Marie-Louise Connolly
@mlchealth.bsky.social
Passionate about women’s health & reporting on health & Social care. BBC NI’s health correspondent you can catch me on TV & Radio. A runner too. 🌈🏃♀️
Early morning walk - peri/menopause. Let’s talk about loss of libido-sex drive. Don’t be embarrassed to ask/talk abt it. Ask yr GP abt testosterone/lubricants. Frequent UTI’s aren’t normal! Read up on Vulva health. Address it - don’t avoid it. It’s not too late. @menomandate
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Early morning walk - peri/menopause. Let’s talk about loss of libido-sex drive. Don’t be embarrassed to ask/talk abt it. Ask yr GP abt testosterone/lubricants. Frequent UTI’s aren’t normal! Read up on Vulva health. Address it - don’t avoid it. It’s not too late. @menomandate
Early morning run - peri/menopause. Let’s talk about sleep or lack of it! It’s my worst symptom. Don’t fight it. Get up for ten mins.. Sleep is medicine & not enough of it makes coping with all the other symptoms much harder. Try supplements. Less caffeine, alcohol & more🏃♀️🏋️♀️🚶♀️➡️
September 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Early morning run - peri/menopause. Let’s talk about sleep or lack of it! It’s my worst symptom. Don’t fight it. Get up for ten mins.. Sleep is medicine & not enough of it makes coping with all the other symptoms much harder. Try supplements. Less caffeine, alcohol & more🏃♀️🏋️♀️🚶♀️➡️
Early morning run.. in midlife we keep moving.. Endorphins come with exercise and like a natural medicine can lift our mood. @menomandate @alicesmellie @MenopauseNI 🌈🏃♀️ #menopause
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Early morning run.. in midlife we keep moving.. Endorphins come with exercise and like a natural medicine can lift our mood. @menomandate @alicesmellie @MenopauseNI 🌈🏃♀️ #menopause
Positive story coming up by @benlonsdale Imagine if more gyms did this to support young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glengormley MMA gym offers young people free training for life
Head coach Danny Corr says the aim is to give young people structure, opportunity and a sense of belonging.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Positive story coming up by @benlonsdale Imagine if more gyms did this to support young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Menopause - awake since after 3 30am! I thought I was over the worst of symptoms but after 5 years it feels like I’m starting over. All symptoms back with a vengeance. You shld not mess abt with HRT changing doses/patches.. it must be sorted by GP. It’s crap! Work soon
July 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Menopause - awake since after 3 30am! I thought I was over the worst of symptoms but after 5 years it feels like I’m starting over. All symptoms back with a vengeance. You shld not mess abt with HRT changing doses/patches.. it must be sorted by GP. It’s crap! Work soon
Menopause affects so many parts of women’s bodies - ovaries, muscles, skin and our brain. Brain fog is debilitating. Exercise becomes hard. And Every day another woman will find herself in peri/menopause. List your symptoms and look/ask for help. @BrMenopauseSoc @MenoScandal
July 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Menopause affects so many parts of women’s bodies - ovaries, muscles, skin and our brain. Brain fog is debilitating. Exercise becomes hard. And Every day another woman will find herself in peri/menopause. List your symptoms and look/ask for help. @BrMenopauseSoc @MenoScandal
Words,Wisdom & Women - #ThedictionaryofLostWords documents the importance of language especially around women’s health and the important role women played compiling the Oxford English Dictionary. “Mothers have a vocabulary all their own..” Thanks Pip Williams for Esme. #words
July 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Words,Wisdom & Women - #ThedictionaryofLostWords documents the importance of language especially around women’s health and the important role women played compiling the Oxford English Dictionary. “Mothers have a vocabulary all their own..” Thanks Pip Williams for Esme. #words
If life is feeling a little heavy - I recommend you pick this up. It’s a reminder to see the good in people and not to be too hard on ourselves. This is beautiful. @NiallL90377 thank you for Noel.
“By the grace of new chapters, it was morning”.
“By the grace of new chapters, it was morning”.
June 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
If life is feeling a little heavy - I recommend you pick this up. It’s a reminder to see the good in people and not to be too hard on ourselves. This is beautiful. @NiallL90377 thank you for Noel.
“By the grace of new chapters, it was morning”.
“By the grace of new chapters, it was morning”.
Some day of public awareness around #ovariancancer
Imagine these two on billboards,posters & public health campaigns. Two sides of the cancer story - on a plate. Leading the way @CCampbell162 & @SJA_McC Thank you. 🌈🏃♀️
Imagine these two on billboards,posters & public health campaigns. Two sides of the cancer story - on a plate. Leading the way @CCampbell162 & @SJA_McC Thank you. 🌈🏃♀️
June 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Some day of public awareness around #ovariancancer
Imagine these two on billboards,posters & public health campaigns. Two sides of the cancer story - on a plate. Leading the way @CCampbell162 & @SJA_McC Thank you. 🌈🏃♀️
Imagine these two on billboards,posters & public health campaigns. Two sides of the cancer story - on a plate. Leading the way @CCampbell162 & @SJA_McC Thank you. 🌈🏃♀️
Powerful stories from brave women - This is @BBCSpotlightNI I will be talking about this programme across TV & Radio. View tonight BBC1 @10 40 pm. Or catch it now on the BBC iplayer
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Maternal mental health: Calls for specialist unit in Northern Ireland
Mothers with serious mental health problems are separated from their babies in Northern Ireland, unlike the rest of the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Powerful stories from brave women - This is @BBCSpotlightNI I will be talking about this programme across TV & Radio. View tonight BBC1 @10 40 pm. Or catch it now on the BBC iplayer
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Staff told me they just kept their head down hoping they would not be picked on..a leaked copy of the cardiology inspection report lays bare bullying allegations & claims of a lack of trust among staff. This is a shocking read
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Royal Victoria Belfast: Heart surgeons threw instruments and bullied nurses - report
BBC News NI has seen a leaked report into the culture at the Royal Victoria Hospital's cardiac surgery unit.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Staff told me they just kept their head down hoping they would not be picked on..a leaked copy of the cardiology inspection report lays bare bullying allegations & claims of a lack of trust among staff. This is a shocking read
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
There’s a tremendous air of expectation.. the pair are quietly happy but not visibly showing any emotions. The tone is neither raised nor muted. There’s the odd laugh & trip to fridge…They’re sitting in their usual seats & wearing their @LFC scarves & pins. Father & Son. ❤️
April 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
There’s a tremendous air of expectation.. the pair are quietly happy but not visibly showing any emotions. The tone is neither raised nor muted. There’s the odd laugh & trip to fridge…They’re sitting in their usual seats & wearing their @LFC scarves & pins. Father & Son. ❤️
Are you affected by this dental story? Out of the 360 dental practices in Northern Ireland, only two are now fully NHS. An investigation by @bbcnewsni health unit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Dentists remove over 50,000 NHS patients from practice lists
Out of the 360 dental practices in Northern Ireland, only two are now fully NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Are you affected by this dental story? Out of the 360 dental practices in Northern Ireland, only two are now fully NHS. An investigation by @bbcnewsni health unit www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Life after a heart attack: Meet my Dad - Joe Connolly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cardiac rehabilitation: 'I feel fitter than ever after my heart attack'
Our health correspondent shares a very personal story about the work of a cardiac rehabilitation team.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Life after a heart attack: Meet my Dad - Joe Connolly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inishowen this evening in all her natural beauty. ☘️
March 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Inishowen this evening in all her natural beauty. ☘️
Important public information: @healthdpt opens public consultation on redesign of Serious Adverse Incident Procedure in NI - it says there’s evidence that aspects of the SAI procedure need to be “refreshed and redesigned”. The consultation will close on 6 June 2025.
March 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Important public information: @healthdpt opens public consultation on redesign of Serious Adverse Incident Procedure in NI - it says there’s evidence that aspects of the SAI procedure need to be “refreshed and redesigned”. The consultation will close on 6 June 2025.
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman and sometimes it’s brilliant. Today we’ll be told how we should be feeling .. Just Be yourself and it’s ok not to be ok. Ask friends how they are & listen. #InternationalWomensDay2025 🌈🏃♀️
March 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman and sometimes it’s brilliant. Today we’ll be told how we should be feeling .. Just Be yourself and it’s ok not to be ok. Ask friends how they are & listen. #InternationalWomensDay2025 🌈🏃♀️
Have you read Suzy’s story? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Woman praises 'hero' surgeons who saved her smile
Suzy Spence was diagnosed with a tumour in her salivary gland and the surgery could cause facial paralysis.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Have you read Suzy’s story? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“I liked a drink, trifle and the tender moment between a parent and child.” Blue Road tells the extraordinary life story of Irish writer Edna O’Brien. It’s superb. Applauds to filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea’s doc which features a final testimony from OBrien before she died in ‘24. #BlueRoad
February 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
“I liked a drink, trifle and the tender moment between a parent and child.” Blue Road tells the extraordinary life story of Irish writer Edna O’Brien. It’s superb. Applauds to filmmaker Sinéad O’Shea’s doc which features a final testimony from OBrien before she died in ‘24. #BlueRoad
Imagine heading off to work or beginning a shift caring for a family member &you’ve been up & awake for several hours. Sofa surfing since 3am. Throw in night sweats and you might be feeling wrung out. This is how some women who’re navigating the #menopause are feeling.. as they start the day.
January 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Imagine heading off to work or beginning a shift caring for a family member &you’ve been up & awake for several hours. Sofa surfing since 3am. Throw in night sweats and you might be feeling wrung out. This is how some women who’re navigating the #menopause are feeling.. as they start the day.
Another wee nudge about this fab free service. @librariesni.bsky.social #saturdaytreat
January 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Another wee nudge about this fab free service. @librariesni.bsky.social #saturdaytreat
Corridor care - I witnessed this in the RVH ED this week. Trolleys with very sick people feeling a freezing cold blast every time the ambulance bay opened to wheel in another trolley.
Hospital advertises for 12hr 'corridor nurse' shifts while many across England prepare for patients to be stacked waiting for a bed www.thetimes.com/article/410d...
Hospital advertises for ‘corridor care’ nurses to ease NHS crisis
The new jobs have been labelled a ‘total acceptance of failure’ as oxygen lines are installed outside wards
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Corridor care - I witnessed this in the RVH ED this week. Trolleys with very sick people feeling a freezing cold blast every time the ambulance bay opened to wheel in another trolley.