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Anna Hartley
@annahartley.bsky.social
Executive Director of Public Health and Communities, Barnsley Council. Obsessive reader, slow runner and enthusiastic cook. Live in Yorkshire with my family, which includes three teenage daughters and an excitable lurcher.
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Our latest member briefing unpacks everything healthcare leaders need to know about plans to abolish #NHS England 👇

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Abolishing NHS England: what you need to know
Headlines from developments confirming the abolishment of NHS England.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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We were delighted to host the #ReadingRights summit with
@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social today.

It was a pleasure to have such expert, passionate voices in the room and we're excited to take these conversations forward with the publication of our Reading Rights report in the spring.
January 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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📍Currently in Liverpool.

🙏🏽Thank you, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social , @booktrust.bsky.social and @waterstones.bsky.social for the kind invitation.

📚I am looking forward to how solution driven we all can be tomorrow in supporting children to have a love of reading in their Early #Kidlit #EYFS
January 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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"The message from children is clear: they want more access to books, more encouragement, and more time to read."

We're feeling so inspired listening to the #ReadingRights summit keynote speech from @childrenscomm.bsky.social Dame Rachel De Souza, who shares how important reading is to children.
January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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"This isn't something that's just nice or lovely. It's something fundamental to becoming a human being."

Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social shares why reading is a right for every child. #ReadingRights
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
On the train very excited to be heading to the Book Trust #ReadingRights event tomorrow! As an obsessive reader myself I want to do everything I can to support all children to love books. It’s never too early to start. You can even read to your bump!
January 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Our #ReadingRights Summit with Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social is tomorrow!

As part of his learning ahead of the Summit, Frank visited a Baby Lab to discover what happens to a baby's brain when they're read to...

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“This was biological. We saw two minds enter communion around the story”: Frank Cottrell-Boyce visits a baby lab
Find out what Frank Cottrell-Boyce took from his visit to the University of East London's Baby Lab, where he watched what happens to a baby's brain when they're read to.
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January 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Are these the most disturbing gingerbread men ever created?
January 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Best line from this is @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social's about how cheap reading aloud to children is! There is TONNES of good scientific evidence for beneficial effects of reading to children - if you want a reference list DM me
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December 24, 2024 at 2:34 PM

Just had a Christmas treat as @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social was editing Today @ Radio 4 and it was all about children reading for pleasure (and health and wellbeing). Then even better the fab Alice Wiseman came on to explain why it is so important.
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) (@adphuk.bsky.social)
Supporting Directors of Public Health (DsPH) across the UK to promote and protect good health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
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December 24, 2024 at 8:16 AM
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Ask me what I'm doing tomorrow morning. Go on, ask me.
Oh too slow.
Tomorrow morning I am interviewing

DOLLY PARTON
On radio 4's Today programme
December 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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I talked about the importance of movement building, networking and convening and quoted the brilliant Paula Leonard asking 'what are the feet on which this work will land.'
November 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM