3️⃣ developments in psychiatry as a branch of medicine 4️⃣ (probably) disconnection of communities via urbanisation/broader economic change I don't think the past is a reliable guide to the future (like any well-trained historian!) but the point is - we're not facing a totally novel phenomenon.

Obligatory reminder: Everyone was really worried about rising rates of mental illness in the *19th century* as well, and that was also due to a mixture of: 1️⃣ what diagnosis 'got' you (care, of a sort) 2️⃣ what changes to the welfare system (eg. relief via the workhouse) revealed about social need

Brum, you’re looking beautiful in the morning sun! I will be talking AI, workforce, skills at 1pm in the Hyatt today. Really interesting to see how the questions and concerns differ (or don’t) from what we heard last week…

With I’d had “the Netherlands” on my Labour conference bingo card this year.

Doing my planning for Labour conference, trying to work out if there is a NFL-related lobbying group that might be showing Ravens v Cowboys on Sunday night…