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Dr Tom Porter

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Researching health services, social security, and care. Disability, health/illness, ageing. University of Bristol. PhD. UTV

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Jesus

01.03.2025 07:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dip-bro-blacy

(Needs work, sorry)

28.02.2025 21:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely. He just barged in, introduced all kinds of bizarre moral rhetoric. And trump, clearly just enamoured by Vance, ate up the script. Vance like the weedy bully at school whispering 'he's saying you're stupid' in the ear of the big bully he uses as muscle

28.02.2025 19:15 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And pushing people to claim pip

23.02.2025 11:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œSuite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)” by Frank Merrick #nowplaying #radio3

16.12.2024 07:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the Reed guy pontificating about GPs. Same framing as 50 years ago

26.11.2024 07:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Plenty of bloodletting and received thinking on bbc r4 today

26.11.2024 07:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If you are interested in disability & development, Light for the World have published their Strategy 2030 today. Have a look at www.light-for-the-world org/publications/light-for-the-world-strategy-2030/

25.11.2024 14:21 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Image shows the health inequalities gap declining from 1920 to about 1980 and then increasing again through to today. It is a u-shaped curve.

Image shows the health inequalities gap declining from 1920 to about 1980 and then increasing again through to today. It is a u-shaped curve.

The U-Shaped Curve of Health Inequalities journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

20.11.2024 13:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Any medals?

22.11.2024 20:21 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fixing human rights protection in health and social care It’s been a while… sorry! The Mental Health Bill 2024 is now before Parliament, its second reading is on Monday 25th November, and Parliamentarians will be able to discuss it and table …

A recent court ruling has left gaps in human rights protection for adults and children in health and social care settings. Here's how Parliament could fix it thesmallplaces.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/f... c

22.11.2024 17:54 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

This is great, thanks! Add me if possible

22.11.2024 08:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous

22.11.2024 08:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Inquiry into DWP’s safeguarding of vulnerable benefits claimants reopened - Committees - UK Parliament An inquiry into how vulnerable claimants for benefits including Universal Credit can be better safeguarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, has been reopened by MPs on the cross-party Work and...

Good to see this important committee inquiry reopen. Complex, but DWP must have statutory safeguarding duties.

committees.parliament.uk/committee/16...

21.11.2024 20:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@thesmallplaces.bsky.social

20.11.2024 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Between epistemic injustice and therapeutic jurisprudence: Coronial processes involving families of autistic people, people with learning disabilities and/or mental ill health Understanding how and why someone dies unexpectedly is key to bereaved family members. The coronial process in England investigates instances where the cause of death is unknown, violent or unnatural...

Remarkable paper full of insights

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

20.11.2024 21:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR

12.11.2024 16:07 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 2

On coffee tables across the States. That version is so accessible, compelling. The power of ideas...

17.11.2024 22:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Published in the reader's digest, same year

17.11.2024 21:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please, may I be added?

15.11.2024 19:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great project for medical sociology folk

15.11.2024 11:03 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you don't already follow dr Jay, you must!

15.11.2024 10:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fashionably late? Let's go with fashionably late...

14.11.2024 08:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's how the rest of us felt at the time...

13.11.2024 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0