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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· Apr 21
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social Β· 1d
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not β€œmove on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 1d
A pleasant surprise of a hard copy arriving from the publishers. Was great to write with the amazing Michelle Constable link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 1d
Human Leadership: A Celebration, a Conversation, and a Call to Transform Leadership in the Helping Professions
Date: 12 Feb. 2026 (Thursday)
Venue: The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Time: 6pm - 8pm
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Book Launch - Human Leadership: How to Succeed (and How to Fail)
Human Leadership: A Celebration, a Conversation, and a Call to Transform Leadership in the Helping Professions!
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 1d
Over 90 people coming, a few free places still left. Looking forward to hearing colleagues speak about their work www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...
Book Launch - Human Leadership: How to Succeed (and How to Fail)
Human Leadership: A Celebration, a Conversation, and a Call to Transform Leadership in the Helping Professions!
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 1d
emotionally intelligent model of leadership. We bring authors, practitioners and policymakers together for an evening of conversation about what leadership really demands of us – not only in our successes, but in our uncertainty, failures, and our humanity www.hachette.co.uk/titles/claud...
Human Leadership
How can you lead with compassion, authenticity and success - whether you're leading a team or a complex organization? This wide-ranging collection pulls t...
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 1d
Join us for the official launch of Human Leadership: How to Succeed (and How to Fail) in the Helping Professions – a groundbreaking new book that brings together leaders from across health, social care, safeguarding, education, public service, and voluntary sectors to explore a more relational, and

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 4d
A good piece of research here. Some industries claim regulating products like tobacco is bad for the economy. It isn’t. People change spending to other things, usually in their local economies. Welcome news, but not to tobacco industry . sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/news-media/n...
New research shows that spending less on tobacco, gambling and sweets is good for the UK economy - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
A new study from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG) has found that public health policies which reduce spending on harmful products can actually provide a significant boost to UK jobs and ...
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 13d
I try to include insights from Carmelite tradition and contemporary situations to show how this approach can inform service, justice, and civic engagement, urging us not to divorce interior life from public action . You can read the paper here mountcarmelmagazine.com/2026/01/01/a...
A Carmelite Moment for Our Times: Putting the Soul Back into Public Life – Mount Carmel Magazine
Introduction As Carmelites, we care about authentic human development because it is about helping every person grow in dignity, freedom, and communion with God and othersβ€”an integration of body, mind,...
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 13d
The article tries to connect Carmelite spirituality to the challenges of 21st-century civic life, calling for a rediscovery of prayer, charity, and interior freedom as foundations for any healthy society

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 13d
Drawing on the Carmelite tradition as a source of seeing the world, with compassion and wisdom, I argue that formation of leaders to build up the common good is not a private luxury but a public necessity. Our shortened pieces have now been mountcarmelmagazine.com/current-issue/
Current Issue – Mount Carmel Magazine
Editorial New Beginnings: Human, Christian, Carmelite A new year always brings with it a quiet invitation: to begin again, to look at life with fresh eyes, and to trust that renewal is possible. This ...
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 13d
Late last year I gave an invited lecture to a Human Development Symposium organised by Carmelites exploring why our culture needs a renewal of inner life, contemplative depth, and spiritual imagination in the public square.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 15d
An insightful read

β€œIn any age of economic stagnation and extremes of inequality, popular trust in democratic institutions corrodes. It has been corroding not just in the US but across the western world for decades now….”

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As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge - BBC News
With economic stagnation and extremes of inequality comes corrosion of trust in democratic institutions. So Trump may be a symptom, not a cause, of what Carney called a "rupture" with the post-WW2 ord...
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The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland @qniscotland.bsky.social Β· 17d
Join RCN Scotland for the launch of Prison Nursing Unlocked: A History of Care and Justice - Thursday 26 Feb 2026 (hybrid).

Discover the history of prison nursing, hear from expert speakers, and explore equitable care in justice settings.

Click to book a free space:
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Orange and black promotional banner for β€œPrison Nursing Unlocked: A History of Care and Justice,” hosted by the Royal College of Nursing Scotland. The date β€œThursday 26 February 2026” appears on the left. The title includes key and padlock icons. Along the bottom is a filmstrip-style row of historical images, including prison scenes, nursing documents, medical items, and handcuffs.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 18d
If you're looking for practical, trustworthy information on what you can do, explore the #PublicHealth Wales parents resources here

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Pob Plentyn | Every Child
Mae gan bob plentyn yng Nghymru yr hawl i’r dechrau gorau posibl mewn bywyd ac i’w helpu ar hyd y ffordd mae Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru wedi lansio Pob Plentyn Cymru. Mae’r wefan hon yn llawn syniadau i’c...
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 18d
New data from #PublicHealth Wales shows early life really shapes long-term healthβ€”15% of children born in 2022 were already overweight by age 2. Feeding practices and early environments make a huge difference. If we support families better, we build a healthier Wales.
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New data analysis highlights opportunities to prevent childhood obesity in Wales
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Massimo Faggioli @massimofaggioli.bsky.social Β· 22d
important
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A statement from the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem on unity and representation of the Christian communities in the Holy Land - Custodia di Terra Santa
Recent activities undertaken by local individuals who advance damaging ideologies, such as Christian Zionism, mislead the public, sow confusion, and harm the
www.custodia.org

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
A timely read
www.commonwealmagazine.org/culture-war-...
#science #sciencepolicy #publichealth
The Culture War Comes for Science
The Trump administration has exploited and exacerbated the problems besetting science. Our moment demands a new contract answerable to the scientific needs of American society.
www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
The article charts political interference. The legitimacy crisis definitely predates current politics but exacerbated since covid . The author calls for aΒ new social contract for science blncingbscientific autonomy with democratic accountability and rebuilding public trust.
The Culture War Comes for Science
The Trump administration has exploited and exacerbated the problems besetting science. Our moment demands a new contract answerable to the scientific needs of American society.
www.commonwealmagazine.org

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
While some of this scepticism is undoubtedly ideologically driven not all is, and there are reql questiosns which warrant debate especially if we are to have sensible science policy and not just a culture war over β€œwoke science”

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
More importantly and applicable globally , it traces how the mid-20th-century β€œsocial contract” for science, in which public funding supported autonomous research in exchange for societal benefits, is faltering amid growing public scepticism.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
β€œThe Culture War Comes for Science” argues that the current US administration’s aggressive reshaping of federal science agencies is not simply about efficiency but about exerting ideological influence over the research enterprise.Β #science #sciencepolicy #publichealth

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 22d
This is an important articleΒ from @commonweal.bsky.social Magazine for anyone interested in Science Policy #science #sciencepolicy #publichealth

www.commonwealmagazine.org/culture-war-...
The Culture War Comes for Science
The Trump administration has exploited and exacerbated the problems besetting science. Our moment demands a new contract answerable to the scientific needs of American society.
www.commonwealmagazine.org

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social Β· 22d
✍️ "Novelty has become elastic β€” sometimes even hollow β€” and originality increasingly defined by aesthetics rather than ideas."

#AcWri #STS
Do β€œnovel contributions” to research mean anything anymore? - Impact of Social Sciences
A key criteria for academic publications is that they make a novel contribution to their field. However, as Adam Arian argues the wide interpretation of novelty applied by editors and reviewers has…
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· 26d
If you're interested in the portfolio route to registration as a #publichealth specialist then this webinar is for you www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...
Discover the Portfolio Pathway – Your Alternative Route to Public Health Specialty Registration
This virtual workshop is for doctors who intend to or are in the process of applying for the Public Health GMC portfolio pathway to registration.
www.fph.org.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social Β· 29d
Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie
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I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social Β· Jan 8
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social Β· Jan 4
Bit of good news - the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction agreement, which protects marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, comes into force on 17 January. It has 145 signatories (although the US has not signed up)
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A half-planet-size gap in global governance is about to get plugged
A new treaty offers hope of curbing the destruction of the oceans
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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social Β· Jan 3
Medical debt can increase your risk of death. And the poorer die disproportionately….
mcbridetd.bsky.social Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social Β· Jan 2
Medical Debt In The US: Associations With Cancer Screening, Mortality, And Health Status | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Health Affairs Journal
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social Β· Jan 2
Medical Debt In The US: Associations With Cancer Screening, Mortality, And Health Status | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Health Affairs Journal
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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social Β· Jan 2
Consumer Debt, Race, And Health: Can Debt Relief Be A Solution For Reducing Racial Health Disparities? | Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org/content/brie...
Health Affairs Journal
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