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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Great new paper out about why NHS research ethics/governance systems need reform to fit the needs of much HSR and workforce research. The clinical trial model they are based on is a barrier to good research. Full article (open access) at link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another paper out from our research on the interface between NHS and private hospitals - this focuses on patients' experiences. Open access at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Don't miss this! Our annual Teddy Chester lecture, this year given by Mary Dixon-Woods. Full details at www.alliancembs.manchester.ac.uk/events/the-a.... Please share/pass on

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

An honest obit for Rod Liddle - who never missed an opportunity to punch down in his miserable, hateful columns which reeked of his own privilege and power. Ewww.

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Great blog - but what to do with the current NHS Bill which is fundamentally centralising and controlling, and which (in classic fashion) DHSC has already set about implementing before the legislation has passed. Eg NHS devolution would need strong, democratically credible ICBs (oops)

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 22/07/2026

1/3 Important read from AcademyHealth on what's happening to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the federal agency that funds research on how to make health care safer, higher quality, and more effective. Read why its dismantling matters far beyond academic research.

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AHRQ Is Being Dismantled and the Consequences Will Reach Every Part of American Health Care

The field has rallied to support AHRQ with letters to Congress and HHS, lawsuits, a GAO investigation, and more.

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

On every research proposal being submitted (even if I am not leading it and it is led from another university) I have to fill in an online form of MANY pages for a risk assessment. As a health service researcher, this is perhaps my favourite stupid question....

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Paul Cairney @paulcairney.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Burnham should show his mettle and grit, grasp the nettle, become PM, call a snap election, win 900 seats, turn around the country, get a late call up for England, and win the world cup 10-0. Not necessarily in that order.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

It's great, with lots to be excited about and lots to be worried about. This is a particularly striking observation.

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Sarah Jenkins @saljenkins.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It’s bizarre really that so much debate is had on banning young people from social media, when things like the Farage riots demonstrate that the vast majority of people who should be banned are grown adults.

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james.claims @jamesclaims.skystack.xyz · 04/06/2026

You Probably Can't Diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder From A Urine Test • Picky eaters, pokey numbers, and powerful confusion

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You Probably Can't Diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder From A Urine Test

Picky eaters, pokey numbers, and powerful confusion

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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Rethinking Productivity in the NHS. Join us on 9 June at @alliancembs.bsky.social to explore how productivity can be improved in the NHS, & what this means for other large, complex organisations. Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/improving-... @teraallas.bsky.social @kieranwalshe.bsky.social

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Improving Productivity in the NHS

Rethinking Productivity in the Public Sector and the NHS

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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

And, here, in much more detail. This is an absolutely critical read for all federally funded scientists and institutions. Now is not the time to sit in the corner, hoping you won't be noticed - now is the time for action. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...

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Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule

Russell Vought is going destroy American Science

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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Rethinking Productivity in the Public Sector & the NHS. Join us on 9 June at @alliancembs.bsky.social to explore how productivity can be improved in the NHS, & what this means for other large, complex organisations. Book on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/improving-... @teraallas.bsky.social

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Improving Productivity in the NHS

Rethinking Productivity in the Public Sector and the NHS

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jaredbeasley.bsky.social @jaredbeasley.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Laz has made Carson City. He is now 15 days away from reaching San Francisco and finishing his walk across America. #lazcon Final Leg, Day 46

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

very important piece

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Er, perhaps @bmj.com marketing department need to hire someone who can use their mailing software!

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Latest paper from our research on locum doctors. This one looks at their (non) involvement in learning and professional development and its consequences for them and for the organisations where they work. Full paper at asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Good time to remind everyone at University of Manchester that thanks to the judgement and good sense of the academic electorate, we did not end up with Peter Mandelson as our Chancellor in 2015. Despite our then VC and board of governors clearly wanting him. www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

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Poet beats Peter Mandelson in race to be Manchester University chancellor

Lemn Sissay – poet, broadcaster and playwright – gets 7,131 votes, beating Hallé music director Sir Mark Elder and the Labour grandee to ceremonial post

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Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Abstract submissions for #HSRUK26 are now being reviewed. Thank you to everyone who applied, we’ve been delighted by the volume and quality of submissions this year! Keep an eye on your inbox for outcomes. 📢 Registration (incl. early‑bird discounts!) are open now. Register here ➡️ hsruk2026.org

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Health Services Research UK @hsruk.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

🌟 HSR UK is recruiting for new Trustees! We're looking for 3 new voluntary Trustees to help shape the future of HSR. If you care about improving NHS and social care services, we’d love to hear from you! 🗓️ Apply by 17 Feb, 5pm 👉 Apply here: www.charityjob.co.uk/volunteer-jo...

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

When Manchester academics chose poet Lemn Sissay instead of Peter Mandelson to be Chancellor in 2015, against the wishes of senior leadership, it looks like their instincts were right (and SLT were not). www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

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Poet beats Peter Mandelson in race to be Manchester University chancellor

Lemn Sissay – poet, broadcaster and playwright – gets 7,131 votes, beating Hallé music director Sir Mark Elder and the Labour grandee to ceremonial post

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

If you are 50+, get the Shingrix shingles vaccination because of its protective effect against dementia. If this was a dementia drug the media would be all over it! Summary below from what I think is the best explanation of the science behind this that I have seen from @erictopol.bsky.social .

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

The Shingles vaccine and reduction of dementia: a new natural experiment from Canada replicated 3 others and adds to this week's link to slowing of biological aging. erictopol.substack.com/p/spotlight-...

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Spotlight on the Shingles Vaccine—Again!

Two new studies add to a remarkable body of evidence for benefit

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The Rejoin EU Party @therejoineuparty.com · 14/01/2026

🚨🇪🇺 Brexit WOW moment 🇪🇺🚨 The Brexitgraph Telegraph published a full-blown obituary for Brexit: 📉 GDP down 8% 📉 Investment down 18% 📉 Productivity down 4% 📉 Employment down 4% ❌ No trade benefits ❌ No regulatory freedom ❌ No upside whatsoever Do you agree it’s time to end Brexit?

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

When I apply for research funding, even as a co-app on another institution's bid, I have to fill in a huge research risk register form. With questions like this.

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 11/12/2025

This completely fake university was recently uncovered by @mcintold.bsky.social - it’s fascinating. #FoSci #ResearchIntegrity

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Good report from @nuffieldtrust.org.uk and @instituteforgovernment.org.uk on the abolition of NHS England. Strikes a sceptical tone about rationale, process and likely impact. I'd probably be more sceptical. Full report at www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul.... I liked this graphic!

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Latest paper on locum doctors just out in Medical Education, on their involvement in CPD. In short, they miss out/are often excluded from learning opportunities, and its a problem. Lead author @janeferguson.bsky.social. Full paper at asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

And here's the link assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6908f7...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

'In February, Sheffield Hallam University, home to the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice (HKC), a leading research institution focused on human rights, ordered one of its best-known professors, Laura Murphy, to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China.' 1/3

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UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China

Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

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The men who raised the flags

Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Anyone else had this spam email from the so-called Academy of Public Health?

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

"To say 'Zelenskyy is no friend of the working class' is an insulting, facile distraction from the fact that Sultana refuses to support the Ukrainian people’s fight for existence." Proper cold fury and moral clarity from @paulmason.bsky.social on Sultana. open.substack.com/pub/htsf/p/c...

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Coventry South needs a by-election soon

Zarah Sultana has no mandate for disarming the people of Britain and betraying Ukraine

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out. Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out. Then share. Thank you. secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

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Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.

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Kieran Walshe @kieranwalshe.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...

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Kathryn Oliver @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us... www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

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Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM

Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

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Alasdair Cameron @alasdaircameron.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Just for context the owner of BetFred is worth about £3 billion, money which - let's face it - has in large part come from the poorer sections of society. But the government can't possibly tax gambling or they'll close their shops.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

🧵🚨 The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news. Today our report is published! www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n... 1/11

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

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