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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

So much sympathy. I’ve been living in the UK for 9 yrs and have the reverse issue. My kids only understand Celsius- I apparently only know how to dress them and me in Fahrenheit.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

After months of engaging with our stroke community to understand what mattered, we’ve developed a practical, but ambitious plan to grow research capacity, embed lived experience, and accelerate the journey from discovery to delivery. read it here: www.stroke.org.uk/research/our...

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Our 2026-2031 research strategy

Discover the Stroke Association’s bold new research strategy to accelerate progress, improve outcomes and make stroke a national health priority.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

As always, excellent work - these stats are always incredibly helpful in a myriad of conversations! Many thanks to you and your team!

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Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

📢Today, ASH launches our new 2025–2030 strategy to end the harm caused by tobacco. Our goals: ❤️No one starts 🚭Everyone stops 📉No profit in tobacco Find out more: ash.org.uk/about/who-we...

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

💬 Salary: £60k, but we’re open to negotiation for outstanding candidates. This is your chance to help make stroke research deliver — not in decades, but now. 📅 Apply by 7 July 2025: www.stroke.org.uk/working-with... Reposts greatly appreciated! 🙏

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Ref: CE374 | Senior Research Advisor | UK

Ref: CE374 | Senior Research Advisor | Home-based, UK, Nationwide However, occasional travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings) | This is ...

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

We’re looking for someone with: 📍 Significant research leadership experience 📍 A track record of turning research into policy or practice 📍 Credibility across clinical, academic & system settings

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

This isn’t a standard charity research role. You’ll help bring to life a new era for stroke research by: ✅ Finalising & implementing our new research strategy ✅ Building a Stroke Research Academy ✅ Championing real-world impact ✅ Support stroke research advocacy

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Are you ready to help shape the future of stroke research in the UK? @TheStrokeAssoc is entering a major new phase — redefining how we drive research, quality improvement, and system change. And we need a bold, strategic thinker to help lead it.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

🚨 We’re hiring: Senior Research Advisor 🕐 12-month FTC 📍 Home-based (UK, occasional travel) 💷 £60,000 + benefits 📅 Deadline: 7 July 2025 🔗 Apply: www.stroke.org.uk/working-with... Why this is a rare opportunity 👇🧵

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Ref: CE374 | Senior Research Advisor | UK

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Maps where you’d rather not be the red country- WHO data shows the UK has high premature mortality, especially in CVD. Hanne Christensen flags that where countries spend more money on stroke care, they have better outcomes - and that advocacy for stroke is key. #ESOC2025

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I had a sneak peek at some data which is being published by Meta today, showing that Britain is less divided by class than you might expect: www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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New data show that the class divide in Britain may not be so wide

They make the country look better than America

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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Trying to divine the govt's overal delivery philsophy for health seems rather tough at the moment. Is it a) command and control, b) neighbourhood health, c) ICS-devo, d) 10yr plan, e) wider health mission, f) etc. Anyone actually know and how this coherntly ties together?

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Adding a few other links that i think are helpful: 1. www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/... - good summary of a potential period for job cuts - looking to be between April - October; 2. How was the news communicated and what could be driving it: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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DHSC set to launch voluntary-exit scheme as PM abolishes NHS England

Acting perm sec Whitty outlines plans to cut staff as Starmer says NHS management will be brought 'back into democratic control'

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The complexity of the health system requires collaboration, strong relationships and so much goodwill to overcome some huge barriers that exist to better patient outcomes. How this announcement has unfolded will not have helped. 3/3

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Their portrayal as ‘bureaucratic, ineffective paper pushers’ is unjust. Putting aside the wisdom of the decision to abolish NHSE - there are many points still to debate and there is so much detail to work through - today’s comms has been horrific. 2/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Brilliant statement by @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social, starting with recognizing the human cost associated with abolishing NHSE. I know so many brilliant and dedicated NHSE staff who work tirelessly for patient safety and improved outcomes 1/

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Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk · 13/03/2025

It's a busy day for #NHS news! We've been responding. 👇 The Prime Minister announced that #NHSE is to be abolished. The government should be careful that this doesn’t lead to even more top-down micro-management of local services from Whitehall. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/nh...

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Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry @abpi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Fantastic session from our diversity in clinical trials event. Keywords for chair Jacob Lant are co-production, authenticity, trust. They help more diverse communities take part in clinical trials. @amrc-uk.bsky.social @nationalvoices.bsky.social @nras-uk.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social

Panel on the patient perspective on encouraging diversity in clinical trials, chaired by Jacob Lant of National Voices, with Rebecca West of Ipsos UK, Ailsa Bosworth of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society, and Natasha Gordon-Douglas of the Sickle Cell Society

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The populist right is damaging US science. Here's what I think we should be doing to ensure that the UK does not suffer the same fate. 🧵 1/37

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Hannah @policyhannah.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

For Wes Streeting to say “I’m trying to break the culture of the voluntary sector and the way that it lobbies government...” is a gross insult to those who work tirelessly to support people and campaign for change, against growing need and diminishing resources. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

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Wes Streeting hits out at health charities over NHS targets

After a backlash against his NHS priorities, the health secretary has said he wants to ‘break the culture of the voluntary sector’

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Stephanie Rossit @stephanierossit.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Do you have a PhD in Psychology, Neuroscience or Neuroimaging & are looking for a post-doc? Do you want to join a friendly lab? Do you want to live in Norwich (UK) - gorgeous city close to the beach? You can surf, meet seals, do wonderful walks, eat gelato & enjoy gorgeous sunsets!

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Find out more here, including how you can get involved - this is definitely the time for the stroke community to speak up for the future of the NHS in England: www.stroke.org.uk/get-involved... 7/7

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10 Year Health Plan

Discover what the NHS Long Term Plan means for healthcare in England over the next 10 years, its key goals, and how it could impact stroke care. Learn how you can get involved and help shape the

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We can't keep accepting this as the norm - which is why we're working hard to get changes in the 10YHP that will enable the great stroke clinical community to have the resources they need to help people affected by stroke - and to ensure stroke patients and survivors get the support they need. 6/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Winters are always hard (this one is no exception) because we see too many people experiencing a stroke getting to hospital too late - because of unsustainable pressures on ambulances and hospitals - to get many of the treatments that would reduce or eliminate disability. 5/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

which helps prevent people from returning into hospital in the first place. Whether elective waiting lists or faster ambulance responses or decreased GP waiting times, we need a whole pathway approach. @thestrokeassoc.bsky.social is hoping the 10 year health plan delivers that change 4/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

More people able to return to what brings joy and satisfaction in their lives. But for those affected by stroke, there won't be immediate returns - it *may* translate into less pressure in emergency care eventually but not right away. It won't address the urgent need for community rehabilitation 3/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

These are small but positive steps in the right direction for the general patient population. If delivered, they WILL help - moving more people through elective care means less people with long term conditions decompensating and needing emergency care. More people living a better quality of life. 2/

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

All eyes on NHSE and PM this morning - a new plan comes out to cut waiting lists. What does it mean, especially for people affected by stroke? Increased appts in community diagnostic centers, more choice through NHS app, more surgical hubs created. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Government unveils plan to reduce NHS waiting list backlog

The government pledged to cut the list of patients waiting more than 18 weeks for treatment in England by nearly half a million over the next year.

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Dave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

It'll be another single year GP contract for 2025-26, definitely no multi-year deal till after 10-year-plan and spending review, Wes Streeting has confirmed in letter to Commons H&SC committee

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

It is also why I am SO passionate about the NHS. It is something so special and so in need of safeguarding, especially when you’ve known the alternative (for a bit during vet school, I didn’t have health insurance and lived in fear of getting injured and not being able to afford care).

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Ditto moving to the UK. I wrote about guns here and hsd a long thread on healthcare at that other place. It’s so striking to feel that weight come off your shoulders that you didn’t even know you carried. mischiefandmayhem.blog/2017/10/02/a...

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America’s Love of Guns

Another mass shooting in America. Another day of complete heartbreak. Another round of the same tired arguments, all designed to protect an American obsession with guns. It was mental health. It wa…

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

…community and stroke survivors but for a being a fierce advocate for better. His understanding of stroke care in the UK is unparalleled but he combines it with kindness, respect, and authentic leadership (along with a hysterical and dry wit!). Congrats, Martin!

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Professor Martin James wins the #UKSF2024 outstanding achievement award for all that he does to knit together the stroke community around quality improvement and all he does for stroke survivors. I can’t think of anyone more deserving - not only for all he brings to the stroke…

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

If you are not delivering a door to puncture time within an hour, then you’re not moving fast enough.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Average time from patient going through door to scan is 15mn. The Calgary team outlines their practical approaches below. ‘We are not tidy - sacrifice everything for speed’.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Dr. Michael Hill highlights just how impactful mechanical thrombectomy can be - if services can provide an MT quickly. Time and speed is the MOST IMPORTANT factor in getting great outcomes.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The stroke community is one of the most innovative, person-centered, pragmatic communities I’ve had the pleasure to work with - we are greater than the sum of our parts. Let’s make sure that your perspective helps shape the 10- year health plan.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great conversation and ideas from the UK stroke community today on the 10 year health plan #UKSF2024. You all have brilliant ideas so make sure you get your voice heard either on change.nhs.uk/en-GB/ AND/OR in any engagement events that happen in your area of work.

Picture of Maeva May, associate director of Systems Engagement at Stroke Association, speaking at UKSF 2024 about the England 10 year health plan

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Hints of blue sky and sunshine as I review slides ahead of #UKSF24. Nothing like a quiet morning train to focus the mind. If you’re attending the conference, come have your say on the 10 year health plan at our workshop tomorrow (11:30am) or just come say hello at the Stroke Association stand!

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Great flag! Our small (but mighty!) team is looking at strategies for supporting content across multiple social media platforms - i know UKSF is on their radar. In the meantime, I'll make sure to share key messages from #UKSF24 on here as i can.

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Great health policy starter - so helpful!

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This is SO GOOD, @laylamccay.bsky.social - and it delights my policy heart to see so many people have come over to Bluesky. Thanks for pulling it together!

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ok here’s a thread of feeds that aren’t topic themed but utilitarian and do things like show you different versions of your timeline or provide services that should be official Bluesky features. 🧵

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

That swan is looking at you with death and determination in its eyes. Godspeed.

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Claire Copeland @sparklystar55.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

And this is why #workforce planning is so important! We have a total mismatch between where older people are and where our workforce to support them is #bgsconf #gerisky

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David Buckle @davidbuckle.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’ve managed to find 27 NHS Trusts on here so far. Interesting to see who the early adopters are go.bsky.app/5n8tyzu 🦋

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Maëva May @frusuk5.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

A VERY different era, working with one of my favorite mares, after being up all night saving her bebe. Horse nose kissing not recommended for physical health but definitely rec for mental health.

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