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Jacqui Thornton

@jacquithornton

Health journalist @Lancet @bmj_latest @NatureCareers; moderates panels and conferences for doctors and health advocates around the world

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Dance to Health (@dance_to_health) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This eve 20.30 #DancetoHealth featured on BBC World Service 's Health Check programme. Interviews with Aesop's chair, Prof Kevin Fenton, Dance Artist Jenny Murphy, and members of our class at the Chinese Community Centre, B'ham. Listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00… #creativehealth

This eve 20.30 #DancetoHealth featured on <a href="/bbcworldservice/">BBC World Service</a> 's Health Check programme. Interviews with Aesop's chair, Prof Kevin Fenton, Dance Artist Jenny Murphy, and members of our class at the Chinese Community Centre, B'ham. Listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00… #creativehealth
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Top story on the health news agenda is junior doctors’ pay award but there’s more going on this week for The BMA - this week’s Council meeting will be riveting. More in my article in the The Lancet

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We have a free online Dance to Health falls-prevention class on Oct 6th, with talented Dance Artist Yuvel Soria. In honor of #SilverSunday, the national day for older people, and #FallsPreventionAwarenessWeek. Sign up here: dancetohealth.org/silver-sunday #CreativeHealth #DancetoHealth

We have a free online Dance to Health falls-prevention class on Oct 6th, with talented Dance Artist Yuvel Soria. In honor of #SilverSunday, the national day for older people, and #FallsPreventionAwarenessWeek.

Sign up here: dancetohealth.org/silver-sunday #CreativeHealth #DancetoHealth
Academy of Medical Sciences (@acmedsci) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're at #ExpertWomen24 today, discussing media presentation of women & people with lived experience. Our Council Patient Observer @lynn_laidlaw notes "I work with research & policy teams, using my lived expertise. Combining different perspectives leads to deeper understanding."

DEC (@decappeal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Thanks to your generosity, the DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal has raised over £25 million so far! Your donations could help local aid workers like Nour and his colleagues support children and young people suffering intense stress and trauma on a daily basis in Gaza. And

Medical Journalists' Association (@mjauk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great blog from Medical Journalists' Association member Jacqui Thornton on the downs, ups and surprises of freelancing and a portfolio career How one door opens when another closes – and why freelancers must confidently walk through mjauk.org/2024/11/06/how…

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This year, ImperialSCARU is celebrating the 1st day of National #SelfCareWeek by contirbuting to the Kenvue Pharmacist Leaders Forum with Hannah French, Clemens Oberhammer & Jacqui Thornton. Pharamcists are the key to accessible #selfcare.

This year, <a href="/ImperialSCARU/">ImperialSCARU</a> is celebrating the 1st day of National #SelfCareWeek by contirbuting to the <a href="/kenvue/">Kenvue</a> Pharmacist Leaders Forum with Hannah French, Clemens Oberhammer &amp; <a href="/Jacquithornton/">Jacqui Thornton</a>. 
Pharamcists are the key to accessible #selfcare.
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) (@globalcdp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

INVITATION: Join the launch of the #GCDP 2024 report, "Beyond Punishment: From Injustice to Reform" feat. Comm'rs Arbour (Canada), Diego Garcia Sayan (Peru) & Anand Grover' Report (India). Moderator: Jacqui Thornton 📅 Dec 5 | 3 PM CET Registration: ow.ly/jAGx50UeLi6 #DrugPolicy

INVITATION: Join the launch of the #GCDP 2024 report, "Beyond Punishment: From Injustice to Reform" feat. Comm'rs Arbour (Canada), <a href="/GarciaSayan/">Diego Garcia Sayan</a> (Peru) &amp; <a href="/AnandGroverRepo/">Anand Grover' Report</a> (India).  
Moderator: <a href="/Jacquithornton/">Jacqui Thornton</a>

📅 Dec 5 | 3 PM CET

Registration: ow.ly/jAGx50UeLi6
 #DrugPolicy
The Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP) (@globalcdp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Join the official launch of our 2024 thematic report, “Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform” - hosted in English with translated captions in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. 📅 5 Dec. 🕒 3 PM CET 🔗 ow.ly/jAGx50UeLi6

Join the official launch of our 2024 thematic report, “Beyond Punishment: From Criminal Justice Responses to Drug Policy Reform” - hosted in English with translated captions in Arabic, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

📅 5 Dec.
🕒 3 PM CET
🔗 ow.ly/jAGx50UeLi6
The Lancet (@thelancet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"If it becomes law, what might the implications be for doctors?" Members of Parliament have backed a bill to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, paving the way for a fundamental shift in doctors’ practice. Jacqui Thornton reports: hubs.li/Q02_zSzK0

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“The #EveryStoryMatters initiative reinforces what we've long advocated: better decisions are made when patients and the public are involved from the start.” - Nick Hillier, Director of Comms & Engagement Academy of Medical Sciences Read the full article by Jacqui Thornton in The Lancet below 👇

UK Covid-19 Inquiry (@covidinquiryuk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Check out the exclusive about #EveryStoryMatters in @thelancet from Jacqui Thornton. You can still share your experience of the pandemic online. It's not too late to inform the Inquiry's recommendations for the future. Find out more: bit.ly/4eD5I4z

NCD Alliance (@ncdalliance) 's Twitter Profile Photo

👏We were privileged to have a top-notch panel at the third plenary of the #NCDAF2025 to discuss sustainable financing of #NCDs with great moderation by Jacqui Thornton , who asked the right questions and led the conversation brilliantly. Highlights below 👇

👏We were privileged to have a  top-notch panel at the third plenary of the #NCDAF2025 to discuss sustainable financing of #NCDs with great moderation by <a href="/Jacquithornton/">Jacqui Thornton</a> , who asked the right questions and led the conversation brilliantly. Highlights below 👇
NCDI Poverty Network (@ncdipoverty) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“The PEN-Plus movement shows that where children are born does not have to determine whether they live or die,”Gene Bukhman said. Learn about how WHO African Region countries are joining the PEN-Plus movement to improve care for severe #NCDs The Lancet Jacqui Thornton thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Criminal barristers: tomorrow is the deadline for votes for the The CBA Assistant Secretary position - please support the excellent Matilda Robinson-Murphy 2KBW who I had the pleasure of watching at a Cambridge University Moot competition yesterday. Deadline 4pm Sarah Tyner

World Heart Federation (@worldheartfed) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The panel is now complete for our session “Protecting One Billion Hearts – Partnering to Accelerate Access to Blood Pressure-Lowering Medicines”, held in parallel to #WHA78. Moderated by Jacqui Thornton , the session features Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani (Ministry of

The panel is now complete for our session “Protecting One Billion Hearts – Partnering to Accelerate Access to Blood Pressure-Lowering Medicines”, held in parallel to #WHA78.

Moderated by <a href="/Jacquithornton/">Jacqui Thornton</a> , the session features Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Bin Hamad Al Thani (Ministry of
The Lancet (@thelancet) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Colombia's progressive drug policy reforms include the prioritisation of harm reduction, but campaigners fear advances are at risk. ✍️ Jacqui Thornton reports: hubs.li/Q03nhccs0

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SouthAmerica’s first Supervised injecting room is in Bogota. I take a look inside and report on the first year evaluation. My latest in the Lancet.