Ola Howell
@olahowell.bsky.social
NIHR doctoral fellow @ Uni of Oxford, Primary Care (IRAC & Bennett Institute)
COPD rescue packs research
BTS COPD SAG|PCRS Policy
Portfolio pharmacist|ACP|mentor 🇬🇧🇵🇱
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#COPD #asthma #healthinequalities #polypharmacy #deprescribing #healthdata
COPD rescue packs research
BTS COPD SAG|PCRS Policy
Portfolio pharmacist|ACP|mentor 🇬🇧🇵🇱
🫁🐈⬛🧘🏻♀️🏂🚴🏻♀️👩🏻🎓👩🏻🏫👩🏻🔧👩🏻🌾🎄🌊🏔️
#COPD #asthma #healthinequalities #polypharmacy #deprescribing #healthdata
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The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The first thing Yaxley-Lennon did on leaving court was to thank Elon Musk for funding his legal costs.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
That's Elon Musk who has repeatedly called for civil war in the UK.
As of typing this - all of the major politicians and platforms maintain a presence on X and it is time for them all to leave.
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This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This week's @nature.com cover highlights a report of A.I.- mediated distortion
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
When #ChatGPT was asked to rate 40,000 résumés, it ranked the older male candidates as better quality than the younger female applicants nature.com/articles/s41...
„The university told her that a combination of administrative issues meant they could no longer support her work. But further inquiries suggested the university was “explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,””
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
„The university told her that a combination of administrative issues meant they could no longer support her work. But further inquiries suggested the university was “explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,””
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Do you work in #policy at local, regional, national government level? Fancy spending some time with like-minded researchers at @ox.ac.uk on the burning issues of the day?
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
October 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Do you work in #policy at local, regional, national government level? Fancy spending some time with like-minded researchers at @ox.ac.uk on the burning issues of the day?
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
Consider our new Visiting Fellowship scheme just open this week:
www.ox.ac.uk/research/usi...
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🧠Great insights from Prof Julian Redhead on building NHS resilience for the winter ahead - highlighting the power of collaboration, innovation & system change.💬
#CARRiiASM #NHSResilience #WinterPressures #CARRii
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
#CARRiiASM #NHSResilience #WinterPressures #CARRii
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🧠Great insights from Prof Julian Redhead on building NHS resilience for the winter ahead - highlighting the power of collaboration, innovation & system change.💬
#CARRiiASM #NHSResilience #WinterPressures #CARRii
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
#CARRiiASM #NHSResilience #WinterPressures #CARRii
@oxprimarycare.bsky.social
Funny
Why Do Doctors hate Checklists?
The real culture war in healthcare
peterhambly.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Funny
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Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Calling ALL health data folk: Re UK Health Data Research Service.
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
The UK gov & Wellcome have pledged up to £600 million to create a HDRS.
Myself & an ace team have been tasked by Wellcome to assess the existing health data ecosystem & identify what is needed to support the HDRS 👇.
Get in touch
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For those who bash the NHS, note that British diabetics pay £0 insulin
Patients with diabetes are eligible for a medical exemption certificate (FP92A), which covers all prescriptions related to their condition. This includes insulin, needles, testing strips, and other diabetes-related medications
Patients with diabetes are eligible for a medical exemption certificate (FP92A), which covers all prescriptions related to their condition. This includes insulin, needles, testing strips, and other diabetes-related medications
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
For those who bash the NHS, note that British diabetics pay £0 insulin
Patients with diabetes are eligible for a medical exemption certificate (FP92A), which covers all prescriptions related to their condition. This includes insulin, needles, testing strips, and other diabetes-related medications
Patients with diabetes are eligible for a medical exemption certificate (FP92A), which covers all prescriptions related to their condition. This includes insulin, needles, testing strips, and other diabetes-related medications
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Happy World Pharmacist Day 💊
September 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Happy World Pharmacist Day 💊
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An absolute goldmine of health and mortality data 📊
Well done to all involved in this.
Well done to all involved in this.
New CMO report out today on health trends and variation in England. My team delivered this using a RAP developed in R, which made a nice change from lots of people running around putting numbers into excel then pasting into powerpoint... Was not without challenges though! www.gov.uk/government/p...
Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report
An overview of the health of England’s population, including trends over time and geographical variation.
www.gov.uk
September 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
An absolute goldmine of health and mortality data 📊
Well done to all involved in this.
Well done to all involved in this.
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Analysis of exclusive data by #ThePJ has revealed that one in four #NHS trusts and health boards does not offer protected time as part of job plans for pharmacists.
Here, #SophieWillis investigates whether or not trusts are preventing pharmacists from progressing in their careers
Here, #SophieWillis investigates whether or not trusts are preventing pharmacists from progressing in their careers
Is a lack of protected learning time holding back hospital pharmacists’ career development?
“Protected learning time is essential for pharmacists to keep their skills up to date and deliver the best care for patients,” says Claire Anderson, president of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society…
buff.ly
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Analysis of exclusive data by #ThePJ has revealed that one in four #NHS trusts and health boards does not offer protected time as part of job plans for pharmacists.
Here, #SophieWillis investigates whether or not trusts are preventing pharmacists from progressing in their careers
Here, #SophieWillis investigates whether or not trusts are preventing pharmacists from progressing in their careers
Of 46 proven cases of sexual misconduct from one year (Aug ‘23-Aug ‘24):
ALL perpetrators were male doctors and over 80% held a position of authority.
Another example from 2025: 12-month practice suspension for proven rape because it was deemed a “one-off event”.
Is this for real?! 🤯
ALL perpetrators were male doctors and over 80% held a position of authority.
Another example from 2025: 12-month practice suspension for proven rape because it was deemed a “one-off event”.
Is this for real?! 🤯
UK doctors guilty of sexual misconduct are not being struck off, research finds
Analysis reveals 24% of guilty doctors handed suspensions but are allowed to keep working in medicine
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Of 46 proven cases of sexual misconduct from one year (Aug ‘23-Aug ‘24):
ALL perpetrators were male doctors and over 80% held a position of authority.
Another example from 2025: 12-month practice suspension for proven rape because it was deemed a “one-off event”.
Is this for real?! 🤯
ALL perpetrators were male doctors and over 80% held a position of authority.
Another example from 2025: 12-month practice suspension for proven rape because it was deemed a “one-off event”.
Is this for real?! 🤯
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Fun article about “outsider” scientists and their breakthroughs.
“Academia filters most funding, publishing, and hiring decisions through senior insiders, which favors ideas within existing paradigms.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-sc...
“Academia filters most funding, publishing, and hiring decisions through senior insiders, which favors ideas within existing paradigms.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-sc...
Why science needs outsiders - Works in Progress Magazine
Science has forgotten that the greatest breakthroughs often come from outsiders who are able to take a fresh perspective.
worksinprogress.co
September 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Fun article about “outsider” scientists and their breakthroughs.
“Academia filters most funding, publishing, and hiring decisions through senior insiders, which favors ideas within existing paradigms.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-sc...
“Academia filters most funding, publishing, and hiring decisions through senior insiders, which favors ideas within existing paradigms.”
worksinprogress.co/issue/why-sc...
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A groundbreaking paper published @nature.com today—the first large health language model—predicts >1,000 diseases for a person and when.
Implications here:
erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...
Implications here:
erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...
Dawn of A New Era of Primary Prevention in Medicine
Recent groundbreaking reports highlight our newfound potential to prevent diseases
erictopol.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
A groundbreaking paper published @nature.com today—the first large health language model—predicts >1,000 diseases for a person and when.
Implications here:
erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...
Implications here:
erictopol.substack.com/p/dawn-of-a-...
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I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
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The moment of a Russian UAV strike on Kharkiv today. The Russians hit the building of the National University of Pharmacy.
September 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The moment of a Russian UAV strike on Kharkiv today. The Russians hit the building of the National University of Pharmacy.
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Come and join us at our 2025 Innovation day in Bristol! You can expect...
👑 Top class speakers
🥳 Networking opportunities
🖼️ Poster sessions
🛠️ Workshops
🍱 Lunch!!!
See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...
👑 Top class speakers
🥳 Networking opportunities
🖼️ Poster sessions
🛠️ Workshops
🍱 Lunch!!!
See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...
September 16, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Come and join us at our 2025 Innovation day in Bristol! You can expect...
👑 Top class speakers
🥳 Networking opportunities
🖼️ Poster sessions
🛠️ Workshops
🍱 Lunch!!!
See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...
👑 Top class speakers
🥳 Networking opportunities
🖼️ Poster sessions
🛠️ Workshops
🍱 Lunch!!!
See our full speaker line up and book your free place now www.bath.ac.uk/events/south...
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Our new research published today sets out the valuable lessons we can learn from other countries' efforts to shift care from hospital to community.
@sjanereed.bsky.social spoke to @financialtimes.com about Ireland's reform plans. 👇
@sjanereed.bsky.social spoke to @financialtimes.com about Ireland's reform plans. 👇
Can Ireland’s ‘Sláintecare’ be a model for community care in the UK?
Irish government’s push to reduce hospital admissions drives down treatment waiting lists
buff.ly
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Our new research published today sets out the valuable lessons we can learn from other countries' efforts to shift care from hospital to community.
@sjanereed.bsky.social spoke to @financialtimes.com about Ireland's reform plans. 👇
@sjanereed.bsky.social spoke to @financialtimes.com about Ireland's reform plans. 👇
Excellent, insightful write up on the issues surrounding learning difficulties and ADHD diagnoses, and more. Thank you @bennewmark.bsky.social for sharing your experience and perspective. I very much enjoyed reading this and learned a lot.
And thanks @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app for sharing the post💚
And thanks @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app for sharing the post💚
September 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Excellent, insightful write up on the issues surrounding learning difficulties and ADHD diagnoses, and more. Thank you @bennewmark.bsky.social for sharing your experience and perspective. I very much enjoyed reading this and learned a lot.
And thanks @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app for sharing the post💚
And thanks @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app for sharing the post💚
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An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
September 2, 2025 at 7:31 AM
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
Amazing woman and the co-founder of the University I graduated from 🤓
Wilhelmina Iwanowska, the astrophysicist who co-founded Nicolaus Copernicus University and through it played a major role in establishing astrophysics as a field of advanced study in Poland, was born 120 years ago today. She was head of the Torun Observatory for 24 years.
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky 🔭
#WomenInSTEM #AstroSky 🔭
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Amazing woman and the co-founder of the University I graduated from 🤓
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Doctors and drug developers who first saw scans from a new targeted form of radiotherapy were amazed. For some patients in the clinical trial, Novartis’ radioligand therapy had — in just six months — completely cleared cancer that had spread around their bodies. on.ft.com/462deTZ
September 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Doctors and drug developers who first saw scans from a new targeted form of radiotherapy were amazed. For some patients in the clinical trial, Novartis’ radioligand therapy had — in just six months — completely cleared cancer that had spread around their bodies. on.ft.com/462deTZ