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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

6/6 Lots to do to improve education in the UK by developing a clear plan and a clear direction of travel.

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

5/6 Applied Excellence. Pivot our curriculum and exams. Move toward including more assessments that drive learning in life skills, applied skills and problem solving. This prepares every child to be a contributor to a successful, innovative economy. 💡

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

4/6 The Equity Talent Premium. Put strong educators where the challenges are greatest. Create a CPD premium for teachers in high-deprivation and high-SEND areas (and move to a salary premium if this doesn’t work). @rachelreeves.bsky.social

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

3/6 Inclusion Hubs in Every secondary Schools with close links to all the feeder primary schools. Bring the specialists to the students. Link these to the multiagency Children’s Centres. Ensure SEND is part of the school's DNA. @jasminenorden.bsky.social

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

2/6 Hard-Wire multiagency working. Mandate statutory integration across Education, Social Care, and Health and Mental Health. Colocation in multiagency Children’s Centres and pooled budgets will mean support starts at birth, not at a crisis point. @suttontrust.bsky.social

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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

4/4 Does the baby start predicting what mum might do and who mum is?

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

3/4 Do the associations and patterns become so rich and well-worn that with the brains capacity for memory, imagination and prediction they start running on their own, creating an understanding of “mum”.

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

2/4…if representations of mum happened when the baby was hungry, cold or scared then the baby may associate mum with food, warmth and safety. Over time the baby would understand mum with these memories and contexts including predictions about what “mum” might do and in the future.

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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

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

9/10 Deterioration of the ethical climate as previous socially reinforced moral rules and compasses are eroded and/or discarded.

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

8/19 Role reinforcement where behaviour patterns and reactions are repeated and social status becomes more fixed with the roles of bully and subordinates reinforced

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

7/10 Ceding of power when inaction and deference occur and the bully accumulates more power.

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

6/10 Normalisation where bullying interactions become expected and usual.

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

5/10 Testing of the bystanders by the bully with varied challenges, requests and behaviours (a type of grooming) to find allies and victims

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

4/10 A desire for bystanders to be perceived by the bully as neutral (indifferent, useful, invisible or amused) that confirm for the bully that they won’t be challenged and who will comply.

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

3/10 Bystander silence and authority inaction that give the bully confidence that grows over time.

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

2/10 Fear driven avoidance, where self protection keeps resistance to a minimum.

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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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