Saline nasal sprays offer so much potential as a public health intervention to reduce viral illnesses. Easy to use, relatively cheap and widely available.

University of Southampton@unisouthampton.bsky.social · last yr.

Congratulations to Professor Paul Little, winning Royal College of General Practitioners Research Paper of the Year 🌟 He and his team’s research found that simple nasal sprays, can shorten illness, ease symptoms and even reduce the need for antibiotics. Read more 👉 https://tr.ee/P2bffM

🌟 20 stories, 20 years 🌟 Story #18 - Debora Franchini, Macmillan Lead Cancer CNS Personalised Care @Hampshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust & YECCN MIG Co-Chair. Thank-you for your YECCN passion & for sharing your encouraging journey. ukons.org/news/ukons-2... #20YearsUKONS #UKONS2025

How can we make cancer care in England both equitable and sustainable for the NHS? 🤔 Join researchers, patient advocates & experts for The Great Debate. This event is part of London Global Cancer Week, co-hosted ICON & the Institute of Cancer Policy @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social 👉 bit.ly/43eRxiY

The great debate: innovation, sustainability & equity in cancer care | LSHTM

The great debate: is delivering innovation compatible with sustainable and equitable cancer care?The current state of cancer care in England is a regular news feature, whether its long waiting

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Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows

Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas

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See thread 👇 “The combination of comorbidities with the highest risk of hospital admission was cancer, CKD, CVD & T2DM. This group had an 11x higher risk of hospital admission than people with no long term conditions, after adjusting for age, sex, ethnic group, & index of multiple deprivation” 👀

BMJ Medicine@bmjmedicine.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The annual ‘winter pressures’ season is upon us. A year ago a cohort study in BMJ Medicine highlighted the role of multimorbidity on winter hospital admissions. Let’s take a look. 🧵

In October 2025, Wessex Cancer Alliance hosted the Cancer Care for Everyone – Reducing Inequity Through Personalised Care event to explore how personalised care can reduce inequities in cancer services. @nhs-wca.bsky.social Read more here: wessexcanceralliance.nhs.uk/cancer-care-...

Cancer Care for Everyone – Reducing Inequity Through Personalised Care - Welcome to Wessex Cancer Alliance

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EVENT: In December, Nuffield Trust and health and social care sector experts will gather for a half-day event in Westminster to explore how the NHS can deliver on its many priorities ↗️ The event is open to all and free to attend, with lunch provided. Sign up here: buff.ly/XRPe0aY

Difference between ‘refugee’, ‘asylum seeker’, ‘immigrant’ & ‘migrant’👇🏽 There’s a reason why right wing press uses ‘migrants’ most frequently. Because they mean all of the above. They’re not just talking about the asylum seekers.

How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health? www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/resource/how...

How will waiting times in community health services affect the shift towards neighbourhood health?

Community services are under growing strain, with more than 1.1 million people waiting for care, and the steepest rise among children and young people. Focus to date has largely been on efforts to imp...

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All or nothing? Access and variation in NHS continuing health care The number of people eligible for CHC has fallen over time and varies significantly across England. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/research/all...

All or nothing? Access and variation in NHS continuing health care

NHS continuing health care provides funded health and social care support for people with very complex needs outside hospital. Yet our comprehensive new report shows this system is highly inconsistent...

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One of our PhD students, Leah Warren, has curated an excellent newsletter celebrating Black History Month by spotlighting influential Black psychologists whose work has shaped the discipline & challenged exclusion in academic psychology. More here: sites.google.com/site/doconno...

What Should National Policy-Makers Do To Make Care Closer To Home A Reality? | The King's Fund www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

What Should National Policy-Makers Do To Make Care Closer To Home A Reality? | The King's Fund

As part of its 10 Year Health Plan, the government plans to shift care from hospital to community and integrate neighbourhood health services. This long read examines the policy levers available to ma...

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Fantastic start to the #KFCloserToHome event in London this morning. Lots of challenges in developing models of neighborhood care.. need for bravery, co-production and innovative approaches to funding/implementation discussed. Nice to hear lots of optimism despite the many barriers to overcome!

Nearly 10 million people have surgery every year in the UK – how do we ensure quality care before, during & after? We asked patients, carers & staff to help develop an evidence-based framework. View the framework, with its 10 categories & 28 core indicators: ths.im/3IV6gbk

The 10 Year Health Plan outlined bold ambitions that will impact cancer care. But how can those ambitions now turn into action? Join us for a free online event in October to hear from a number of experts on the future of cancer care in England.

Delivering The Future Of Cancer Care | Free Webinar | The King's Fund

Join us at this free online event as we explore what neighbourhood health services, innovation and national policy changes might mean for the future of cancer care.

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About a sixth of the public endorse very extreme views on making legal/settled migrants leave & then follow up on the specifics. (This overlaps with the 8% who say they support violence in protests & liked the riots, so it should be challenged, not indulged)

7-8% express support for violence (2% very strongly). This pro-violence segment was 21% of the Reform vote (two-thirds were against violence) and 4% of everyone else.

A tenth say they would deport naturalised British citizens. There is very little challenge in national politics to a concerted attempt to mobilise racist concerns on immigration

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The evolution of cancer and ageing: a history of constraint

Nature Reviews Cancer, Published online: 26 August 2025; doi:10.1038/s41568-025-00861-4In this Perspective, de Magalhães explores the evolutionary relationship between cancer and ageing, proposing that the need to minimize cancer risk early in life may contribute to tissue degeneration later on, representing a trade-off that constrains the evolution of longer lifespans.

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Would be fantastic to see something similar in cancer, and even in a prehab space...

Patient Safety Learning@patientsafetylearning.org · last yr.

News article on the hub - Heart patients could now do their rehab remotely as ‘transformative’ plans get NHS green light. www.pslhub.org/blogs/entry/... (via @the-independent.com)

I have done some updates to @vicclarke.bsky.social and my thematic analysis website - including adding the recent genAI and qual talk... access issues should be fully resolved! www.thematicanalysis.net/talks-about-...

@nhs-wca.bsky.social Cancer Care for Everyone: Reducing Inequity Through Personalised Care ❓ An event to explore how we can make sure that everyone gets the help they need, especially people who find it difficult to access healthcare. 📅 October 9th 🔗Register: lnkd.in/ebXxw-88

Friends writing a paper you're going to cite for years is a cause for celebration! @elisabaek.bsky.social @rzhprfshr.bsky.social & @joebayer.bsky.social map how social connection is defined & measured, point to their false equivalencies + consider how media/constant connectivity changes things ♥️

Nature Reviews Psychology@natrevpsychol.nature.com · last yr.

In this Review, Elisa C. Baek, Razieh Pourafshari & Joseph B. Bayer describe how four distinct uses of the term 'social connection' -- as subjective perceptions, social networks, synchrony & interpersonal behaviors -- have contributed to understanding this concept PDF: rdcu.be/erbWH

Cancer vaccines will be a big part of the future of immunotherapy. A new, super review @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Exciting new study on the benefits of regular physical activity for preventing cancer recurrence in those with colon cancer apnews.com/article/colo...

Exercise boosts survival rates in colon cancer patients, study shows

A first-of-its-kind experiment shows a three-year exercise program improved survival in colon cancer patients.

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@nhs-wca.bsky.social Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Cancer Conference will be held on 3rd July 2025 in Southampton. Focus on the upcoming Macmillan/NIHR Prehabilitation in Cancer Guidance and examples of prehab/rehab from National and regional leaders. To register, visit: lnkd.in/e7c8SK98

@nhs-wca.bsky.social Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Cancer Conference will be held on 3rd July 2025 in Southampton. Focus on the upcoming Macmillan/NIHR Prehabilitation in Cancer Guidance and examples of prehab/rehab from National and regional leaders. To register, visit: lnkd.in/e7c8SK98

Save the date! Wessex Prehabilitation and Rehabilitation in Cancer conference: 🗓️ Thursday, 3 July 🕰️ 9am – 4pm This event aims to share the updated ‘Prehabilitation in People with Cancer: Clinical and Implementation Guidance’ and provide an opportunity to discuss with key experts.

New open-access article in Supportive Care in Cancer: Co-designing a web-based intervention (RESTORE) to support self-management of cancer-related fatigue in people living with a brain tumour link.springer.com/article/10.1... #SuppOnc

Delighted to share (and have co-authored) the @nhs-wca.bsky.social report on Psychological Support across Cancer Services in Wessex: A Plan for Improvement led by Andrew Merwood. wessexcanceralliance.nhs.uk/psychologica...

Psychological Support across Cancer Services - Welcome to Wessex Cancer Alliance

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