Euan Lawson
@euanlawson.social
Academic GP, Lancaster Uni. Editor, British Journal of General Practice. Research: working with people who use drugs/stigma. Bookish. Dailyish fell/trail runner in Cumbria. My views etc…
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Euan Lawson
@euanlawson.social
· Oct 8
Disclosure Search
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At a conference? Why not check the speaker against the Disclosure UK database? They might be paid thousands of pounds from the pharmaceutical industry. I think we can agree transparency is important - but I suspect many (?most) doctors don't know about it.
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search.disclosureuk.org.uk
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Seeing my research in print is so exciting, and it's featured in the BJGP editorial too! So grateful to all at @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Seeing my research in print is so exciting, and it's featured in the BJGP editorial too! So grateful to all at @wolfsonpallcare.bsky.social
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Note the timing of Home Office re-press releasing the “most ever raids” & “hardest ever immigration crack down” today.
Signalling alignment with Trump & ICE.
They haven’t got a clue how to make ordinary British people’s lives better, only how to make migrants suffer. #r4today
Signalling alignment with Trump & ICE.
They haven’t got a clue how to make ordinary British people’s lives better, only how to make migrants suffer. #r4today
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Note the timing of Home Office re-press releasing the “most ever raids” & “hardest ever immigration crack down” today.
Signalling alignment with Trump & ICE.
They haven’t got a clue how to make ordinary British people’s lives better, only how to make migrants suffer. #r4today
Signalling alignment with Trump & ICE.
They haven’t got a clue how to make ordinary British people’s lives better, only how to make migrants suffer. #r4today
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How long should it take to retract a paper with incontrovertible signs of data fabrication? Sleuths think 2 months is too long, particularly when clinical risks are involved. deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-o...
#retraction #stemcells #cardiology
@erictopol.bsky.social
#retraction #stemcells #cardiology
@erictopol.bsky.social
An Open Letter to the BMJ Editorial Board
to: Editor in chief, Kamran Abbasi , kabbasi@bmj.com Executive editor, Theodora Bloom , tbloom@bmj.com Head of research, Elizab...
deevybee.blogspot.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 AM
How long should it take to retract a paper with incontrovertible signs of data fabrication? Sleuths think 2 months is too long, particularly when clinical risks are involved. deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-o...
#retraction #stemcells #cardiology
@erictopol.bsky.social
#retraction #stemcells #cardiology
@erictopol.bsky.social
Lovely article from David Misselbrook on the “pings and the bongs of regulatory micromanagement and guideline hypertrophy” and the erosion of the patient-doctor relationship.
“For at least the last two decades we have all had a DHSS sponsored buffoon sitting in our consulting rooms.” 🤣
“For at least the last two decades we have all had a DHSS sponsored buffoon sitting in our consulting rooms.” 🤣
BJGPLife: The machine that goes ping
bjgplife.com/the-mac...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
bjgplife.com/the-mac...
#GeneralPractice #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Lovely article from David Misselbrook on the “pings and the bongs of regulatory micromanagement and guideline hypertrophy” and the erosion of the patient-doctor relationship.
“For at least the last two decades we have all had a DHSS sponsored buffoon sitting in our consulting rooms.” 🤣
“For at least the last two decades we have all had a DHSS sponsored buffoon sitting in our consulting rooms.” 🤣
Oh, that’s a nice surprise - my article, featuring the fabulous @deevybee.bsky.social, is included on the list. Thank you to the wonderful editors for all their support 🤩
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December 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Oh, that’s a nice surprise - my article, featuring the fabulous @deevybee.bsky.social, is included on the list. Thank you to the wonderful editors for all their support 🤩
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Brighton & Sussex Medical School is seeking to appoint a practicing GP as Associate Professor or Professor of General Practice
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/cde88946...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social #academicprimarycarejobs #primarycareresearch
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/cde88946...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social #academicprimarycarejobs #primarycareresearch
Clinical Associate Professor or Professor of General Practice Ref: 42195 - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search
jobs.sussex.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Brighton & Sussex Medical School is seeking to appoint a practicing GP as Associate Professor or Professor of General Practice
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/cde88946...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social #academicprimarycarejobs #primarycareresearch
jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/cde88946...
@bsmsmedschool.bsky.social #academicprimarycarejobs #primarycareresearch
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In this blog, we explain why we need to have an Extreme Wealth Line, just like the Extreme Poverty Line. Also, having a line as a social indicator does not necessarily commit one to a limit on wealth possession via taxation only; it's a regulative ideal.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
Let’s be clear – an Extreme Wealth Line is not a cap on wealth
An extreme wealth line (EWL) defines a level where the harms associated with extreme wealth become socially unacceptable. It is not the same as a cap on wealth
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
In this blog, we explain why we need to have an Extreme Wealth Line, just like the Extreme Poverty Line. Also, having a line as a social indicator does not necessarily commit one to a limit on wealth possession via taxation only; it's a regulative ideal.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
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FYI @bjgp.bsky.social @bjgpopen.bsky.social @euanlawson.social @drtomround.bsky.social @timsenior.bsky.social @nadakhan.bsky.social
This fantastic book arrived today written by Ben Hoban an Exeter GP it builds on his excellent articles in @bjgp.bsky.social . It comprises an excellent set of reflections discussions and short stories. Who knew that fun could also be Cpd? FYI @rcgp-innovait.bsky.social @bedsidereading.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
At a conference? Why not check the speaker against the Disclosure UK database? They might be paid thousands of pounds from the pharmaceutical industry. I think we can agree transparency is important - but I suspect many (?most) doctors don't know about it.
search.disclosureuk.org.uk
search.disclosureuk.org.uk
Disclosure Search
search.disclosureuk.org.uk
October 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
At a conference? Why not check the speaker against the Disclosure UK database? They might be paid thousands of pounds from the pharmaceutical industry. I think we can agree transparency is important - but I suspect many (?most) doctors don't know about it.
search.disclosureuk.org.uk
search.disclosureuk.org.uk
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Reposted by Euan Lawson
Listen to the full audio interview with BJGP Editor, @euanlawson.social, for editorial insights into journal impact and real world applicability.
www.bjgplife.com/212
#ResearchMethods #PrimaryCare #GPsky #Medsky
www.bjgplife.com/212
#ResearchMethods #PrimaryCare #GPsky #Medsky
Inside the BJGP and editorial insights: Euan Lawson on the future of publishing and how to get published
Quickly and easily listen to BJGP Interviews for free!
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September 25, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Listen to the full audio interview with BJGP Editor, @euanlawson.social, for editorial insights into journal impact and real world applicability.
www.bjgplife.com/212
#ResearchMethods #PrimaryCare #GPsky #Medsky
www.bjgplife.com/212
#ResearchMethods #PrimaryCare #GPsky #Medsky
My thoughts with the good people at @releasedrugs.bsky.social but also, especially, with the people who are being targeted by the far-right.
As they say “Solidarity is key when under attack…”
www.release.org.uk/blog/office-...
As they say “Solidarity is key when under attack…”
www.release.org.uk/blog/office-...
Our office was attacked
Release’s offices were subject to an attack over the weekend. Members of the right targeted our building between the 5th and 6th of September, painting a Cross of St George on the front of the premise...
www.release.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
My thoughts with the good people at @releasedrugs.bsky.social but also, especially, with the people who are being targeted by the far-right.
As they say “Solidarity is key when under attack…”
www.release.org.uk/blog/office-...
As they say “Solidarity is key when under attack…”
www.release.org.uk/blog/office-...
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The Govt needs to go much further on private school reform if it wants to reach its goal of ‘smashing the class ceiling’
💡New! Taxing private schools won’t smash the class ceiling, argue
@aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
@aaronreeves.bsky.social and @samfriedman.bsky.social.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Taxing private schools won’t smash the class ceiling - British Politics and Policy at LSE
Labour's abolition of VAT on private schools is mostly sympbolic. Its mission of "smashing the class ceiling" needs to focus on elite university admissions next.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Govt needs to go much further on private school reform if it wants to reach its goal of ‘smashing the class ceiling’
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The story of how I met Enid Balint and two other remarkable psychoanalysts, but never became one myself. Just out @bjgp.bsky.social.
bjgplife.com/encounters-w...
bjgplife.com/encounters-w...
Encounters with three remarkable women
"Although I knew so little about them at the time I met them, it now feels an extraordinary privilege to have encountered these three remarkable women." A slice of memoir from John Launer
bjgplife.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The story of how I met Enid Balint and two other remarkable psychoanalysts, but never became one myself. Just out @bjgp.bsky.social.
bjgplife.com/encounters-w...
bjgplife.com/encounters-w...
Nick Clegg - here he is, again, rationalising the staggering malignancy he has blithely facilitated. Austerity and its litany of deaths. Tuition fees and the disintegration of HE. Facebook and the tech bros. If there is a social ill or moral void seems we'll find him greasing the wheels.
‘If I felt Zuckerberg and Sandberg were monsters, I wouldn’t have worked at Meta’: Nick Clegg on tech bros, AI and Starmer’s half measures
When Britain’s former deputy PM took a job at Meta, nothing could have prepared him for the ‘cloying conformity’ of the tech world. So why does he still think social media is a force for good?
www.theguardian.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Nick Clegg - here he is, again, rationalising the staggering malignancy he has blithely facilitated. Austerity and its litany of deaths. Tuition fees and the disintegration of HE. Facebook and the tech bros. If there is a social ill or moral void seems we'll find him greasing the wheels.
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Read the issue dedicated to #QualitativeResearch, with an editorial from Prof. Carolyn A Chew-Graham plus a celebration of qualitative research from @euanlawson.social bjgp.org/content/75/755
British Journal of General Practice: 75 (755)
bjgp.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Read the issue dedicated to #QualitativeResearch, with an editorial from Prof. Carolyn A Chew-Graham plus a celebration of qualitative research from @euanlawson.social bjgp.org/content/75/755
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The review also found a lack of evidence about who is most likely to be missed, highlighting the need for more research to understand and prevent inequalities at this crucial point of care.
You can read the full paper here:
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#PalliativeCare #Research #GeneralPractice #BJGP
You can read the full paper here:
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#PalliativeCare #Research #GeneralPractice #BJGP
Equitable inclusion of patients with cancer on the palliative care register: a systematic review in primary care
Background GPs are instrumental to palliative care in the UK and most practices maintain a register of patients with palliative care needs. However, many people with incurable cancer who could benefit...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The review also found a lack of evidence about who is most likely to be missed, highlighting the need for more research to understand and prevent inequalities at this crucial point of care.
You can read the full paper here:
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#PalliativeCare #Research #GeneralPractice #BJGP
You can read the full paper here:
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
#PalliativeCare #Research #GeneralPractice #BJGP
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Reposted by Euan Lawson
Our paper on repeat prescribing duration is in this edition of @bjgp.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Lots of great articles beyond ours, including a thoughtful editorial from @euanlawson.social on co-proxamol
I'll write more next week !
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Lots of great articles beyond ours, including a thoughtful editorial from @euanlawson.social on co-proxamol
I'll write more next week !
BJGP | JULY 2025
The 'Prescribing' BJGP is online now, with articles on: Stopping HRT, Nitrofurantoin and long-term side effects, prescribing antidepressants and risk of postural hypotension, SMS intervention to support T2D self-management, and repeat prescriptions.
bjgp.org/content/75/...
The 'Prescribing' BJGP is online now, with articles on: Stopping HRT, Nitrofurantoin and long-term side effects, prescribing antidepressants and risk of postural hypotension, SMS intervention to support T2D self-management, and repeat prescriptions.
bjgp.org/content/75/...
June 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Our paper on repeat prescribing duration is in this edition of @bjgp.bsky.social
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Lots of great articles beyond ours, including a thoughtful editorial from @euanlawson.social on co-proxamol
I'll write more next week !
doi.org/10.3399/BJGP...
Lots of great articles beyond ours, including a thoughtful editorial from @euanlawson.social on co-proxamol
I'll write more next week !
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Pretty sure more than 50 people will need this £10 graphic novel...
Taking pre-orders for possibly the greatest book ever made:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/vintage-de...
#comics #book #books #zine #comicbook #selfpublishing #smallpress #illustration
June 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Pretty sure more than 50 people will need this £10 graphic novel...
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‘Most drug users have to be coaxed into the Thistle, and treated carefully so that they come to trust the workers.’
@danigaravelli.bsky.social on the UK’s first legal controlled drug consumption room:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@danigaravelli.bsky.social on the UK’s first legal controlled drug consumption room:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Dani Garavelli · ‘Bang! I was out’: On Drug Consumption Rooms
For some critics, providing a safe space to inject seems too much like enabling or endorsing drug taking. But for those...
www.lrb.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
‘Most drug users have to be coaxed into the Thistle, and treated carefully so that they come to trust the workers.’
@danigaravelli.bsky.social on the UK’s first legal controlled drug consumption room:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@danigaravelli.bsky.social on the UK’s first legal controlled drug consumption room:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
The impact factors for 2024 are published today - *sigh* - so this is a good moment to send people to the editorial I wrote last month about them, the BJGP, and QRPs/journalology. #primarycare #BJGP
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Medical journalology and questionable research practices
The BJGP is the world’s leading journal in primary care and general practice. I’m happy to defend this assertion but the temptation is to reach for a metric to support the case. And of course, the obv...
bjgp.org
June 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The impact factors for 2024 are published today - *sigh* - so this is a good moment to send people to the editorial I wrote last month about them, the BJGP, and QRPs/journalology. #primarycare #BJGP
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
bjgp.org/content/75/7...
Oh - that is such sad news @releasedrugs.bsky.social. I didn’t know Peter personally though had been on the occ meeting with him. He did remarkable meaningful work for people who use drugs - from a place of real compassion and he leaves a powerful legacy.
www.release.org.uk/blog/peter-k...
www.release.org.uk/blog/peter-k...
Peter Krykant
Photo by Nigel Brundson. It’s with a heavy heart that we share the news that Peter Krykant has passed away. Peter was an incredible campaigner for the rights of communities that use drugs. The opening...
www.release.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Oh - that is such sad news @releasedrugs.bsky.social. I didn’t know Peter personally though had been on the occ meeting with him. He did remarkable meaningful work for people who use drugs - from a place of real compassion and he leaves a powerful legacy.
www.release.org.uk/blog/peter-k...
www.release.org.uk/blog/peter-k...
Let's never forget eh?
"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."
(Gift article: so no paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."
(Gift article: so no paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Let's never forget eh?
"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."
(Gift article: so no paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
"Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."
(Gift article: so no paywall.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...