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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Interesting article suggesting that the UK media is disproportionately hostile to the current government at a relatively early stage in its life and has been ignoring some of the good things being done. bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...

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Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits

There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Andrea Alford’s dissertation (Lamar University, Texas): “Access Over Modality: Early Language Acquisition in Deaf Infants - Early Intervention Teachers' Perspectives” confirms our experience that access to consistent language (signed or spoken) is more important than very delayed spoken language.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Contact yorkmedicalsociety@gmail.com for more information.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

1/6 Record investment is a start, but if 70% of schools are cutting support to keep the heating on, the system isn’t working. Children are our future and we need to move away from band aids to a structured plan that sees change as an investment in the UK’s future. 🧵 #EducationReform #SEND

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Very interesting new paper suggesting that disease such as malaria is a powerful driver of human habitat occupation, which in turn shapes population separation and structures. @elliescerri.bsky.social

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NCISH @ncish.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Are you a young person who has moved from, or in the process of moving from CAMHS to AMHS? Share your experience and help shape better mental health services for young people. Your voice matters. #ElfHelp www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

The Age of Wonder Trial in Bradford will study 4000 12-15 year olds comparing reductions in social media over 6 weeks measuring various outcomes (anxiety, sleep etc) with before and after questionnaires. bradfordresearch.nhs.uk/the-irl-trial/ More trials like this please. @bibresearch.bsky.social

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Hopeful UK news : the govt. Is rolling out child focused courts across all 43 court areas in England & Wales (up from its pilot of 10). Early Child Impact statements will bring children’s voices in to proceedings early - not later (or not at all). Less adversarial hearings and more problem solving.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

In 1215 King John took huge income from the people, so greedy that he was forced to sign the Magna Carta, agreeing he was not above the law. For a 2026 minimum wage worker to earn as much as €23m they would have had to start work in 1215. Time for a Fairness Bill of Rights?@premnsikka.bsky.social

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Mmm…GSK CEO earning £16m in one year. A minimum wage worker would need to start in 1381 to earn the same! - just after the Black Death. Ironically 1381 was the Peasants’ Revolt, demanding fairer wages. 70,000 workers, who generated GSK’s success, still waiting! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Emma Walmsley’s pay rose almost 50% to £15.6m in final year as GSK boss

Bulk of 2025 renumeration came from share bonuses as drug company’s now former CEO benefitted from stock rise

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Fascinating ideas @wiringthebrain.bsky.social @utafrith.bsky.social 1/4 So just trying to unpick this a bit, if an infant had a little packet of information saying “mum” traveling around the brain, how would other bits of brain know what that meant, but…

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

From 2008 there were large UK cuts in CAMHS & council Children’s Services over many years. The consequences of that have been ever increasing youth & young adult psychological morbidity. One might have hoped that commissioners would be reinvesting, not the opposite. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...

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RCPsych uncovers £2.1million planned spending cuts for children’s eating disorder services in England

New RCPsych analysis published during Eating Disorders Awareness Week reveals that 16 Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) in England are planning a total of £2.1 million in cuts, after adjusting for inflati...

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Hull York Medical School @hyms.ac.uk · 04/02/2026

Can exercise improve #cancer survival rates? #HYMSResearch led by Dr Cindy Forbes and funded by @yorkshire-cancer.bsky.social is delving into the potential of exercise in cancer care: www.hyms.ac.uk/research/stories/can-exercise-help-improve-cancer-survival #WorldCancerDay

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Griffith Taylor wears the same hat and top in several other photos.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Do we know who the two people in view in this picture are from Scott’s 2011 expedition?

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

10/10 It is also of great interest to see how these social dynamics play out not just in the school playground but in adult society and world politics.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

1/10 It is fascinating looking at the themes that emerge from research into childhood bullying in schools. They consistently include things like:

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NCISH @ncish.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🚨NEW @NCISH_UK STUDY🚨 NCISH has been commissioned to examine the transition process from CAMHS to AMHS. This can be a high-risk period for patients. To better understand this risk, we are asking patients, carers and clinicians to share their experiences of mental health services via online survey

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

You can never have too much discussion about empathy @mjcrockett.bsky.social

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Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · 30/04/2025

Supporting the mental health of forcibly displaced children Review by Michael Pluess, Felicity L. Brown & Catherine Panter-Brick Web: go.nature.com/42PmmJV PDF: rdcu.be/ej6vz

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Social media has many positives & potential benefits for young people but can create many problems & present serious risks, so it is very puzzling that social media companies aren’t working much harder with their huge profits to make it safer & better for young people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Australia's social media ban for children has left big tech scrambling

The policy is the culmination of years of pressure on firms over online safety.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

An idea for an “inequalities tax”-Any large firm paying any senior staff in a year more than its lowest paid staff earn in a lifetime (e.g. 50 years) pay an inequalities tax levy and those senior employees pay a higher tax rate @darrenpjones.bsky.social @resolutionfoundation.org @theifs.bsky.social

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

The old frustrations appear in the take home messages from @thekingsfund.bsky.social latest publication including “Inequalities emerge early and have lifelong consequences.” and “Long waits for child mental health services and demand for community paediatrics signal concerning gaps in access.”

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... @pfonagy.bsky.social will be leading a review into autism, ADHD and mental health diagnoses. It will be interesting to see the terms of the review. This could be a very important moment for mental health conditions and services in the UK.

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Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar

Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Interesting findings from the MYRIAD mindfulness school trial with large number of young people followed up from pre-intervention to 12m. 69%-80% had few emotional well-being problems across times, 11%-23% stable high-problem trajectories, 2%-16% worsening problems & 1%-5% decreasing problems.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

@iaspinfo.bsky.social Good to hear about initiatives like this that seek to understand and prevent youth self-harm and suicide, especially if it gathers evidence from young people themselves. www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/...

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A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews Exploring the Factors R...: Ingenta Connect

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Whatever the origins of war, is it not a principle of great importance that those in power, or with influence over conflict, should do all they can to protect children - from war itself and from its consequences? Children carry those traumas into their futures, and indeed they are the future.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Language deprivation (including adequate early access to sign language and good communication) are huge problems facing deaf children - affecting educational outcomes, social & emotional development, subsequent employment & finances and quality of life. Hugely important in a deaf child’s early life.

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

An interesting related study from Yorkshire led by @megang04.bsky.social (>6000 children in 21 schools) showed most schools believed they had a whole school approach, but only 43% achieved at least 4 of the 6 main elements. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Mental Health Provision in UK Secondary Schools

Research reports high levels of mental health problems faced by young people in the UK. Schools provide a range of mental health support services, although these are often not robustly evaluated. This...

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

2/14 Research on child mental health support and interventions needs to broaden its horizons. Services have tended to prioritise interventions often based on adult models such as medication and CBT. Should we have more developmentally appropriate, child friendly interventions? What would these be?

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Important report out this month exploring youth mental health in England, with highlights including decline in the myriad tapestry of youth services since 2010 youthfuturesfoundation.org/wp-content/u... @jess-deighton.bsky.social @olademk.bsky.social @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

New research set to uncover lost ancient medical texts A team of researchers at @manchester.ac.uk have secured a major €2.5 million grant from the @erc.europa.eu to uncover lost medical writings that could transform our understanding of ancient medicine. ⤵️ www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/n...

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New research set to uncover lost ancient medical texts

A team of researchers at the University of Manchester have secured a major €2.5 million (£2.1 million) grant from the European Research Council to uncover lost medical writings that could transform ou...

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Evidence from the MBRRACE-UK perinatal epidemiology study showing higher risks & worse maternity outcomes for women with past children’s social care involvement. Better co-working & communication is needed between maternity services, social care & community health. www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

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‘Support, not judgement’: Study explores links between children’s social care involvement and maternal deaths

A third of women who died during or in the year after pregnancy were known to Children’s Social Care – higher than previously reported, new research reveals. The authors say urgent changes...

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Wyatte Hall @wyattehall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Why this matters: While we know deaf people face unique challenges growing up, we've lacked standardized ways to measure these experiences and their impact on lifelong health and wellbeing. 2/6

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a man in a red shirt measures a window with a tape measure

ALT: a man in a red shirt measures a window with a tape measure

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

In June English teachers will collect Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) profile information for Reception children across 7 areas of learning/development: socio-emotional, expressive arts, communication/language, understanding the world, physical, literacy and mathematics. 1/3

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Maternal warmth in infancy is a powerful factor in children’s social and emotional development. For example…1/3

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

More great work from the “Born in Bradford” research family @bihr.bsky.social @profrosiemc.bsky.social

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Barry Wright @barrywright.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

A great piece of research exploring how accurately autistic people, non-autistic people and a mixed group with both, pass on information on in a chain of communication. A nice short informatics video also to explain the results.

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NIHR ARC Yorkshire & Humber @arc-yharc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

📢Calling experts in UK health and social care staff wellbeing, including staff working there! We need your help to understand the demands staff face at work and which resources best support them to inform future research. Find out more: tinyurl.com/3wb5vj6x

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