✊ Just 2 days to go until we take to the streets to say #WeDemandBetter!
Join us this Saturday 25 Oct in Edinburgh
📍 Assemble from 10am | Scottish Parliament
🎉 Rally 12:30pm | The Meadows
Together, we’ll say it loud: #ScotlandDemandsBetter 💙
👉 scotland-demands-better.com
On #ScottishHousingDay, we're reflecting on the importance of strong communities. Take a look at our latest SHERU briefings, which explore how housing policy can play a vital role in tackling health inequalities.
The new Population Health Framework rightly backs prevention and whole-system work to cut health inequalities—but most actions stay within health policy, with fewer concrete x-government efforts on social determinants like housing.
Read our response: scothealthequity.org/sheru-respon...
⭐ 50th ANNIVERSARY ⭐
Founded in 1975, the FAI has grown into a powerful voice in Scottish and UK economics. Now, 50 years on, we’re celebrating this with a series of events and themed outputs in the coming months, showcasing our history and impact.
Read more: buff.ly/GP1kILg
We're glad to see primary ill health prevention centred in today's Population Health Framework.
A lot of people will be considering the impacts of the Spending Review today. Our latest paper looks at the effects of previous governments' decisions on spending and delves into the impact of austerity on health inequalities in Scotland and the UK. A thread:
SHERU has today published two new outputs that support action on the socioeconomic drivers of health inequalities in Scotland. Together, they aim to strengthen the evidence base and improve how data and research inform better policy decisions.
There’s a whole bunch of terrific academic writing advice in this thread. ⬇️ #AcademicSky
A recent RCP survey showed that 89% of doctors are concerned about the impact of health inequalities on their patients, while 72% have seen more patients in the past 3 months with illnesses related to poor-quality housing, air pollution and access to transport. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
👧 Lucy, age 8, shares her story of what it's like living in temporary accommodation (TA). If you think this is unacceptable and no child should experience this, add your name to our register. shelterscotland.org/ActNow
The 10,360 children living in TA in Scotland deserve better ✊ #HousingEmergency
Difficult but important read on the current context in Scotland for disabled people. It firmly sets out the scale of the challenge to ensure the realisation of disabled peoples human rights in Scotland.
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science.
Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
ICYMI: Get up to speed on the latest Scottish Budget issues before the Stage 1 Debate tomorrow...
Temporary housing linked to deaths of at least 74 children | www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Black text on white background. It reads: With you, for you. WHO remains committed to health for all.
#HealthForAll
For everyone. Everywhere.
Chart showing Average Right to Buy sales as a share of total housing stock, by quartile of housing waiting lists as a share of total housing stock: England, 2006-07 to 2022-23
Right to Buy sales have been highest in areas with the longest housing waiting lists.
This speaks to the importance of the location of the replacement of homes sold under Right to Buy.
Read our latest Housing Outlook now 👉 https://buff.ly/4jdDb8W
Last year, our Research Fellow @fionamchardy.bsky.social gave input at the People’s Panel on reducing drug harm and deaths in Scotland.
Read the full report here:
Our co-lead @emmanomics.bsky.social was on The Nine last night to talk about how tackling health inequalities are part of the solution to reducing pressure on the NHS. Watch here from 14 mins:
