MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Hello all. I seem to be mostly on LinkedIn at the moment, only seem to be able to fit in one platform. 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Looking forward to this! newcastlegateshead.com/events/26446...newcastlegateshead.comNewcastleGatesheadAccessibility Mode 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 13/03/2026It was only a few years ago that I thought academics talked about things like ontology and epistemology to confuse us mere mortals. This blog is aimed at me a few years back, perhaps a practical example might explain things. Jummah Mubarak/Happy Friday to all ✌🏻 arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/why-met...arc-nenc.nihr.ac.ukWhy Methodology Matters – Q & A with an early career researcher - ARC 110
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 13/11/2025A beautiful, evocative documentary - one of the finest I've ever seen... 011
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The main paper from my PhD, with the venerable @profamyodonnell.bsky.social @stephscott.bsky.social The majority is the priority: a qualitative, intersectional perspective on LGBTQ marginalisation within health and social care service pathways in NE England www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe majority is the priority: a qualitative, intersectional perspective on LGBTQ+ marginalisation within health and social care service pathways in North East EnglandWhile health inequities are primarily driven by economics, there is growing evidence of the impact of social inequities on the health of marginalised population groups. Underpinned by an intersecti... 020
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 04/08/2025www.england.nhs.uk/about/equali...england.nhs.ukNHS England » LGBT+ health evidence reviewNHS England » LGBT+ health evidence review 010
Reposted by MarkAdleyThe Drugs Wheel @thedrugswheel.bsky.social · 01/08/2025@markadley.bsky.social 011
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 07/06/2025And just in case people aren't aware of this - the most majestic - Part 1, 2 & 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl4R...youtube.comPRINCE I wish u Heaven (Pt 1-2-3) 12'' FEMI JIYA RemixYouTube video by LIMORTACCISUA 010
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 07/06/2025And a very happy birthday to the beloved PRN: youtu.be/UgFQO8HZtQEyoutu.beFree (Acoustic Version)YouTube video by Prince - Topic 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Of course, if you have about four spare weeks to read the 304 pages of my PhD thesis - please be my guest! hdl.handle.net/10443/6477hdl.handle.netNewcastle University eTheses: It’s not what we would class as the front of our priority’ : a qualitative, intersectional perspective on LGBTQ+ disadvantage within health and social care service pathw... 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Our Charter for Women of the North We pledge to work together to promote a fairer, healthier place for women living in the North of England. Those that sign up to this Charter pledge to use their powers to create fairer opportunities across education, work, welfare and health for women. 100
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 07/05/2025A rousing start to the #WomanOfTheNorth conference at Durham Uni by @kimmcguinness.bsky.social 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Fantastic turnout for the joint Haref Allies and Network event at St Mary’s Heritage Centre in Gateshead @connectedvoice.bsky.social 010
Reposted by MarkAdleyHealth Equity North @healthequitynorth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025You can now view our agenda for next week's #WomanofTheNorth Summit The Summit, which will feature speakers @kimmcguinness.bsky.social and @mayorofwy.bsky.social will include a series of nine workshops on women's rights and health Sign up & find out more www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the... 023
Reposted by MarkAdleyProf Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Very pleased to share our latest article, which is open access (£0) at Drugs: Education, Prevention, Policy. Lead author was the ever impressive Dr Amanda Atkinson who is not on BSky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com‘It’s T-shirt feminism’: exploring women’s perceptions of the appropriation of feminist messaging in alcohol brand marketingAlcohol brands are appropriating feminist messages as a marketing tactic. Understanding how women perceive such marketing is critical to policy responses aimed at reducing gendered alcohol harms.Se... 174
Reposted by MarkAdleyHealth Equity North @healthequitynorth.bsky.social · 25/04/2025We are thrilled to announce the two northern female Mayors @kimmcguinness.bsky.social and @mayorofwy.bsky.social will be speaking at our #WomanOfTheNorth Summit with @leigh-day.bsky.social on 7 May. The event will focus on the response from our report www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the... 042
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I wasn’t aware of these dimensions of salutogenesis and am looking forward to reading this - the first few paragraphs of the introduction alone give me plenty to consider. 020
Reposted by MarkAdleyThe Drugs Wheel @thedrugswheel.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Loving their redesign of the Club Drugs Wheel with effects in a table below - better for legibility and will make future designs much easier! The Catalan version is hopefully coming soon… www.drugswiel.nl/files/media/... 141
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Sending 💜 to Queer Phenomenology and its influence: bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Next - Complaint! I'm only a few pages in - it's already right on target with the queer POC I'm working alongside. I'm always a canny few years behind @saranahmed.bsky.social but getting there 020
Reposted by MarkAdleyThe Anti-Stigma Network @anti-stigmanetwork.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Remember our most recent webinar 'Developing Inclusion: Substance Use Related Stigma across General Practice.'? The answers to YOUR questions from our panel of guests, are now available! Click below to have a browse: zurl.co/Djg4Ezurl.coDeveloping Inclusion webinar - your questions answered. — Anti-Stigma NetworkHave you seen our latest webinar yet? Check out the recording along with a deep dive on the questions posed to our guest panel. 022
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The power of words, in the hands of some amazing young people in Newcastle. Poetry films created by the young people of the North Youth Voice and Influence Team on Gender Based Violence. #whiteribbon 100
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Great to see this womenandhiv.co.ukwomenandhiv.co.ukWomen HIV 000
Reposted by MarkAdleySteph Scott @stephscott.bsky.social · 21/01/2025And we’re off! In partnership with Nepacs, Families Outside, Shona Minson & the rest of the NU project team, I’m so proud to share our final ‘Divided Households’ report, produced by @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social & with illustrations by Jack Brougham. Download your digital copy here: bit.ly/40nKS3wbit.lyDivided HouseholdsSupporting children and young people with a family member in prison 064
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Thank you for another gorgeous and energising selection / curation @irisprize.org at the Tyneside Cinema 000
Reposted by MarkAdleyThe Anti-Stigma Network @anti-stigmanetwork.bsky.social · 14/02/2025What steps can we make to ensure that stigmatisation in a GP setting is reduced for people who use drugs and alcohol? Hear from our guest speakers who share their experience, insight and tips for best practice at our next webinar, Thursday 20 March. www.antistigmanetwork.org.uk/blog/pvgtbp9... 045
Reposted by MarkAdleyHarry Shapiro @harryshapiro.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Should anybody be interested, the paperback of Fierce Chemistry, my history of UK drug policy is now available here www.amberley-books.com/fierce-chemi...amberley-books.comFierce ChemistryNew paperback edition - One hundred years on from the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1920, this book examines the money, politics and exploitation behind drugs and raises the question nobody asks: ‘What kind ... 113
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Presentations of my PhD findings (at some point you have to get over shuddering at the sound of your own voice). All work rests firmly on the shoulders of giants - supervisors @profamyodonnell.bsky.social and @stephscott.bsky.social - and to @arcnenc.bsky.social for funding and structural supportyoutube.comStudy Findings - YouTube 143
Reposted by MarkAdleyMichelle Addison @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Sharing the foreword from our new book - Stockdale & Addison 'Marginalised Voices in Criminology' routledge.com/Marginalised... written by Rona Epstein and Steve Tombs on behalf of the Alliance 'Is it a Crime to be Poor?' crimetobepoor.org 1226
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 13/02/2025The first paper from my #NIHRARCNENC funded PhD, published today in BMC Health Services Research. bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... In addition to the content, of which I am very proud, it feels like this is the first time I have found my own voice within academic writing .bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.comHow LGBTQ + adults’ experiences of multiple disadvantage impact upon their health and social care service pathways in the UK & Ireland: a scoping review - BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Despite increased awareness of the significant health and healthcare inequalities experienced by minoritised groups, limited research considers the interaction of multiple domains of social... 2113
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Curious about nitazenes? Join Drug Science’s upcoming Street Drugs Discussions webinar to learn about this potent synthetic opioid. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/street-dru...eventbrite.co.ukStreet Drugs Discussions: Deep dive into NitazenesThis webinar features a panel discussion discussing the rise of Nitazenes in the UK. 021
Reposted by MarkAdleyQualitative Health Research Group @QHRGroup @qhrgroup.bsky.social · 20/12/2024📣Call for submissions📣 International Journal of Qualitative Methods has a special call around qualitative methods used to help address contemporary public health challenges: tinyurl.com/2dpmfhwmtinyurl.com 072
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Fascinating discussion on the fluctuations within contextual ethics #nuqualsig25 @nuqualsig.bsky.social 010
Reposted by MarkAdleyJames Nicholls @jamesnicholls.bsky.social · 14/01/2025🚨 New paper: ‘The implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh’ harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.comThe implementation of safer drug consumption facilities in Scotland: a mixed methods needs assessment and feasibility study for the city of Edinburgh - Harm Reduction JournalBackground Scotland currently has amongst the highest rates of drug-related deaths in Europe, leading to increased advocacy for safer drug consumption facilities (SDCFs) to be piloted in the country. ... 1711
Reposted by MarkAdleyNIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East & North Cumbria @arcnenc.bsky.social · 20/12/2024As we head towards the end of 2024, and to mark 5 years of our NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria, we're pleased to share our 2019-2024 Review Brochure. The brochure offers a snapshot of just some of our work and its impact so far. Take a look ⬇️ arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/wp-content/u... 021
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 21/12/2024I generally avoid personal posts, however at this time of year in the N. hemisphere hope can reign over darkness. Whatever its inhabitants' insanity, we can marvel at the relative distance of our little planet from its sun, and its turn towards the light. #solstice (credit svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14366/) 010
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 17/12/2024The reports from the Joined Up North East study are released today in pdf format, with on-screen and accessible versions, along with a video: www.joinedupnortheast.co.uk?page=reports @vivprof.bsky.social @profhrs.bsky.social @drmichelleaddison.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social 043
Reposted by MarkAdleyProf Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 02/12/2024New Eurobarometer report (EU-countries) on perceptions of Impact of drugs on local communities. Some key findings: - 39% think drugs 'are a serious problem' in their community - 39% think availability and use of drugs reduces quality of life in their community /1 europa.eu/eurobaromete...europa.euEurobarometereurobarometer 133
Reposted by MarkAdleyColleen T @librarycolleen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024The AIDS Quilt: Digitized at the Library 📜 blogs.loc.gov/loc/2024/12/...blogs.loc.govThe AIDS Quilt: Digitized at the Library | TimelessThe Library of Congress has released a groundbreaking online collection of the National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records, making one of the most poignant symbols of the AIDS epidemic in the United States a... 4252106
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Fantastic piece of work by all concerned - as you say, Viv, implementation is the key. Looking forward to sharing my PhD findings - and further discussion around the tricky interface between guidelines and the ‘coal face’ of frontline practice. 010
Reposted by MarkAdleyProf Viv Hope @vivprof.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Thanks Judith. Hopefully, this will help with improving the situation - lots of interest, just need that turn into action. 011
Reposted by MarkAdleyProf Viv Hope @vivprof.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Great to see this published the first of the outputs from the iHOST Project. Great collaborative work with colleagues across the UK incl. @jscottuob.bsky.social @niamhrelease.bsky.social @danlewer.bsky.sociallink.springer.comImproving hospital care for people who use drugs: deliberative process development of a clinical guideline for opioid withdrawal management - Harm Reduction JournalBackground Management of opioid withdrawal in hospital settings is crucial to improve treatment completion and health outcomes among patients who use opioids, such as heroin. Evidence-based clinical g... 32212
Reposted by MarkAdleyFiona Measham @fmeasham.bsky.social · 22/11/2024A BBC Panorama doc featuring reporter Hazel Martin & I is being broadcast on Monday looking at the binge drinking phenomenon of the 2000s & its health impact on young women like her. We are doing a bit of a press blitz that day. You can catch us on BBCNews, @bbc5live.bsky.social & other radio shows. 13411
Reposted by MarkAdleyBritish Society for Phenomenology @thebsp.org.uk · 25/11/2024The BSP invites expressions of interest to present an online course during 2025 |Feel passionate about your work in #phenomenology? Want to share an aspect of it? Would you like to present a online course with the BSP? If the answer is ‘yes’ read on... www.britishphenomenology.org.uk/call-for-pre... 064
Reposted by MarkAdleyClare Bambra @profbambra.bsky.social · 18/11/2024New report from the British Academy looking at the history of regional policy in the UK - includes my chapter on health inequalities www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...thebritishacademy.ac.ukLessons from the History of Regional Development Policy in the UKThis regional development policy history offers a socio-historic analysis of a number of key regional policy developments from the past century, with a view to harnessing insights and learnings from t... 21911
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I’ve only touched the start of this, but it is already a stimulating train of thought… 000
MarkAdley @markadley.bsky.social · 15/11/2024What a glorious, glorious idea! I’m not sure if I can get this done in time but I’ll do my best…. 110
Reposted by MarkAdleyProf Harry Sumnall @profhrs.bsky.social · 08/11/2024A certain colourful wheel features in one of the Modules 111