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Helen Barnard @helenbarnard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The weird thing about the whole ‘dementia tax/death tax’ stuff is it implies we don’t already have one. Surely we basically do, we just don’t tell people about it in advance and it’s totally unpredictable and random.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For reasons I won't bore on about it's been a somewhat rubbish 24 hours. But there was a nice package in the post, and bounty in the allotment. #LookingOnTheBrightSide

Complete set of Cazalet Chronicles by Elizabeth Jane Howard

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Love this. Where policy meets people.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Am imagining Camilla inside, toes tapping away...

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

There is gonna be one heck of a newcomers’ karaoke night up in that there heaven this weekend.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library has gifted over 150 million books (yes, 150 million) around the world. This is what goodness looks like. She ALSO brought us Buffy. She ALSO funded the Covid vaccine. She ALSO wrote “Jolene”. The most remarkable person. donate.imaginationlibrary.com

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026

[Exit Queen.]

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Katharine Wright @wrightkatharine.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

We need ‘social care’ to enable flourishing not mere survival - “As a creaking family member of a large square peg, my plea for Casey, Burnham…and my wider sector is for real choice and some vision and creativity. Then the money. Please.”

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Katharine Wright @wrightkatharine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

‘Again, the possibility that social care exists to support us to live well seems absent from the discussion, with social care cast as an end in itself, not a vehicle for a better life.’ Spot on.

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Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This is brilliant.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Is it too much to hope that today's speech presents social care as a positive thing in itself? Not just an adjunct to healthcare, not just for older people, but a service which can & should enable 1000s of people with physical disabilities, mental health issues, learning disabilities to thrive? 1/2

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Well, yes... up to a point. When you live in a rural area and the bus service doesn't line up with your shift patterns, you're likely going to drive. And probably not be rich.

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THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk · 29/06/2026

We know that research is better when it’s shaped by real experiences. That’s why we’re launching the Voice and Insight Panel, a new community for patients, carers, and members of the public interested in healthcare improvement research. Find out more: ths.im/4a4iZDt

A young Black woman participating in a discussion in a community centre, with people listening

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Some serious points in the responses but I did giggle a lot...

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Dr Kate Cushing @drkatecushing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

An excellent evidence based thread by @monkemma.bsky.social below comparing the heatwave of 1976 (I only vaguely recall- think would be different if I’d been an adult then) with heatwaves since 2020 onwards. #1976HeatWave #2026HeatWave #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This is very good. "Prevention is about crises that never happen. Integration spreads credit too thin to badge. People-centred services hinge on relationships that are not reducible to a tick-box. Progress, in other words, is slower, subtler and harder to measure."

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Jill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

am going to try my policy reform. @samfr.bsky.social can tell me why its a bad idea. This is as someone who was v good at school and uni exams but failed their driving test multiple times - but then passed. Our exam system suffers from conflating the need to rank with the need to show achievement.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is a great thread. And I totally agree misaligned boundaries are an obstacle to connecting up a whole range of public services. BUT as people we don't live our lives in neat boxes. We might live in one council area and work in another, we might choose a hospital in a third. So services also...

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Emma Westcott @ecwestcott.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Superb from Mr Justice Bright.

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Jess Morley @jessrmorley.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The @bmj.com asked for my opinion on the single patient record as the NHS modernisation bill heads into its second reading. So here is my opinion www.bmj.com/content/393/... That the NHS needs better information continuity is undeniable, but the programme is also at risk of repeating past mistakes

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Will Allen @willallennz.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Indicators are often treated as technical measures. In complex, place-based work, their value depends on how they support shared interpretation, learning and action. I’ve shared the guide here: learningforsustainability.net/effective-in...

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Effective indicators for place-based initiatives

A practical guide to developing and using indicators in place-based, multi-actor settings, supporting shared understanding, reflection, and decision-making.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Just out of curiosity, is there precedent for a cabinet minister resigning on the same day major legislation led by his/her department is published?

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

In other Parliamentary health news...

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Sir David Attenborough inspired generations of wildlife researchers and presenters, but who inspired him? Step forward diminutive, dismissed but indomitable Evelyn Cheesman, whose books about the natural world inspired the young David Attenborough. But not for her well-resourced expeditions.../1

Portrait of Evelyn Cheesman, 1924, before her first expedition to the south Pacific, in her role as curator of insects at London Zoo

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Advice I will never ever, not in a million years, be following.

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Join me at this year's Tunbridge Wells Literary Festival. I'll be speaking on Sunday May 3rd about women and the wild and the five inspiring women in my book Wildly Different. It's pay what you can, too. twlf.ssboxoffice.com/events/wildl...

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

This makes me sad - not only lost public art but public art history - Antony Gormley's first civic commission. But councils of all colours are having to make hard choices. What makes me angry and sad is the secrecy - this is public money and I don't see a justification for hiding the sum received.

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Happy birthday to the Peak District National Park, designated #otd 13 April 1951. Originally 555 square miles of moor and valley, the 'great north roof of England.' It would never have happened but for one woman... 1/4

Map of the Peak District National Park, designated 13 April 1951

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Easter eggs! Happy Easter Bluesky people.

Two perfectly poached eggs on a split and toasted English muffin.

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Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Just explained the whole near-side/far-side tidal locking physics of the moon on BBC TV with a 1980's disco-dance-around-your-handbag analogy 😂 - always face the bag (Earth) as you dance (orbit) around it. 💃 📹: NASA/Vi Nguyen

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

This is bloody good. And why we should value local government & local politicians. "It was Maureen who put roads policy & children’s policy together & made sure children with serious health conditions could be reached by ambulance when it snowed. And this is what politics can do: it connects."

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Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Govt's decision to cut "back-office" staff is misguided. Sure, there is some duplication that could be trimmed But most services are already undermanaged after austerity-era cuts Govt needs those staff to make services more devolved, integrated and preventative. Cutting them is a false economy

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Totally this. Too often we assume digital exclusion is about age. Well, the digital revolution was kicked off by people now 70+, grandma can probably manage an app if she can see the phone. We don't think nearly enough about digital exclusion caused by disability, affordability & language barriers.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Just getting to yesterday's paper, what an utterly joyful picture @nhsrobw.bsky.social!

NHS CEO Rob Webster on a merry-go-round with more famous son George, both grinning hugely

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Come and shape the future of the Nuffield Foundation. A new & key leadership role at the UK’s leading independent funder of social & economic research. We fund evidence, back innovation & support pioneering practice. Join a great team at an exciting moment. roles.saxbam.com/advert-detai...

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Spring is springing... rhubarb forcing its way out!

Rhubarb growing strongly enough to push off the pot which has been put on top of it to keep the light out.

The rhubarb with the pot removed, long bright pink stalks.

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National Voices @nationalvoices.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

🎉 Congratulations to Gemma Peters at Macmillan Cancer Support and Maddy Desforges OBE at NAVCA on their appointments to the new Civil Society Council. This announcement marks an important moment for engagement between government and civil society.

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Patients Association @patients-association.org.uk · 10/03/2026

Would you like to help improve the quality of care patients receive at the time of surgery and anaesthesia? The @rcoanews.bsky.social is looking for a new Chair of PatientsVoices@RCoA to lead a diverse group of volunteers and champion meaningful patient involvement. Find out more: buff.ly/pciWVtR

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Please contact our team directly if you have any questions about the application process or any available roles.

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Wishing everyone a happy International Women's Day. To celebrate I'm giving away a pair of my books which recover pioneer women's voices and engineering, exploration, journalism, politics, and conservation to a school, or library, or teacher. I'll pick a winner from replies. Please repost!

The cover of Rebel Women between the Wars by Sarah Lonsdale featuring a pen, mountains and a spanner

The cover of Wildly Different: Five women who reclaimed Nature in a Man’s World by Sarah Lonsdale

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

It's been so hard to sit on this news! I'm really proud of the whole @nationalvoices.bsky.social team who have worked closely with partner organisations to design a programme enabling a diverse and vibrant network of VCFSE organisations to work alongside the CQC to ensure all voices are heard.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

This year's @favlit.org shelf... smaller than it might have been because I was away last weekend, sad to miss Marina Warner, Natalie Haynes, Ben Okri & more. And even this week can't see everyone! A whole universe of imagination & humanity spiralling out from this small North Kent town.

A bookshelf filled with books bought at the Faversham literary festival, food & wine writing, poetry, fantasy, politics, art and more.

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