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Ian Henderson
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Perinatal epidemiologist, O&G resident doctor, MRC CRTF at University of Oxford. Interested in maternity safety, health inequalities and a liveable climate.
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May 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
What do regulatory (Care Quality Commission, CQC) ratings of maternity hospitals mean for women/families or midwives/doctors? Research published today in BJOG: obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🧵 1/9
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Objective To compare inspection-informed ratings of individual maternity units published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) with clinical outcomes and practice measures. Design Observational stu...
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May 6, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The UK's anti-protest laws pre-legitimise far right authoritarianism. Labour must repeal them now.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/global/comme...
Extremists would not need to create an authoritarian state in Britain: Starmer is doing that for them | George Monbiot
The PM and his ministers are supporting illiberal laws that hard-right authoritarians could apply with zeal, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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February 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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There's a common path in the development of authoritarian or totalitarian regimes, regardless of whether they are overseen by Catholic Inquisitors, Protestant enforcers, monarchists, fascists, Nazis, Stalinists, Maoists ....
First they eliminate words.
Then they eliminate people.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A systematic review reporting on severe maternal morbidity in the high income settings, has been published in @eclinicalmed.bsky.social

Read more here: bit.ly/4kjVgmr
Severe maternal morbidity in high income settings | NPEU
The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) is a multidisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford. Our work involves running randomised con
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February 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How can maternity services be improved by applying social & safety science, fostering collaboration with healthcare teams & families, and enhancing risk management?

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November 14, 2024 at 12:24 PM
League tables are one way to identify #nhs hospitals that may benefit from additional support but their development should be piloted and informed by the views of service users and clinicians to ensure the complexity of comparisons is handled appropriately.
November 13, 2024 at 3:02 PM