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Miranda Davies

@daviesmiranda1.bsky.social
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Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust. Views my own. Interested in prisoner health, end of life care and health inequality.

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Miranda Davies @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
1/4 If you're interested in data about assisted dying, take a look at the Appendix of this new Nuffield Trust report. It collates international data about numbers requesting & accessing an assisted death, demographic characteristics, health and care needs and key reporting information.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
New comment piece by me & colleagues in @bmj.com on the using health data for research in UK Processes are so complex and so slow now that less research is happening and we are wasting the enormous potential of the NHS to drive innovation www.bmj.com/content/390/...
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Health research in England is grinding to a halt
Wes Streeting, the UK health and social care secretary, announced in 2024 that “the NHS is broken” against a background of ballooning waiting lists, delays in disease detection, and reduced staff prod...
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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 09/05/2025
NEW ANALYSIS explores how approaches to #AssistedDying vary internationally. The Nuffield Trust holds a neutral position on the legalisation of assisted dying in the UK. Our analysis reviews the evidence for jurisdictions where it has been implemented, to help inform debate. 🧵1/9 buff.ly/CTLXDjs
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Diverging paths: How other countries have designed and implemented assisted dying
As the assisted dying Bill returns to the House of Commons next week, this in-depth analysis offers evidence from a wide range of contexts to further inform the debate. What can the UK learn from…
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 06/02/2025
The beautiful London Library offers emerging writers one year’s free membership including masterclasses, networking opportunities, peer support, access to all the Library’s resources and publication in an anthology. Details below. Please share :) www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/ll-...
Picture of the interior of the London Library, with steps, many bookcases and a glass balustrade
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Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
www.whtimes.co.uk/news/2487282... @birthcompanions.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @uniofherts.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social @drtanyacapper.bsky.social @shonaminson.bsky.social @lostmothers.bsky.social @carolynharris.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social
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New play to debut at university exploring mothers' experiences in prison
Scenes from Lost Mothers, a new play about the experiences of pregnant women and mothers in prison, is set to debut at the University of…
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Miranda Davies @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I'm very pleased to have contributed to a new BMJ paper with Laura Abbott, Kirsty Kitchen, Tanya Capper & Lucy Baldwin exploring how care for pregnant women in prison can be improved @midwifeteacher.bsky.social @birthcompanions.bsky.social @drtanyacapper.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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Improving maternity provision for incarcerated women in the UK
Laura Abbott and colleagues highlight gaps in clinical care for pregnant women in prison and consider how best to meet their needs Two newborn babies died in UK prisons in 2019-20 and another died in...
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Miranda Davies @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Having made the move to Bluesky, v interested to connect with others interested in prisoner health. Here is a link to our Nuffield Trust prisoner health research and we have more to come. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/prisoner-hea...
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Prisoner health
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