🔴All the Big Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/10/28/a...

Does the news reflect what we die from?

Mental health can be prevented, and wellbeing improved, but it takes leadership, collaboration & community action. In a recent blog, Jude Stansfield, Ian Walker & Claire Robson share insights from their work with Public Health England’s Public Mental Health programme www.fph.org.uk/blog/where-i...

Population cartograms show us where the world’s people are.

An interesting three days ahead at the @hepaeurope.bsky.social HEPA Europe Network 16th Annual International Conference in Kaunas, Lithuania. Strong public health underpinning from opening talks from @who.int World Health Organization and European Union representatives. #HEPA2025

Public Health Research Project Manager - NIHR RSS Specialist Centre for Public Health Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne £35,608 - £46,049 Closes 30/09 jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Solar overtakes gas to become Hungary's second-largest electricity source

India, China, Europe, and the United States are on very different population paths

it's real support from actual racists

A pleasure to be back at The 7th International Refocus on Recovery Conference for my fifth time talking about mental health, physical activity and personal recovery. Thanks to Nottingham’s Institute of Mental Health and Stefan Rennick-Egglestone Prof Mike Slade for another great event. #RonR2025

Great kick off for the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health! Inspiring day, fruitful conversations and great speakers. An heartfelt thanks to all the people who presented and attended (in person and remotely) from us! @matthewbroome.bsky.social @jelliedsours.bsky.social

📢 We’re looking for a Research Fellow (with a strong qualitative research background) to work on an NIHR-funded project exploring additional roles in primary care in England and Scotland. You will be working with a great team @kathcheckland.bsky.social @damianeh.bsky.social tinyurl.com/dnr6djtk

There's more money in the UK now than there has ever been, even with the disasterous Brexit The only reason there's 'no money' is because the richest are robbing it from you on Food, Energy, Water, Mortgages, Rent, Loans and everything else at a record rate Then paying zero tax

Happy Mon🍎- paperback cover just released. All about what we know about living longer, healthier lives from around the world.

Fellowship Application Day 2025 run online by @nihr-rss.bsky.social on 17 Sept - a REALLY important opportunity for anyone wanting to go for an NIHR Doctoral or Postdoctoral Award... and *free!* Not to be missed! 😀 mentalhealthresearch.org.uk/rss-fellowsh...

I’m in the Guardian today, arguing that we should stop them all-class mental health lessons in schools I've thought very carefully about ‘going public’ with this, because it's a sensitive argument to make, especially in the face of so many young people struggling. (cont 🧵) tinyurl.com/vun92cz7

Are you interested in psychologival preparedness and avoid #burnout in #healthcare. Are you looking to do a #PhD? Fancy working with me and some of my fantastic colleagues? We have a fully funded PhD studentship available. Link below.

I am hiring for a new researchers on my @nuffieldfoundation.org young carers project. Closes 4thJune. After someone with strong quant longitudinal skills, passion for communicating research beyond academia & wants to work with people w lived experience/other sectors jobs.sgul.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Its #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & we're sharing our work on how we rethink & commit to long term integrated physical & mental health support for people living with SMIH. You can view/download our policy brief here: shorturl.at/PJJfM made in collaboration with @researchretold.bsky.social

We are recruiting UK-based men aged 40 to 65 years for our @ucl.ac.uk #suicide research study: Men Talking About Suicide. Closes 30/06/25. Funded by a UCL Grand Challenges award. Do please pass on to this invitation &/or click on this link to read more: redcap.idhs.ucl.ac.uk/surveys/?s=7...

I agree with the Lancet.

Eighty years ago, enemies laid down their arms. Since then, we, Europeans, have built something extraordinary: a Union of peace, democracy, and solidarity. An anchor of stability. Our Union was born as a peace project, and it remains one today.

An anniversary worth marking. I'm sure we're going to see the very people who have trashed its legacy seek to appropriate WW2 today - so let's remember what was really fought for: peace, a more united Europe, a land fit for heroes (mark 2) and the defeat of fascism.

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe. But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

New #IJBNPA publication uncovers the effects of #AerobicExercise on #MentalHealth in adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder! Check this out👇 ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

Are you interested in developing better ways to support people living with poor mental and physical health? Then this funded PhD at @newcastleuni.bsky.social could be for you! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

A break from my regularly scheduled political and legal posting to express some gratitude. This week, my 18 month old daughter had to have open heart surgery. 💔 As you might imagine, this was utterly terrifying. 1/

In the U.S. in 1825, *452* out of 1000 children born died before their 5th birthday. By 1925, that number was 135 out of a 1000 children. Today, in 2025, that number is *7* And it is entirely due to advances in medicine, public health, and technology. 9/

Research has found that privatisation of health services reduces quality of care. @franbaum.bsky.social‬ and colleagues look at how the concept of "enshittification" applies to health services and their decline with privatisation www.bmj.com/content/389/...

This is a *key* new paper in the world of school mental health interventions A very large trial (N=6388) testing a universal CBT-based app for adolescent depression (13-14y) No effects found (on depression, anxiety, distress or insomnia) (🧵) mentalhealth.bmj.com/content/28/1...

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc

Learn all about the latest activities from the #ISBNPA Young Adults SIG! @eleanorwinpenny.bsky.social 👉 isbnpa.org/sig/young-ad...

Please share! 🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students only. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

How old are you compared to the rest of the world?

Life expectancy has doubled over the last two centuries around the world. How has this happened?

Today is the last day to apply for emergency photo ID to vote in the May local elections. www.gov.uk/apply-for-ph...

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

V. important editorial from @thelancet.bsky.social Psychiatry highlighting importance of lived experience involvement & real-world feasible implementation science in order to have real impact/translatability Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

If only we had studies on autism and vaccines using nationally-complete healthcare data showing no association between the two. Like, uh, this one from Denmark.

Funded PhD opportunity for qualitative work on health inequalities and factors affecting health outcomes at University of Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Another editorial from this week’s @bmj.com. By Kate Pickett and David Taylor Robinson. A wealth tax in the UK could raise £60bn a year to tackle widening inequalities. Perhaps we can no longer afford NOT to do it? Link here: www.bmj.com/content/389/... #MedSky #Inequalities #SDOH #WealthTax

HDRC Research Lead (Qualitative) – NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Surrey Surrey County Council Reigate £45,680 Closes 27/04 www.surreycc.gov.uk/jobs/search/...

HDRC Community Researcher – NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Surrey Surrey County Council Reigate £45,680 Closes 20/04 www.surreycc.gov.uk/jobs/search/...

Head of NIHR Health Determinants Research Collaboration Surrey Surrey County Council Reigate £79,260 Closes 20/04 www.surreycc.gov.uk/jobs/search/...

Check out the excellent Sahand highlighting his research & trial we have just finished! www.kcl.ac.uk/jogging-your...