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Universal childcare?
"Start putting public money into publicly run centres ... anything less than that, I think is just negligent".
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"Start putting public money into publicly run centres ... anything less than that, I think is just negligent".
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The woman who exposed the childcare industry
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November 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Universal childcare?
"Start putting public money into publicly run centres ... anything less than that, I think is just negligent".
open.spotify.com/episode/5ogZ...
"Start putting public money into publicly run centres ... anything less than that, I think is just negligent".
open.spotify.com/episode/5ogZ...
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I've written a piece for @addiction-ssa.org on Alcoholics Anonymous, exploring it's current role - and tensions - within the current recovery landscape 90 years after its first meetings were held. Please share 🙏
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#alcoholicsanonymous #recovery #addiction
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#alcoholicsanonymous #recovery #addiction
July 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I've written a piece for @addiction-ssa.org on Alcoholics Anonymous, exploring it's current role - and tensions - within the current recovery landscape 90 years after its first meetings were held. Please share 🙏
www.addiction-ssa.org/features/ess...
#alcoholicsanonymous #recovery #addiction
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#alcoholicsanonymous #recovery #addiction
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Check out our new issue on moralities in drug policy. Fantastic editorial and most of the papers are open access: Studying moralities in drug policy: An editorial introduction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Studying moralities in drug policy: An editorial introduction
Published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Vol. 32, No. 4, 2025)
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July 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Check out our new issue on moralities in drug policy. Fantastic editorial and most of the papers are open access: Studying moralities in drug policy: An editorial introduction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The gender wealth gap sits at 21% - much higher than the wage gap - so why don't we hear anything about it?
@ignaciapinto.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social explains why taxing wealth is a feminist issue in a guest blog.
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@ignaciapinto.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social explains why taxing wealth is a feminist issue in a guest blog.
neweconomics.org/2025/09/taxi...
Taxing wealth is a feminist issue
We hear a lot about the gender pay gap - but what about the gender wealth gap?
neweconomics.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The gender wealth gap sits at 21% - much higher than the wage gap - so why don't we hear anything about it?
@ignaciapinto.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social explains why taxing wealth is a feminist issue in a guest blog.
neweconomics.org/2025/09/taxi...
@ignaciapinto.bsky.social of @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social explains why taxing wealth is a feminist issue in a guest blog.
neweconomics.org/2025/09/taxi...
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roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rapid ⬆️ in Px
Doesn't appear to a rapid increase in the £ available for services to which people are referred
If this were referrals to orthopaedics that wouldn't be ok
not ok in this context
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rapid ⬆️ in Px
Doesn't appear to a rapid increase in the £ available for services to which people are referred
If this were referrals to orthopaedics that wouldn't be ok
not ok in this context
National roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system: a longitudinal observational study using Clinical Practice Research Datalink data
Social prescribing has expanded rapidly in England, far exceeding initial targets
of 900 000 patients by 2023–24, suggesting broad service acceptability. Progress is
being made in reaching specific ta...
www.thelancet.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
roll-out of social prescribing in England's primary care system
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rapid ⬆️ in Px
Doesn't appear to a rapid increase in the £ available for services to which people are referred
If this were referrals to orthopaedics that wouldn't be ok
not ok in this context
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Rapid ⬆️ in Px
Doesn't appear to a rapid increase in the £ available for services to which people are referred
If this were referrals to orthopaedics that wouldn't be ok
not ok in this context
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🎉 Congrats to my PhD student Xiaoyu Zhang on her new PharmacoEconomics paper, co-supervised with @samjnorton.bsky.social and other co-authors!
It reviews the economic burden of inflammatory arthritis.
Full text: 🔗 rdcu.be/eIv8o
cc: @khe-kings.bsky.social
It reviews the economic burden of inflammatory arthritis.
Full text: 🔗 rdcu.be/eIv8o
cc: @khe-kings.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
🎉 Congrats to my PhD student Xiaoyu Zhang on her new PharmacoEconomics paper, co-supervised with @samjnorton.bsky.social and other co-authors!
It reviews the economic burden of inflammatory arthritis.
Full text: 🔗 rdcu.be/eIv8o
cc: @khe-kings.bsky.social
It reviews the economic burden of inflammatory arthritis.
Full text: 🔗 rdcu.be/eIv8o
cc: @khe-kings.bsky.social
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Offering self-sampling kits to test for HPV during a routine GP appointment could prevent cervical cancer in an extra 1000 women a year, new research from @kingslsm.bsky.social, @qmulfmd.bsky.social, @cancerresearchuk.org finds.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/self-sa...
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Self-sampling kits in GP appointments could prevent cancer in 1000 women a year
Women who are overdue for cervical cancer screening are most likely to participate in screening when a self-sampling kit is offered by a healthcare professional as part of routine GP appointments
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July 29, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Offering self-sampling kits to test for HPV during a routine GP appointment could prevent cervical cancer in an extra 1000 women a year, new research from @kingslsm.bsky.social, @qmulfmd.bsky.social, @cancerresearchuk.org finds.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/self-sa...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/self-sa...
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New gambling act needed for starters
“People don't realise the scale of the problem of gambling harm in this country.”
Labour MP and former Royal Marine @alexballingermp.bsky.social spoke to @zoecrowther.bsky.social about why he wants the government to introduce sweeping gambling reforms and change the taxation system
Labour MP and former Royal Marine @alexballingermp.bsky.social spoke to @zoecrowther.bsky.social about why he wants the government to introduce sweeping gambling reforms and change the taxation system
Labour MP Calls For Sweeping Gambling Reforms Fit For The 'Modern Internet Age'
Labour MP Alex Ballinger has said that the government move to introduce a statutory levy on gambling is a “drop in the ocean” to tackle the harms c...
www.politicshome.com
July 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
New gambling act needed for starters
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The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Cash transfer programmes have expanded rapidly across low-income and middle-income
countries (LMICs), from eight countries with programmes in 1960 to 134 countries in
2019, and have demonstrated effec...
www.thelancet.com
July 14, 2025 at 6:20 AM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health dividend of cash transfer programmes
Brazil's Bolsa Família Program, which provides an average of US$139 per month to over 20 million households in poverty
Study = www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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New paper klaxon - out now in the Journal of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social
We used detailed alcohol purchasing data from the 12 months prior to the recent alcohol tax reforms to estimate how different consumer groups might be affected by the changes to alcohol duties.
doi.org/10.1093/pubm...
We used detailed alcohol purchasing data from the 12 months prior to the recent alcohol tax reforms to estimate how different consumer groups might be affected by the changes to alcohol duties.
doi.org/10.1093/pubm...
Estimating the differential exposure of household groups to alcohol duty reforms in Great Britain
AbstractBackground. We explored the potential impact of changes to the UK alcohol tax system implemented in August 2023 on increases on consumer spending,
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July 10, 2025 at 1:06 PM
New paper klaxon - out now in the Journal of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social
We used detailed alcohol purchasing data from the 12 months prior to the recent alcohol tax reforms to estimate how different consumer groups might be affected by the changes to alcohol duties.
doi.org/10.1093/pubm...
We used detailed alcohol purchasing data from the 12 months prior to the recent alcohol tax reforms to estimate how different consumer groups might be affected by the changes to alcohol duties.
doi.org/10.1093/pubm...
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Lis Grey and @bekilangford.bsky.social received a @bristoluni.bsky.social Knowledge Mobilisation Catalyst Award to talk to secondary school teachers about their work on weight-related bullying. Read their blog to find out what they discovered.
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What do school staff think about weight-related bullying in schools? Reflections on Catalyst Award conversations - ARC West
Dr Lis Grey and Dr Beki Langford received a University of Bristol Knowledge Mobilisation Catalyst Award to talk to secondary school teachers about their work on weight-related bullying. Here’s what th...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk
July 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Lis Grey and @bekilangford.bsky.social received a @bristoluni.bsky.social Knowledge Mobilisation Catalyst Award to talk to secondary school teachers about their work on weight-related bullying. Read their blog to find out what they discovered.
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/what-do-scho...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/what-do-scho...
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New paper from myself and Matt Gaskell (Northern Gambling Clinics) out today.
Commentary on excellent article from Phil Newall.
Perhaps of interest if you like your commercial determinants of health applied to addiction.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Commentary on excellent article from Phil Newall.
Perhaps of interest if you like your commercial determinants of health applied to addiction.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New paper from myself and Matt Gaskell (Northern Gambling Clinics) out today.
Commentary on excellent article from Phil Newall.
Perhaps of interest if you like your commercial determinants of health applied to addiction.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Commentary on excellent article from Phil Newall.
Perhaps of interest if you like your commercial determinants of health applied to addiction.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Read more about all the work of Policy Modelling for Health at www.phiuk.org/policy-model...
Policy Modelling for Health
Developing computer models to show how policies might affect health, so that policymakers can better understand their impacts on people in their area.
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July 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Read more about all the work of Policy Modelling for Health at www.phiuk.org/policy-model...
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We published our Annual Review yesterday 👇 So today, a short thread on the work of Healthy Urban Places...
Innovating with people, places and communities - the PHI UK Annual Review 2024-25 is now available.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
This Review captures the foundations being laid in our first year, and the ways in which our research is already making a difference.
Watch a short intro. Links in the reply.
July 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We published our Annual Review yesterday 👇 So today, a short thread on the work of Healthy Urban Places...
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We’re grateful to all who gave feedback at conferences, seminars and in private.
Special thanks to The Economic Journal editor, @essobecker.bsky.social, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive and insightful comments.
📄 Read the paper here:
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Special thanks to The Economic Journal editor, @essobecker.bsky.social, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive and insightful comments.
📄 Read the paper here:
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Political Rhetoric and Racial Discrimination in Arrests for Drugs*
Abstract. This paper examines how political rhetoric shapes law enforcement behaviour. We analyse monthly arrest data from 1,420 police agencies across 38
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July 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We’re grateful to all who gave feedback at conferences, seminars and in private.
Special thanks to The Economic Journal editor, @essobecker.bsky.social, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive and insightful comments.
📄 Read the paper here:
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
#EconTwitter 6/6
Special thanks to The Economic Journal editor, @essobecker.bsky.social, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive and insightful comments.
📄 Read the paper here:
academic.oup.com/ej/advance-a...
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NEW PUBLICATION
Systematic review of health economic models for assessment and diagnosis of dementia
HERC authors: Jane Wolstenholme, Alastair M. Gray, Filipa Landeiro
Alzheimer’s Dement. 2025
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Systematic review of health economic models for assessment and diagnosis of dementia
HERC authors: Jane Wolstenholme, Alastair M. Gray, Filipa Landeiro
Alzheimer’s Dement. 2025
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alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Systematic review of health economic models for assessment and diagnosis of dementia
INTRODUCTION Timely diagnosis of dementia is a public health priority to enable risk modification and treatment access. This study systematically identifies and critically appraises health economic ...
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July 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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📚 Find out more about this new book co-authored by SARG's @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @soc-researcher.bsky.social which explores the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the significant decline in youth drinking observed in high-income countries since the early 2000s #PublicHealth
SARG researchers co-author new book exploring 'culture of caution' in youth drinking decline - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
A new book by an international team of experts, including researchers from the Sheffield Addictions Research Group (SARG), unpacks the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the decline...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📚 Find out more about this new book co-authored by SARG's @jholmessheff.bsky.social and @soc-researcher.bsky.social which explores the complex social, cultural and economic factors driving the significant decline in youth drinking observed in high-income countries since the early 2000s #PublicHealth
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Great taxonomy of simple vs. complex (complicated?) decision-analytic model features.
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<b>Can we Make Health Economic Decision Models as Simple as Possible, but Not Simpler? Introducing the SMART tool </b>
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d557661e165">Background: Developing health economic decision-analytic models (DAMs) requires making
mo...
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June 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Great taxonomy of simple vs. complex (complicated?) decision-analytic model features.
drugrepocentral.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
drugrepocentral.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...