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For some non-Covid news, and as a bit of recent political history, I’ve been released more than 100 pages of internal press office communications relating to the Home Office’s fried chicken box saga. 
You may remember back in heady 2019 that there was an uproar after the government provided takeaway boxes with anti-knife crime messages to chicken shops around the country.
The campaign faced an immediate backlash, with critics questioning why fried chicken shops — stereotypically associated with young black communities — were being targeted by the Home Office for this campaign against knife crime.
Let me tell you a #knifecrime story I dealt with last week as a GP in #Croydon which has a lot of knife crime and loads of chicken shops.
Social services @yourcroydon rang me to ask whether I had any background information on a teenage patient of mine who absconded from A&E after having a stab wound sutured. Didn’t explain how it happened and left before the police and social workers came #KnifeFree
Yes I did!
Parents had been worried about him for several years due to disruption and behaviour problems at school.
Under resourced school didn’t have the capacity to give him pastoral care and asked parents to see GP to get a referral to adolescent mental health services.
Parents had been worried about him for several years due to disruption and behaviour problems at school.
Under resourced school didn’t have the capacity to give him pastoral care and asked parents to see GP to get a referral to adolescent mental health services.
Another productive meeting of my cross-party Serious Violence Taskforce today where we:
🔹announced new measures to steer youngsters away from serious violence
🔹discussed the importance of Knife Crime Prevention Orders
🔹had an update on independent review into drug use
🔹announced new measures to steer youngsters away from serious violence
🔹discussed the importance of Knife Crime Prevention Orders
🔹had an update on independent review into drug use
🎥 I unveiled the next stage of our #knifefree campaign that features real stories of young people mentored by role models in their community ✅
I also announced our youth advocates programme where local role models - sports coaches & youth workers - receive training to spread the #knifefree message ✅ gov.uk/government/new…
