Happy publication/book birthday to me! “Abortion Trail Activism” now out in the world - bloomsbury.com/uk/abortion-tr…

🚨 The terms of reference for the New Hospital Programme review has been published. It confirms 12 RAAC hospitals are excluded and will continue. 25 schemes will be part of the review and paused for now: gov.uk/government/pub…

We are your friends, neighbors, colleagues. Maybe even #adopted into your family. Please believe us when #adopteevoices tell you what is happening. Not "happened". Happening NOW. We are living the fallout TODAY. And we need your help.

Our study on retaining doctors in emergency medicine was published in BMJ_Open delighted to see it out there and thanks to my coauthors (and the reviewers!) for the hard work and perseverance Dawn Goodwin Rick Body Rachel Isba Dr Liz Brewster bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/9/e…

Fredric Jameson (1934-2024) We are immensely saddened by the passing of the foremost Marxist theorist & critic of cultural production under capitalist totality. A member of our advisory board, he was a supporter of our efforts since the very beginning. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

📢Call for chapter abstracts📢 I am co-leading on a book proposal: 'Research & Care-Experience: Methods & ethics'. We are now seeking abstract submissions from care-experienced researchers/academics. Please read the call for abstracts for more details! 📘 docs.google.com/document/d/1A5…

📢Out now on #firstview! Bethany Rebisz (Dr Beth Rebisz) (Historians @ Bristol) on 'Mapping Women’s Memories of Britain’s Forced Resettlement Scheme in Late Colonial Kenya, c. 1953–1960' #Colonialism #Kenya #20thc #OralHistory 🇰🇪 👉Read online here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Strong words on the NHS's dysfunctional approach to dentistry from Thea Stein Says the "custom and practice" is to raid dental budgets for other pressures hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

BREAKING: Residents around a chemicals plant have been told to wash and peel homegrown vegetables before eating while an investigation into potential soil contamination with a cancer-causing chemical PFOA gets under way 1/ theguardian.com/environment/20…

Where is the “Adoption Apology” for over 215;000 Birth Mothers that were coerced into “handing over” their babies during the 50s, 60s & 70’s & the support that was recommended by the JCHR Enquiry 2022? #adoptionapology #adoptionapologyuk #adoptionapolognow #timesrunningout

“Keir Starmer to offer glimpse of what lies at end of tunnel”

Interesting webinar and lots to digest about social work complicity and hopes of resistance. Common theme in my research: 1/ Disciplinary understanding of 'moral welfare' underpinning adoption as policy of first choice. 2/ Professional attitudes and norms determined by class.

Newly-published English language edition of a history of the Communist International that tells the story through the eyes of the activists who became its ‘professional revolutionaries’ helping to build parties across the world Society for the Study of Labour History WCML Verso Books

Stolen (2023) is a documentary directed by Margo Harkin. It tells the story of how over 80,000 unmarried mothers came to be incarcerated in mother & baby homes in Ireland between 1922 and 1998. The homes were run by nuns. wildfirefilms.net/films/stolen/

Join Professor Kate Ardern for a free lecture on citizen-led public health. A must-attend for those interested in health and community wellbeing. 🗓️ Tuesday 29 Oct 2024 from 6.30pm Book now: eventbrite.com/e/citizen-led-…

Really excited to be presenting my paper “Race, Obsolescence and the Management of "Surplus" Populations in Post-War Liverpool” at the IHR in November. It’s online and all are welcome! history.ac.uk/events/race-ob…

Continuing a long tradition of permanently delayed capital development, especially in the NW. If I hadn’t already done something on historic regional difficulties managing primary care for my next MBMJ, I’d do something on hospital building. Watch this space.

Of all the days not to shave, suit up, and have a decent night’s sleep. Lots to chew on, where I spoke about shaping government policy alongside Janine from faculty PS team. Clinical workforce inequalities in the NHS, not the adoption apology. That’s still a work in progress.

Cheshire and Merseyside ICS signed up to a £150m deficit plan for 2024-25, but has already incurred more than 90% of its deficit just three months in. The worst-case scenario runs closer to £400m. They are not the first ones to encounter this problem this year, either.

Here's me contributing to the Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal special issue celebrating 50 years of Warwick MRC following the #mrc50 conference. On my perpetual use of the BASW archives, and what it means for SocWkHistoryNetwork and the history of the welfare state. exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exch…