THIS FRIDAY join us for conversation, debate, and questions on health rights and social justice. Note: free tea & coffee followed by wine 📚🍶 SIGN UP NOW ON EVENTBRITE

📖CHP BOOK LAUNCH: Advancing Health Rights and Tackling Inequalities Join us 4-5:30 19.9.25 for a conversation interrogating the intersection of health, rights, and social justice. ⚖️ Tickets: tinyurl.com/ynvf2hj8

Register for our webinar with Africa CDC 3/6/25 “Championing a Critical Paradigm Shift Within the African Health Research Ecosystem” 12:00-13:00 BST 🌍 🔜Toward patient-centred, local priority-driven, impact-focused African-led, sustainable and locally relevant health research tinyurl.com/2sbekmeb

It's publication day for Getting Better! policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better It has been, once again, an absolute joy to work with @profkatsmith.bsky.social and @profbambra.bsky.social on this book.

Our book comes hot on the heels of another involving Strathclyde Centre for Health Policy members: bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/monobook/boo... by Anuj Kapilashrami, Neil Quinn & Abhijit Das was out just last month. Follow @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social for upcoming events to discuss both 4/4

Looking forward to my first visit to Strathclyde and @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social‬ next week

🗣️The symposium at the institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) at UQ facilitated discussions on embedding research partnerships. Prof Lisa McDaid’s blog explores how central these relationships are for social impact; a sustainable, fair, & just society. READ HERE tinyurl.com/ydepeex2

🤝Research partnerships can transform how we tackle health inequalities- but only when grounded in trust, shared goals, & real world focus🤝 Read more in Prof Shona Hilton’s blog on embedding research partnerships for real-world change HERE tinyurl.com/ymmf66v3

Not long now until this month’s exciting CHP book launch. Get your free ticket now ⭐️

A lovely end to the working week exploring the identity, vision, and story of CHP in picturesque settings. Learning to listen is as important as learning to tell stories. Huge thanks to Jane Nash from Narativ London for facilitating these discussions.

We are hosting a book launch for “Getting Better” at the University of Strathclyde on 29th May. Debs Shipton joins award-winning authors @profbambra.bsky.social, @jlynch13.bsky.social, & @profkatsmith.bsky.social for discussion on health inequalities and Q&A 📚 Tickets: tinyurl.com/cp8bkxrv

⚖️Balancing Work, Family, and Care Responsibilities⚖️ @francescafiori.bsky.social and Edward Pomeroy explore the dynamics which shape the provision of informal care from adult children towards their parents. 🔸Read the blog: tinyurl.com/mt36j9un 🔹Read the paper: tinyurl.com/yc2wybm9

📢Witness seminars don't just create valuable data - they also act as a space for debate, challenge, and reflection. Learn more through our CHP blog by @profellenstu.bsky.social: "expanding methods for social policy research and engagement" tinyurl.com/mry3hmm5

NEW CHP BLOG by Sepinoud Siavoshi, Julia Rodgers, and Prof Patrick Fafard. 'Navigating Independence and Influence: The Role of Chief Medical Officers in the UK and Canada' 🇨🇦🇬🇧 tinyurl.com/34x7p2p9

Our newest blog by Dr Nicola Cogan: Frontline workers face immense mental health challenges. Sentinel, a co-created digital tool, offers 24/7 confidential support to address trauma and reduce stigma. A game-changer in mental health care. Read more: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...

Two new research jobs with a health inequalities focus currently being advertised at Strathclyde @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social - both would suit qualitative researchers who like working in large, cross-disciplinary teams, who also enjoy community engagement and policy engagement. Thread 1/3

It was great to see such engagement at the Social Murder? book launch last week; many thanks to the authors and panel Make sure to follow our social media to keep up to date with future events. We’re already gearing up for 2025!

New CHP blog! @deedeedelaney.bsky.social provides an insight into Scottish law and policy surrounding parenthood and children. Her research finds a disconnect between policy and law in Scotland, and lived experiences of parents and access to support. Read the full blog here: tinyurl.com/5n98ytpu

1 week to go! See you there tinyurl.com/283rh55k

Less than 2 weeks to go before the launch of “Social Murder?”! Don’t forget to sign up for the (free) event through our eventbrite link tinyurl.com/283rh55k 📖🎉

@profkatsmith.bsky.social, @pfafard.bsky.social, Anna Macintyre& Margaret MacAulay explore the role of the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) in the UK and the potential tensions arising from their dual status: ‘independent’ science advisors and senior civil servants in their open access paper bit.ly/CMOUK

Reminder of our upcoming event 2/12/24 4:30-6pm! tinyurl.com/283rh55k

⭐BOOK LAUNCH⭐ Hear from the authors of 'Social Murder' - David Walsh & Gerry McCartney - and engage with expert discussion about the impact of austerity on life expectancy in the UK. An informative event that shouldn't be missed. See you there Monday 2nd December! Eventbrite link in bio 👀

Join us for a seminar and discussion about the role of oral history in understanding the health impacts of changes in Scotland's industrial landscape; with insights from Dr Lisa Garnham, Prof Arthur McIvor, and Dr @ymcfadden.bsky.social 🏭

Oops, didn't tag @profkatsmith.bsky.social correctly first time. Here's a wee thread about a new SIPHER report (Natalie Dewison, Kat Smith and me) on policy approaches to mental health in Scotland:

🇪🇺 EU health policy now split across multiple departments, and MEPs aren’t happy. 🇪🇺 6commissioners now covering “important new efforts that are key to the public health and the pharma and biotech ecosystem” - MEP Stine Bosse @politico.eu @gasteinforum.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/whos...

“It is truly Dickensian that small children are having to be in hospital, having a general anaesthetic, to have a tooth removed. And if you are living in a poorer area of our country that’s two and a half times more likely.” - @theasrstein.bsky.social at Labour conf www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Age-old Q: Does it cost more/affect profitability to provide healthier food in food service retail environments? A: Mostly no, and in some cases it can result in favourable financial outcomes. Full results in this new systematic review led by Shaan Naughton onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This diagram is so clever! All the different disciplinary lenses for looking at airborne transmission of pathogens. 'Agnotology' = the study of uncertainty & doubt. I'd also add psychology. Thanks Mark Ungrin for finding. 🧪 #academicsky Follow @nousaerons.bsky.social whose diagram this is.

Excellent short commentary on the #DarziReview by @profjudithsmith.bsky.social, with 3 pitfalls to avoid - 🔹don’t drive everything from the centre 🔹don’t under-invest in management capacity 🔹avoid further structural ‘re-disorganisation’.

I'm delighted to introduce a new SIPHER report by Natalie Dewison, @profkatsmith and I, our 1st as part of new programme seeking a move towards a more preventive policy approach to mental health in Scotland. Here's a wee thread (BlueSky first 👍🏻) and link to PDF: www.gla.ac.uk/media/Media_...

Happy #PumpHandleDay to #EpiSky! On this day in 1854, the Broad Street water pump handle was removed. It came at the end of "the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in this kingdom", which in 10 just days killed over 500 people living in the streets around the pump.

More good stuff from the Darzi review being pre-briefed. He is absolutely right that the NHS is “undercapitalised” compared with other health systems Since 1970, there have only been 2 years when we've invested more than the OECD average www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

The question of HOW we actually change the way health system behaves should be top of many people's list of priorities right now, as we are moving towards a new reform cycle. In this @bmj.com opinion piece, I think this through for end of life care. Have a look! www.bmj.com/content/386/...

New ep! Spaces for People not cars. #urbanism #walkability #cycling #biking #publichealth #carfree #podcast everythingispublichealth.buzzsprout.com/1801367/1564...

Life expectancy and disease free years are less than average for women living in the north of England. But what is the reason for this? northwestbylines.co.uk/region/women...

By the way, over on the blu bird site, I hosted @WePublicHealth for the last week of my Churchill Fellowship travels, and you can read about that here - includes gardens, climate change action, interesting people, arts, graffiti, and even me learning to DJ... www.croakey.org/sharing-an-i...

1/2 4 in 10 children who travelled to school by car have switched to walking, cycling, or public transport, following the introduction of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone. Those living more than half a mile from school were more likely wo switch to active travel. Read - https://buff.ly/3Xv5Yga

Is welfare spending 'out of control'? My dive into why this is a misleading claim... open.substack.com/pub/inequali...

We are the Scottish Health Equity Resarch Unit, an independent voice providing insights and scrutiny on the socio-economic factors that shape health inequalities. We are a collaboration between @fraserofallander.bsky.social and @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social, funded by the Health Foundation.

Who’s doing these health checks - what qualifications do they have, and who do they work for? Will they be prescribing, as per current health checks? Will they be qualified to discuss the *downsides* of tests, and of statins etc, as per increasing GP concerns? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I see the old myth that smoking bans reduce income in hospitality sector is being dragged out again. To be clear, the only studies showing any adverse effect use weak methodology and are funded by the tobacco industry www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles...

From a relatively low base. Still, this is a big enough change to ring loud alarm bells about equity of access to care, if those bells weren't going pretty much constantly anyway.