https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omDZKh8DN7I – This clip was shared with PATCH by Professor Francis McGlone of Manchester Metropolitan University, a neuroscientist whose knowledge, understanding and research into the importance of touch — and the impact of not receiving it — are of profound interest to many working in permanence and with children who have been hurt or harmed in early life. If you would like to contact him please email him –  f.mcglone@mmu.ac.uk