I’m fascinated by the concept of Healthy Life Expectancy and how it’s not only worsening, but strongly associated with social determinants of health. I’m struggling to find out exactly how it’s defined though. Can anyone help? #MedSky #PublicHealth #SDOH

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...This is not a way of life...it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron.” -Dwight Eisenhower 1953

A sickening society is clear in these statistics So why is it not in the news? Powerful wake-up call from @chakrabortty.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

For the @theobserveruk.bsky.social today the third part of my cancer journey, detailing my operation. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

"The day before I went into hospital, I wrote out a document for my wife, detailing life insurance policies, bank passwords, that sort of thing, and ending with “bins go out Thursday”. @davidmbarnett.bsky.social we love you and we're all very glad you're still here. (And f*ck cancer.)

By absorbing water and then transpiring it into the atmosphere, a single hectare of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon can generate approximately 2.4 million liters of rain per year, enough to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool, www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/02/rain...

Reuters Exclusive "U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school." "The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

Some great charts in this long read on demographic change Rising old age dependency ratio www.ft.com/content/1527...

A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?

Good to get the crampons on on Tuesday and head out in the sunshine onto the Cairngorm plateau with the 18 year old, whilst the snow is still around

That's a good point. By bringing back Grammar Schools, you also bring back Not Grammar Schools.

Fish concentration camps are as bad as chicken concentration camps. Horrendous conditions where animals are forced to live in their own shit. No wonder extremely infectious diseases spread so easily when humans practice concentration camp farming.

U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion..., two U.S. officials told Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Reform's Treasurer and star of the Epstein files, Nick Candy, says he feels safer in Dubai than in London. If I know Nick, he'd rather get bombed than pay any tax. What a patriot!

Oh good! Glad you are taking notes and photos. I, on the other hand, gazed in awe at this gloriously bonkers XVIII nativity scene conceived in Naples yet residing on the top floor of a dark and gloomy church in San Sebastián

"We are freeing Iran from religious fanatics". A prayer for Trump in the White House.

Found this site for US mass shootings. America is more violent than ever. Violence begets violence Please 🙏 stop, it’s not about mental health. It’s about a culture where the DoD is now the Department of War, intentionally. massshootingtracker.site

The Middle East conflict is stress testing global energy. Bloomberg sees oil at $108 in a severe escalation. We have seen this before. The difference now is that solar and batteries are more cost competitive. Every fossil fuel spike strengthens the case for renewables on energy security alone.

Very strong statement from the First Lady of Iraq:

Having a wander round Soho in the glorious sunshine and it's screaming PEDESTRIANISE ME NOW.

The Green position on immigration and asylum was clear before the Gorton and Denton by-election and has been clear before all the latest polls, where the Greens have over taken Labour. Labour can keep chasing Reform votes as much as they want, but those are not the views of the majority.

Ooft! Joani Reid claimed: “I am not part of my husband’s business activities.” However, two of her husband's consultancy businesses gave her consultancy business interest free loans with no fixed repayment terms.

THREAD. 3 & 1/4 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he'd been living, in rural Cornwall, & decided he wanted to live with us instead. We decided to call him Jim. This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st 2022

Art installation "Alice" by Spanish artist Cristina Lucas, 2013 #womensart

Hopefully Starmer is channelling his inner De Valera in pausing before a measured response to a petty and uncalled for insult from a vainglorious leader - the very one Trump lauded

Nicola Coughlan: I was a size 10 on Bridgerton and people talked about how I was plus size

Have you had the opportunity to see our Core20PLUS5 framework? This framework is based on similar ones from NHS England. It aims to help identify older people who have unequal access to and experience of healthcare, and to target action to counter that inequality. Click to view: buff.ly/TiIT0lU

The Government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England goes big on the move to neighbourhood health. Our "Demystifying neighbourhoods" document outlines what it means in practice, how it differs from existing models, and what it could mean for older people’s care. www.bgs.org.uk/neighbourhoods

Full house at the @ukhahsoc.bsky.social @rcpedin.bsky.social conference. Inspiring talks around what acute clinical care can be provided in persons own home. Plenary on point of care USS and now workforce parralel session #HaHConf2026

📢 Discover our blogs! 💬 Learn about: ✨ What it’s like to care for patients outside the hospital ✨ Reflections on training, skills & community-based care Check back for non-medical workforce blogs available in April. Dive in here 👉 www.hospitalathome.org.uk/blog #HospitalAtHome

It's the first day of #HaHConf2026! Taking place at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the conference brings together clinicians, researchers, managers, patients & others in the #HospitalAtHome community, to connect & share research. Thank you to all those who are attending!

Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

In all areas where the 20mph speed limit has been implemented or trialled, the number of fatalities and casualties has fallen. Reform’s manifesto pledge is nonsensical. Deaths for votes!

Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.

Not for the first time, see also denial of citizenship for refugees based on manner of entry for example, Labour appears to have forgotten that Article 34 of the Refugee Convention exists. It very explicitly was the intention of the framers that refugee protection would lead to naturalisation.

#AlcoholInterlock 👍 Great to see this also now promised for convicted offenders in UK under new #RoadSafetyStrategy --> etsc.eu/italys-alcoh... @edi.bike @magnatom.bsky.social @alcoholfocus.bsky.social @shaapalcohol.bsky.social @trishaelliott.bsky.social @aha-uk.bsky.social @bjpaddy.bsky.social

Another run in the bag, flaunting my @nhslothcharity.bsky.social T shirt far and wide! Just a few days now until the “big event” at The Kelpies…

Headed out for a walk to get fit for this year's #kiltwalk. This year I'm walking 23miles for @alzscot.bsky.social - for my nanna & all who I've supported in my career. Who's going to be 1st to donate, to cheer on my tired feet from Glasgow to Balloch? 💜 www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

The Nursing Delirium Screening Scale (NuDESC). Designed for inpatient monitoring for new #delirium.

This week’s #podcast explores the lost idea of #apricity and what it might mean for #socialcare in #Scotland at a time of real neglect and lack of priority for the sector, people who are supported and the #workforce. open.spotify.com/episode/2qCr...

I light tonight’s #candleforcare on #WorldHearingDay with a focus on how important it is that as a whole society we better understand the needs of all living with #hearing loss and impairment. #HearingCareForAll

Your regular reminder than a large majority of voters - and overwhelming majority of Labour voters - favour giving settled migrants access to the welfare state after five years or less. The Home Secretary is not reforming rules in line with public opinion. She is doing the opposite.

"would otherwise receive immediate access to welfare and social housing" is BS. Correct: "after 5 years working in a care home, would be eligible to apply for welfare and social housing on the same basis as the rest of us." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Deliberately misleading/disingenous.

Found this site for US mass shootings. America is more violent than ever. Violence begets violence Please 🙏 stop, it’s not about mental health. It’s about a culture where the DoD is now the Department of War, intentionally. massshootingtracker.site

“You don’t even have to ask. You just grab them by the airstrip.”

“Just grab them by the bases”

Broken quiz machine for sale. £10, no questions asked! #dadjokes

One for the #MedSky folks, plus maybe #NursingSky, #DiabetesSky and #DieteticsSky… Any other hashtags for people who would like to hear about Sammy, the soft toy sloth with a libre device that monitors his blood sugar?