Wendy Burn

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr Aggrey Burke and are sending our thoughts and condolences to all those who knew him.
His legacy will continue through the Aggrey Burke Fellowship, supporting Black medical students in psychiatry since 2023.

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Bring care closer to home: new report calls for action to reduce shameful practice of out of area placements for people with acute mental health needs The NHS Confederation and Royal College of Psychiatrists have published a new report about inappropriate out of area placements.

We & @nhsconfed.org have released a new report which shows that an unacceptable number of people with acute mental health needs are being sent miles from home for treatment. It sets out key recommendations to help address inappropriate out of area placements.

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Slow-Cooked Black Treacle Ham Nothing will ever take the place of my Ham in Coca-Cola from Bites — in my heart or on my table — but this slow-baked ham is a revelation of a different sort. The meat is astonishingly tender and carv...

Since I posted the Spiced Peaches to go with my Christmas ham earlier, I thought I may as well do the decent thing and alert you to this Slow-Cooked Black Treacle/Molasses ham recipe which I’m planning to do this year. It’s just so very good, and so very easy. www.nigella.com/recipes/slow...

Photograph of the 5 titles on my Christmas CookbookCorner. See thread for individual billing!

I have a special Christmas #CookbookCorner for you, featuring fabulous food from five festive cookbooks! You can read all about them on this link, though am posting each recipe separately here, too: 🧵 www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...

Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake This is a sleight of hand, or a trick of equipment rather than an act of brilliance. True, the cake does look incredibly complicated and seasonally impressive as it comes to the table, but that is all...

Of course #RecipeOfTheDay is my Spruced-Up Vanilla Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/spru...

Chocolate Pudding for Christmas Pudding Haters With Hot Chocolate Sauce Christmas pudding isn’t for everyone and, even though I have faith in my pudding’s ability to convert, there’s no point nagging or, indeed, fighting against real, die-hard antipathies. Besides, I have...

Talking of Christmas pudding haters, this is what I make for them! www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

Photograph of the Iced London Buns from Bread, Cake, Doughnut, Pudding by Justin Gellatly

Photograph of Bread, Cake, Doughnut, Pudding by Justin Gellatly

This week’s Guest Recipe from the #CookbookCorner archive is the Iced London Buns from Bread, Cake, Doughnut, Pudding by Justin Gellatly!
www.nigella.com/recipes/gues...

This only happens to you once

You missed a zero off the end (*this is not medical advice).

The idea of replacing Starmer is just utter nonsense. He's just won an election with a huge majority. It would look foolhardy, sel-obssessed, chaotic, insane: classic Tory bollocks.

New figures for core training posts in psychiatry May 2025.

Sketch of a tree growing from rocky ground with branches coming out of the trunk at angles

Study of a fir tree, c.1842 by Emily Brontë, best known for her classic novel 'Wuthering Heights' #WomensArt

Square textile art with symmetrical design of variations on squares and crosses, in addition to other geometric shapes and circles in different colours, with a border and cream background

Soof is a style of traditional Kutch embroidery originating in Gujarat, India, reflecting neat geometric designs #womensart

A quick reminder of what today is really about: Russia threatens Europe. America is gone. It will not save us. Britain and Europe must work closely and with trust, on defense and everything else, in order to counter the Kremlin threat.

Loved this book!

A painting of a wren on gold leaf

This little wren will be in my next studio sale. It’s painted on 23 carat gold leaf that’s laid on a vintage Italian poplar wood and gesso panel. Ready to hang from it’s original metal loop on the back

Spaghetti With Lemon, Garlic and Breadcrumbs I always relish an opportunity to use up ingredients that are past their best. The thing to do is make breadcrumbs with stale bread whenever it's to hand. Stash the breadcrumbs in airtight bags in the...

#RecipeOfTheDay is the low-effort, high-reward Spaghetti with Lemon, Garlic and Breadcrumbs – just what’s needed on a Monday! www.nigella.com/recipes/spag...

Pen and ink drawings of the same small female character from taken from book illustrations in diffetent positions on a cream background

"..You have the right to be angry sometimes" - Little My, character in the Moomin books by Tove Jansson who first appeared in 1950. She is small, determined, mischievous and fiercely independent and partly based on the author herself. #WomensArt #Monday

Comment under a book review in the Sunday Times: “Book Advert”! Plus response to it: “It’s in the review section. Do you baulk at the film reviews because you think they might be persuading you to go to the cinema?”

Anyone on social media doesn’t need to be told that people can be odd, but this comment below a book review in the Sunday Times is really quite something! (Good reply to it, though.)

Quilt art with image of a black bird like a crow facing left with head down on yellow striped ground picking up a small silver key

'Treasure Found', a mini art quilt by Nancy Messier, known for pictorial textile art #WomensArt

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

After my #rectalcancer diagnosis I wasn't sure what the future of our family would be. Very happy to say there is (new) life after cancer. Baby girl born last week 💕 #bowelcancer #cancer

Lemon Pavlova Ever since my first pav in How To Eat, I have been something of a pavaholic. For me, acidity is key. So naturally, a lemon pavlova made perfect sense. You will note there are a lot of flaked almonds ...

Sharp, sweet, crisp, gooey and dreamily creamy: Lemon Pavlova is #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/lemo...

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Very interesting conference @rcpsych.bsky.social Spirituality and Psych Spec Interest group (SPSIG) amazing way of conceiving psych treatment in a holistic way
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British troops have fought and died alongside the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq, just to be written off as non-existent people from "some random country". We have to maintain tolerable relations with this administration to try and minimise damage, but my god it's not easy.

Thank you! Most antidepressants are still prescribed by doctors, we sometimes put “your prescriber” in the information but it always sounds a bit clunky.

Antidepressants This information looks at antidepressants, how they work, what they are used for, and the different kinds.

Updated RCPsych patient resource on antidepressants. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-healt...

I worked with/met a number of US doctors who moved to NZ during the 45th presidency/first term

NZ could never compete with US physician salaries but it didn't need to. They moved for political stability and a society without active shooter drills for their kids schools. Most seemed happy