Not long to go now to this event, marking 25 years of access legislation in E&W and campaigning for further access rights. @ramblers.org.uk @righttoroam.bsky.social @openspacessociety.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @andymacnaemp.bsky.social See you there!

Are online alcohol marketing restrictions warranted www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Yes Next question

Today, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social Fell took to @newstatesman1913.bsky.social Future of Healthcare Conference podium to talk about the role policy has in tackling the root causes of poor health through shaping the wider determinants of health like poverty, housing, transport & air quality.

Excl - the Chancellor, along with communities and transport secs, have appointed the first “envoy for the Northern Growth Corridor” to “develop a plan to support growth across the north”. www.hsj.co.uk/integrated-c...

Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service. The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS. Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇. Get in touch

Recruitment has begun for a new National Statistician (£200k). Important role as the strategic head of the UK statistical system. There is less operational work as there is now a Perm Sec for ONS. So they are seeking an ‘internationally recognised leader in statistics’ www.saxbam.com/appointment/...

Mind-boggling vista from Clapham Junction station

UPDATE: We did it! The Renters’ Rights Bill has now PASSED through the House of Commons! We expect it to reach Royal Assent shortly. This is a huge win after years of campaigning by renters. There's more to do, but this is worth celebrating!

Brilliant panel discussion today at the House of Lords of the NIHR/ESRC APPLE-Tree study. Dementia prevention can progress via marginal yet meanignful gains, involving non-clinical staff and community organisations #prevention #healthpolicy @denpru-qm.bsky.social @nihr-pru-bass.bsky.social

COME TO GLOSSOP ON SATURDAY AND I WILL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THIS FENCE

Autumnal image of Hebden Bridge The town was an important centre of the industrial revolution and in 1870 contained ‘many large cotton factories, a silk mill, dye works, iron foundries, and a saw mill.’ It was an early centre of the Co-operative movement. Image Tim Green CC BY-SA 2.0

A piece of myth-busting essential reading…. on.ft.com/48sdQoR No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

In Colombia, fertility rates have fallen sharply in recent decades

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based Get your revision done In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum (More advanced classes are available)

Comment from IES Chief Executive @naomiclayton.bsky.social on the just-announced Labour Market Statistics from the Office for National Statistics.

Can't believe someone a) had the data to write this paper b) wrote this paper www.nber.org/papers/w3434...

Excited to start our clinic letter sprint today with patients, GPs, @uclh clinicians, techies and administrators. Letters have a massive role, safety critical, hugely expensive and time consuming. Major challenges outlined today, so looking forward to what we can do about it

1 in 6 bacterial infections now resistant to treatment, says WHO - rising to 1 in 3 in SE Asia on.ft.com/46Zv7Dq

Up and out early heading to the Healthy City Design 2025 International Congress in Salford. Shaping up to be a super couple of days talking all things planning, public health, and placemaking. www.healthycitydesign.global

I wrote about Proust in translation/the new IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME for @literaryhub.bsky.social. Featuring a chat with @avecsesdoigts.bsky.social, whose stunning vol. 2 translation, IN THE SHADOW OF GIRLS IN BLOSSOM, is out now! lithub.com/on-translati... #proust #booksky

"Triangulation: moving from correlations to causation", Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Distinguished Lecture 2025, Thursday, October 16th, 5pm, in person or online www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/school-of-...

Where we live – and the air we breathe – can shape our health, including how long we can expect to live. Explore the data on air quality for local authorities across England on our newly updated Local Authority Dashboard ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4pNdG1w

Whitby, north Yorkshire, photo by Siân Nichol.

Let's take a closer look at #Wigan🔎 📍Wigan's retail catchment size is smaller than its population See how your place compares with our new data tool📊 👇 buff.ly/kLp0esw

Here's the relevant chart from the above report. It's rare to see such a clear, consistent slope in any social trend. That segregation is decreasing is perhaps the best evidence, least controversial social fact of modern Britain

This statistical fact is also obvious across so many domains: politicians, sport, economics, media, neighbours, partners, children Does any adult in Britain (20, 40, 60 or 80) really think, has genuinely experienced, *less* interactions across ethnicity than they did as a child or younger afult?

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

I may well be biased but 100% agree - come and visit!

Great column from @sarahoconnorft.ft.com where she casts her forensic eye over the introduction of collective bargaining in the social care sector. TL:DR it could work given adult care is a weird market largely paid for by local authorities; but as usual will there be enough cash? on.ft.com/4mSfeVm

Six of the best: Yorkshire bus rides Discover Yorkshire’s most scenic bus rides – from coastal cliffs to dale villages – six journeys that prove travel can be pure pleasure By Ian Richardson @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

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I've blogged on getting inclusion right in polarised times @britishfuture.bsky.social www.britishfuture.org/getting-incl...

More in Common: finding common ground on equality, diversity and inclusion www.moreincommon.org.uk/our-work/res...

Culture clashes and the future of equality, diversity and inclusion @moreincommonuk.bsky.social

What are the public priorities for the NHS and social care? It’s quite a question. Today’s @healthfoundation.bsky.social and @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social event had an informed and engaging who made an attempt at answering it. #LPC2025

We're looking for two Research Assistants/Associates to work on exciting projects at the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk ➡️AI & Geopolitics Project (AIxGEO) ➡️Policy response & knowledge transfer Find out more & apply: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/car...

‘The Child Poverty Taskforce was set up over a year ago and children and families simply cannot wait any longer for action.’ - our director of policy Sara Ogilvie speaks at #LabourConference2025

The UK is an international outlier when it comes to protection from unfair dismissal. Our two-year ‘qualifying period’ for unfair dismissal protection is completely out of step with other rich countries, where qualifying periods between three and six months are the norm. Read more buff.ly/0OSArrI

Very useful National Audit Office report on digital procurement - v relevant to plans in the NHS and elsewhere www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u...

📉 Only 2.5% of health-inactive people return to work yearly. 57% who do get unsustainable frontline jobs. We're calling for healthy work standards & £500m fund to fix the revolving door between inactivity & poor employment: timewise.co.uk/article/why-... #HealthyByDesign

I contributed analysis to this report looking at the jobs that people who have been economically inactive - long term sick or disabled actually do. Which look a lot like DWP's 'any job' rather than ones that disabled people say they want. Timewise makes job design ideas. bsky.app/profile/time...

How can the government deliver its “prevention first” approach to healthcare? We will be at #Lab25 in Liverpool on Monday 29 September to discuss with @jobibby.bsky.social, Genetic Alliance UK, @novartis.bsky.social - join us at 13:30 www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/ifg-la...

Sir Charlie Mayfield highlights the importance of stemming the flow of people out of work on health grounds - 300K people each year according to @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis. Getting this right will drive both growth and fairness he concludes. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

Listening to @gavin-kelly.bsky.social talking about @nuffieldfoundation.org new strategy - using the power of evidence to change lives. Pleased to hear the two challenges of: - young people not earning or learning and - working age ill health are both squarely in his sights. ☺️

It's too late.

Lives are being cut short by up to 16 years in parts of the UK, and having enough money to stay afloat is part of the problem. When money is tight, it becomes harder to stay healthy. Ask your MP to #MakeHealthEqual and take action across the building blocks of health. 👉https://bit.ly/3K38ypr

We've arrived at #LDConf in Bournemouth! 👋 Over the next few days, we'll be showcasing our campaign to #MakeHealthEqual and a stark reality: lives are still being cut short by up to 16 years in the UK. If you're here, come and see us at stand PS7. 📍

Writing for @nursingtimes.bsky.social​​​, Jim Buchan discusses the main points of difference between Scotland and England when it comes to nurse pay in the NHS. Read more (£-walled) ⬇️