Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 09/04/2025DEATH BY DOGE. This is evil and must be stopped. 73313
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 27/03/2025I'm so sick of billionaires talking about how they're going to eliminate jobs without also talking about how badly we need universal basic income and what they're personally doing to make it happen as soon as possible. They already owe us restitution for decades of unshared productivity growth. 410763
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 27/03/2025How users & providers co-create value through interacting with online peer support mental health forum technology Fantastic international collaborative work with Universities of Melbourne, Swinburne, @utas.edu.au & @jcuofficial.bsky.social by Prof Artur Steiner from @yunuscentregcu.bsky.socialemerald.com Value cocreation and innovation involving consumers and providers interacting with technology: a digital ethnographic study of online mental health forums | Emerald Insight1 021
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 18/03/2025The complexities of adult social care in NHS Scotland laid bare by colleagues in @strathbusiness.bsky.social via causal loop mapping. I suspect other social care systems will recognise these system archetypes and unintended consequences www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comExploring the drivers of unsustainable pressures in health and social care: A qualitative system dynamics approachHealth and social care systems face immense pressures that emerge from complex interdependencies between system components, transcending conventional … 020
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Analysis from our response to Treasury’s Spending Review estimates if adult social care funding were to keep pace with projected demand and access to care packages was expanded by 10%, additional £7.6bn would be needed by 2028/29, an annual increase of 4.8% from 2021/22. Read more⬇️ buff.ly/8RhQEQP 013
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 07/03/2025‘Public values, Universal Basic Income (UBI) and health’. Excellent work from @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social team Neil McHugh @camdonaldson.bsky.social @davidbomark.bsky.social Verity Watson, Neil Craig @profrachelbaker.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comTrading-off outcomes and policy characteristics of a Universal Basic Income and a Minimum Income Guarantee: Evidence from an exploratory mixed-method preference-based studyWhat policies should we introduce to tackle the UK's worsening population health trends? From an economic perspective, the concern is with achieving t… 151
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Amazing piece of work from the GCPH team amplifying community voiced experiences of how community assets impact health & well-being. Watch this space for insightful & novel findings to come from the rest of the Common Health Asset team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 030
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 24/02/2025How do community-led organisations (CLOs) make an impact in people’s lives? ‘Our Voices – Community Impact in Action’ is a comic co-created by the CHA Lived Experience Panel & Magic Torch Comics, using the Panel's stories to illustrate the life-changing impact that CLOs have in their communities. 143
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 24/02/2025You can download all six comics here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...gcph.co.ukOur Voices – Community Impact in ActionOur Voices – Community Impact in Action 142
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Our second 'Our Voices: Community Impact in Action' comic, produced by CommonHealth Assets and Magic Torch, focusses on 'Space and Inclusion'. youtube.com/shorts/qPEaz...youtube.comOur Voices: Community Impact in Action - Space and inclusionYouTube video by gcphonline 021
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Today we will be posting two videos of the CommonHealth Assets and Magic Torch comic. This morning's video showcases the programme theory 'Improvements to physical and mental health'. youtube.com/shorts/CB1CF...youtube.comOur Voices: Community Impact in Action - Improvements to physical and mental healthYouTube video by gcphonline 011
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Amazing piece of work from the GCPH team amplifying community voiced experiences of how community assets impact health & well-being. Watch this space for insightful & novel findings to come from the rest of the Common Health Asset team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 020
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 02/02/2025First foray into vegan Korean cooking a success 🙌🏻 www.recipetineats.com/bibimbap/ Sub the beef for tofu & drop the egg. Zero disappointment 👌🏻 (pic pre- mix up natch) #bibimbap #eatmoreveg 100
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine The BMJ @bmj.com · 30/01/2025In recent decades we’ve lost too many general and acute hospital beds in the UK, without creating sufficient alternative capacity outside hospital. This has resulted in entirely predictable risks and harms, writes @mancunianmedic.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/388/... 13820
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Dr Chris Day continues his 10yr campaign to confirm junior doctors’ rights as NHS whistleblowers and expose the large amount of public funds spent denying this employment right - interested parties can support his legal fees here 👇🏻 www.crowdjustice.com/case/what-wi...crowdjustice.comWhat more will they turn a blind eye to in my NHS whistleblowing case?Locum A&E Doctor. I am 10 years into an NHS whistlleblowing case and want to make it count for my family, NHS staff and patients. 000
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Frustrated with how public services work? Want a system that does things with people and communities rather than to them? The #DoWith movement is calling for that change. Find out more about #DoWith, how to get involved and join our event in March. buff.ly/3WsBOJD 087
Dr Nicola J Irvine @nicolairvine.bsky.social · 23/01/2025What is the role of intuitive expertise in urgent care clinicians? We found few field studies of expert clinical decision-making, even fewer exploring beyond diagnostic decisions. So we did our own. Learn more from our pen access analytic autoethnographic study here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... 120
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · 17/01/2025‼️ Registration is now open for our online Q Methodology Workshops to be held in May 2025. ‼️ Register now to avoid disappointment. Further details can be found on our webpage www.gcu.ac.uk/research/res... 101
Reposted by Dr Nicola J Irvine Rachel Baker @profrachelbaker.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Q methodology workshop registration open for May 2025 If you are keen to learn more check out www.gcu.ac.uk/research/res... Fantastic online course runs annually and led by research experts at @yunuscentregcu #qmethod #qmethodology #researchmethodsgcu.ac.ukWhat is Q Methodology?The Q@GCU team is a core group of researchers from the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health. 031