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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 8d

Zak Bond, Campaign Manager at Clean Cities: “[This] proves that bold action on dirty air delivers real results. This is a crucial milestone towards reaching WHO guidelines as soon as possible."

"London has leapfrogged other UK cities which still have illegal levels of air pollution."

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 8d

How do we keep GPs in the job? New research from Sophie Park.

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How can we keep GPs in the job? New review points to relationships, meaning, and learning

New research shows GP retention depends on how services are organised, not just individual resilience. Meaningful work, strong relationships, and learning cultures help GPs stay in post and deliver be...

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · 20d

When data is more than admin.. "evidence of circumstances supporting culture shift to one where resident data informs day-to-day care. A systematic approach to collecting data on residents’ characteristics and QoL could increase staff awareness and directly inform care planning and delivery. "

Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social · 20d

Paper out: Piloting a minimum data set (MDS) in english care homes: a qualitative study of professional perspectives on implementation and data use

Find it here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Piloting a minimum data set (MDS) in english care homes: a qualitative study of professional perspectives on implementation and data use - BMC Geriatrics

Background Digitalisation within English care homes offers potential to make more effective use of substantial data collected by staff during care planning and recording. A pilot minimum data set was ...

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 24d

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

ML @mlpoole.bsky.social · 24d

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · 23d

Indeed !! EPRs illustrate.. the increasing atomisation of ..labour.... this seems to be a largely unstoppable force. ...EPRs helping coordinate some aspects of care does not obscure the fact that the new technology has inevitably created new problems.' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/9JJZDH...

Coordinating the Medical Division of Labour: The Travails of Electronic Patient Records in the United Kingdom and United States

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Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (LSE) @cpeclse.bsky.social · Aug 5

New GOLTC recording! Catch up with this #multidisciplinary workshop on progress towards #deinstitutionalization for people with #disabilities and older people with care needs, exploring tools to map #communitybased care and #supportservices. @adelinacohe.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIh6...

A promotional flyer for the webinar. It reads: Community based care resources for people with disabilities and older people with care needs. Moderated by Stefania Ilinca (WHO) & Adelina Comas-Herrera (GOLTC) and featuring European Disability Forum, ILO, Global Disability Fund Recording available now: https://www.youtube.com/wa It features the logos of the different organisations for each of the presenters involved.

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Aug 1

Continuity defined: "Being there, available most days for your patients, is one of the key elements in building relationships, and strong, rooted relationships don’t just help the patients. They also help the doctor"

Richard Humphries @richardhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Morland offers a positive account of good care and its life-affirming qualities”. A very worthwhile read.

Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social · Jul 31

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Aug 1

There are gaps in the general practice record of unpaid carers when compared with census data:

🔍 Almost a million unpaid carers are missing from GP records

🔍 Where a carer lives, and their ethnicity, affects the likelihood that they will be identified by general practice

Read the full analysis 👇

How good are general practices in England at recording who is an unpaid carer?

Unpaid carers provide vital support supporting vulnerable people, doing work worth tens of billions to the economy. Identifying carers in our national health records is essential for ensuring that peo...

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jul 21

Gaza is now officially in IPC Phase 5, the final stage of hunger. Designated as 'catastrophe'.

A further 67 of the starving were killed by IDF soldiers yesterday trying to access food. Witnesses say the victims had their hands held in the air.

One day, everyone will have always been against this.

A Palestinian girl cries out for food with her hands held out at a charity kitchen amid the famine in Gaza. She is surrounded by other young, anguished children. This photo was taken on Thurs July 11, 2025 after at least 10 children were killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point. More Palestinians have now been killed just waiting for food than the number of victims killed in the Hamas terrorist attack of October 7.
Photograph credit is to Ebrahim Hajjaj of Reuters

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Jill Belch @jillbelch.bsky.social · Jul 20

Today I heard an MP, on @LBC, say #water nationalisation doesn't work as Scotland has worse water pollution than England. This is a complete lie. See figure below,
2024.
Some of the cleanest water in
Europe (ref provided).
Disgraceful. England, fight for nationalisation.

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Jul 17

We ask so much of residential care workers, and they rise to that challenge every day, yet they are nearly twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK worker.
Poverty, pay and the case for change in social care | www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Jul 16

"among people with dementia eligible for publicly funded social care, take up of direct payments or individual service funds remains very low compared to other groups, with most care and support arranged directly by local councils".

Think Local Act Personal @tlap.bsky.social · Jul 16

📢 New dementia report: 'I just want to be able to dance'

We’re proud to share a hopeful vision for care and support that promotes the wellbeing of people living with dementia through community development, social innovation, and personalised support. buff.ly/H4lKhFE

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · Jul 15

🆕 Q&A: With the new 10 Year Plan for the #NHS featuring a central role for neighbourhood health teams, we spoke to @theasrstein.bsky.social about what they are and what needs to happen for them to be successful.

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Neighbourhood health teams: a Q&A with Thea Stein

With the new 10 Year Plan for the NHS featuring a central role for neighbourhood health teams, we spoke to Thea Stein about what they are and what needs to happen for them to be successful.

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Richard Humphries @richardhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 11

Just finishing Suzanne O’Sullivan’s The Age of Diagnosis & struck by this para about the value of medical generalists

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Jul 8

"..A plan would tell us: when particular hospital services could be expected to be delivered in the community; how much extra it would cost in the short term to keep those hospital services running & to pay for the development of the community services before the latter were operational.." Quite!!

Dr Gemma Hughes @gemhughes.bsky.social · Jul 7

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THE VISION THING? – THE 10 YEAR HEALTH PLAN

By Calum Paton First thing first: ‘Fit for the Future: 10 Year Health Plan for England’ is not a plan. It is this government collecting and rebranding various themes which have run through ‘landmar…

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Jul 7

1/10 On this day 20 years ago, I was with @chriscocking.bsky.social and Steve Reicher at the Royal Society summer exhibition in London, presenting our work on how people behave in emergency evacuations. As I tried to travel to the exhibition venue, I was part of a crowd of

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Richard Humphries @richardhumphries.bsky.social · Jul 3

Who could argue against a neighbourhood health service? But #socialcare reform is on an entirely different trajectory - a missed opportunity? NHC won’t work properly without it.

PM launches new era for NHS with easier care in neighbourhoods

The Prime Minister launches a new era for the NHS, bringing more easily accessible care closer to home.

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Richard Humphries @richardhumphries.bsky.social · Jun 20

If enacted this will see the State finding new £ & staff to help people kill themselves whilst hospice care in many places is being reduced. Is that the outcome legislators intend? If not what are they going to do about the latter?

Hospice UK @hospiceuk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Today’s decision by MPs represents a seismic change for end of life care in England and Wales and could have a huge impact on hospices. Read our full response 👇
www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Dr Lucy Rycroft-Smith @honeypisquared.bsky.social · Jun 9

I am delighted to announce that my new paper with @darrenmacey.bsky.social is now published, entitled 'All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by summarising evidence in mathematics education'

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A picture of the title and abstract of the research paper: All sizzle, no steak: AI tools are not able to act as credible knowledge brokers by
summarising evidence in mathematics education
Lucy Rycroft-Smith, Darren Macey
University of Cambridge
Current discourse around AI (artificial intelligence) tools suggest they can
offer users quick access to research evidence, with the goal of improving
our practice and policies in mathematics education. However, recent
evaluations suggest that AI often falls short of human capabilities in
accurately summarising complex information, raising questions about
trust, credibility, and reliability. In this paper, we investigate whether AI
tools are able to successfully perform the educational knowledge
brokering function of finding, selecting, and summarising research with
implications for practitioners. In particular, we ask if AI tools are able to
find research papers that actually exist (accuracy), are relevant to the
question (relevancy) and are able to interpret findings into useful,
actionable implications for practitioners (applicability). We find that
generally they are not, and even when they are, they do so in a way that is
so inconsistent as to be a serious threat to credibility.
Keywords: artificial intelligence; AI; knowledge brokering; large language
models; mathematics education

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Jun 12

Worth a read and wider discussion. ...."senior scientists spend around 45% of their time on administrative activities relating to the acquisition and management of funding," describes alternative approaches to funding good science. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

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Global Observatory of Long-Term Care @goltc.bsky.social · Jun 9

NEW COUNTRY PROFILE: #England 🌍

In this system profile, @blimeysimon.bsky.social (@thekingsfund.bsky.social) and @natashacurry.bsky.social (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk) unpack the country's long-term care system. 🔍

Read now: goltc.org/system-profi...

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Jun 8

On responding to far right parties … from Angela Merkel’s autobiography. It should be read by U.K. political leaders but I’d be surprised if it was.

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Herts Research @hertsresearch.bsky.social · Jun 5

Welcome to the official Research page for University of Hertfordshire! 🎉 We’re solving global challenges through research & enterprise. Stay tuned for our Research Impact Symposium this Tuesday! Follow us for updates on people and projects shaping our world. #HertsResearch

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Claire Goodman @hdemcop.bsky.social · Jun 6

Mandate+evidence=👍

ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · Jun 3

Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds

A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…

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