💥 First meeting of the Parent and Carer Panel advising SPROCKET chaired by Meaghan Kall (@kallmemeg.bsky.social) and Lily Islam. Huge thanks to our parents and to @coprocollective.bsky.social for a powerful co production session 🎨Visual minutes by Raquel Durán.

Are you or do you know 14-18 years-olds with complex health needs in London, looking for a paid, rewarding opportunity? A few spaces left in our Young Person PPI advisory panel

✨ What a night! Last week we launched our 5‑year, £6mil SPROCKET Innovation Hub at London Scottish House. ❤️ Parents Terry & Angela Logun, @kallmemeg.bsky.social and young person Ryan Aoudjet shared moving reflections on why transitions matter.

Trans rights are human rights always and forever.

Americans when they hear Europeans don't have air conditioning

“Not all problems that are faced are solved, but none are solved unless you face them.” Professor David Lane shows why SPROCKET starts with listening and surfacing real experiences. @kallmemeg.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social

🧡 Calling all parent/carers 🧡 I’m after a couple more folks to join a Parent/Carer panel for SPROCKET, a new study aiming to improve services for kids with complex needs. • Paid £27.50/hour • 3 meetings/year (1 in person) • Training provided Express interest: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

SPROCKET Hub@sprockethub.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Paid opportunity: Parent Panel members needed for the SPROCKET project. Are you a parent of a child aged 0-25 years with complex health needs? The Parents Panel will meet three times a year to help shape the project. Paid £27.50/hr + expenses. Apply here: forms.office.com/e/hKvFRe0jHc

Very excited to see a three-page splash on SPROCKET at the latest De Morgan newsletter, featuring @chrischirp.bsky.social and @kallmemeg.bsky.social Read it to find out how we are engineering a better future for children with complex health needs @uclmaps.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...

Paid opportunity: Parent Panel members needed for the SPROCKET project. Are you a parent of a child aged 0-25 years with complex health needs? The Parents Panel will meet three times a year to help shape the project. Paid £27.50/hr + expenses. Apply here: forms.office.com/e/hKvFRe0jHc

Any suggestions on what to do on a city break to Lisbon??

Let's get real, after 15 years of inaction, Labour has come up with a plan to help parents with SEND children but it's not good enough I keep hearing. Will anyone say it is going in the right direction? I mean... Labour could have done fuck all like the tories for 15 years.

We have three great researcher jobs advertised, each for 12m, contributing to our work on generating evidence to inform food system transition. Please share widely. www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... @imsepidemiology.bsky.social @jeanmadams.bsky.social @kellyparsons.bsky.social

Did you know? In 2024, the govt had to rename the statutory enquiry process for DA deaths to ‘Domestic Abuse Related Death Review (DARDR)’* because suicide is the most common cause of death in domestic abuse cases. (was Domestic Homicide Review)

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo ago

London man charged with manslaughter in case that links alleged domestic abuse to suicide

[exahusted, under-resourced parent] I just want what’s best for my kids [info environment] here’s a ton of bullshit [public health guy] I empathize, trying to find what’s good and what’s not is really hard with all the bullshit [bluesky] you, personally, have murdered these kids. I must post.

Vinay Prasad is out (again) at FDA www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Exclusive | FDA’s Controversial Vaccines Chief Will Leave the Agency

Dr. Vinay Prasad will depart in April, after a year leading the division that approves vaccines and biotech drugs.

wsj.com

👏 👏 👏 Relying on drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure', says Chris Whitty www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sir Chris Whitty: Relying on weight-loss drugs to stop obesity would be 'societal failure'

England's top doctor says the drugs should be for a minority and more effort is needed to prevent obesity in the first place.

bbc.co.uk

SPROCKET led by @ucl.ac.uk exists because children with complex needs still face fragmented, siloed services, even as the government’s SEND Reform white paper calls for major change. Infographics here for the quick overview. 1/3

RFK Jr *lies* when he says cervical cancer risk is increased in women who get the HPV vaccine. New study: "States with high vaccination rates have seen the biggest drop in cervical cancer, while states with low vaccination rates have had little to no progress" www.cidrap.umn.edu/human-papill...

Cervical cancer rates higher in states with low HPV vaccination rates

cidrap.umn.edu

We are absolutely delighted to be one of the three hubs funded by the @nihr.bsky.social £19.6m Systems Engineering Innovation Partnerships for Multiple long-term Conditions Programme Congrats to our research team incl. @chrischirp.bsky.social @kallmemeg.bsky.social www.nihr.ac.uk/news/ps179m-...

🧵What is going on with Measles in England? UKHSA has reported 96 confirmed measles cases since 1 Jan 2026, concentrated in London (64% of cases) and the West Midlands (26% of cases). But what does this all mean? Is 96 a lot? Why is it happening? And what can we do about it? 1/8

I’ve been reading before bed instead of doomscrolling and my mental health has improved and I’m getting better sleep. I’m also down to 3 hours screen time per day. Another annoying win for “making good decisions” See also: quit drinking, reduce caffeine, eat healthy, exercise.

We pride ourselves on being a democracy and yet there’s a medieval theocratic anachronism in the heart of parliament: 26 bishops with automatic seats in the House of Lords. (The only other country in the world with clerics automatically entering a government is… Iran).

Humanists UK@humanists.uk · 6mo ago

Great news. MPs should also pay attention to our campaigns: ● Remove the 26 bishops Religious office should not grant automatic voting rights in a parliamentary democracy. ● Scrap parliamentary prayers Attending prayers should not to provide speaking advantages🧵 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

So proud to be involved in this project for my little boy 🥰

SPROCKET Hub@sprockethub.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎓 @uniofreading.bsky.social 🏫 North Central London councils …and world‑leading researchers across UCL. Follow along as we build this together. @uclmaps.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social @uclchildhealth.bsky.social @stsucl.bsky.social 📷@kallmemeg.bsky.social and Luther😍

We’re thrilled to officially launch the full SPROCKET Hub — a new @nihr.bsky.social and EPSRC‑funded initiative led by @ucl.ac.uk Parents, caregivers and young people are at the heart of SPROCKET, shaping our direction, our priorities and our ambition.

Well this is cool af @theo.io I’ve got some excellent neighbours

Theo Sanderson@theo.io · 6mo ago

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail

Bluesky Map

Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.

bluesky-map.theo.io

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UKHSA responds to the confirmation from @WHO that the UK has lost its measles elimination status. Read more from WHO here: https://bit.ly/3YZuOFa

I have no interest in trying to dunk on anyone but there is absolutely no evidence for this at all. SARS-CoV-2 has not been demonstrated to make you more susceptible to other infections by impairing the function of your immune system.