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Ailsa Cameron

H-index: 22
Public Health 32%
Medicine 19%
Profiteering from Covid when so many lives were lost. There aren't the words that do justice to my contempt.

She shouldn't be allowed in the Lords.

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And yesterday PPE Medpro went into administration…how convenient!

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So Baroness Mone didn’t just connect PPE Medpro to the government’s VIP lane. She took an active role lobbying for the company:

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Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.

Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
The PPE scandal is far from over | Good Law Project
The Tory VIP lane was a high road to cronyism, says Henry Marsh.
goodlawproject.org

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How’d that go for you then Nigel?

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Congratulations to England's Red Roses, the women's rugby world cup winners. A superb effort over six weeks and deserved winners.
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People using the safety of women and girls as an excuse to campaign against marginalised people usually turn out not to care about the safety of women and girls at all. This one, involved in anti-refugee demos in Aberdeen, managed to avoid jail after throwing his then-partner down a set of stairs.
Daily Record front page with headline: Women's safety protester abused his exes.

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People using the safety of women and girls as an excuse to campaign against marginalised people usually turn out not to care about the safety of women and girls at all. This one, involved in anti-refugee demos in Aberdeen, managed to avoid jail after throwing his then-partner down a set of stairs.
Daily Record front page with headline: Women's safety protester abused his exes.
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

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me. Let’s take it back. 🏉 #Gwladrugby
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Explore challenges & opportunities around disability representation in public appointments.
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CLOSING SOON: We're looking for a talented and motivated Policy Fellow to join the team.

You'll contribute to high-impact work on NHS policy and broader health system change, with a focus on primary and community care policy.

Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 27 August ⬇️

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Policy Fellow – Primary Care
Permanent contract
Salary: up to £50,999 plus excellent benefits
Application deadline: 27 August, 23.59

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A drug was just approved to treat diffuse midline glioma (which includes DIPG) - a universally fatal pediatric brain cancer. It’s not a cure, but studies show it can extend life in some patients for many months. There has never been an approved treatment before. #cansky #pedpc #hapc 🧵 1/
Reading all the comments just reminds me what an incredible catalogue he has. Shipbuilding, tramp the dirt down, pump it up, l want you, Alison, Good year for the roses.

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Are you detail-oriented and passionate about #AcademicPublishing?

📚 Bristol University Press is hiring a Journals Assistant Production Editor.

Help us deliver world-class #SocialScience research.

#WorkWithBooks #PublishingJobs

Deadline: 22 July 2025: buff.ly/gcuN1uS

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We were very pleased to see the Unit's work on homelessness recognized in the NIHR Annual Report this week - in particular a study funded by @nihrsscr.bsky.social examining the role of adult safeguarding:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/units-w...
Unit's work on homelessness recognized in NIHR Annual Report
2024/25 report highlights our study on safeguarding and self-neglect
www.kcl.ac.uk

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While we all deserve homes where we can live independently and safely, our new Homes chapter of our State of Ageing 2025 report reveals that for too many people this is not the case.

Find out more here: buff.ly/JfJgqs7

#AccessibleHomesNow #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #HomeImprovements #Ageing

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🚨 We're hiring!

Join our friendly journals production team at Bristol University Press as a Journals Assistant Production Editor.

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Apply by 22 July 2025: buff.ly/gcuN1uS

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👏 Congratulations Ailsa Cameron, Eleanor K. Johnson, et al.! Your paper

'The contribution of volunteers in social care services for older people'

was one of 2024's highly cited in the journal!
doi.org/10.1332/2040...
doi.org

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Did you know BSG members get FREE access to the Journal of Global Ageing?
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Great paper/chart: The welfare state makes sure that households' disposable income does not fall off a cliff when there is job loss, disability, poor health or divorce...

Evidence from Dutch administrative data:

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What's happening at #BSG2025?

Day 1: 09:45 Special Interest Group Marketplace - check out what our SIGs are up to!

11:00 Plenary 1: "Our Future Homes: Designing and Influencing Wellbeing and Community for an Ageing Population" Prof. Julienne Meyer City St George's, University of London

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