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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · 9d

He talks about an under-recognised aspect of healthcare in many settings - to bear witness.

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 9d

‘We need infrastructure, people and peace in Gaza’ says returned trauma surgeon

In his role at one of the busiest trauma centres in Europe, Professor Martin Griffiths has spent years operating on the victims of gun and knife injuries in London. But nothing prepared him for what h...

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NHS Research Scotland Pain Network @nrs-pain.bsky.social · 17d

❗️Remember to submit your abstract before the 6th of October❗️

NHS Research Scotland Pain Network @nrs-pain.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣 Registration and Call for Abstracts is now open for our Annual Scientific Meeting, taking place on Friday 5th of December 2025 in Dundee Malmaison.

Find out more here: www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/calendar/spa...

#painresearch #nrspain2025

SPaRC NRS Pain 15th Annual Scientific Meeting | NHS Research Scotland | NHS Research Scotland

www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Sep 9

Yesterday I successfully defended my PhD thesis -'An Exploration of Acceptance of Chronic Pain: from Individual Journeys to Social and Political Contexts.' (passed with very minor corrections) 🎉 Wonderful to celebrate afterwards with some of the team🥂

Group of 7 people sitting at a table in a pub with drinks.

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Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · Sep 2

Prominent women, including cultural figures, politicians, and campaigners, have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence to asylum seekers and immigration.

"We reject the far right's racist lies... They are not defenders of women"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse

Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’

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Peter Kelly @petek00.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come join me, @rozfoyer.bsky.social Tressa Burke from Glasgow Disability Alliance, Anne Marie Clements from Justice & Peace Scotland & Terry McTernan from the Darkwood Crew to talk about why the Scotland Demand Better Campaign is needed and how you can get involved

The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · Aug 26

Glasgow Demands Better!
📆 7pm, Thu 4 Sept
📌 Renfield Centre, Bath St
Come along to find out how we make sure #Glasgow is well-represented at the march for all of us in #Edinburgh on #25Oct. #ScotlandDemandsBetter

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Tony Robertson @tonyrobertson82.bsky.social · Aug 28

As part of The Scottish Wellbeing Economy Strategy Group, we are launching a new webinar series aiming to generate energy and discussion around the concept of a #WellbeingEconomy and what this means for Scotland. First up will be
@gerrymccartney1.bsky.social

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Aug 25

The bravery of these healthcare staff is incredible 💔

Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · Aug 25

‘Deliberate targeting of healthcare staff and journalists’ – witness to Israeli strike on Nasser hospital
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‘Deliberate targeting of healthcare staff and journalists’ – witness to Israeli strike on Nasser hospital

We spoke to Liz Allcock, head of humanitarian protection at Medical Aid for Palestinians.

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · Aug 24

Great piece by @danigaravelli.bsky.social

House in community - as for normal people
Close mass accommodation sites & detention camps
Lift the ban on work after 6 months if claims not processed
Process claims
Stop with the lies about ‘pull factors’ & ‘deterrents’
Use New Scots integration strategy

Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Aug 24

He spoke: "As if the geysers of anger had spurted out of the ground unbidden and not as a result of politicians tampering with the fire hydrants." My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column on the asylum hotel protests. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

'We are not a soft touch; nor do we take more than our fair share of migrants'

SKIMMING news programmes on the recent hate-fests outside asylum hotels in Epping and Falkirk, I stumbled across a clip of the former Conservative…

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Clemmie Hill O'Connor @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks to everyone who has already read and engaged with mine and @haylesben.bsky.social new paper ‘Lived experience as evidence in anti-poverty policy making: a governance-driven perspective’ Thought I'd give a summary of the paper here, I've found it useful when others have done this, so here goes

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Blair H Smith @blairhsmith.bsky.social · Aug 14

This aspect of the “crisis” receives less attention
www.iasp-pain.org/publications...

IASP Statement on Humanitarian Crises and Access to Pain Relief in Gaza - International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)

(August 8, 2025, Washington DC) The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) stands in solidarity with all individuals suffering from pain, especially in the context of humanitarian cris...

www.iasp-pain.org

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Aug 7

NEWS | New findings from @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @uofglasgow.bsky.social show socioeconomic inequalities in children’s mental health are already evident by age five and persist throughout childhood and adolescence.

Read more⬇️

news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/08/06/r...

@livunihls.bsky.social

Dr Yu Wei Chua, lead author and Research Associate in the Health Inequalities and Policy Research Group at the University of Liverpool, and NIHR Researcher at the Oxford Health Biomedical Research Consortium said: “Our findings show that the mental health gap is already firmly in place by age five, regardless of whether we use income or maternal education to index socioeconomic disadvantage.”

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Aug 6

Important and timely study from Roman-Juan & colleagues: 'Borders that hurt: the link between anti-immigration attitudes in Europe and the epidemic of chronic pain in immigrant adolescents' #ChronicPain #Intersectionality #Immigration journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...

Borders that hurt: the link between anti-immigration... : PAIN

grant peers. Anti-immigration attitudes, which are also rising in Europe, may contribute to this disparity by fostering social exclusion and discrimination, which can heighten psychological distress a...

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Physiotherapy Pain Association @physiopainassoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

Time is fast approaching for our study day!! To view the full programme and book follow the link here:

ppa.csp.org.uk/courses/ppa-...

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Third Force News @thirdforcenews.bsky.social · Jul 28

TFN is @scvo.scot's magazine for the #VoluntarySector

This month we report on #ScotlandDemandsBetter a major new cross-civil society campaign involving
@povertyalliance.org
@jrf-uk.bsky.social
@oxfamscotland.bsky.social
and many more.

Read it all here: buff.ly/BOdM5ZJ

#WeDemandBetter

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Jul 29

For interest @blairhsmith.bsky.social

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Kate Dunn @katemdunn.bsky.social · Jul 18

Substantial #inequalities in the chronicity, severity and complexity of musculoskeletal #pain problems are present when seeking healthcare #KeeleMSK bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/7...

Socioeconomic inequalities in outcomes, experiences and treatment among adults consulting primary care for a musculoskeletal pain condition: a prospective cohort study

Objectives To estimate the direction and magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in outcome, experience and care among adults consulting for a musculoskeletal pain condition. Design Multicentre, pros...

bmjopen.bmj.com

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · Jul 16

🗓️ Thu 24 July 🕐 1-2pm
Help us rally round Scotland Demands Better—let’s fill the streets of Edinburgh on 25 October 25th. This free online session is a chance to discuss how to get your community mobilised.
Join us! us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · Jul 15

🚨 Hiring! My lab, the Everyday Ethics Lab at @camhnews.bsky.social is recruiting a postdoc to conduct empirical bioethics research in mental health, substance use health, and chronic pain. Join us for critical, collaborative, impactful work. Details here: bit.ly/4eRc4if Please share!
#Bioethics

Job Posting: Post-Doctoral Researcher CAMH Bioethics and Education - Everyday Ethics Lab

The Everyday Ethics Lab, part of CAMH Education Research, is currently seeking a Post-Doctoral Researcher to support projects in bioethics led by the Lab (https://www.everydayethicslab.ca). Reporting ...

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Jul 4

thank you!

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Jackie Walumbe @jackiewalumbe.bsky.social · Jul 4

Much needed commentary on how macro issues like social security affect people living with long term pain. Extremely topical with the rising gap between life expectancy and healthy life years. From a pain care and rehab perspective, this is foundational.

Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Jul 4

'People living with long-term pain and illness need social security' - blog for Pain Concern from my perspectives as a physiotherapist & researcher (also contains a link to the ScotGov consultation on social security): painconcern.org.uk/social-secur...

Pain ConcernPeople living with long-term pain and illness need social security - Pain Concern

People with chronic pain need fairer, more supportive social security to live well, work if possible, and avoid worsening health inequality.

painconcern.org.uk

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Jul 4

'People living with long-term pain and illness need social security' - blog for Pain Concern from my perspectives as a physiotherapist & researcher (also contains a link to the ScotGov consultation on social security): painconcern.org.uk/social-secur...

Pain ConcernPeople living with long-term pain and illness need social security - Pain Concern

People with chronic pain need fairer, more supportive social security to live well, work if possible, and avoid worsening health inequality.

painconcern.org.uk

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Roderik Rekker @roderikrekker.bsky.social · Jul 3

(1/5) Out now in Acta Politica: Populist parties increasingly target scientists and scientific knowledge. By analyzing 15 annual waves of representative panel data from the Netherlands (2007–2022), I examine to what extent populist parties fuel science skepticism among their supporters.

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Cass Macgregor @cassmacg.bsky.social · Jun 30

The history of intersectional thought and action goes further back though. we wrote about it here if helpful: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Hans Asenbaum @hansasenbaum.bsky.social · May 14

Participatory democracy and participatory research share common principles but are often treated as separate domains. Our new paper brings them together.

🙏 @sbussu.bsky.social @oliverescobar.bsky.social scobar.bsky.social @clodaghharris.bsky.social

OA 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S175...

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