Alexander David Lloyd George is a Welsh physician and

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who serves as the UK Youth Mental Health Ambassador within the

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Life and career

George grew up in

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, a village near

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. He is the oldest of three children. George studied medicine at the

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and graduated in 2015. He went on to work in Emergency Medicine at

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. In 2020, George announced that he would switch to train to become a general practitioner. In 2018, George appeared in the fourth series of the ITV2 reality dating series '' Love Island''. Following the show, he returned to working part-time at Lewisham whilst also making regular media appearances speaking about mental health on ITV morning shows including '' Good Morning Britain'', ''

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'' and '' Loose Women''. In 2019, George launched his podcast ''The Waiting Room with Dr Alex'' in which he interviews other healthcare professionals about topical health and wellbeing issues. Guests have included

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. In July 2020, George's youngest brother Llŷr died of suicide. In January 2021, George launched a campaign requesting the UK Government prioritise mental health amongst children and adolescents, especially in light of the

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. During Children's Mental Health Week in February 2021, George met with Prime Minister

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, who appointed George to the newly created position of Youth Mental Health Ambassador. In addition, George also became a member of the Mental Health in Education Action Group. They will discuss the best way for children to return to education after the

and ensure they receive the support they need. At his post as Youth Mental Health Ambassador, George will work to improve the support that young people receive regarding their

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, as well as aid in the shaping and creation of policies to increase the support for students within the education system. George holds a large

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following, which he will use to demonstrate the support currently available whilst working to bring about changes. In 2021, he joined

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to post "videos around mental health, self-care and positivity". In 2022, he purchased four holiday homes in Pembrokeshire to market as holiday lets. After further consideration he decided to use one of the holiday homes to host a Ukrainian family. After posting this on social media he received criticism, with people saying that he was "tone deaf" for buying the holiday homes amid a shortage of affordable houses for local people in Wales. Because of a crisis in second homes in holiday areas in Wales the Welsh language is under threat and communities are being "pushed out" of where they grew up. George later responded, saying that he was planning to rent one of the holiday homes to locals, after the Ukrainian family would not need it anymore. He also said that he would be willing to meet local campaigners on the second homes issue.

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