‘There is an urgency to close the gap between researchers and decision-makers in healthcare workforce’. An important piece YQSR Group and recommendations for where research is most needed. Thank you Kieran Walshe Tara Lamont Cat Chatfield

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What does it mean to support university students and how is it supported and valued by universities? Have a read and get involved in our research: advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views…

Relatedly, I'm recruiting for a Lancaster Medical School funded PhD student (co-supervised with Dr Liz Brewster and Brigid McWade) on "Structural and financial barriers to success in medical education". Deadline Friday 29 March. Details here: findaphd.com/phds/project/s…

“Determining the distance patterns in the movements of future doctors in UK between 2002 and 2015: a retrospective cohort study” Pleased to see our paper as part of National Institute for Health and Care Research Mapping Doctors project now published #MedEd bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjope…

My potted history of region in the (English) NHS is now available #openaccess in Social Policy & Admi nistration. Written for #NHS75, it is part of a forthcoming special issue with lots of reflections on continuity, change and crisis since 1948. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Good piece by Michael Lambert on the concessions to implement the NHS which contribute to inconsistencies and problems today The vast majority of GPs resisted the founding of the NHS – here’s why theconversation.com/the-vast-major… via The Conversation

#EducationSciencesMDPI open access article: "Inclusion or Isolation? Differential Student Experiences of Independent Learning and Wellbeing in Higher Education". Full #openaccess article: mdpi.com/2227-7102/14/3… #Wellbeing #IndependentLearning #HigherEducation

“beds don’t care for patients, people care for patients” such a joy to get to talk to Dr Matt Morgan and Mary Dixon-Woods about all things nhs workforce crisis and their #BMJNHSCommission paper from around 20 minutes - open.spotify.com/episode/6HTzgb…

Back down to School of Health Sciences hosting HOPE at UoM for day two of #hppnuk where I’ll be talking about my research for Mapping Doctors. Luckily for everyone who stayed out late last night, it’s an enthralling tale of technocratic planning and cross-government policy fragmentation.

A shocking reminder of our government’s appalling record on child poverty.

We are looking to recruit team members to support the delivery of a new project looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer. There will be 3 roles at Lancaster University (and one at Bangor University).

Need a break from marking? Please consider completing our survey on the university built environment: forms.gle/cMdj3PEBBEuiYY…

📣 Job advert: Evaluation Fellow 📣⁦ Lancaster University⁩ Health Innovation Campus, Lancaster University⁩ Come and help to establish a pioneering Early & Embedded Health & Care Evaluation Facility & undertake evaluation work w/partners in all areas of health & care! search.app/cWTnBxpZEwdWmX…

NEW: The North's share of Govt-controlled health research ££ has been static over last decade This despite ministers’ 'levelling up' promises & stated goal of NIHR to invest in regions with worst health outcomes. Under-investment esp bad in North West hsj.co.uk/finance-and-ef…

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The Guardian's editorial, 2 May 1997. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. theguardian.com/politics/1997/…

If you missed the ITV Evening News segment on the lifelong impacts of the forced adoption of children of unmarried mothers which aired on Tuesday, you can watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=PKZc0Y…