If you’re in London on Monday and planning to come to the big event about queer books and bookshops at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social they’ve sold 200 tickets and there’s only a few left, so grab them right away. events.bl.uk/events/minor...

Minority Writes: How Queer Books and Bookshops Changed the World | British Library

Join three leading voices in queer literary history for a celebratory conversation about the books and bookshops that have shaped LGBTQ+ lives.Layla McCay,

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Welcome @laylamccay.bsky.social, our new Chief Exec joining later this year. We’re thrilled to have her as we prepare to say 👋 to Nicola Close MBE as she steps down after nearly 20 years as CEO. 🙏 Thank you, Nicola, for your outstanding leadership, & best wishes for a very well-deserved retirement!

This week’s remaining book tour events for The Queer Bookshelf: Friday, 7pm, Leeds at The Bookish Type Saturday, 2:30pm, London at Queer Britain museum See you there? Tix on their websites.

New Alumni Blog✨ @laylamccay.bsky.social (MSc HPPF, 2011) shares how her time at @lshtm.bsky.social shaped her career in health policy and as an author exploring LGBTQ+ culture, history, and community. Her latest book, The Queer Bookshelf, is out now! Read the blog: www.lshtm.ac.uk/aboutus/alum...

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I sometimes feel I have two different personas. My colleagues and LinkedIn followers know me as a health policy director, busy having meetings with the Department of Health and Social Care and

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Lots of you have been asking about my new non-fiction book The Queer Bookshelf about the history (and present and future) of LGBTQ+ literature. Today is book launch day in the UK. Anything you can do to help talk about it and make it a moment would make me joyful. And of course, buy the book!

The Queer Bookshelf by Layla McCay | Waterstones

Buy The Queer Bookshelf by Layla McCay from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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Interested in what it’s like having LGBTQ+ books adapted for the screen? I hosted a panel with Sarah Waters, Nathaniel Price and a book-to-film agent. Here’s what we learned. open.substack.com/pub/laylamcc... #booksky

The inside scoop on how queer books get adapted to film

Unique insights from an author, a screen writer, and a book-to-film agent

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UK readers, if you’re planning to pre-order my new book The Queer Bookshelf about the history (and present and future) of LGBTQ+ literature, this is a pretty excellent deal. www.waterstones.com/book/the-que...

Layla’s 2025 Review of Books is here! open.substack.com/pub/laylamcc...

My Queer Book Advent Calendar starts today over on Instagram at laylamccay. Enjoy. #BookThreads

For those who follow me for queer bookish/author chat, I have started a free substack newsletter and I’d love it if you’d take a look/subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/laylamcc...

Queer Books | Layla McCay | Substack

Celebrating LGBTQ+ literature past and present with the author of The Queer Bookshelf (plus a peek into author life). Click to read Queer Books, by Layla McCay, a Substack publication. Launched 2 mont...

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Imagine someone gave you a lovely book about novels. You turn to the index. Would you rather it was one big index with book titles, authors, and assorted other things in the book. Or would you rather one index for book titles and a separate one for author names and that’s it? Views please!

Wonderful hearing @laylamccay.bsky.social speaking today about the evidence on #LGBTQ+ staff & patient experience - providing data for change - and speaking about great work of @nhsconfed.org on providing platforms for tackling inequality

Just a reminder to the many of you following me here for LGBTQ+ bookish content… there’s some, there may be more, but right now this account is mostly focused on health policy. Queer bookish chat is my main focus on my author Instagram - see you there? www.instagram.com/laylamccay/?...

Our director of policy, Dr @laylamccay.bsky.social spoke on 5 Live Breakfast this morning about the ongoing resident doctors' strikes. She said healthcare leaders across the country are hoping the BMA can find a way to get back round the table with the government and find a solution.

Our director of policy, Dr @laylamccay.bsky.social, told BBC Breakfast that patient safety is the absolute priority for healthcare leaders throughout the resident doctors' strikes.

Our director of policy, Dr @laylamccay.bsky.social, spoke to @listentotimesradio.bsky.social about the resident doctors' strike. She says the NHS Confederation is keen for the British Medical Association to get together with the government and figure out a way forward.

Whether you're after analysis on the Ten-Year Health Plan or an at-a-glance guide to the headline points, our member briefing and explainer video have you covered👇 youtu.be/sWicWT66mpc

Our verdict on Wes Streeting's Ten-Year Plan for the NHS

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Hot off the Press: The NHS Confederation must-read 10 Year Health Plan briefing is out now! Huge thanks to our subject and sector specialists coming together with such dedication to bring you this analysis. I hope it's helpful. Do share. www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

Absolute silence from the policy team in the @nhsconfed.org except for the tapping of keyboards as our experts assess the 10 year health plan that’s just been published. We’ll have your briefing with you asap!

As we await the publication of the 1️⃣ 0️⃣ year plan for health later this morning, our director of policy @laylamccay.bsky.social spoke to @lbc.co.uk on the need for it to deliver more empowerment for patients 💪, more care closer to home 🏘️ and a more preventative approach.💉

Policy wonks and NHS aficionados ahoy! We’re one day out from the 10 year health plan. And here’s what we want to see. www.nhsconfed.org/articles/key...

Key questions the ten-year plan will need to answer

Twelve issues healthcare leaders will be seeking clarity on in the long-awaited plan.

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I’m about to go on a Hay-on-Wye bookshop minibreak. Those more expert than me: is there an easy way to find out if any of the many bookshops are doing events?

What did the spending review mean for the NHS? We have a briefing for that. www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

Spending Review 2025

Summary and analysis of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Spending Review and its impact for health and care.

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Greetings from @nhsconfed.org ConfedExpo! It’s going to be excellent. I may post some things here over this two day UK healthcare and health policy extravaganza.

Hope you've booked your NHS Confed Expo pass... (even if I don't have a promising future as a videographer). view.shoutout.social/confedexpo/n...

Join me at NHS ConfedExpo 2025!

I am pleased to announce that i will be speaking at NHS ConfedExpo, the UK's most significant health and care conference.

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Ahead of the 10 year health plan, here's our thoughts @nhsconfed.org about what a new operating model could look like. www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

A new operating model for health and care

Exploring how the health system and centre could work together to deliver a more integrated and devolved healthcare model.

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We have today published a report - buff.ly/XOCa4hZ - setting out how different parts of the health and care system could work together to deliver a more integrated and devolved healthcare model that can achieve the government’s three shifts. Hear from the report's author, Annie Bliss...

Continuing my Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling 1st birthday celebrations by sharing my book talk at the RSA. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/live/TPiX7JR...

Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling I Layla McCay I RSA REPLAY

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With Brexit in people’s minds today, here’s some thoughts on what an EU-UK Health Protection Agreement could look like. www.nhsconfed.org/publications...

Collaborating on the future health of Europe

Exploring areas of collaboration, agreement and interoperability between the UK and EU to ensure population health is protected and improved.

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This week marks the 1st birthday of my book Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ people can thrive and succeed at work. Help me celebrate? Would be great to have a few more reviews, or to hear your reflections on the concept.

For International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia aka #IDAHOBIT I wrote about LGBTQ+ staff experience in the NHS. www.nhsemployers.org/articles/why...

Why does closing the inequality gap in LGBTQ+ NHS staff experience remain so hard?

It is vital that we support our LGBTQ+ NHS staff to fully thrive at work, writes Dr Layla McCay.

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