Mel Couch

Proud mum of 2 💗💗 Loves gin, Prosecco & rugby (watching). Occasional runner. Former Nurse & HV. Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Manager & MHFA. Views my own.

[NHS @NHSuk]

Turn on NHS App notifications to know when your bowel screening kit is on its way.

For 20 years, NHS bowel screening has been helping find bowel cancer early, often before symptoms appear.

When it arrives, complete your home test and return itTurn on NHS App notifications to know when your bowel screening kit is on its way.

For 20 years, NHS bowel screening has been helping find bowel cancer early, often before symptoms appear.

When it arrives, complete your home test and return itTurn on NHS App notifications to know when your bowel screening kit is on its way.

For 20 years, NHS bowel screening has been helping find bowel cancer early, often before symptoms appear.

When it arrives, complete your home test and return it.

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

#BowelCancerAwarenessMonth

[NHS @NHSuk]

Children under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaChildren under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaChildren under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaChildren under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaChildren under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubellaChildren under 6 on 1st January 2026 will now get the MMRV vaccine as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme.

This replaces the MMR vaccine in the routine schedule and adds protection against chickenpox, alongside measles, mumps and rubella.

[NHS @NHSuk]

Attending your screening appointments is one of the simplest ways to look after your long-term health.

It looks for early signs of certain conditions so that treatment — or extra support — can be offered sooner.

More info ➡️ https://t.co/8zV7JO9BPs

[Darren Young @mrdarrenyoung]

I’m Darren. Will update the profile picture later.

I’ve got just a couple of hours to wait until a radical prostatectomy that will remove my prostate, seminal vesicles, lymph nodes… and hopefully all of the cancer lurking therein and thereabouts.

Diagnosed at 51 following a routine blood test that showed a high PSA level, indicative of cancer.

What faces me now is quite extreme, but it’s life-changing in order not to be life-ending.

Guys: knowledge is power. Get the test when it’s offered. In the UK, 1 in 8 men will get prostate cancer, with rates higher than that in the black community.

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@Matt_Pinner Love this stunning photo

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@sainsburys I recently bought several packets of microwaveable basmati rice and used them on 30th October and one of the packets contained black mouldy rice. See photos. The other two packets I used were fine.

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

I’d like to talk about my Dad.

He came to England from India at age 17.

He had a brutal childhood- he’s refused to talk us kids about it but part of his childhood involved living on the streets as a child in India

Coming to England saved his life. Literally.

He has worked - shop keeper, then taxi driver & has contributed to tax his whole life here. He refused to charge people for his taxi service when they visited hospitals, students who felt unsafe walking at night etc. He worked 7 days a week, and we lived month to month.

My Mum, at the age of 64, still works full
time as an insurance broker & has also paid tax her entire working life.

My Dad retired at the age of 70 during the pandemic as he was diagnosed with cancer. Thankfully he’s currently in remission 🙏

As soon as he was given the “all clear” he could finally pursue his dream - to feed those in need.

At the age of 70 he asked my Mum to teach him how to cook.

Every Tuesday he buys food to feed about 100/200 homeless people a week. He wakes up at 3am every Wednesday to cook the food, package & distribute it with a team of volunteers who also provide them warm clothing, cut their hair etc with nothing but love.

The volunteers are from all backgrounds, all colours, all ethnicities as are the people they serve.

He is the kindest, most compassionate person I know. To have people judge him based on the colour of his skin breaks my heart beyond measure.

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@Allijw @ESNEFT Unfortunately I missed yesterday’s launch event, but I’m excited about the network, what it will bring and future events!

[Catherine Munro @CatherineMMunro]

BOOK GIVEAWAY!
To celebrate reaching 20k followers I am giving away 2 copies of Ponies at the Edge of the World with a handmade bookmark.
The bookmark is made with dried seaweed from Shetland. To enter just like and retweet this post #Shetland

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@DrProudman This is absolutely disgusting. A massive failing of the so called justice system. And a complete failing of the system for Zara and her family.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Wait for it..

[Moz Perkins⚓️🇨🇶🇬🇧 Author 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @MozPerkins]

On November 7th, 1920, in strictest secrecy, four unidentified British bodies were exhumed from temporary battlefield cemeteries at Ypres, Arras, the Asine and the Somme.

None of the soldiers who did the digging were told why.

The bodies were taken by field ambulance to GHQ at St-Pol-Sur-Ter Noise. Once there, the bodies were draped with the union flag.

Sentries were posted and Brigadier-General Wyatt and a Colonel Gell selected one body at random. The other three were reburied.

A French Honour Guard was selected and stood by the coffin overnight of the chosen soldier overnight.

On the morning of the 8th November, a specially designed coffin made of oak from the grounds of Hampton Court arrived and the Unknown Warrior was placed inside.

On top was placed a crusaders sword and a shield on which was inscribed:

"A British Warrior who fell in the GREAT WAR 1914-1918 for King and Country".

On the 9th of November, the Unknown Warrior was taken by horse-drawn carriage through Guards of Honour and the sound of tolling bells and bugle calls to the quayside.

There, he was saluted by Marechal Foche and loaded onto HMS Vernon bound for Dover. The coffin stood on the deck covered in wreaths, surrounded by the French Honour Guard.

Upon arrival at Dover, the Unknown Warrior was met with a nineteen gun salute - something that was normally only reserved for Field Marshals.

A special train had been arranged and he was then conveyed to Victoria Station, London.

He remained there overnight, and, on the morning of the 11th of November, he was finally taken to Westminster Abbey.

The idea of the unknown warrior was thought of by a Padre called David Railton who had served on the front line during the Great War the union flag he had used as an altar cloth whilst at the front, was the one that had been draped over the coffin.

It was his intention that all of the relatives of the 517,773 combatants whose bodies had not been identified could believe that the Unknown Warrior could very well be their lost husband, father, brother or son...

THIS is the reason we wear poppies.

We do not glorify war.

We remember - with humility - the great and the ultimate sacrifices that were made, not just in this war, but in every war and conflict where our service personnel have fought - to ensure the liberty and freedoms that we now take for granted.

Every year, on the 11th of November, we remember the Unknown Warrior.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@mrdanwalker Absolutely love this!!! My dog used to back on to the furniture that he wasn’t allowed to sit because that way he wasn’t actually sitting on it🐾

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

Sunak says the nation wants change.
Too right.
Let’s have a general election.
Sunak says our political system isn’t working.
Too right.
Let’s have a general election.

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@charliersmith1 ❤️

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

SSPs from the ESNEFT bowel cancer screening team are attending the Clacton Air show today @ESNEFT

[Mel Couch @couch_mel]

@alexwil74578438 @TangoPasty Definitely!! Love a day at Wimbledon’s 🎾