Launch today @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social 3.30pm

Our new report published today on high streets and health inequalities to map the changes over time in 16 amenities across all of England's high streets - areas which already suffer from a high burden of ill health also face a decline in the quality of their high streets. #gischat #geosky #episky

Today - 23/05/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Listen to our Academic Co-Director @profbambra.bsky.social speaking on this morning's BBC Radio 4 Today show about our ghost towns report released today which shows a worrying deterioration of England's high streets www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Vape shops surge 1,200% as Britain's high streets become 'ghost towns'

Parts of the country are becoming “ghost towns”, with banks, libraries, pharmacies and public toilets replaced by vape shops, bookies and takeaways, a hard-hitting report has revealed.

📊🌡️ A new study in Science Magazine reveals an unexpected finding: #Heat disproportionately kills the young, not the elderly, with people under 35 accounting for 87% of heat-related lost life years in Mexico.

Full story: bit.ly/4d6gGjF

#ExtremeHeat
#UrbanHeat

Delighted to see @profbambra.bsky.social‬'s contributions recognised through Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship 👏Clare does brilliant, much needed research, helping maintain policy pressure to reduce health inequalities, & is a fantastic supporter, ally & advocate for other women in academia.

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Another interesting new paper on street network analysis, HT @gboeing

💯 it's surprisingly hard to count intersections

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tgis.70037

And here's @martinfleis et al.'s new street network generalization tool:

https://uscuni.org/neatnet/

https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.16198

#giscience #gischat #mobility #mobilitydatascience

Throughout winter when the sun would set at 4pm I would regularly see Jupiter on my walk home and it was comforting to know we're part of a solar system 🪐🌌

Transport related social exclusion – a case for investment in the North - Transport for the North Poorly performing, inadequate, and unaffordable transport choices in some areas of the North have a fundamental impact on the everyday lives of residents. The risk of what we term transport related so...

“… the areas with the highest risk of transport related social exclusion are characterised by a vicious cycle of high car-dependency and a lack of viable public transport and active travel options for everyday journeys”

Valuable research & updated data tool launched by Transport for the North.

People living in more deprived areas were 65% more likely to lose their local pharmacy than those in wealthier areas, according to our research published today with @newcastleuni.bsky.social @uniofmanchester.bsky.social led by @ezied.bsky.social

www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/availability...

@arcnenc.bsky.social @nihr-gmpsrc.bsky.social @newcastlepsrc.bsky.social @medicalsciencesncl.bsky.social

And of course thanks to the dream team who made this all possible

Dr Luke Munford @lukemunford.bsky.social, Dr Alison Copeland, Professor Adetayo Kasim,Professor Andy Husband, Professor Clare Bambra @profbambra.bsky.social, and Professor Adam Todd @adamtodd.bsky.social

Availability of community pharmacies declining in deprived areas - Health Equity North People living in more deprived areas with worse health outcomes were 65% more likely to lose their local pharmacy than those in wealthier areas, according to research published today. New analysis fro...

With thanks to @healthequitynorth.bsky.social for putting together a brilliant summary here:
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/availability...

Hot off the press! Our latest research shows that the availability of community pharmacies has declined in the past decade, with the most deprived areas in England 65% more likely to lose a pharmacy.

In BMJ Open: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/5...

#gischat #episky #publichealth #medsky #pharmsky

Appropriate use of color in mapping: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegan...

#gischat

What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi-vis’? After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaign

Activists told @theguardian.com “the challenge now was to mobilise the ‘climate-aware majority’—the large proportion of the population that is aware of the coming crisis, are deeply afraid about what it means for their own lives and that of their children, but are yet to take action.” #The89Percent

Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework

Great to see spatial analysis, place based approaches and health inequalities mentioned as focus areas in the government's new Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework. Together through R&I we can adapt to the incoming changes and come out more resilient 🌱

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Climate change is happening. We can see it in our observations. But adaptation to climate change needs to keep up with the weather We keep seeing evidence that our climate is changing rapidly, with more extreme weather causing casualties, damage to infrastructure and businesses, and degradation of our natural environment.

The new Climate Adaptation Research and Innovation Framework (CARIF) describes the research and innovation needed to enable UK adaptation. In our blog, find out how our science informs adaptation advice to government and business to protect the UK from the worst climate change impacts.

NEW: Handbook on the Social Determinants of Health, edited by Toba Bryant of @ontariotechu.bsky.social

Free content: doi.org/10.4337/9781...

More information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97...

Endorsement by @profbambra.bsky.social
#Governance #WelfareStates #PoliticalEconomy #PoliticalSociology

Economic case for reducing inequities in patient safety Patient safety is a fundamental aspect of healthcare quality, yet significant inequities persist that adversely affect patient outcomes. Recent commentaries have highlighted these inequities in high-i...

📢New publication highlights the strong economic imperative of reducing inequities in #patientsafety. Addressing disparities can lead to cost savings for healthcare systems and enhance workforce productivity.

➡️Read more: bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/14/1...

#HealthEquity #HealthEconomics

I have created a starter pack of UK universities on @bsky.app, including active and dormant accounts.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Please share.

Very interesting discrete choice experiment currently underway looking at precarity and redeployment amongst early career researchers (ECRs) based in UK Higher Education or research institutions: www.arrc.group.cam.ac.uk/precarity-an...

#academicsky

Stunning new visualization of global temperatures since 1940, from @hausfath.bsky.social

www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...

#gischat I made the bivariate map I was asking about a couple weeks ago and it was described as 'fantastic' 😁 stay tuned for the final output!

So where has everyone gone? Notable research and associated organisations in the UK (including international with UK ties) on social media

I'm keeping an updated sheet as to where notable UK-facing research orgs and UK universities are on social media - post X

You can see the data for yourself
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

You can provide your own updates via my form
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Please share

#AcademicSky

Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus

Was on deadline for something else when this landed yesterday, but it looks a lot like the last govt’s “long term plan for towns”.

Slightly more money (£1.5bn/£1.1bn), slightly more areas (75/55)

Quick comparison with original NW towns = the same towns with 3 added

www.gov.uk/government/p...

call for papers, due this friday

We want our #WomanOfTheNorth report to inspire suggestions for women to be included in the @thenhsa.bsky.social #NorthInnovationWomen list. To take part, post:

🌟 #NorthInnovationWomen

🌟 Tag the person you want to suggest

🌟 List their name, role & institution

bit.ly/3WRZLu4

This year @healthequitynorth.bsky.social launched the #WomanOfTheNorth report with a Parliamentary event hosted by Emma Lewell Buck, MP for South Shields. The report exposed the vast inequalities that women in the North face

www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/vast-inequal...