Steve Senior
@stevensenior.bsky.social
Consultant in Public Health. Recovering policy wonk. Lapsed neuroscientist. Ex-paper boy and former donut stand operator. Ultracrepidarian. Denizen of West Yorkshire. Opinions my own, re-posts are not endorsements.
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In 2023, life expectancy for females in the UK was 82.9 years, lower than all other comparable countries.
Veena Raleigh reviews the latest international data to assess how the UK’s health compares to other countries: https://bit.ly/47PQNSQ
Veena Raleigh reviews the latest international data to assess how the UK’s health compares to other countries: https://bit.ly/47PQNSQ
November 16, 2025 at 9:05 AM
In 2023, life expectancy for females in the UK was 82.9 years, lower than all other comparable countries.
Veena Raleigh reviews the latest international data to assess how the UK’s health compares to other countries: https://bit.ly/47PQNSQ
Veena Raleigh reviews the latest international data to assess how the UK’s health compares to other countries: https://bit.ly/47PQNSQ
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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If you want people to feel that their day to day lives are improving then make sure that local government is properly funded. You could call it “the pothole theory of everything”.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
If you want people to feel that their day to day lives are improving then make sure that local government is properly funded. You could call it “the pothole theory of everything”.
Hal and Lois from Malcolm in the Middle
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Hal and Lois from Malcolm in the Middle
Probably the best fictional marriage
I thought of another
Lazlo and Nadja
Lazlo and Nadja
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Probably the best fictional marriage
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Last call for this brilliant opportunity!
Public Health Principal (Local Authority Research Practitioner)
Bedford Borough Council
Bedford
Full time, 2-year fixed term, hybrid
£46,142 - £51,356
Closes 16/11
bedfordboroughcouncil-career.talent-soft.com/job/job-publ...
Bedford Borough Council
Bedford
Full time, 2-year fixed term, hybrid
£46,142 - £51,356
Closes 16/11
bedfordboroughcouncil-career.talent-soft.com/job/job-publ...
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Last call for this brilliant opportunity!
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🔍 When real is not enough: Synthetic Populations in research & policy - Join Dr Andreas Hoehn @uofgshw.bsky.social for our next @healthmod.bsky.social Lunchtime Webinar. Discover how “digital twins” of the UK population can help shape smarter policy. Thu 4 Dec | 12:30 pm | Register: bit.ly/4p2r5BN
When real is not enough: Synthetic Populations in research and policy
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November 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🔍 When real is not enough: Synthetic Populations in research & policy - Join Dr Andreas Hoehn @uofgshw.bsky.social for our next @healthmod.bsky.social Lunchtime Webinar. Discover how “digital twins” of the UK population can help shape smarter policy. Thu 4 Dec | 12:30 pm | Register: bit.ly/4p2r5BN
Was reminded earlier this week of just how much Judas Priest rips, a fact one would do well to remember: youtu.be/yMVV_HsHcX0?...
Judas Priest - Electric Eye (Official Video)
YouTube video by JudasPriestVEVO
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November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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public health, despite its mistakes, saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic — and we’re getting burned to the ground for it. ha ha life is great
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
public health, despite its mistakes, saved hundreds of thousands of lives during the pandemic — and we’re getting burned to the ground for it. ha ha life is great
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This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
Department of Education Proposal Excludes Public Health Degrees from “Professional Degree” Definition
Discover the new results and implications of Dept of Ed consensus regarding professional degree programs and public health education.
aspph.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This is designed to tank public health & primary care by excluding public health professions, advanced nursing practice, physical & occupational therapy from loans that can cover the cost of education. This is going to make an existing workforce crisis worse.
aspph.org/department-o...
aspph.org/department-o...
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It's shameful that this headline is appearing in 2025, primarily a result of grotesque global inequalities.
Africa CDC: Africa experiencing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Africa experiencing worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, health agency warns
Africa CDC said it had recorded about 300,000 cases of cholera this year, with more than 7,000 deaths
www.independent.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's shameful that this headline is appearing in 2025, primarily a result of grotesque global inequalities.
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The latest ESPAUR report is out. 300 epic pages packed full of graphs, maps, tables and commentary on #AMR and antimicrobial consumption.
There's a webinar scheduled to share the highlights but I don't have the details to hand.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
There's a webinar scheduled to share the highlights but I don't have the details to hand.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report
The ESPAUR report includes national data on antimicrobial prescribing and resistance, antimicrobial stewardship implementation and awareness activities.
www.gov.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The latest ESPAUR report is out. 300 epic pages packed full of graphs, maps, tables and commentary on #AMR and antimicrobial consumption.
There's a webinar scheduled to share the highlights but I don't have the details to hand.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
There's a webinar scheduled to share the highlights but I don't have the details to hand.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Trying to learn more about fixed effects. I wrote this for me, maybe this is useful for you too dpananos.github.io/posts/2025-1...
Demetri Pananos Ph.D - How to Fit a Generalized Linear Model with Fixed Effects (Pt 1)
dpananos.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Trying to learn more about fixed effects. I wrote this for me, maybe this is useful for you too dpananos.github.io/posts/2025-1...
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When my daughter was 7 years-old she once interrupted a bedtime story to tell me, "In a pie-eating contest, it doesn't matter if you win or lose because you get to eat pie."
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
When my daughter was 7 years-old she once interrupted a bedtime story to tell me, "In a pie-eating contest, it doesn't matter if you win or lose because you get to eat pie."
I think about that a lot.
I think about that a lot.
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Visualize your data.
It's important to understand that the average linear rate of increase might not be a good summary of the individual trajectories.
November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Visualize your data.
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look, i don’t want to get into a debate on what ultraprocessed food means, but i will say that every time my cat sneaks a scrap of cheeseburger or pizza crust, she gets 10x more annoying about extra food for like a week straight. put that in your evidence pyramid
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
look, i don’t want to get into a debate on what ultraprocessed food means, but i will say that every time my cat sneaks a scrap of cheeseburger or pizza crust, she gets 10x more annoying about extra food for like a week straight. put that in your evidence pyramid
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If you want to produce a no-frills forest plot from a regression, we have some R code for that.
github.com/thomasallanh...
github.com/thomasallanh...
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
If you want to produce a no-frills forest plot from a regression, we have some R code for that.
github.com/thomasallanh...
github.com/thomasallanh...
Yet another very exciting new old book. Attentive followers will have spotted a theme.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Yet another very exciting new old book. Attentive followers will have spotted a theme.
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Read this in the print issue a couple weeks back and meant to repost it earlier, the gravity of the situation is very clearly illustrated.
The Heywood Community Guards, which patrols schools looking for 'outsiders', is raising difficult questions around vigilante justice.
Meet the head of a Manchester group patrolling schools looking for 'outsiders'
www.bigissue.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Read this in the print issue a couple weeks back and meant to repost it earlier, the gravity of the situation is very clearly illustrated.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
“The most obvious lesson of the railway manias is not that bubbles are good, but that hope springs eternal and greedy investors never learn.”
We’re at the ‘everyone admits it’s a bubble but big investors haven’t cashed out yet so need to keep everyone else buying’ stage.
We’re at the ‘everyone admits it’s a bubble but big investors haven’t cashed out yet so need to keep everyone else buying’ stage.
Are bubbles good, actually?
On Jeff Bezos’s defence of AI mania
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“The most obvious lesson of the railway manias is not that bubbles are good, but that hope springs eternal and greedy investors never learn.”
We’re at the ‘everyone admits it’s a bubble but big investors haven’t cashed out yet so need to keep everyone else buying’ stage.
We’re at the ‘everyone admits it’s a bubble but big investors haven’t cashed out yet so need to keep everyone else buying’ stage.
What's that? A Jackson & Livingstone style game book about William Shakespeare fending off the Old Ones?
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
What's that? A Jackson & Livingstone style game book about William Shakespeare fending off the Old Ones?
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I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I like how the caption on this photo reads as if he's making a claim that could not be independently verified.
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I would not wish 1800s healthcare on my worst enemy.
November 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I would not wish 1800s healthcare on my worst enemy.