Port Meadow

Researcher, evaluator, coach.
My own views. I am now on Blue Sky.

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Useful thread summarising the state we're in...

[Anthony Costello @globalhlthtwit]

Today's Lancet climate and health report presents 56 indicators of health and climate change across FIVE domains. (Download the report for free from the Lancet website). Here is a thread of some of the key findings. #Lancetclimate24 (1)

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Not only terrible for children now, but also for their future health and life chances

[University of Oxford @UniofOxford]

'The UK in 2024 demonstrates to the world what living with high inequality means in a once affluent country.'

From declining heights to more children going hungry, Prof @dannydorling explains how kids are becoming poorer in the UK – more so than in other countries ➡️
https://t.co/nPbsp9T7eh

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

@simonmontefiore Mary Beard seems a good choice

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Interesting project and findings

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

Find out more about our project with @hsru_aberdeen – part of our COVID-19 Research Programme – exploring the roll-out of ‘asynchronous’ consultations at scale to provide practical learning for future use across the NHS ⬇️
https://t.co/FnnlAOb6Vd

[Health Equals @health_equals]

Meet Louis and Lorcan.

The differences in their housing, air quality, and access to good food could drastically impact their lives.

Watch to find out more and let’s #MakeHealthEqual 👉 https://t.co/17wCBjdUrv

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Protection against forced return is a refugee's human right.

Access to seek protection is an asylum seeker's human right.

To come and go from their country is a migrant's human right.

To be treated with dignity is every displaced person's human right.

#WorldRefugeeDay

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Shocking report of completely avoidable decline in children's health in recent years

[The Food Foundation @Food_Foundation]

📢 Our latest report highlights the disconcerting deterioration in children's health.

📏 Height of 5 year-olds falling since 2013
🩺 Obesity among 10-11 year-olds up 30%
💉 Type 2 diabetes among under 25s up 22%

Read more: ➡️ https://t.co/LcAEV1ICn3
@jamieoliver

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

What makes this so shocking is that the UK is the sixth largest economy in the world. https://t.co/ED7CmZMZb3

[NUS UK @nusuk]

FREE PHOTO ID FOR STUDENTS!

This year photo ID presents a new barrier for young people and students to get their voices heard.

So we've teamed up with @CitizenCard to offer FREE voter ID that can be used in next month's Local Elections.

Find out more 👇
https://t.co/rsLFctSxky

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Good to see this work published. Important and interesting findings.

[ACE (formerly HSRU) @ace_aberdeen]

New Publication! Our @RzewuskaM @LLocock Craig Ramsay and other colleagues on "Implementation of a Web-Based Outpatient Asynchronous Consultation Service." Read more here : https://t.co/MgZjBQh6Xs

[Adam Briggs @ADMBriggs]

A couple of public health / prevention spending stories from the weekend.

One potentially helpful for population health, the other, less so.

Short 🧵

[Andrew Laird @aglaird]

1/5 This is a brilliant report from @instituteforgov and @UKYouth on early help, prevention, cost avoidance. Call it what you will it is essential! You may have missed it with all the election chaos. Short 🧵

https://t.co/1guYB94OOE

@ProfDonnaHall @RobWhiteman

[NHS Race & Health Observatory @NHS_RHO]

Invitation to Tender: Reducing ethnic inequalities within healthcare education.

A collaborative commission from @NHS_RHO and @NHSEngland that will outline actionable recommendations for change.

Submissions by 31 May 2024.

Details here: https://t.co/glcXiXi7mC

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Three thoughts about this interesting report. How much this reflects improvements in London schools in noughties, the additional disadvantage of poor graduates without a London base, and the lack of provision for the majority who dont go to uni https://t.co/hZqqVKWRRF

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

Hurray for #WorldBeeDay! 🐝💛
There are over 270 species of bee in the UK, can you identify them all?https://t.co/KSY7BVCpUz

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Great thread on housing and homelessness.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW 🧵: how Britain became gripped by the worst homelessness crisis in the developed world

[Jo Bibby @JoBibbyTHF]

Last week @HealthFdn published Health Inequalities in 2040.
A ground breaking report looking at current patterns of diagnosed illness & what the future holds
Essential reading for anyone wanting a fairer, healthier society.
My key takeaways in this blog:

https://t.co/DZCzg4b2Je

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Good to see this important report in the headlines https://t.co/ZzBw1PZNMb

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

Still time till midnight to register to vote. https://t.co/4zGPlwqAwb

[Port Meadow @emcairncross]

The health consequences of climate change and its implications for human rights reflected in this landmark judgement - European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction
https://t.co/TBmGw8083D