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✍Our TRE manager Laura Ward is writing a series of blog posts on the HIC-led Standardised Architecture for Trusted Research Environments (SATRE) project - read the first instalment here: dundee.ac.uk/stories/provid… #TRE UoD Medicine

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Do you live with chronic pain? We want to hear from you! Share with us the three words that best describe your pain, as part of #PainAwarenessMonth and help us better understand the impact of chronic pain. buff.ly/3yUgC6X #ChronicPain #PainManagement #LivedExperience

Yesterday we published the next in our series of blog posts on the latest statistics/research and data news concerning the lives of people with learning disabilities. In this round up we comment on the following items released over the summer months:

Through #PainAwarenessMonth we are collecting the 3-words that best describe your pain and creating a word cloud of them all. If you want to be involved, share your 3-words here: buff.ly/3yUgC6X #My3Words #ChronicPain UoD Medicine Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Advanced Pain Discovery Platform

Not all Trusted Research Environments are created equal ⚖️ Discover how the SATRE project is working to standardise access to data for research 🔗👇 dundee.ac.uk/stories/provid… Health Informatics Centre (HIC) Laura Ward UoD Medicine

Don't we all want to be believed? Why do we live in a world still, where some voices are believed and others are silenced? #inequality #AutismAcceptance

Associate Professor Jim Blair ThinkDifferentlyACTcreatively 🇺🇦🇪🇺🕊 discussed today’s Learning Disability Today conference at #KingstonUni, what can be done to improve care for people with learning disabilities and why there is a need for more #LearningDisability nurses 💙 #LDTKingstonConf #TheActionWeNeed

Yet another challenge in our lives! Please Re-Tweet to make sure Freya and her friends are kept safe whilst being picked up from school. I had to share ♥️ All you need is love!……along with the car parking space you were promised at School to ensure Freya can safely access

People with severe mental illness are more likely to die early from lung disease, including cancer. Could targeted lung health checks help to turn this around? #parityofesteem #mortalitygap NHS England Royal College of Psychiatrists Lade Smith CBE nhs.uk/conditions/lun…

Important new paper from @dr_woodall just out The British Journal of General Practice #Antipsychotic management in #generalpractice: serial cross-sectional study (2011-2020) bjgp.org/content/early/… Key messages: antipsychotic use increasing without adequate monitoring put patients at risk. #patientsafety

We have some great news! Dundee School of Medicine has been ranked 1st for Medicine in Scotland and 2nd for Medicine in UK. (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)

This piece by Paul Gallagher highlights the stark and persistent health inequalities experienced by people with #learningdisabilities and cites the latest findings on avoidable deaths from cancer by Laura Ward Deborah Cairns Katie Robb et al bit.ly/3Gjxxji

“With a few more tweaks [to the survey], hopefully we’ll gain a better understanding of what’s going on in people’s lives when they have pain”, Irene, Alleviate Hub Patient Partner. Complete the Pain Survey today #PainSurvey2024 #PainResearch #YourVoice uod.ac.uk/uk-national-pa…

Next Thursday (7th) sees the Annual Scientific Meeting of NRS Mental Health in Edinburgh. Deborah Cairns from ScottishLDO sat down with Douglas Badenoch to preview her talk on: Addressing the health inequalities faced by people with learning disabilities. #NRSMH24 youtu.be/nek15ifRsfI?si…

New findings by Christine Pacitti Deborah Cairns Laura Ward Barbara Nicholl in BMC Medicine highlights stark inequalities in access to #pain medication experienced by adults with #intellectualdisabilities rdcu.be/d1V9Q

📺Mencap warns of the impact of increased National Insurance Contributions on charities delivering essential services for people with a learning disability. Barry and Betty show how important these services are to help people with a learning disability live full lives.👇