NHS GP, parkrun UK Ambassador for Health & Wellbeing, Co-Event Director, Hesketh Park junior parkrun. Passionate about diet, exercise + reversing diabetes #LCHF

Southport
Joined November 2013
Simon Tobin retweeted
"Rigid adherence shifts care towards interventions and prescribing, and away from where it should really be — on the patient’s priorities, preferences and values." Agree. Ditto where access, use of AI, COI of QOF/LES & digital interaction becomes inflexible & bypasses humanity.
“I believe that modern general practice has become so focused on targets and guideline adherence that we risk losing sight of what matters most to patients” Just published👇🏼 bjgplife.com/patients-will-n…
1
1
2
343
Simon Tobin retweeted
FAO all GPs. Just out in @BJGPjournal 👇🏼 Impostor syndrome in general practice: a cost of expert generalism “The danger lies not in feeling like an impostor, but in believing that feeling makes you unfit to be a GP” bjgplife.com/impostor-syndro…
1
4
7
773
Ellie and Mel Pinnington bring energy, music, and joy to Southport’s junior parkrun Volunteering at junior parkrun has given Ellie a safe and structured space to build her confidence and independence #autism #AwesomeEllie 🙌 search.app/TjN1HzLdQyGDKpye9
5
2
14
1,090
😂 😂 😂 👇
>40% of the followers of our @juniorparkrunUK event appear to be scantily clad women [no joke] We need to rethink our marketing - obvs🤔 Whilst we do that perhaps some of you/them might consider wearing something a bit warmer and volunteering on a Sunday😉 @tomwilliams1974
2
3
632
#AusomeEllie has been very busy ❤️
2
5
3
15
3,392
Probably the best thing you'll read today. Good stuff @HeskethParkjpr @DocRunner1!
“If someone asked me “What’s the best way to bring more joy into my life” I’d say: set up a junior parkrun” Lovely blog from @DocRunner1 on how @juniorparkrunUK has brought his community together More here👇 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/… @chrissiesmiles @katy_cleece @_JamesMThomas
3
12
1,087
Starting a junior parkrun event, parkrun UK Blog ‘If you want more joy in your life, go on, give it a go. I guarantee that you won’t regret it and that your community will be healthier and happier as a result’ ⁦@DocRunner1⁩ ⁦@parkrunUK⁩ 👍 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/10/…
4
25
3,200
Real Food Runners ⁦@Southportpkrun⁩ this morning! ⁦@DocRunner1⁩ ⁦@NicolaLock07⁩ & Jane Parkinson 🚶🏃‍♀️🚶‍♀️🏃
3
1
12
1,113
Is your GP practice a parkrun practice?
6 years of parkrun practice initiative If you are a practice, primary care network/cluster and want to join the initiative please reach out to your local parkrun event team (via event website), or go along to your local parkrun to introduce yourself 👇🏼 blog.parkrun.com/uk/2024/06/…
1
7
920
Simon Tobin retweeted
So, the ‘white cane’ is always associated with #blind & #VisuallyImpaired people… But guess what? Canes come in a variety of colours and here’s my collection! They’re exactly the same as white canes…they’re just not white! Colour matters even when you can’t see 💕
9
11
1
50
2,489
Simon Tobin retweeted
The Pre-Race Race (they all count) 👏 If you watched the teaser on our last video, here’s the result! @barton_kell & I vs @DocRunner1 & Mike youtu.be/BQucP_DPF9A?feature… #guiderun #race
4
1
5
1,863
The rivalry is hotting up !!! 😉 👇
Just how hard can it be to “run blind”? Pretty easy??? Turns out it’s harder than @AstroMYK and @RoseMac01 think as they take on me and @barton_kell in the #Blindfoldchallenge @Southportpkrun Video here👇 youtu.be/bBp_TZmNqys?feature… @chrissiesmiles @CumbriaPR @PSH_A1674
3
4
785
We’re thrilled at the involvement of people with visual impairments #VI at our event BUT we’d like to do more How can we encourage more people with VIs to walk, jog, run or volunteer @parkrunUK ? 🤔 @chrissiesmiles @PSH_A1674 @runwritekirsty @StVincentsL12 @davidstvin
4
1
12
2,399
Getting 400,000 people out and active in their community for free, every week, in 2400+ locations, is no mean feat. It takes an army. And it was amazing to celebrate the incredible contributions of all who make parkrun happen with the PM @10DowningStreet To the next 20yrs 🥂 – at Chertsey, South East
7
16
99
5,667
Simon Tobin retweeted
A labour of love but so pleased to see it in print @BioMedCentral. An honest account of the highs & lows of community outreach. There are challenges, but parkrun is addressing them & I'm thrilled to be working with them to grow & diversify junior parkrun🌟 doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-1…
9
23
1,253
Imagine running a 5K in <27 min with your eyes shut 🤔 That’s basically what the awesome @barton_kell achieved today for her 250th @parkrunUK event She’s been considering a crack at this for about a year. It’s a joy and a privilege to see her pull it off 👏👏👏 @PSH_A1674
For 249 parkruns I have been guided using a tether. But today for my 250th #parkrun @Southportpkrun I ran untethered & it felt amazing! With the help of 4 #guiderunners who kept me safe and gave me verbal cues to get round I finished in 26:57 #Blind #BlindRunner #LoveParkrun
2
6
1
63
3,982
Seeing the same GP reduces your risk of an emergency admission to hospital or of needing to use the out of hours service by 30% and astonishingly reduces the risk of dying in the following 12 months by 25% And knowing your patients makes being a GP a wonderful job. @rcgp
65
240
40
813
84,440