understanding food insecurity in Aberdeen’ webinar last week. You gave us much food for thought, and great pointers at solutions that are needed and, make a difference.

Your excellent work in Canada on the hidden public health crisis of infant food insecurity in high income countries, that’s been hiding in plain sight for too long in the UK, provides good evidence about what would help parents most 2 cope with it - more money in their pockets.

We need to talk about baby formula and what the rising prices are doing to families. Our @skynews piece on the UK’s “hidden crisis”👇 youtu.be/LJYBTQ0n6S4 Produced by @emupton Shot/cut by @Shoot_Editor

@FranklyLess @LindsayGrahamUK @DrErinWill @RosieMcnee It was lovely having you Lesley! Great to share insights and perspectives. Glad your safely home

visitor-ship to UK/Scotland to share research on infant food insecurity. 3 talks, 2 videos, visit to @abernecessities visit with @LindsayGrahamUK, great hosts @DrErinWill and @RosieMcnee, highland tour, 3 concerts, hikes, 1 new dog friend and the hospitality of @FloraD

@FranklyLess @RosieMcnee @DrErinWill Great to have you in the UK and @RGUNMandP talking about your long standing research and policy interest in family and infant food insecurity in high income country contexts - depressing as it is that we are having to have these conversations.

And thanks to @RosieMcnee @DrErinWill @FloraD for welcoming me over and all the hard work you are doing here to sound the alarm

Stop #2 of my Harrison McCain visitor-ship tomorrow at the University of Edinburgh. Thankful for the support from @AcadiaU to collaborate internationally on infant food insecurity in rich nations - what @MichaelMarmot has called a ‘national shame and crisis’ in the UK.

We published this short briefing on reducing infant and maternal food insecurity in Scotland earlier this week - Find out more at foodaidnetwork.org.uk/briefings-repo… @1stepsnutrition @LindsayGrahamUK @FloraD @mariaammarshall #CashFirst