Great day with Lucy Chappell (CSA Department of Health and Social Care & CEO NIHR Research) and Natalie Owen (Head of #NIHR Infrastructure) meeting public collaborators, practitioners and NIHR-funded researchers working together to produce evidence that can change services and lives.

📽️Footage just sent in of the Thames at Putney this morning‼️🤢

The Thames has been turned into a toxic soup of sewage - courtesy of Thames Water 💧, complete regulatory failure and shameful inaction from government. 📷©British Rowing

Feargal Sharkey Steve Backshall James Wallace

A new blog published by Newcastle University discusses the impact that 'Poverty Proofing' the school day - an initiative by Children North East - can have on children and their attainment.

The study was funded by NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria ⬇️

from.ncl.ac.uk/poverty-proofi…

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's a Swift coming right at me! 😁😍🐦
Thank you very much! 😊♥️

This is the reality of the cost of food and the lived experience …
So important to hear voices like this in the committee rooms of the House of Lords & giving evidence to House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee

“The crown jewel of our University’s public engagement” wonderful words from our vice chancellor Chris Day which perfectly sum up this years’ VC and President’s Award! Congrats to Umbereen and Stef on your consistent devotion to public engagement - very worthy winners 🌟 🥳

Putting the brakes on fast food...

This evaluation was funded through our Open Funding Competition in 2020 and you can read a plain language summary of the findings, here ⬇️

arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/news/putting-t…

Here we go then!

'Annual Thames swimming race cancelled over sewage fears.'

And that my friends is what 33 years of regulatory failure looks like.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

What was it was like living through the COVID-19 pandemic for people experiencing homelessness?

Read a plain language summary of this newly-published research led by Emma Adams ⬇️

arc-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/evidence/what-…

NIHR School for Public Health Research Fuse Eileen Kaner 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🐝💙 Amy O'Donnell

Video from the dual launch of our anthology of recovery Dr Michelle Addison Steph Scott book and the children’s book Cassey Muir Ruth McGovern, Deb Smart, twinkle Arty. Was an amazing afternoon Fuse Eileen Kaner 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🐝💙 Dr Claire Smiles 🇮🇪 ReCoCo

📢New Paper! Final paper from our NIHR School for Public Health Research ResNet project exploring experiences of living through the pandemic for people experiencing #homelessness & #mentalhealth #substanceuse in North East England is now available in Advances in Dual Diagnosis!!

doi.org/10.1108/ADD-06…

Great to see our health and well being offer being shared in the Hub this week! Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust QE Facilities Ltd

As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen!🙏
To make it worth sharing, here's 'The Watcher'... a Barn Owl on the Somerset Levels. 😍🦉
Thank you very much! 😊🐦

We were delighted to attend the HDRCSouthTees launch event in Middlesbrough yesterday. Fantastic to chat to like-minded professionals about tackling health inequalities through #research in the South Tees area.

Congratulations on a successful event 👏

A fantastic collaboration around networking and involvement whilst trying to increase awareness and discussion of stigma. RT and comments welcome and appreciated Prof Monique Lhussier Eileen Kaner 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🐝💙 Prof Rachel Armitage Northumbria Uni Fuse Network

New research from King's College London spotlights women's experiences of maternal suicide attempts.
Read more: arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/… KaatDeBacker Abigail Easter Prof Jane Sandall CBE

I am fond of a good horror story 📚👻
-but reading this paper by Prof. Christina Pagel & colleagues describes something far scarier than anything Stephen King can come up with 📖⬇️🫣

⏳2.5 years to get linked data sets! 📊
Its an #AcademicTwitter nightmare 😱

I said I liked a…

📢Read about the RiPEN (Research in Palliative & EoLC Network) N.E (Research in Palliative & End of Life Care) network The Chronicle - including how to get involved as a public/patient contributor & shape future research.

Thanks to Sam Volpe for highlighting this important work⬇️

chroniclelive.co.uk/news/health/we…

We are devastated to hear about the passing of Kai Heslop following a battle with cancer.

Our thoughts and prayers are with Kai’s family and friends at this heartbreaking time.

RIP Kai 🖤🤍 #NUFC