Dr Anne Littlewood
@anne-infospec.bsky.social
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Information Specialist working in health economics and evidence synthesis. Loves classic cinema, books, hiking and travel.
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stephenkb.bsky.social
No, it's not. It's all a lie. The blunt truth is across the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them.
igmansfield.bsky.social
Outstanding piece by Stephen Daisley.

Ethnicity is no barrier to Britishness - it's culture and integration.

That means 'smaller cohorts and aggressive integration policies' - and tackling the institutions that 'have amplified grievance narratives and radical anti-Western ideologies'.
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carrieprice.bsky.social
The government shutdown is going to affect the MEDLINE component of all the platforms that hold MEDLINE, right?

#medlibs
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emergencybod.medsky.social
Here I am in March 2020 wearing the PPE that was available at the time for frontline services about to see an influx of extremely sick people with SARS-CoV-2 now known as COVID-19.

I watched many die.
Colleagues died.

Michelle Mone should be in jail.
And she should only be the first on a long list
 A man stands in a hospital corridor in March 2020, fully dressed in early-pandemic personal protective equipment. He wears a disposable blue gown, plastic apron, surgical mask, clear visor with a white strip down the middle, and blue gloves. His trousers and bright blue trainers are visible beneath the gown. Behind him are double wooden doors with "Exit" and "Fire exit" signs, and to the side is a toilet sign. The image captures the stark, improvised feel of frontline PPE at the start of COVID-19.
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groomb.bsky.social
Warren Street, Stockport, painting by Arthur Delaney (1927-87). #NorthernArt
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doctorwaffle.substack.com
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right) 
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy? 
What the hammer that hath hewn it 
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee, 
Or an external franchisee?
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ksaylor.bsky.social
To celebrate October's National Medical Librarians Month, we will be sharing some of our favorite #MLAUXCaucus Database Tips blog posts every day this month! Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar #medlibs #ExpertSearching #SystematicReviews
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Tip #1: Bulk export from Google Scholar
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dbellingradt.bsky.social
Expert question: When did the Europeans started stamping (library stamps) into library collections? In other words: who knows the oldest library stamp? And did non-European libraries did this stamping too? #bookhistory
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North East Bylines have just published their 5000th article!! 🎉🎉🎉

Congratulations NEB! A very apt way to celebrate too:

Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument
"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument
"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"
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biancapilla.bsky.social
What happens after evidence is generated/published/disseminated?🤔

For 5+ years I’ve worked with JBI’s global evidence network to publish impact stories — powerful narratives of evidence driving real change

📖 Read more in my latest #WorldEBHCDay blog: worldebhcday.org/blog/2025/im...

#Storytelling
Image shows Lego that begins as an unassembled bunch moving towards Lego arranged in colours and then eventually built as a house depicting the power of communicating data or evidence in stories
anne-infospec.bsky.social
I was thinking the same thing when Alan said he’d never seen such bad behaviour. “What? Not even when Alice turned up pissed at the christening?” #TheArchers
anne-infospec.bsky.social
Woke up, put the light on and the first thing I saw was this. #Caturday
A handsome fluffy tabby and a stately ginger tomcat with paw stretching, lying on a duvet facing the camera
anne-infospec.bsky.social
Look at my fabulous colleagues! Such a great team of people 🙂
yhec.bsky.social
YHEC staff met recently for a strategy day, to share ideas and discuss how we work.

Director, Professor Matthew Taylor, said: "This collaborative approach lets every team member shape YHEC's future, driving innovation and strengthening our shared ethos."

Meet our team: yhec.co.uk/meet-the-team/
Group photo of 50 YHEC staff, standing outside in three tiered rows. There is a blue sky, trees and a building in the background.
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chadbourn.bsky.social
New polling in the Telegraph. Despite all the talk from Musk and Robinson about young people turning to Reform, it’s just the usual pack of lies.

Read on for the Telegraph’s headline accompanying the piece.
Chart showing the vast majority of 18-24 are liberal-left
anne-infospec.bsky.social
Reasons to be cheerful? I hope so, but it’s the hope that gets you, every time.
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yhec.bsky.social
In a new blog post, YHEC Director of Pharmaceutical Consulting, Stuart Mealing, outlines the challenges in demonstrating value for rare disease therapies: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...

Contact us for help with your project: yhec.co.uk/contact-us/

#RareDiseases #HealthTechnologyAssessment #HTA
A graphic in green, white and blue. There is a photo of Stuart Mealing. The text reads: “Stuart Mealing. Director of Pharmaceutical Consulting”. There is a quote from Stuart: “Demonstrating the value of a rare disease intervention requires a proactive and multifaceted approach. Early and thorough planning is essential: preparation for market access is far more important in the rare disease space because of the probable lack of evidence.” The YHEC logo is in the bottom right hand corner.
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Not long to go to our two day training on Network Meta-Analysis. I’ll be talking about how to search for studies and what to do if you don’t know about all of the comparators you need to include. Join us!
yhec.bsky.social
Enhance your expertise in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) with our online two-day workshop, Practical Issues in Producing Network Meta-Analyses (NMA) for HTA.

📅 16 and 17 September 2025 | 💻 Online

Register here: yhec.co.uk/training/rev...

#HealthTechnologyAssessment #NetworkMetaAnalysis #HTA
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gabliotecaria.bsky.social
If you're one of the 10 people in my feed who haven't read Vimes' Boot Theory, today's your lucky day 👇
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Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.

Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars.

Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in Ankh-Morpork on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.

But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while the poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.

This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness.
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yhec.bsky.social
Stay up-to-date with the latest trends in health economics and outcomes research.

The new issue of the YHEC newsletter is out now.

Find our recent publications, training opportunities and more!
createsend.com/t/y-48D55D0C...

#HealthEconomics #Research
Screenshot of YHEC's August newsletter. There is a picture of the YHEC offices and the text reads: "Welcome to YHEC's August 2025 Newsletter. Read on to find out about all the latest news at YHEC." The YHEC logo also features.
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yhec.bsky.social
The journey of developing and getting rare disease therapies to market is challenging.

In our latest blog, YHEC Project Director Andria Joseph explores a crucial piece of the puzzle: Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs). Read the full post: sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y...
A graphic in green, white and blue. There is a photo of Andria Joseph. The text reads: “Andria Joseph. Project Director”. There is a quote from Andria: “Rare diseases often present with a wide range of symptoms that can vary substantially between individuals. Patient-reported outcomes can capture this variability from the patient’s perspective, providing a more thorough understanding of the disease’s impact... As such, patient-reported outcomes are crucial metrics for rare disease therapies.” The YHEC logo is in the bottom right hand corner.
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chelseaeharvey.bsky.social
20 years ago, the WHO published a pair of reports estimating the number of annual deaths attributable to climate change. I was fascinated to learn that there have been few attempts since to revisit this fundamental question about the impact of global warming on humanity -- until now. The story:
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I'm delighted today to announce we're launching the Global Burden of Climate Change Study, an international team effort to standardize estimates of present day death, disability, and illness due to climate change. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social with the scoop: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
E&E News: People are dying from climate change. But how many?
A team of researchers hopes to provide the long-elusive answer, thanks to the growing field of attribution science.
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