Rosaleen O’Brien
@drrosaleenobrien.bsky.social
Freelance Qualitative & Health Services Research Consultant based in Scotland (former academic Medical Sociologist). Health experiences and evaluating health/ social care interventions & services| Website: https://rosaleenobrienresearch.com
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Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
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📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
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How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
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UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Looking forward to reawakening my dormant men’s health/ #masculinities brain cells in the new year. I will be joining a fab collaborative group who are evaluating men’s mental health interventions over the next three years. Men, it seems I haven’t finished with you!
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Looking forward to reawakening my dormant men’s health/ #masculinities brain cells in the new year. I will be joining a fab collaborative group who are evaluating men’s mental health interventions over the next three years. Men, it seems I haven’t finished with you!
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The fact that the Louvre heist didn’t take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The fact that the Louvre heist didn’t take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us.
I’ll be writing a War and Peace-length essay about all the memorable pets I’ve loved. Looking forward to reading others.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I’ll be writing a War and Peace-length essay about all the memorable pets I’ve loved. Looking forward to reading others.
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Some of the most important conversations we have in emergency care are with the acutely bereaved. After presenting at #ACPIC25, I was invited to share my framework for compassionate communication with a wider emergency services 🚑 audience #DeathNotification #EMSSky #EMSky #paramedicine
Communicating with family when someone dies in the community: Six important steps for emergency ambulance personnel — Te Ārai Research Group
This article introduces a six-step model for compassionate communication with family when emergency services are called to death. It is not a prescriptive checklist but a framework highlighting ke...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Some of the most important conversations we have in emergency care are with the acutely bereaved. After presenting at #ACPIC25, I was invited to share my framework for compassionate communication with a wider emergency services 🚑 audience #DeathNotification #EMSSky #EMSky #paramedicine
“Quiet, piggy”.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“Quiet, piggy”.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Currently binging episodes of Gardener’s World, which I’ve never watched regularly before (I’m convinced something biological happens as we get older and the ‘start watching GW’ gene gets activated). It’s like mind balm. A perfect hour of escape amidst the flowers. #GardenersWorld #Gardening
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Currently binging episodes of Gardener’s World, which I’ve never watched regularly before (I’m convinced something biological happens as we get older and the ‘start watching GW’ gene gets activated). It’s like mind balm. A perfect hour of escape amidst the flowers. #GardenersWorld #Gardening
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🌍 We’re hiring a permanent Group Chief Executive!
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
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If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌍 We’re hiring a permanent Group Chief Executive!
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Find out more and apply here: starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-group-ceo
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Find out more and apply here: starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-group-ceo
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In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Fenney explores the shared challenges facing disabled people, carers and people with multiple long-term conditions and how cross-sector collaboration could build a more inclusive, joined-up system. Join the conversation. https://bit.ly/4qX6Neq
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Fenney explores the shared challenges facing disabled people, carers and people with multiple long-term conditions and how cross-sector collaboration could build a more inclusive, joined-up system. Join the conversation. https://bit.ly/4qX6Neq
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'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
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Northern Lights 6”x6” oil
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Northern Lights 6”x6” oil
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Blog added to the hub today - The concept of blame in NHS patient safety, by John Tingle, Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
The concept of blame in NHS patient safety (John Tingle, 7 November 2025)
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November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Blog added to the hub today - The concept of blame in NHS patient safety, by John Tingle, Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
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Join Dementia UK at a webinar discussing living alone with dementia and the experiences of carers supporting from a distance
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email [email protected]
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email [email protected]
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join Dementia UK at a webinar discussing living alone with dementia and the experiences of carers supporting from a distance
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email [email protected]
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email [email protected]
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Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump and his cronies have the BBC in their sights. Leaders can’t stay silent while one of our great institutions is attacked.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
We must defend its independence, end political appointments, and remove Robbie Gibb from the Board.
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
LinkedIn
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November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Does your team require high quality qualitative research support?
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
I set up my own research consultancy in January 2021 following a career as an academic social and public health researcher, and can offer my help with this on a freelance basis. My web: lnkd.in/e4feyBMw
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A good day for Wales and the health of the people of Wales! 🎉
#MUP has saved hundreds of lives in Scotland, also averting thousands of hospital admissions
But MUP alone is not enough. Governments must take action on the marketing and availability of alcohol.
#MUP has saved hundreds of lives in Scotland, also averting thousands of hospital admissions
But MUP alone is not enough. Governments must take action on the marketing and availability of alcohol.
Following a consultation on MUP, the Welsh Health & Social Care Committee recommends that the Welsh Government continues the policy.
It also recommends better assessment of its impact on deaths and hospital admissions, and keeping in line with inflation.
laiddocuments.senedd.wales/cr-ld17276-e...
It also recommends better assessment of its impact on deaths and hospital admissions, and keeping in line with inflation.
laiddocuments.senedd.wales/cr-ld17276-e...
laiddocuments.senedd.wales
July 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
A good day for Wales and the health of the people of Wales! 🎉
#MUP has saved hundreds of lives in Scotland, also averting thousands of hospital admissions
But MUP alone is not enough. Governments must take action on the marketing and availability of alcohol.
#MUP has saved hundreds of lives in Scotland, also averting thousands of hospital admissions
But MUP alone is not enough. Governments must take action on the marketing and availability of alcohol.