Dr Pauline Nelson 🎃
@drpmanc110.bsky.social
Qualitative researcher in #HealthServicesOrganisation @sheffielduni.bsky.social; ‘Norn’ Irish; unpaid carer; tea drinker 🫖
Modelled on family members #Halloween 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Modelled on family members #Halloween 🎃
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey
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I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
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I'm saddened to learn that the reactionary legal project launched by Adrian Vermeule overseas has now found an official home in the UK at Surrey Law School (as if some of the stuff coming out of Oxford Law wasn't enough). Unsurprisingly, their first 'research project' is to attack the ECHR system /1
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm saddened to learn that the reactionary legal project launched by Adrian Vermeule overseas has now found an official home in the UK at Surrey Law School (as if some of the stuff coming out of Oxford Law wasn't enough). Unsurprisingly, their first 'research project' is to attack the ECHR system /1
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Tim Walz: “People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we’re talking about a damn ballroom. Don’t lose the plot.”
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tim Walz: “People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we’re talking about a damn ballroom. Don’t lose the plot.”
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
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'COVID-19 still causing a lot of serious illness. This study showed that 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines were effective, especially against severe outcomes, although their effectiveness waned over time. Thus, it is beneficial to have an annual COVID-19 vaccination.' www.news-medical.net/news/2025102...
Updated COVID-19 vaccines continue to offer strong protection, research shows
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are still providing effective protection against infection, emergency department visits, hospitalization and death, according to new research published today in JAMA Internal...
www.news-medical.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
'COVID-19 still causing a lot of serious illness. This study showed that 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines were effective, especially against severe outcomes, although their effectiveness waned over time. Thus, it is beneficial to have an annual COVID-19 vaccination.' www.news-medical.net/news/2025102...
Due to asthma I’m eligible for #fluvaccine but not #covidvaccine. Computer says no 🤷🏼♀️
Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Due to asthma I’m eligible for #fluvaccine but not #covidvaccine. Computer says no 🤷🏼♀️
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Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
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It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
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Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey 🕷️
October 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey 🕷️
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Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Long COVID and Society
This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.
link.springer.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Katie Lam has made a video - focusing on not giving new ILR grants to people who don't have it
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
x.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Katie Lam has made a video - focusing on not giving new ILR grants to people who don't have it
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
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Every analysis of the effects of children’s screen time needs to include, as the counterfactual, older generations’ countless hours spent watching TV test cards while waiting for something to come on
October 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Every analysis of the effects of children’s screen time needs to include, as the counterfactual, older generations’ countless hours spent watching TV test cards while waiting for something to come on
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A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.
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Shocking that ~still~ people in senior positions of govt don’t know that airborne respiratory infection is preventable.. or that in 2020 we had the knowledge to safely allow visits to nursing homes, & it was ignored
We are woefully unprepared for future pandemics www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
We are woefully unprepared for future pandemics www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Heather Humphreys admits regret of Covid-19 policies while in Government
The Áras hopefuls took part in the final presidential debate
www.irishmirror.ie
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Shocking that ~still~ people in senior positions of govt don’t know that airborne respiratory infection is preventable.. or that in 2020 we had the knowledge to safely allow visits to nursing homes, & it was ignored
We are woefully unprepared for future pandemics www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
We are woefully unprepared for future pandemics www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Very proud of our new paper in #JHOM on the politics involved data sharing. An
@arc-gm.bsky.social research project, we found
resistance to data reporting reflected hidden issues of power and trust between healthcare providers & managers.
doi.org/10.1108/JHOM...
#WorkforceData #Transparency
@arc-gm.bsky.social research project, we found
resistance to data reporting reflected hidden issues of power and trust between healthcare providers & managers.
doi.org/10.1108/JHOM...
#WorkforceData #Transparency
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Very proud of our new paper in #JHOM on the politics involved data sharing. An
@arc-gm.bsky.social research project, we found
resistance to data reporting reflected hidden issues of power and trust between healthcare providers & managers.
doi.org/10.1108/JHOM...
#WorkforceData #Transparency
@arc-gm.bsky.social research project, we found
resistance to data reporting reflected hidden issues of power and trust between healthcare providers & managers.
doi.org/10.1108/JHOM...
#WorkforceData #Transparency
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Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy
Japan declares a flu epidemic — what this means for other nations
Researchers say that the number of infections for this time of year is unusual.
www.nature.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Japan is reporting a flu epidemic much earlier than is usual. This early season could have implications for other countries via international travel so do get your flu vaccines (if you can) soon! 🧪 #HealthPolicy
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Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w
Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s
YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w
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A hugely underreported scandal.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A hugely underreported scandal.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
Those responsible still not adequately held to account.
An important, but infuriating watch.
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A very useful list of interesting and impactful projects related to COVID-19. These initiatives aim to improve air quality, track COVID-related data, and provide valuable resources for individuals and communities.
github.com/medero/covid...
github.com/medero/covid...
GitHub - medero/covid-projects
Contribute to medero/covid-projects development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
A very useful list of interesting and impactful projects related to COVID-19. These initiatives aim to improve air quality, track COVID-related data, and provide valuable resources for individuals and communities.
github.com/medero/covid...
github.com/medero/covid...
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The right wing snippets that BBC News puts out on 6 are so out of tune with the values and beliefs of I imagine nearly all its presenters, artists and listeners. Like picking up the NME in the old days and getting an article by Kelvin Mackenzie.
September 19, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The right wing snippets that BBC News puts out on 6 are so out of tune with the values and beliefs of I imagine nearly all its presenters, artists and listeners. Like picking up the NME in the old days and getting an article by Kelvin Mackenzie.
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Doctor sexual misconduct hearings too lenient, says UK review
Doctor sexual misconduct hearings too lenient, says UK review
Sanctions for UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are too lenient in around a quarter of cases, reports suggest.
www.bbc.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Doctor sexual misconduct hearings too lenient, says UK review