New editorial out now on media influences on infant care practices adc.bmj.com/content/earl... message me for the full text

Fromers & visitors... Amid the monthly Frome Independent market, I'll be at Hunting Raven books in Cheap St this Sunday signing books & all that from 11.30 onwards, & maybe doing a couple of Clash songs with James on the main band stage beforehand

Absolutely LOVED the #SaferSleepWeek conference in Leicester today, got to meet Jess, Tilly and Michon from the neonatal unit who helped us design and test part of the Baby Sleep Project. And the mentimeters worked!

It's #SaferSleepWeek ! I'm going to Leicester tomorrow to speak at and attend their safer sleep conference, looking forward to catching up with fantastic colleagues 😀 and 8 hours on 4 trains so guess how many papers I will get written 🤔

Happy International Women's Day! Despite the efforts, while much more women enter scientific fields, due to numerous factors, few manage to remain in the field or secure senior positions. Support your coworkers, call out harmful systemic behaviour. 😘

I've never used mentimeter during a talk, so of course the best time to use tech you've zero experience of is during a 3 minute pitch to a room full of child health clinicians and peers. On a laptop that wasn't connected to the Internet. We live and learn but here are the results! So beautiful 😍

Realist reviewers, here's a banger of a new paper by a South African group whose work I've only just become aware of. Good bit of philosophy to chew on if you've time. But also seeking to make RR more practical. Enjoy! #healthpolicy academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...

Balancing realist review outputs with the needs of policymakers and practitioners

Abstract. A realist review is a theory-driven approach to synthesizing evidence based on the realist philosophy of science. Realist reviews are conducted t

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Our Baby Sleep Project Protocol is out now in the BMJ Open. Find out how we are investigating innovative tools for promoting safer sleep in families with infants at increased risk of SUDI. bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/2...

When patients are not heard by their doctors there can be devastating consequences. So why does this happen & what can be done to address it? On the cover, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan explores this question. Read her full essay & more: tinyurl.com/5c7xwj2e ‪@drrageshri.bsky.social‬

'Taking the time to do things right isn’t anti-innovation – it is what is required to get deep-rooted change in social systems.' My piece on AI and public services in this week's @newstatesman.com www.newstatesman.com/comment/2024...

Tony Blair is wrong – AI will not magically solve our public services

Too many people might be left out of its revolution.

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Having a great time on the NIHR Emerging Research Leaders training in Reading this week. Fantastic people, great to have time and space to think strategically. @louca-mai.bsky.social

"Children lose their places at school, their educational attainment falls, and babies die." The government should commit to #EndChildHomelessness Sign our petition sharedhealthfoundation.org.uk/ending-child... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouSJ...

Ending Child Homelessness Campaign | Parliament

YouTube video by Shared Health Foundation

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Really informative read. When I’ve talked about babies & children living in temporary housing many colleagues are not well informed about it, or how it causes vulnerability. www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/the-...

The doctor-turned-campaigner for homeless children

The Shared Health Foundation’s campaign led to the government changing its guidance on providing cots in temporary accommodation. Katharine Swindells speaks to CEO Dr Laura Neilson about the next stag...

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We've been warning about unsafe temporary housing for years. We should not have had to wait for 74 children to die before those in power start to listen. "Temporary" should mean safe, not "anything will do" @ncmd.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children

Official data show that 58 of those children were babies under the age of one.

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Excellent analysis from NCMD looking at mortality trends pre and post lockdowns. Mortality overall fell during lockdown but not for non-white children or those living in deprived areas, and has increased since. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019–2023

David Odd and colleagues analyse rates and causes of childhood deaths in England before, during, and after the COVID pandemic, and assess temporal trends for categories of death and demographic groups...

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Are you interested in learning how AI can be used to improve behavioural research? 📈 There is time to register for BR-UK’s webinar tomorrow at 1:30pm BST with speakers @jannahastings.bsky.social, @susanmichie.bsky.social and @robertjwest.bsky.social. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This paper is an oldie but a goodie ✨️

Jilly MacKay@jillymackay.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm completely obsessed with this article as a parent who commonly bed shares. I've always received quite balanced advice on bed sharing from health professionals (probs bc I'm so middle class), but it is a real touchpaper online, particularly the US I think. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Want to get the latest insights into safer sleep for infants? Join us next month as @annapease.bsky.social leads a session on this crucial topic, and shares what the latest research is telling us: www.ncmd.info/events/safer...

Safer Sleeping Update 2025

Dr. Anna Pease, a research fellow working on the Baby Sleep Project, shares the latest insights and best practices for promoting safer infant sleep.

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Wishing you all a happy festive midwinter! Here is the sky showing off this morning just North of the Border 😍

How we have conversations matters. Great to be training midwives today in London with Jitsuvax, conversations for vaccine hesitancy.

I took a train North, and plotted the life expectancy at each station. 238 miles between London and Blackpool and the life expectancy drops by 6 years for males and 5 years for females born in 2020-2022. Let’s just reflect on that!

www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ne... Thanks to Hannah #SUDC #childloss We couldn't have done this work without our bereaved parents

New toolkit developed for clinicians involved in Child Death Review - University of Birmingham

New paper outlines recommendations to end “postcode lottery” of good care for bereaved parents.

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This was a great piece of work with a brilliant team. V proud to have been involved.

Jo Warwickshire@jowarwickshire.bsky.social · 2y ago

Thrilled to share our child death review toolkit to help support bereaved parents and hear their voices in review @criminographer.bsky.social @annapease.bsky.social @ncmd.bsky.social adc.bmj.com/content/earl...

Great tool for Academics to show where we have influenced policy! Mine found things I did not know about! policyprofiles.sagepub.com/profile/2141...

Sage Policy Profiles - Discover and track the impact of your research on government policy

We believe in the power of research to improve the world. That’s why we’ve teamed up with the policy experts at Overton to help you understand your published work’s policy impact, served up in an eas...

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John F. Cryan@jfcryan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Researchers- What if there was a Google Scholar-like database detailing how your research is impacting public policy?- There is…. and it looks pretty good - from Sage & Overton @uccresearch.bsky.social policyprofiles.sagepub.com

Oct 2023, hoglet, found wandering our garden alone in the day. Named Spikey and sent to a rescue for a few months. She's back full sized and we built her a house and got a camera to keep an eye on her!

I have started a Behavioural Science starter pack - just let me know if you would like to be added - see go.bsky.app/CzLwTyZ

Hello Bluesky 👋 please enjoy this picture of tonight's dessert- homemade pumpkin pie with pecan caramel and chantilly cream. Expect more scientific content will be forthcoming.