Tobi Thomas

@guardian health and inequalities correspondent - [email protected] - she/her

[Tobi Thomas @tobithomas_]

some work news: thrilled to say that I've been appointed as the @guardian's new health and inequalities correspondent.

I'll be covering disparities within healthcare across the UK but also health more widely too, so please do get in touch! [email protected]

[Ash Paul @pash22]

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%: @theRCN calls on UK government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour https://t.co/tIGB1fguFR via @tobithomas_

[Caribbean & African Health Network @cahn_uk]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗼𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

Our report "Breaking the Silence: Fibroids, Black Women & Time for Change" has been featured in The Guardian today by @tobithomas_ - Health and Inequalities correspondent.

The findings are stark: 27% of women surveyed received no treatment after diagnosis. Over half waited 2+ years for answers.
The article features the views of Prof @fayeruddock , Prof @RaneeThakar , Dr @PauletteHamilto MP and @DHSCgovuk .

Black women deserve better.
Read The Guardian's coverage: https://t.co/uhekAara40

Full report shared here tomorrow.

[Priya Bharadia @priya_bharadia]

For the Guardian, I explored the weird and wonderful world of New Labour edits, a subculture on TikTok of teenagers making ironic montages of Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, and the rest of the crew — set to Charli xcx, Chappell Roan, or Taylor Swift songs. 

https://t.co/meKNu1v4cW

[Hannah Al-Othman @HannahAlOthman]

Nikki Packer is a brave and brilliant woman who has been through absolute hell.

This is her story; it’s not one she ever wanted to be telling, but she hopes that by doing so, no other woman will have to go through what she did:

https://t.co/JiXjM6055O

[Paulette Hamilton MP @PauletteHamilto]

This landmark survey confirms what Black women have long known, that our reproductive health is in crisis.

We need targeted research, culturally competent care, and an end to structural racism.

@APPGBlackHealth continues to expose this injustice.

https://t.co/oG6PmMrDEJ

[𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝙿𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚃𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚢 📰 @ukpapers]

🇬🇧 A Quarter Of Women Live With Serious Reproductive Health Issues

▫Exclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis
▫@tobithomas_
▫https://t.co/3838a4o7bg

#frontpagestoday #UK @guardian

[APPG Black Health @APPGBlackHealth]

Black people in England are 8 times more likely to be hospitalised with #lupus.
@tobithomas_ at @guardian explores this stark disparity, featuring insights from experts, including our member @fayeruddock . Full read: https://t.co/tyRSzZzUWo
#LupusAwareness #BlackHealthMatters

[Research at Leicester's Hospitals @LeicResearch]

Fantastic to see Heal-D, a healthy eating and physical activity programme created with, and for, people of African and Caribbean heritage living with type 2 diabetes in the @guardian 😃You can read their full story, written by @tobithomas_ here: https://t.co/NsxSxaIrW5
#type2diabetes #coproduction @NIHRinvolvement

[Neha Gohil @nehagohil24]

Syrian asylum seekers who have been waiting more than a year for an outcome to their applications have told BBC News they are "depressed" and "terrified" by the Home Office's decision to pause claims.

My first story with @BBCNews 👇🏽

https://t.co/jr9TxJonHX

[Neha Gohil @nehagohil24]

Today is my last day at The Guardian as Community Affairs Correspondent. It has been an incredible nine months covering @aamnamohdin

From reporting on the domestic impact of the Middle East conflict to the riots that spread across the UK, here are a few highlights 🧵

1/20

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Our new @MarmotIHE review concludes racism damages health & wellbeing & drives avoidable inequalities between ethnic groups across London @SadiqKhan @DrHNaqvi @LDN_gov @LondonAssembly @UCL
https://t.co/yQnYlDKEOb

[Mabel Banfield-Nwachi @mabelfbn]

Hello! Looking to talk to single people about the cost of living alone v in a couple. Drop me a line if you'd be happy to chat about how much more rent, bills, life costs in general as a single person...

[Tobi Thomas @tobithomas_]

@hilaryosborne I'm so sorry for your loss Hilary x

[Patrick Butler @patrickjbutler]

Delighted (and proud) that me and @JoshHalliday 's reporting on the carer's allowance scandal https://t.co/XLRi8PU8Hq has been shortlisted for a press award https://t.co/DCkPSQT60l

[Eromo Egbejule @EromoEgbejule]

Guinness World Records just released its 70th anniversary edition this month.

From 2013-2022, @GWR received ~7,000 record applications from west Africa. It’s been roughly the same number since @hildabacicooks’s record attempt last year.

https://t.co/5UavadQCyX

[The Guardian @guardian]

Pro-Palestinian protester acquitted over ‘coconut’ placard has ‘no regrets’ https://t.co/RLIHtsTxAk

[Owen Gibson @owen_g]

Tomorrow’s ⁦@guardian⁩

[Neha Gohil @nehagohil24]

EXC: Firefighter, disability and Grenfell groups have criticised the existence of a “dangerous postcode lottery” as data revealed an “inconsistent rollout” of emergency evacuation plans for vulnerable people across London

https://t.co/C2NEyHuMGm

[Tobi Thomas @tobithomas_]

@sundusnabdullah congratulations Sundus!

[Morgan Ofori @morgankofori]

My first piece for @iPaperSport. The Black ArsenaI book is out today and is such an engrossing read. I explored the phenomenon and its wide-reaching organic impact on black British popular culture and beyond with the book’s co-editor @CJNwonka.

https://t.co/AciB7t7If3