New website launch! 📣💫Check out our new multidisciplinary 'Health, Crime & Justice' research group healthcrimeandjustice.co.uk We have an infographic about our ESRC Health & Justice research project & a video explaining what we're doing too 🙂👉 vimeo.com/1093243940/f... @stephscott.bsky.social

Last week we hosted the #WomanOfTheNorth summit, from @healthequitynorth.bsky.social & @thenhsa.bsky.social. Data showed the inequalities faced by women in the North, and the Woman of the North Charter was announced: tinyurl.com/muarj8zv @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social @kimmcguinness.bsky.social

Really insightful presentations from @louiseckenny.bsky.social & Suzanne White of @leigh-day.bsky.social discussing the wide ranging challenges faced by women from a health and legal perspective #WomanoftheNorth @durham-university.bsky.social @leigh-day.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social

Looking forward to the @nhsa Woman of the North event today talking about devastating health inequalities & a new woman’s charter. Amy & I are leading a workshop this afternoon about representation of marginalised women #underheard #under_served Hosted at Durham University

Health Equity North@healthequitynorth.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us next week to hear from Amy Van Zyl from Her Circle and @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social in a workshop about how marginalised women can be better heard by decision makers. Book your free place at our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit on May 7 – visit www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the...

Join us next week to hear from Amy Van Zyl from Her Circle and @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social in a workshop about how marginalised women can be better heard by decision makers. Book your free place at our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit on May 7 – visit www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the...

New research shows that people in police custody with health issues are regularly put at risk because medication is delayed or unavailable. Find out more 👉🏼 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social

Findings from our ESRC funded research looking at 'healthcare in police custody' out now @gethrees.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Suspects detained by police denied insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, report claims

Exclusive: One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription agai...

independent.co.uk

Durham University@durham.ac.uk · last yr.

New research shows that people in police custody with health issues are regularly put at risk because medication is delayed or unavailable. Find out more 👉🏼 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social

The Independent have picked up the findings from our Police Custody Healthcare project. We identified significant delays and denials of people receiving medications in police custody. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/... @stephmulrine.bsky.social @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social

Suspects detained by police denied insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, report claims

Exclusive: One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription agai...

independent.co.uk

💫Fantastic opportunity for students interested in social harm - enter the Social Policy Association's new student essay competition & be in with a chance to win prize money & be published 🙂 Closing date 30th April - get your entry in soon! Details below 👇 @durham-university.bsky.social

Michelle Addison @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social · last yr.

📣ALL STUDENTS -enter the Social Policy Association's new Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2025, with a chance to win £100 in cash, £100 in book vouchers & a chance to be published! I'm on the judging panel 😀 social-policy.org.uk/policy-group... #socialharm #stigma @durhamsu.bsky.social RTs 🙏

3 year Research Fellow post in Historical Criminology based at Sussex. Working with me and @esmoriemiller.bsky.social on Leverhulme funded project Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939. Please repost, send to anyone who might be interested: jobs.sussex.ac.uk/job/18442578...

Research Fellow in Historical Criminology Ref: 40549 (Fixed term) - Job page - University of Sussex Job Search

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📢NEW publication out! ‘If I Wasn’t on Drugs or I Didn’t Take Anything, I Wouldn’t Be Here’: Mental Health ‘Problems’ as an Unfolding Dimension of Social Harm Generated by Stigma, by me & @profmlhussier.bsky.social @drodurham.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

‘If I Wasn’t on Drugs or I Didn’t Take Anything, I Wouldn’t Be Here’: Mental Health ‘Problems’ as an Unfolding Dimension of Social Harm Generated by Stigma

This chapter discusses the impact of relational stigma on mental health as an unfolding dimension of social harm amongst people who use drugs (PWUD). In traditional models of Social Determinants of He...

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Congratulations to all the #NorthInnovationWomen who have made the list this year – including our directors and member reps @hannahdavies.bsky.social @profkepickett.bsky.social @profbambra.bsky.social @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social 1/1

The NHSA@thenhsa.bsky.social · last yr.

THREAD If you’re included in the #NorthInnovationWomen list, why not share the good news with your followers using the downloadable social media card available here: www.thenhsa.co.uk/2025/03/nort... #WomanOfTheNorth OUR NORTH INNOVATION WOMEN: 1/2

🎉Our Women of The North report won an award for SOCIAL IMPACT for significant societal change & exposing unequal challenges for northern women -just in time for international women's day! #IWD @healthequitynorth.bsky.social www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/health-equit... @durham-university.bsky.social

We are thrilled to be announced as a winner at last night’s @bionow.bsky.social awards, taking the trophy for the Social Impact Award for our #WomanOfTheNorth work – well done to all who contributed to this hugely impactful piece of work!

📣ALL STUDENTS -enter the Social Policy Association's new Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2025, with a chance to win £100 in cash, £100 in book vouchers & a chance to be published! I'm on the judging panel 😀 social-policy.org.uk/policy-group... #socialharm #stigma @durhamsu.bsky.social RTs 🙏

Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2025 - Social Policy Association

In 2024, over 120 million people have been displaced due to war and political instability, yet many countries, including the UK, have tightened their borders [...]

social-policy.org.uk

I wrote this for @bjsociology.bsky.social on organising in universities & the work we all need to do to defend & remake the university. It's a reflection on being heavily involved in UCU with practical tips on what everyone can do, esp. now with redundancies. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If You Want the University to Change, Don't Theorise—Organise!

Organising as workers to build industrial power within our universities is a key element of how we respond to redundancies, marketisation and other political pressures on higher education. This piece...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

📣ALL STUDENTS -enter the Social Policy Association's new Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2025, with a chance to win £100 in cash, £100 in book vouchers & a chance to be published! I'm on the judging panel 😀 social-policy.org.uk/policy-group... #socialharm #stigma @durhamsu.bsky.social RTs 🙏

Social Harm Student Essay Competition 2025 - Social Policy Association

In 2024, over 120 million people have been displaced due to war and political instability, yet many countries, including the UK, have tightened their borders [...]

social-policy.org.uk

⭐I'm nominating @joanne-mcgrath.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social for the amazing work she is doing around women impacted by homelessness, the criminal justice system, & harms to health⭐ #NorthInnovationWomen

Health Equity North@healthequitynorth.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our #WomanofTheNorth report is being used to inspire social media users to recommend people for the #NorthInnovationWomen list - use the criteria below to get amazing women you know on @thenhsa.bsky.social list to be published on March 8

We're so pleased to share this powerful new film from RIFT Social Enterprise, created as part of our recent collaboration with @mediatrust.bsky.social. The message is simple. Women leaving prison deserve opportunities - believe in them. 🎥Watch now: www.riftse.co.uk/wise-project

We've been shortlisted for the Social Impact Award category at the 2024 Bionow Awards for our #WomanoftheNorth work! Best of luck to all the finalists and see you at the awards dinner on 6th March! bionow.co.uk/event/BIONOW... #BionowAwards #CelebratingSuccess #LifeSciencesAwards #LifeSciences

⭐'Stigma & the Inverse Care Law: Experiences of ‘Care’ for People Living in Marginalised Conditions'⭐ FREE ACCESS onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @healthequitynorth.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social #stigma #healthinequality #marginalisation

Durham University has become the latest Russell Group institution to announce plans to cut jobs, stating it needs to reduce staff costs by £20 million over the next two academic years #highered #EduSky

Durham expects 200 jobs to go as it seeks to save £20 million

University becomes latest to announce staff cuts, saying it cannot rule out compulsory redundancies

timeshighereducation.com

📣⭐NEW PAPER: 'Stigma & the Inverse Care Law: Experiences of ‘Care’ for People Living in Marginalised Conditions'⭐ with @profbambra.bsky.social @profmlhussier.bsky.social & @stephscott.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @healthequitynorth.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social

Stigma and the Inverse Care Law: Experiences of ‘Care’ for People Living in Marginalised Conditions

This paper explores the connection between stigma and the Inverse Care Law (ICL) by focussing on the idea that people who have the greatest needs often have the least support from healthcare services...

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📉 How can Labour tackle poverty in the UK in 2025? On 30 Jan, we'll be discussing our annual UK Poverty report - and how the government can create lasting change through access to good work, social security reforms and affordable housing. Sign up here: events.zoom.us/ev/AlxlUn_TR...

This morning we published our key recommendations to the government to support the development of the 10 Year Health Plan and the need for transformational shifts in how health and care services are planned, delivered and accessed. Read the full piece. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

The 10 Year Health Plan: Our Recommendations | The King's Fund

In this long read, we set out the key recommendations The King’s Fund is making to government to support the development of the 10-year plan and realise these shifts.

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The reports from the Joined Up North East study are released today in pdf format, with on-screen and accessible versions, along with a video: www.joinedupnortheast.co.uk?page=reports @vivprof.bsky.social @profhrs.bsky.social @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

We have created a starter pack for those who champion and support the need to reduce health inequalities in the North of England go.bsky.app/7v9GGkb

Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org

Made the leap! Good to be amongst friends :)