Anatomical Pathology Technologist, Chair of AAPT and MSc Public Health graduate. These tweets represent my views, and mine alone.

Joined August 2011
#Winter has to be directed by Reeves and Mortimer, right?! 😵‍💫
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I’m 12 mins in and absolutely furious 🤣
Watching Winter…and hoping it does not make me cross
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Nice to see you on The Dog House tonight, @bushontheradio 😘
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Today, I photographed honeybees drinking from a stream in a Welsh rainforest.
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John Pitchers retweeted
Mortuaries and after death care should be considered part of any detailed review of maternity. The information in the Nottingham Ockenden report is harrowing, devastating, and utterly unsurprising to me 😞 I would include after death care in the Maternity Public Inquiry.
Replying to @LucyGoBag
That only comes from deep dives into record keeping and vast amounts of additional work as well as acting on family concerns. ALONGSIDE an ongoing police investigation…
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Goodnight #Leeds, we arrived today ahead of tomorrow’s first family meeting. Tomorrow we will discuss what an Ockenden Review is, and the Terms of Reference for the Review with family input. @nmcnews GMC @CQCProf will be in attendance along with local MPs & charities. – at Leeds, England
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John Pitchers retweeted
Do you have £5.30 to spare? If you do, please sponsor this amazing fundraiser (#53 is Barney’s number, but more or less ££ gratefully received). ⬇️ These people have held us up (quite literally at times) over the past three years of horror. We’ve know them for over 15 years. We ‘met’ when Barney came home from nursery being ‘bitten’ by Tom. His new best friend!! The boys were like brothers ever since… 🫶Carol, Albert, Tom & Emily really are like family. The loss of our boy hit them hard. But what it did do was encourage them to think about themselves, their own lives and health. Carol and Albert have lost over 16 stone between them (not a needle in sight either!). 🥾Two years ago walking from the car to home was an effort. This weekend they are hiking over 50k in the ‘Race to the Stones’ ultra event to raise money for Barney’s foundation. 👏 Please applaud them; share if you can, and donate if you wish. Most of all; another reminder that there is more good than bad out there. However it often feels. 💚💛 justgiving.com/page/carol-sm…
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There is a great deal of exemplary practice in mortuaries up and down the country, but the only way to eradicate instances of poor practice / regain public confidence now is a national review of mortuary standards, governance and regulation; covering both NHS and LA mortuaries.
Further horrific tales from the CofCH. A hospital that was demonstrably failing. A hospital with widespread systemic failings. A hospital that did not respect the living, who it was entrusted to care for. A hospital that, clearly, did not respect the dead.
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1/3 Goodnight #Nottingham, our team are finished for the day ahead of tomorrow’s publication of the @OckReview report. Chair of the Review @DOckendenLtd will make a statement at 11:45am on 24th June 2026 which will address the findings, conclusions and actions of the report. – at Nottingham, England
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Reposting today, for very obvious reasons 😞
Replying to @LucyGoBag
The Fuller Inquiry recommendations need to be implemented in full, ASAP.
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John Pitchers retweeted
The health secretary has apologised on behalf of the NHS which he says "catastrophically" failed families who "suffered so appallingly" under maternity services in Nottingham, which were examined during the Ockenden Inquiry Click here for the latest: trib.al/zimBoZz
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John Pitchers retweeted
That’s a small primary school of children
Ockenden report: 162 avoidable deaths - Substandard care revealed in largest NHS maternity review itv.com/news/central/2026-06…
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John Pitchers retweeted
The maternity scandal - Full coverage 10am -2pm on BBC Radio Nottingham ( available on BBC Sounds ) a live page at BBC News live after 0930am and BBC1 East Midlands Today will have extensive coverage tonight 630pm bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e2…
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John Pitchers retweeted
Last month Harriet should have been 10. Her 6 year old sister sang happy birthday, blew the candles out and made a wish “I wish she was alive Mummy” 💔. My wish - we get justice. Please watch us and other Nottingham families on @BBCPanorama on Monday. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xk5…
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John Pitchers retweeted
This is Ocho. Ocho lives in my bathroom and hangs out on my orchid plant. Every day I soak a Q-Tip in water and put it down for him wherever he is (on the plant or behind the toilet or on the vanity) and he comes running over and gets a drink. Was my first reaction to smash him? Nope. To flush him down the toilet? Nope. To “burn it to the ground”? Nope. He’s literally a fraction of my size. I could easily kill him, but I choose to be kind. He deserves to be on this earth as much as I do. In fact, he contributes way more to the natural order of life on earth than I do. It’s so easy to choose kindness. I encourage everyone to take a moment and make sure the language you use when it comes to spiders, insects, rodents, etc. is kind and not fearful or disgusted. None of these beings are "pests" or threatening. They are here to provide a value to the ecosystem. Let them be. Help them if you can. Be kind. It’s so simple.
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🔔 LIVE WEBINAR ALERT 🔔 Behind the Mortuary Doors: A Day in the Life of an Anatomical Pathology Technician 🎤 Presented by Lucy Bridle-Thorne 🗓️ Thursday, 12 March ⏰ 20:00 - 21:00 🎟️ Register via the calendar on the dashboard dashboard.cpdcloud.co.uk/cal… #CPDme #CPD #CPDonline
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Coverage of major events on @CNN is wild - actual news, interspersed with frequent, lengthy infomercials about the African tractor industry.
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It is 31 years since Richard went missing, please keep his family in your thoughts 🙏🏻 ANNIVERSARY APPEAL - RICHARD EDWARDS Richard Edwards was a member of the British band Manic Street Preachers. Last seen on 31 January 1995, Richard checked out of the Embassy Hotel, Bayswater, London sometime between 31 January and 1 February and has not been seen nor heard of since. The exact time of his departure from the hotel remains unclear. Described as white, 5ft 7in in height and of slim build, with brown eyes. Richard’s head was shaved at the time of his disappearance. Richard has a tattoo on his upper left arm of a flower (rose) with the words 'Useless Generation' underneath and a tattoo 'I’ll surf this beach'. He has a scar on his lower left arm where he had scratched the words '4 REAL'. If you have any information on Richard’s whereabouts, phone Metropolitan Police on 101 or use their online reporting service, quoting CONNECT REF 01/764429/24. Alternatively, contact Kensington Police Station, Public Protection MPU on 07827986349. Facebook: facebook.com/richeyedwards67… #RicheyEdwards #MissingPersonsSupport #ArGoll #Manics #ManicStreetPreachers @rachelkedwards
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STOP ASKING ME TO “TAP THE POST” 😑
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Congratulations and great to see some of the healthcare science workforce being recognised in this way - keep up the great work!
Congratulations to Robert Cast, Gemma Norburn, Christian Burt, and Samantha Bell from the Association of Anatomical Pathology Technology – winners of 2025’s Elevating the Science Workforce Award! A fantastic and well deserved achievement! #SCCelebrateScience #ElevatingScience
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