Jack Head
@jackhead95.bsky.social
Social research - wider / social determinants of health, health inequalities, and housing
I mean, sure, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. There’s a whole literature on the challenges of evidence-based policymaking, and they are numerous!
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I mean, sure, but it’s a bit more complicated than that. There’s a whole literature on the challenges of evidence-based policymaking, and they are numerous!
Only if the people in charge of this stuff….do the reading ?
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Only if the people in charge of this stuff….do the reading ?
Don’t entirely disagree, but worth reading Holly Smith’s brilliant new book on the history of high rise - particularly the chapter on Park Hill. Didn’t always go entirely well…
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Up in the Air
Up in the Air tells the story of Britain’s multistorey council housing from its beginnings to the present day. Across the decades, the high rise has symbolised the welfare state for better or worse. H...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Don’t entirely disagree, but worth reading Holly Smith’s brilliant new book on the history of high rise - particularly the chapter on Park Hill. Didn’t always go entirely well…
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
Sure, an incredibly successful bid to shrink what the state did itself, but those things (temp accommodation, mental health services, school transport, etc) are now just provided by private companies / charities…and the state still pays for them! That’s what’s so so mad about it all
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Sure, an incredibly successful bid to shrink what the state did itself, but those things (temp accommodation, mental health services, school transport, etc) are now just provided by private companies / charities…and the state still pays for them! That’s what’s so so mad about it all
Not sure it’s in the slightest bit unreasonable to start expecting substantive results at this point…can we even collectively think of 5 successes (of the type you listed) at this point ? I’m not sure I could
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Not sure it’s in the slightest bit unreasonable to start expecting substantive results at this point…can we even collectively think of 5 successes (of the type you listed) at this point ? I’m not sure I could
Now do one for…this government? Don’t imagine it would be a very long list, even taking into account the amount of time they’ve had
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Now do one for…this government? Don’t imagine it would be a very long list, even taking into account the amount of time they’ve had
Hit the nail on the head here
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hit the nail on the head here
Hi Amara - this looks really interesting….currently in the process of setting up a journal club with a colleague in local authority context (on health inequalities / wider determinants ). Don’t suppose I could pick your brains at some point ?
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Hi Amara - this looks really interesting….currently in the process of setting up a journal club with a colleague in local authority context (on health inequalities / wider determinants ). Don’t suppose I could pick your brains at some point ?
Yeah, fair enough, but surely that’s not…too tricky? I mean, not my area at all, but presumably a lot simpler than needing a series of rooms to store files for certain cases, back in the day (needing index systems etc) ?
November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Yeah, fair enough, but surely that’s not…too tricky? I mean, not my area at all, but presumably a lot simpler than needing a series of rooms to store files for certain cases, back in the day (needing index systems etc) ?
I remember reading that at the time!
To be fair, you should see the training that public sector employees get on ‘law’ - mine was full of errors, mention of administrative law tests that don’t exist, etc
To be fair, you should see the training that public sector employees get on ‘law’ - mine was full of errors, mention of administrative law tests that don’t exist, etc
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I remember reading that at the time!
To be fair, you should see the training that public sector employees get on ‘law’ - mine was full of errors, mention of administrative law tests that don’t exist, etc
To be fair, you should see the training that public sector employees get on ‘law’ - mine was full of errors, mention of administrative law tests that don’t exist, etc
…and ensuring that senior officials can communicate with counterparts at the same level of seniority !
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
…and ensuring that senior officials can communicate with counterparts at the same level of seniority !
…and then have to regularly follow up in the same way that you or I might if we got in touch with the police. That’s not to say that PCs aren’t capable (although…) but it’s more a question of recognising and giving due consideration to other forms of authority…
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
…and then have to regularly follow up in the same way that you or I might if we got in touch with the police. That’s not to say that PCs aren’t capable (although…) but it’s more a question of recognising and giving due consideration to other forms of authority…