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
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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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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
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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)
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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...
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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...
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politicians often say that there’s no point in being idealistic because you can only do things when you are in power. But now they’re in power. But not doing the things that Labour supporters want. Hey guys, you won! Stop appeasing the opposition
This is completely mad. Care visits to my mother have been enhanced by the arrival of several people on care worker visas filling posts which couldn't be filled locally. They have helped keep the service going. I don't know where their local replacements will come from.
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
politicians often say that there’s no point in being idealistic because you can only do things when you are in power. But now they’re in power. But not doing the things that Labour supporters want. Hey guys, you won! Stop appeasing the opposition
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This is also a good read for those of us who read a great deal of research, because many forms of p-hacking can be seen with a careful read of methodology and analysis...
Most researchers don’t set out to cheat, but they could unknowingly make choices that push them towards a significant result. Here are five ways p-hacking can slip into your research. By Ben Tsang @nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41... #phacking #stats
P hacking — Five ways it could happen to you
Some data practices can lead to statistically dubious findings. Here’s how to avoid them.
www.nature.com
May 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is also a good read for those of us who read a great deal of research, because many forms of p-hacking can be seen with a careful read of methodology and analysis...
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Our new paper! With @oohgpwales.bsky.social
Digital Maturity: Towards a Strategic Approach
We propose a simpler, more practical way of assessing the digital maturity of healthcare organisations, and argue that support should be tailored the organisation’s maturity level.
bjgp.org/content/bjgp...
Digital Maturity: Towards a Strategic Approach
We propose a simpler, more practical way of assessing the digital maturity of healthcare organisations, and argue that support should be tailored the organisation’s maturity level.
bjgp.org/content/bjgp...
bjgp.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Our new paper! With @oohgpwales.bsky.social
Digital Maturity: Towards a Strategic Approach
We propose a simpler, more practical way of assessing the digital maturity of healthcare organisations, and argue that support should be tailored the organisation’s maturity level.
bjgp.org/content/bjgp...
Digital Maturity: Towards a Strategic Approach
We propose a simpler, more practical way of assessing the digital maturity of healthcare organisations, and argue that support should be tailored the organisation’s maturity level.
bjgp.org/content/bjgp...
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I’m giving the Edith Pechey lecture in Leeds tomorrow (6th May) at 5.30 pm UK time on how digitalisation increases health inequities. Join in person (from 4.30 for drinks) or online from 5.30). medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/eve...
medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/faculty-/eve...
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Edith Pechey Lecture 2025 - How digitalisation increases health inequities
Edith Pechey Lecture 2025 - How digitalisation increases health inequities with Professor Trish Greenhalgh, University of Oxford
medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk
May 5, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I’m giving the Edith Pechey lecture in Leeds tomorrow (6th May) at 5.30 pm UK time on how digitalisation increases health inequities. Join in person (from 4.30 for drinks) or online from 5.30). medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/medicine/eve...
medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/faculty-/eve...
medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/faculty-/eve...
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Labour need to say over and over again that Reform want to abolish the NHS. They are not your friend.
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Labour need to say over and over again that Reform want to abolish the NHS. They are not your friend.