Face-to-face support session for colleagues in the North East considering an application for a NIHR Pre-Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship. forms.office.com/pages/response…

Yep, and we wrote a book on how to fix it economy2030.resolutionfoundation.org

Roberta Piroddi University of Liverpool kicking us off at #SSM2024 session on Child Health. A&E attendance data on self-harm in Liverpool and Cheshire. Increased rates amongst teenage girls and young men. Children's Health Scotland Improving Health #ScottishChildrensHealthWeek

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Congratulations to our colleagues - Huihui Song, Anwen Zhang, Ben Barr , Sophie Wickham - on the publication of this paper: Effect of Universal Credit on Young Children’s Mental Health: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Understanding Society tinyurl.com/436cvyku

Hayden A 700 mile train route, mostly through undeveloped land, would serve over 60% of Canada's population.

New Nuffield Foundation report out today by Anders Bach-Mortensen, myself and colleagues. What can data tell us about 10 years of social care outsourcing? Link: spi.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/main… A thread:

.ARC North West Coast's Place-based Longitudinal Data Resource pldr.org brings together datasets that track changes in determinants of health & health outcomes in specific places. These are used by researchers, government, the #NHS & VSOs arc-nwc.nihr.ac.uk/news/how-nihr-… 📍#ARCimpacts

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Toshiyuki Mimaki: “I thought the prize would go to those working hard in Gaza… In Gaza bleeding children are being held by their parents. It’s like Japan 80 years ago”. Power of Hiroshima/Nagasaki: 36,000 tons of explosives. Bombs on Gaza: 82,000

Right then. I think we've reached a watershed point in the waging of culture wars, and Conservatives ought to see it, and act on it. I wrote this today: What kind of person would drag autistic children into the culture wars? The Kemi Badenoch kind theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Were hosting 4️⃣ important conversations about the future of #communitywealthbuilding and the final one, on 26 November, will focus on health, featuring Jennifer Connolly, Centre for Thriving Places (inactive)' Rachel Laurence and Ben Barr. Book here: cles.org.uk/conversations

Health, and hence economic growth and prosperity, cannot improve if we do not have a properly functional social security system Some evidence and thoughts from some amazing colleagues in this Blog

Turis rain gauge data has been retrieved and it’s incredible 680mm daily total 179mm in one hour - an all time Spanish record 42mm in 10 minutes The average annual rainfall for this location of 475mm was recorded in 3 hours 20 minutes! Frankly terrifying. Via AEMET Comunitat Valenciana

The PHIRST LiLaC team is looking for 2 public advisors to join their team. Are you interested in Public Health and what councils are doing to improve it? Meetings are online so you can be based anywhere in the UK phirst.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/upl… Ben Barr Amander Wellings Helen Cherry retired nurse

Everything Trump does ( Executive Orders , punching down when criticised) demonstrate his weakness. People should tell him more often - he is a weak man.

None of us have wanted to put this story out there yet, but seems it is on its own. Many are saying that the US is now helping Russians with intelligence.

#Austerity #Brexit #Covid And people question whether there is more depression? 🤔🙄🤪 Economic equality = improved wellbeing…

If ministers want to see how welfare reform can be done, come see us in Greater Manchester | Andy Burnham theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/content/390/bm…