Rosaleen O’Brien
@drrosaleenobrien.bsky.social
Freelance Qualitative & Health Services Research Consultant based in Scotland (former academic Medical Sociologist). Health experiences and evaluating health/ social care interventions & services| Website: https://rosaleenobrienresearch.com
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As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.
Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.
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NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
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Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
Today, the government has confirmed that it intends to remove the right to trial by jury in the vast majority of cases in the Crown Courts. Serious criminal allegations, carrying up to three years …
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December 2, 2025 at 4:38 PM
NEW BLOGPOST
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
Abolishing trial by jury: why is the government overlooking the obvious?
thesecretbarrister.com/2025/12/02/a...
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Here's a piece I wrote about mandatory training for all health & social care staff about working with people with learning disability & autism - the Oliver McGowan training. Women with LD die 23 years younger than other women, men 19 years younger - is this the answer?
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November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Here's a piece I wrote about mandatory training for all health & social care staff about working with people with learning disability & autism - the Oliver McGowan training. Women with LD die 23 years younger than other women, men 19 years younger - is this the answer?
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Look out for new feature documentary Testimony, winner of the Best Human Rights Film at the Dublin International Film Festival
It chronicles the fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and Mother & Baby Homes, a battle that takes them all the way to the UN
It chronicles the fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and Mother & Baby Homes, a battle that takes them all the way to the UN
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Look out for new feature documentary Testimony, winner of the Best Human Rights Film at the Dublin International Film Festival
It chronicles the fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and Mother & Baby Homes, a battle that takes them all the way to the UN
It chronicles the fight for justice by survivors of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries and Mother & Baby Homes, a battle that takes them all the way to the UN
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Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
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📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
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How is grief experienced in ethnically diverse communities? And how well do current services meet the needs of all bereaved people? Join us to explore these questions in a special panel discussion for #NationalGriefAwarenessWeek on 4 December at 7pm: www.ticketsource.co.uk/goodgrieffes...
November 25, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Coming up: Experiences of grief in ethnically diverse communities: panel discussion and film launch 📢
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
📆Thurs 4 Dec 2025
📍Online
🕛7-8pm
🔹Highly recommended
🔹New research findings
🔹Led by @lucyselman.bsky.social & colleagues @goodgrieffest.bsky.social
Details & register: 🔽
bsky.app/profile/good...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
November 21, 2025 at 7:48 PM
oh, that's... that's not... you can't call it that
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
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UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
UK Covid inquiry:
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Chairwoman of the inquiry, former judge Baroness Hallett, said the UK's response could be summarised as "too little, too late"
Lockdown could have been avoided - but action came too late
'Chaotic' government with key figures criticised including Dominic Cummings & Boris Johnson
Looking forward to reawakening my dormant men’s health/ #masculinities brain cells in the new year. I will be joining a fab collaborative group who are evaluating men’s mental health interventions over the next three years. Men, it seems I haven’t finished with you!
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Looking forward to reawakening my dormant men’s health/ #masculinities brain cells in the new year. I will be joining a fab collaborative group who are evaluating men’s mental health interventions over the next three years. Men, it seems I haven’t finished with you!
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The fact that the Louvre heist didn’t take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us.
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The fact that the Louvre heist didn’t take place at dawn, but at the very reasonable hour of 9:30 a.m. shows that even French jewel thieves have a better work-life balance than us.
I’ll be writing a War and Peace-length essay about all the memorable pets I’ve loved. Looking forward to reading others.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I’ll be writing a War and Peace-length essay about all the memorable pets I’ve loved. Looking forward to reading others.
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Some of the most important conversations we have in emergency care are with the acutely bereaved. After presenting at #ACPIC25, I was invited to share my framework for compassionate communication with a wider emergency services 🚑 audience #DeathNotification #EMSSky #EMSky #paramedicine
Communicating with family when someone dies in the community: Six important steps for emergency ambulance personnel — Te Ārai Research Group
This article introduces a six-step model for compassionate communication with family when emergency services are called to death. It is not a prescriptive checklist but a framework highlighting ke...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Some of the most important conversations we have in emergency care are with the acutely bereaved. After presenting at #ACPIC25, I was invited to share my framework for compassionate communication with a wider emergency services 🚑 audience #DeathNotification #EMSSky #EMSky #paramedicine
“Quiet, piggy”.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
November 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
“Quiet, piggy”.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Someone needs to update their mandatory respect in the workplace training.
Currently binging episodes of Gardener’s World, which I’ve never watched regularly before (I’m convinced something biological happens as we get older and the ‘start watching GW’ gene gets activated). It’s like mind balm. A perfect hour of escape amidst the flowers. #GardenersWorld #Gardening
November 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Currently binging episodes of Gardener’s World, which I’ve never watched regularly before (I’m convinced something biological happens as we get older and the ‘start watching GW’ gene gets activated). It’s like mind balm. A perfect hour of escape amidst the flowers. #GardenersWorld #Gardening
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🌍 We’re hiring a permanent Group Chief Executive!
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Find out more and apply here: starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-group-ceo
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
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Group Chief Executive Officer - Starfish Search
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November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
🌍 We’re hiring a permanent Group Chief Executive!
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Find out more and apply here: starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-group-ceo
If you’ve led at scale, think boldly about how to make real impact, and believe a fairer society is possible, then we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Find out more and apply here: starfishsearch.com/jobs/jrf-group-ceo
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In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Fenney explores the shared challenges facing disabled people, carers and people with multiple long-term conditions and how cross-sector collaboration could build a more inclusive, joined-up system. Join the conversation. https://bit.ly/4qX6Neq
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Fenney explores the shared challenges facing disabled people, carers and people with multiple long-term conditions and how cross-sector collaboration could build a more inclusive, joined-up system. Join the conversation. https://bit.ly/4qX6Neq
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'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
'#Autumn light' by contemporary painter Susan Entwistle #WomensArt
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Northern Lights 6”x6” oil
November 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Northern Lights 6”x6” oil
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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Blog added to the hub today - The concept of blame in NHS patient safety, by John Tingle, Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
The concept of blame in NHS patient safety (John Tingle, 7 November 2025)
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November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Blog added to the hub today - The concept of blame in NHS patient safety, by John Tingle, Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham. www.pslhub.org/learn/invest... #patientsafety
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Join Dementia UK at a webinar discussing living alone with dementia and the experiences of carers supporting from a distance
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email researchpublications@dementiauk.org
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email researchpublications@dementiauk.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join Dementia UK at a webinar discussing living alone with dementia and the experiences of carers supporting from a distance
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email researchpublications@dementiauk.org
🗓️Monday 24th November
🕑2-4pm
To register your attendance, email researchpublications@dementiauk.org