Hannah Davies
@hannahdavies.bsky.social
CEO Northern Health Science Alliance www.thenhsa.co.uk
Executive Director Health Equity North
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk
Carer ME/CFS
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Policy, health, equality, people, science and the North. Music, art & coffee.
Executive Director Health Equity North
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk
Carer ME/CFS
.
Policy, health, equality, people, science and the North. Music, art & coffee.
Really important the work we’re doing on the next @childofthenorth.bsky.social @healthequitynorth.bsky.social report for the APPG focusing on mental health. It’s going to be incredibly powerful
On Tuesday, Professor Pam Qualter from @manchester.ac.uk spoke to members of the Child of the North APPG in Parliament. The group discussed her research on child mental health and wellbeing, emphasising the importance of early interventions and role of community context in child mental health. 1/3
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Really important the work we’re doing on the next @childofthenorth.bsky.social @healthequitynorth.bsky.social report for the APPG focusing on mental health. It’s going to be incredibly powerful
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@wisemanalice.bsky.social of @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social has written a foreword for our ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England’ report, setting out why a healthy diet is imperative to strong population health.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
@wisemanalice.bsky.social of @gatesheadcouncil.bsky.social has written a foreword for our ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England’ report, setting out why a healthy diet is imperative to strong population health.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
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The Government could support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.
@lukemunford.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk is one of the authors who wrote the analysis.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
@lukemunford.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk is one of the authors who wrote the analysis.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The Government could support more than 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.
@lukemunford.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk is one of the authors who wrote the analysis.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
@lukemunford.bsky.social of @manchester.ac.uk is one of the authors who wrote the analysis.
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
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Important report critiquing how uk has been or not been supporting scaling up science innovations. Notably also scathing about vast costs for visas for researchers too- hope this will be noted and acted upon🧪
U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in report
House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Important report critiquing how uk has been or not been supporting scaling up science innovations. Notably also scathing about vast costs for visas for researchers too- hope this will be noted and acted upon🧪
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The Medical Research Council's regional visit to the North of England kicked off in Liverpool this afternoon, attracting 70 representatives from northern universities, NHS Trusts and research organisations. We're delighted to support the event & to be part of discussions on MRC future priorities
November 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Medical Research Council's regional visit to the North of England kicked off in Liverpool this afternoon, attracting 70 representatives from northern universities, NHS Trusts and research organisations. We're delighted to support the event & to be part of discussions on MRC future priorities
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“At Northumbria, our research is driven by a commitment to making a real and lasting impact on people's lives.”
Professor Joanne Atkinson of @northumbriauni.bsky.social, has outlined the strength of this new partnership.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/10/nort...
Professor Joanne Atkinson of @northumbriauni.bsky.social, has outlined the strength of this new partnership.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/10/nort...
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“At Northumbria, our research is driven by a commitment to making a real and lasting impact on people's lives.”
Professor Joanne Atkinson of @northumbriauni.bsky.social, has outlined the strength of this new partnership.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/10/nort...
Professor Joanne Atkinson of @northumbriauni.bsky.social, has outlined the strength of this new partnership.
www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/10/nort...
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Cutting child poverty is obviously important as per this polling yesterday from @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Child poverty increasing leads to the biggest loss of govt approval by an election in hyopthetical polling.
Child poverty increasing leads to the biggest loss of govt approval by an election in hyopthetical polling.
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Cutting child poverty is obviously important as per this polling yesterday from @steveakehurst.bsky.social
Child poverty increasing leads to the biggest loss of govt approval by an election in hyopthetical polling.
Child poverty increasing leads to the biggest loss of govt approval by an election in hyopthetical polling.
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New funded PhD opportunity working with the Liverpool Health Determinants Research Collaboration www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @local.gov.uk health inequalities @findaphd.bsky.social
Two fully funded studentships in the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems. at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Two fully funded studentships in the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems. at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
New funded PhD opportunity working with the Liverpool Health Determinants Research Collaboration www.findaphd.com/phds/project... @local.gov.uk health inequalities @findaphd.bsky.social
My two best theatre experiences were last minute ticket buys - Glenda Jackson in King Lear and last night Toby Jones and David Harewood in Othello
I know I'm only just back from a weekend away and it's only Tuesday but I am already looking forward to seeing Caitlin Fitzgerald, David Harewood and Toby Jones in Othello on Saturday. The last Othello I saw was at the Donmar nearly 20 years ago with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Ewan McGregor
Othello | Theatre Royal Haymarket | October 2025
Othello - Shakespeare’s psychological thriller rages to life like never before in an explosive production starring David Harewood, Toby Jones and Caitlin Fitzgerald.
othelloonstage.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My two best theatre experiences were last minute ticket buys - Glenda Jackson in King Lear and last night Toby Jones and David Harewood in Othello
Absolutely delighted to have the fantastic @northumbriauni.bsky.social as the newest members of the NHSA
We're thrilled to announce that Northumbria University has joined the Northern Health Science Alliance @thenhsa.bsky.social working together to drive health research and innovation across the North of England.
Find out more here www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
Find out more here www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...
North East university joins leading northern health partnership
Northumbria University has joined the Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA), a partnership of leading universities and NHS trusts driving health research and innovation across the North of England.
www.northumbria.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Absolutely delighted to have the fantastic @northumbriauni.bsky.social as the newest members of the NHSA
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Hairy Biker and TV presenter Si King has written a foreword for our ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England’ report, explaining why policymakers must act to equip northern regions with better opportunities for improved diets.
Read more: www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
Read more: www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
October 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Hairy Biker and TV presenter Si King has written a foreword for our ‘Food, Health and Nutrition in the North of England’ report, explaining why policymakers must act to equip northern regions with better opportunities for improved diets.
Read more: www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
Read more: www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/07/poor...
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The Government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ programmes could, within just 2 years, save almost £10bn - meaning every £1 invested in employment support programmes could return between £5.21 and £6.63.
Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Government’s ‘Get Britain Working’ programmes could, within just 2 years, save almost £10bn - meaning every £1 invested in employment support programmes could return between £5.21 and £6.63.
Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
Read more in this new report: www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s...
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Our Exec Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social is speaking today at the Her Circle and @mmhalliance.bsky.social event in Newcastle, which brings together lived and learned experts to explore opportunities for lasting change for perinatal mental health.
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Our Exec Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social is speaking today at the Her Circle and @mmhalliance.bsky.social event in Newcastle, which brings together lived and learned experts to explore opportunities for lasting change for perinatal mental health.
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The Government could save upwards of £20bn and support over 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.
The ‘Return to Work’ report outlines how the UK’s full productivity potential can be unlocked www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s... 1/3
The ‘Return to Work’ report outlines how the UK’s full productivity potential can be unlocked www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s... 1/3
October 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Government could save upwards of £20bn and support over 220,000 people back into employment through return-to-work schemes, according to new analysis.
The ‘Return to Work’ report outlines how the UK’s full productivity potential can be unlocked www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s... 1/3
The ‘Return to Work’ report outlines how the UK’s full productivity potential can be unlocked www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/government-s... 1/3
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To mark World Food Day 2025: Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future, @northumbriauni.bsky.social's Professor Iain Brownlee has published a blog discussing the latest Nutrition North report and its roadmap for lessening food insecurity in the North. 1/2
www.thenhsa.co.uk/blog/world-f...
www.thenhsa.co.uk/blog/world-f...
BLOG: World Food Day 2025: Building a Food-Secure Future for the North - The NHSA
The core theme for World Food Day 2025 is “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future”. In our small corner of the world, in the North of England, that call feels especially relevant. The recen...
www.thenhsa.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
To mark World Food Day 2025: Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future, @northumbriauni.bsky.social's Professor Iain Brownlee has published a blog discussing the latest Nutrition North report and its roadmap for lessening food insecurity in the North. 1/2
www.thenhsa.co.uk/blog/world-f...
www.thenhsa.co.uk/blog/world-f...
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We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
Senior Research Fellow, IPPR North | IPPR
The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is an independent charity working towards a fairer, greener, and more prosperous society.
www.ippr.org
October 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're hiring!💥
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
IPPR North are looking for a senior researcher who has big ideas for the future of our regions. Join us at this pivotal time for our economy and democracy.
Based in Manchester, apply by 31st October.
www.ippr.org/jobs/senior-...
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📣Researchers from our @nustem.bsky.social
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
Northumbria University STEM outreach project wins Institute of Physics award
Researchers from an outreach group at Northumbria University are celebrating after winning a prestigious 2025 Institute of Physics (IOP) award recognising their work with children and young people acr...
www.northumbria.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
📣Researchers from our @nustem.bsky.social
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
outreach group are celebrating after winning a prestigious @instituteofphysics.bsky.social
award recognising their work with children and young people across the North East and beyond. 🥇
#STEM #outreach #NorthumbriaUniversity
💡Discover more:
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Northern Mental Health Network - Professor Derek Tracey
YouTube video by Northern Health Science Alliance
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 8:07 AM
On #WorldMentalHealthDay we sharing the work of our mental health network - @derektracy.bsky.social CMO of NHS Maudsley recently spoke about his work with the COVID Nightingale Hospitals and the mental health implications of the pandemic for NHS staff
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
Watch the full video at youtu.be/P6oxkaZDLCM
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You can now listen to our panel event from Labour Party Conference 2025, where we heard from Kate Proctor from @savechildrenuk.bsky.social, @samrushworthmp.bsky.social, @grahamwhitham.bsky.social, @profkepickett.bsky.social, and Professor David Taylor-Robinson from @liverpooluni.bsky.social. 1/2
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
You can now listen to our panel event from Labour Party Conference 2025, where we heard from Kate Proctor from @savechildrenuk.bsky.social, @samrushworthmp.bsky.social, @grahamwhitham.bsky.social, @profkepickett.bsky.social, and Professor David Taylor-Robinson from @liverpooluni.bsky.social. 1/2
Our @childofthenorth.bsky.social Children in Care report showed just how devastating this issue is in the North of England www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...
October 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our @childofthenorth.bsky.social Children in Care report showed just how devastating this issue is in the North of England www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/app/uploads/...
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Today’s @yorkshirepost.co.uk features a column written by @healthequitynorth.bsky.social Exec Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social, who sets out why it’s imperative to scrap the two-child benefit cap if we want to see a reduction in the child poverty rates.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
October 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Today’s @yorkshirepost.co.uk features a column written by @healthequitynorth.bsky.social Exec Director @hannahdavies.bsky.social, who sets out why it’s imperative to scrap the two-child benefit cap if we want to see a reduction in the child poverty rates.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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For children to have their best start in life, health and education partnerships and community collaboration are key.
Best Start hubs are a move in the right direction, but partnerships need to be accelerated.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
Visit: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Best Start hubs are a move in the right direction, but partnerships need to be accelerated.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
Visit: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
October 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
For children to have their best start in life, health and education partnerships and community collaboration are key.
Best Start hubs are a move in the right direction, but partnerships need to be accelerated.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
Visit: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
Best Start hubs are a move in the right direction, but partnerships need to be accelerated.
Join our campaign to put #ChildrenFirst
Visit: www.n8research.org.uk/research-foc...
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"When we get it right for women, everybody benefits"
Thank you to all speakers - @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Dame Lesley Regan, @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @louiseckenny.bsky.social - and attendees at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel at #LabourPartyConference
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/gallery-labo...
Thank you to all speakers - @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Dame Lesley Regan, @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @louiseckenny.bsky.social - and attendees at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel at #LabourPartyConference
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/gallery-labo...
October 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"When we get it right for women, everybody benefits"
Thank you to all speakers - @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Dame Lesley Regan, @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @louiseckenny.bsky.social - and attendees at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel at #LabourPartyConference
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/gallery-labo...
Thank you to all speakers - @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Dame Lesley Regan, @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @louiseckenny.bsky.social - and attendees at our #WomanOfTheNorth panel at #LabourPartyConference
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/gallery-labo...
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Yesterday, our Exec Lead for Corporate Engagement and Cluster Development Mandy Dixon attended a roundtable hosted by @ilcuk.bsky.social and @independentage.bsky.social, identifying politically workable solutions to realise better places to be born, grow up and grow old in.
#OlderPersonsDay
#OlderPersonsDay
October 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Yesterday, our Exec Lead for Corporate Engagement and Cluster Development Mandy Dixon attended a roundtable hosted by @ilcuk.bsky.social and @independentage.bsky.social, identifying politically workable solutions to realise better places to be born, grow up and grow old in.
#OlderPersonsDay
#OlderPersonsDay
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An excellent event underway now - our very own @techhelen.bsky.social representing our members in discussions around data and AI
Live now at #LabourPartyConference Fringe: Data & AI for All panel on strengthening health & care with data + AI.
Room full of policymakers, NHS leaders, academics & civic partners.
#Fringe2025 #HealthData #AIforAll
Room full of policymakers, NHS leaders, academics & civic partners.
#Fringe2025 #HealthData #AIforAll
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An excellent event underway now - our very own @techhelen.bsky.social representing our members in discussions around data and AI