We are pleased to share a new article, based on a collaboration between GCPH, @commonhealthassets.bsky.social & others, on the economic evaluation of participation in community led organisations for individuals ▶️ doi.org/10.1016/j.so... See also: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/25-...

Criminologist and friend Fergus McNeill speaking to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament debating chamber today. 🔗 to watch @fergusmcneill.bsky.social's full speech, in Prisoners Week, to @scotparl.bsky.social 👇 #Criminology #CrimSky #Prison #PrisonersWeek www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/meet...

It's almost full, but still a few tickets left for NRS Pain: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sparcnrs-p...

Scotland Tonight featured a piece on 'Living with Chronic Pain,' now on youtube. We follow the stories of Marie and Kevin - David and I furnish the stories with our experiences of delivering care. #ChronicPain #PainCare youtu.be/exaw8dFApdA

Which one is more English?

Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

'[I]f we refocus attention on elites, using the same measures that are often applied to migrants, we see a complete lack of integration. [...] Elites choose to segregate, but that choice is quietly normalised'. www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

Dr David Blane, GP and Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Glasgow calls for caution when discussing lifestlye approaches for chronic pain in his blog 'Chronic Pain and the Limits of “Lifestyle” approaches'. ppa.csp.org.uk/content/blog...

He talks about an under-recognised aspect of healthcare in many settings - to bear witness.

❗️Remember to submit your abstract before the 6th of October❗️

Yesterday I successfully defended my PhD thesis -'An Exploration of Acceptance of Chronic Pain: from Individual Journeys to Social and Political Contexts.' (passed with very minor corrections) 🎉 Wonderful to celebrate afterwards with some of the team🥂

Prominent women, including cultural figures, politicians, and campaigners, have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence to asylum seekers and immigration. "We reject the far right's racist lies... They are not defenders of women" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Come join me, @rozfoyer.bsky.social Tressa Burke from Glasgow Disability Alliance, Anne Marie Clements from Justice & Peace Scotland & Terry McTernan from the Darkwood Crew to talk about why the Scotland Demand Better Campaign is needed and how you can get involved

As part of The Scottish Wellbeing Economy Strategy Group, we are launching a new webinar series aiming to generate energy and discussion around the concept of a #WellbeingEconomy and what this means for Scotland. First up will be @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The bravery of these healthcare staff is incredible 💔

Great piece by @danigaravelli.bsky.social House in community - as for normal people Close mass accommodation sites & detention camps Lift the ban on work after 6 months if claims not processed Process claims Stop with the lies about ‘pull factors’ & ‘deterrents’ Use New Scots integration strategy

Thanks to everyone who has already read and engaged with mine and @haylesben.bsky.social new paper ‘Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective’ Thought I'd give a summary of the paper here, I've found it useful when others have done this, so here goes

This aspect of the “crisis” receives less attention www.iasp-pain.org/publications...

NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence. Read more⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/06/r... @livunihls.bsky.social

Important and timely study from Roman-Juan & colleagues: 'Borders that hurt: the link between anti-immigration attitudes in Europe and the epidemic of chronic pain in immigrant adolescents' #ChronicPain #Intersectionality #Immigration journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...

Time is fast approaching for our study day!! To view the full programme and book follow the link here: ppa.csp.org.uk/courses/ppa-...

TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector This month we report on #ScotlandDemandsBetter a major new cross-civil society campaign involving @povertyalliance.org @jrf-uk.bsky.social @oxfamscotland.bsky.social and many more. Read it all here: buff.ly/BOdM5ZJ #WeDemandBetter

Substantial #inequalities in the chronicity, severity and complexity of musculoskeletal #pain problems are present when seeking healthcare #KeeleMSK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7...

🗓️ Thu 24 July 🕐 1-2pm Help us rally round Scotland Demands Better—let’s fill the streets of Edinburgh on 25 October 25th. This free online session is a chance to discuss how to get your community mobilised. Join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share! #Bioethics

Much needed commentary on how macro issues like social security affect people living with long term pain. Extremely topical with the rising gap between life expectancy and healthy life years. From a pain care and rehab perspective, this is foundational.

'People living with long-term pain and illness need social security' - blog for Pain Concern from my perspectives as a physiotherapist & researcher (also contains a link to the ScotGov consultation on social security): painconcern.org.uk/social-secur...

(1/5) Out now in Acta Politica: Populist parties increasingly target scientists and scientific knowledge. By analyzing 15 annual waves of representative panel data from the Netherlands (2007–2022), I examine to what extent populist parties fuel science skepticism among their supporters.

Participatory democracy and participatory research share common principles but are often treated as separate domains. Our new paper brings them together. 🙏 @sbussu.bsky.social @oliverescobar.bsky.social scobar.bsky.social @clodaghharris.bsky.social OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S175...

Yes please! These are the real issues we should be talking about at the Scottish election 👍

Many things about this policy and statement are infuriating, but the idea that care workers are 'lower-skilled' is definitely one of them - under paid is what they are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Addressing stigma: towards an inclusive healthcare system' by the Canadian public health agency (another gem picked up at #CanadianPain25 👍) nccdh.ca/resources/en...

Call for papers on topic of physiotherapists in first contact roles (raised by Andrews Tawiah of @westernu.bsky.social at #CanadianPain25) FYI @thecsp.bsky.social @robyeldham.bsky.social www.biomedcentral.com/collections/...

Racism is pain management causes needless suffering - Anna Hood (keynote at #CanadianPain25) in the BMJ. www.bmj.com/content/bmj/...

Just back from a full few days at #CanadianPain25. Grateful to participate in a rich panel on whether disease models of chronic pain should guide anti-stigma efforts. Thoughtful, challenging dialogue—exactly what moves the field forward. Thanks to all for the meaningful exchange!

Had a wonderful time meeting folk & learning from a fantastic range of sessions on pain care & rehab, equity, methods, stigma, trauma & responses - travel tips for my few days of holiday too👍☕#CanadianPain25

Inspiring day in Toronto with the interdisciplinary, 'critical approaches' group - presented my thesis research as part of 'theorizing (chronic) pain within structural inequities'👇 Details on @peprpartnership.bsky.social #CanadianPain25 #DouleurCanadienne25 #HealthEquity #HealthInequalities

Please read the example shared below, particularly if you are White👇 The rise of racism across Europe should concern us all. (thanks for sharing @massih.bsky.social)

Review the agenda for the upcoming CASPR (Critical Approaches to Scholarship in Pain Research) conference HERE: www.pepr-partnership.org/events/caspr... If you're attending Canadian Pain Society's ASM, we invite you to join us on May 2. #PeprPartnership #CriticalPainScholarship #CanadianPain25

#GLASGOW folk: The council is consulting on plans to charge a hotel room levy (tourist tax - like a normal European city...). It's a real chance to raise badly needed funds to invest in the city - please do fill out the survey and share: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/GLVS2025/

I'm supposed to go to the US for a few days to see friends after the Canadian Pain meeting in May but am seriously rethinking those plans...

Join us on the 5th of December in Dundee to learn about the latest Scottish pain research and hear from our keynote speakers Prof Brona Fullen and Prof David Bennett #painresearch #pain

The entire National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) team at SAMHSA was terminated today. Do not listen to the platitudes of this administration when they say they care about drug overdose, addiction, mental health, or suicide.

Want to understand what has been happening to working age mental health? Read @healthfoundation.bsky.social analysis below. Across multiple data sources, rates have nearly doubled in 10 years for the 16-34 age group. Lower qualifications associated with ⬆️ rates www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

'It is not just Mahmoud Khalil who is on trial, but the entirety of a nation teetering on the edge of authoritarianism.'

It's crunch time for my thesis - I believe (hope) all the appendices are located...now trying to conclude the discussion with the ecosystems (my findings) meeting the MRC-NIHR complex intervention framework🌹👍. It's now been over 6 years of a slightly wild journey...

We are here : "We will consider anonymity when a clinical scenario is particularly important to share and learn from, or to protect an author’s safety—for example, if they are a whistleblower." Responding to fear and magical thinking in the US, a nice editorial in the @bmj.com.

Council Tax is enraging. Regressive, divorced from reality, driving the poorest into debt, hunger, hardship. Getting worse. But no political party yet had the courage to sort it. Ht @lalithatry.bsky.social @tom-clark.bsky.social @resfoundation.bsky.social www.resolutionfoundation.org/comment/risi...

🥁Abstract submission now live for this year's conference!🥁 Conference dates: Wednesday 10th - Friday 12th September 2025, with an ECR day on Tuesday 9th Where: Bradford Submit your abstract here: bit.ly/3PKGo2k Submission deadline: 23:59 GMT, Monday 24th February 2025 📷 Neil Turner