Craig Newby

NHS Health Safety and Risk Lead. My time is all taken and my views are my own.

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@10_Kiieran_10 @UnitedLoveMUFC @ToonMouthTyne And suddenly it's all gone quiet 🤫

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@Dilwar_H @Simontimofish @PeterHardinge1 @JonathanPieNews The fact you've even had to explain that speaks volumes!

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@ChartersHc @NewcastleHosps I can't think of anyone who deserves this more than Tom. Absolute star 🌟 👏

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@ChartersHc @NewcastleHosps Very well deserved 👏

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@Jack_Horner @maitlis They're rolling out Stormy Daniels after the break 🤣

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@EsheruKwaku Comedy gold 🤣🤣

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@onlyjameseth @giftednumber10 @HoopySlippers67 @GuvsCryptoTips @StanCollymore Wrong on both points Jimbo and super proud to work for such a fantastic organisation

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@dgkitchen1984 @SkySports_Keith @David_Ornstein Or we have no idea what they are negotiating in the background. Sick of hearing all the rumours. Be better if they did all business behind closed doors and announce signings once they're done!

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@CiaranKelly__ Great atmosphere and AC/DC 😍

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@RevdCaptKatie Great to hear you're back home Katie. Hoping your recovery continues and you grow stronger day by day. Take good care of yourself x

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Graham Thorpe, England cricketer, with beautiful daughters, loving wife, family and friends.

Took his own life.

Too many men in particular, at a time when information is plentiful, charities on standby, text, phone and email services ready, are deciding to end their lives.

Many reading this, like me will have hit very close to where Graham got but stopped short, just. It's a desperate, confusing and frightening experience mixed with a matter of factness that at the time feels sobering, you feel you're thinking and acting clearly but you're not.

Graham's wife took the decision to tell the world of how Graham both lived and sadly died, in the hope that if you or someone you know are struggling you'll grab one of the branches set out below and contact someone who can and will help.

When someone takes their life, there's a trail of pain, questions and few answers, but many of us know that anxiety and depression gets so bad that life simply doesn't feel worth living. In my case I was lucky, very lucky. I ran, and ran some more until clouds lifted, the anxiety moved away and I could think straight. Looking back I've been seconds away from death several times, so reading about Graham is incredibly confronting, upsetting and sobering as I'm sure it is for many.

I didn't know Graham but his story is all too familiar. Anxiety and depression for men, particularly men, hides invisible as the forced machismo creates a mask, a shield. You laugh, you crack a joke, you "look" ok and you carry on. But then one day as if you were preparing a meal, you take stock, prepare your deed and,

You take your life.

Leaving others with a lifetime of pain.

You don't mean to, it's the last thing you want, but it's the unintended consequences of a decision made, nonetheless.

If you're reading this, and can relate to any of the above, firstly have 5 minutes to think of Graham, his children and his wife, they need all the love and support that can be sent their way.

Then, if you're anxious, depressed, really struggling, ease know that my email is open to sound off, that charities such as the Samaritans are there 24/7, SANE charity phone line is open from 4pm to 10pm daily, MIND have drop in centres nationally and emergence services will always help on 999 or NHS 111.

To Graham and his family, you're on my mind and the mind of many, and to those struggling, you're a second away from help even in your darkest hour.

Protect life. Yours.

Stand up. Speak out.

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@JoeCallaghan84 That could be Monty Don!

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

A new day in Westminster has dawned...

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Here’s a clip from the Heroes & Villains Tour which is both politically informative, and a plug for the fact that it’s now available to watch on various platforms.

See https://t.co/CHb4VKcq2E for details.

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@NewcastleNMAHPs @OhsNewcastle @NHSNEY @ianjoyRN @lisa_guthrie3 @Lullababies @VBagshaw @RachelCockburn7 @Rachel_Hall85 @GreatNorthCH @DrLisa_AHP Congratulations Ruth 🥂 Enjoy your retirement 👏

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@RevdCaptKatie Happy Birthday Katie. Hope you managed to get out for some steps and get some cake. Take care ❤️

[Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT @CNTWNHS]

This Global Accessibility Awareness Day, we've launched our new-look self-help guides website.

The website hosts our range of 23 guides and has additional accessibility features, so that more people can get help in a way that's easy for them.

Go to https://t.co/FGpQA2Gjtt

[Craig Newby @newbyone23]

@tracytcb @NewcastleCC I've cycled that road many times and also been knocked off by a car coming out of RVI. The cycle lanes on that road are full of potholes / rubbish and cross exit points from the hospital. Until they get something safer I'd say middle of the road is the safest place to be.

[Luke Edwards @LukeEdwardsTele]

I said on @tfNUFC in Dec, just after #nufc robbed of win in Paris that would have prolonged Euro campaign there would come a time when this team, with so many players injured or running on empty, would have a genuine bad spell. I urged fans to protect Howe when that happened

To stick with him and trust he will turn things around again because he’s too good to lose as manager and deserves that support. I hope I was right to believe that this is precisely what would happen.