Tobi Thomas (@tobithomas_) 's Twitter Profile
Tobi Thomas

@tobithomas_

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

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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@bellribeiroaddy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It is a national disgrace that being Black still has damaging, potentially fatal implications for your health outcomes and your baby's. I'm pleased this government will set an explicit target to reduce inequalities facing Black mothers and babies. theguardian.com/society/articlโ€ฆ

Hilary Osborne (@hilaryosborne) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Excited to welcome Mabel Banfield-Nwachi to the consumer desk to cover Sarah Marsh's maternity leave. She'll be covering all aspects of consumer news, so please send your best stories her way

Health Equity North (@_henorth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thank you to Tobi Thomas for the The Guardian coverage on our report on Long COVID in the North of England - read the full report at healthequitynorth.co.uk/regional-inequโ€ฆ

Henry Dyer (@direthoughts) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Possibly a career highlight: a day in Loughborough at the Great Central Railway to hear about their work to reconnect two halves of a line split by the Beeching axe. And to drive a steam train. theguardian.com/culture/articlโ€ฆ

The Guardian (@guardian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

โ€˜Women feel like failures if they havenโ€™t had a โ€œnormalโ€ birthโ€™: how the NCT has shaped childbirth in the UK theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/aโ€ฆ

Morgan Ofori @morgankofori.bsky.social (@morgankofori) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 bookโ€™s co-editor Clive Chijioke Nwonka. inews.co.uk/sport/footballโ€ฆ

Neha Gohil (@nehagohil24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

EXC: Firefighter, disability and Grenfell groups have criticised the existence of a โ€œdangerous postcode lotteryโ€ as data revealed an โ€œinconsistent rolloutโ€ of emergency evacuation plans for vulnerable people across London theguardian.com/society/articlโ€ฆ

The Guardian (@guardian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pro-Palestinian protester acquitted over โ€˜coconutโ€™ placard has โ€˜no regretsโ€™ theguardian.com/world/2024/sepโ€ฆ

Eromo Egbejule (@eromoegbejule) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Guinness World Records just released its 70th anniversary edition this month. From 2013-2022, Guinness World Records received ~7,000 record applications from west Africa. Itโ€™s been roughly the same number since Hilda Baciโ€™s record attempt last year. theguardian.com/world/2024/sepโ€ฆ

Patrick Butler (@patrickjbutler) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delighted (and proud) that me and Josh Halliday 's reporting on the carer's allowance scandal theguardian.com/society/2024/sโ€ฆ has been shortlisted for a press award societyofeditors.org/events/media-fโ€ฆ

Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (@mabelfbn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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...

Sir Michael Marmot (@michaelmarmot) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our new @MarmotIHE review concludes racism damages health & wellbeing & drives avoidable inequalities between ethnic groups across London Sadiq Khan Dr Habib Naqvi MBE London Gov London Assembly @UCL theguardian.com/world/2024/octโ€ฆ

Neha Gohil (@nehagohil24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is my last day at The Guardian as Community Affairs Correspondent. It has been an incredible nine months covering Aamna Mohdin From reporting on the domestic impact of the Middle East conflict to the riots that spread across the UK, here are a few highlights ๐Ÿงต 1/20

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Neha Gohil (@nehagohil24) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 BBC News (UK) ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/โ€ฆ

Research at Leicester's Hospitals (@leicresearch) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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 The Guardian ๐Ÿ˜ƒYou can read their full story, written by Tobi Thomas here: theguardian.com/society/2025/jโ€ฆ

APPG Black Health (@appgblackhealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Black people in England are 8 times more likely to be hospitalised with #lupus. Tobi Thomas at The Guardian explores this stark disparity, featuring insights from experts, including our member Dr Faye Ruddock DL . Full read: tinyurl.com/ymmmmc99 #LupusAwareness #BlackHealthMatters

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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง A Quarter Of Women Live With Serious Reproductive Health Issues โ–ซExclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis โ–ซTobi Thomas โ–ซis.gd/0Se23k #frontpagestoday #UK The Guardian

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง A Quarter Of Women Live With Serious Reproductive Health Issues

โ–ซExclusive: Racial disparities highlighted as researchers estimate 10 million women have conditions such as fibroids or endometriosis
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Paulette Hamilton MP (@paulettehamilto) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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. APPG Black Health continues to expose this injustice. theguardian.com/society/2025/aโ€ฆ

Hannah Al-Othman (@hannahalothman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nikki Packer is a brave and brilliant woman who has been through absolute hell. This is her story; itโ€™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: theguardian.com/society/2025/mโ€ฆ