Dave West @ HSJ @davewwest.bsky.social Deputy Editor of Health Service Journal. News on the English health and care system, its policy, performance and leadership.
https://www.hsj.co.uk/dave-west/2231.contributor?page=1
Liz Sayce @lizsayce.bsky.social Originally a disability/ mental health policy person. Interested in what works for everyone to participate and connect. Board roles, independent review to government 2025. Views are mine
Lena Samuels @lenasamuels.bsky.social Chair of HIOW ICB & of the SE Regional People Board, Chair of North London Mental Health Partnership, Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire & President of Lymington Town Band.
Paula McGowan OBE @oliverscampaign.bsky.social •Hon University Fellow- Fac Health
•Founder The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training
•Patient Safety
•Hoping for a Social Media Platform where everyone can live together peacefully
#Oliverscampaign
Social Work England @socialworkengland.bsky.social The specialist regulator for social work in England. For all enquiries: https://www.socialworkengland.org.uk/about/contact-details/
EPSU @epsu.bsky.social The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe.
Follow us to stay connected with their fight - and wins!
General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
Jenny Carter @carterjenny16.bsky.social 1 of the Unpaid Director for Together All Are Able and one of the leads for self advocacy in Wirral a member of NCAG and life time member of LDE and a member of the Liverpool City Region disability Panel views are my own
Lead the Way @leadthewaycald.bsky.social More than just an information and signposting service for adults with Learning Disabilities, their families and carers in Calderdale. A Cloverleaf Advocacy service.
Grant Gibson @drgrantgibson.bsky.social Dementia researcher. Senior Lecturer, Gerontologist and full time 40k fanatic. Posts probably about Warhammer, but with the odd bit of dementia thrown in.
Death to the False Emperor!
Martin Samuels @martinsamuels.bsky.social Executive Director of Adult Care & Community Wellbeing, Lincolnshire County Council. Views are my own and retweets are not an endorsement. #ACCWlincs
Jane Minter @janeminter.bsky.social 💛💙 Interests housing, care, #ageing, #ageism news, politics. Love art, photos and the stars. Live with the lovely Tim. European. Gone rural. Listen more than pronounce
Iain MacBeath @iainmacbeath.bsky.social Strategic Director of Adult Social Care & Health for Bradford Council and Hon Treasurer of ADASS
David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social NHS Acute Hosp Dr 37 y. GER/GIM. Ex DH Nat Clin Dir. Lapsed Academic. Policy Think Tanker. Ex BGS/RCP Pres/VP
Med Journalism. Byline: @BMJ_latest. Columns: health press newspapers. @mjauk
Manc-in-South. MCFC. Craic, Schlock, Sharing, Learning, Friends
Patrick Maguire @patrickmaguire.bsky.social Chief political commentator, The Times
Isaac Samuels @coproisaac.bsky.social Isaac Samuels | Campaigner for Social Justice & Equality
@oonaghsmyth.bsky.social @oonaghsmyth.bsky.social 
Melanie Williams @mel-williams.bsky.social ADASS President, Notts Director Adult Social Care, Mum, runner, mountain lover.
Chloe Chaplain @chloechaplain.bsky.social Senior Political Correspondent at The i Paper - covering all things Westminster
Aisling Duffy @aislingduffy.bsky.social Chief Executive of Certitude - a leading not for profit organisation supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and autistic people. Views my own.
KeyRing @keyringliving.bsky.social Support that connects, builds independence and challenges you to do even more.
Life is about more than a support provider it's about living.
@cathiewilliams.bsky.social @cathiewilliams.bsky.social 
Shared Lives Plus @sharedlivesplus.bsky.social The UK charity for supportive shared living - #SharedLives and
#Homeshare
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@jackieosullivan.bsky.social @jackieosullivan.bsky.social 
Carnegie UK @carnegieuk.bsky.social Carnegie UK is an independent charitable foundation that works to deliver better wellbeing for people in the UK and Ireland.
#CollectiveWellbeing
Marc Stears @mds49.bsky.social Political theorist, author, speechwriter, campaigner. Director UCL Policy Lab.
The Future Governance Forum (FGF) @futuregovforum.bsky.social Transforming the state to renew the nation.
To stay updated, join our mailing list: https://futuregovernanceforum.co.uk/contact/
WeCanMake @wecanmake.bsky.social Neighbourhood test-space imagining and making low carbon homes, social infrastructure and building community wealth in the process.
📍Knowle West, Bristol
WeCanMake.org
Melissa Mean @melissamean.bsky.social Regenerative neighbourhoods, social infrastructure, community-led housing, just transition.
All about making together. Land. Materials. People.
Founding Director WeCanMake; Trustee Power to Change; Director MAIA Group.
www.wecanmake.org
Nick Plumb @nickplumb.bsky.social Director of Policy and Insight at @powertochange.org.uk
Interests include: UK politics, trust, communities, localism, democratic reform, and inequality.
Royal College of Emergency Medicine @rcem.ac.uk The Royal College of Emergency Medicine's official Bluesky account.
RCEM is the membership body representing Emergency Department (A&E) clinicians and their patients, and working to #ResuscitateEmergencyCare
Sarah Hayes @sarahha88622902.bsky.social #Proud to be Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for East Kent Hospitals, District Nurse and Queen’s Nurse- thoughts and opinions here are my own! 
Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social Prof Operational Research , @UCL_CORU, passionate about health care, women in STEMs, defending liberal democracy (!). Member of @independentsage, posts personal. https://www.trumpactiontracker.info/
@scie.org.uk @scie.org.uk SCIE improves the lives of people of all ages by co-producing, sharing, and supporting the use of the best available knowledge and evidence about what works in practice.
Kirsty Woodard (Staunton too!) @awocconsult.bsky.social Founder ageing without children, all things ageing and older people for last 30 years, currently in North Somerset working on improving ageing stuff
Layla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon | Chair of the Health & Social Care Select Committee | Here because Musk ruined the ‘other (social) place’ | she/her | Promoted by the Lib Dems, Unit C5 Grange Court, Barton Lane, OX14 3NB
Ewan King @ewandking.bsky.social Chief Executive of Shared Lives Plus and Deputy Director of IMPACT. Passionate about social care and believe in its potential. #sharedlives #socialcare #homeshare #kdrama #mentalhealth https://sharedlivesplus.org.uk 
Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social Author of 'Restorative Practice at Work'. Co-presenter 'Relational Practice' podcasts. Interests: education; behaviour; relationships; patient safety; NHS People Promise; Quality Improvement; culture; psychology.
www.restorativethinking.co.uk
Debora Price @gerontologyuk.bsky.social Gerontologist: ageing and the lifecourse, wellbeing in later life, social policy for an ageing society. Especially pensions, social care, financing later life.
Also ❤️ @UKDataService.
University of Manchester @OfficialUoM.
Nathan Jones @pixelatednathan.bsky.social Senior Policy and External Affairs Lead at the National Care Forum. ✝️. Views my own!
Stay Up Late @gigbuddies.bsky.social A small but mighty charity calling for active social lives for people with learning disabilities and autistic people.
Home of #GigBuddies, Nesta New Radical, the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, and the #NoBedtimes #OurRightToParty campaigns.
Kathryn Marsden OBE (formerly Kathryn Smith) @kathryn1smith.bsky.social 
Paul Burstow @paulburstow.bsky.social Passionate about social care, mental health, delivering joined up care close to home and prevention.
Chair of SCIE, NHS Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB and the charity St Andrews Healthcare.
June Thoburn @jthobu.bsky.social Emeritus Prof of Social Work UEA, Norwich Views expressed my own. Retweets don't necessarily indicate agreement 
@lynromeo.bsky.social @lynromeo.bsky.social Social worker; board director; trustee ; visiting professor of social care KCL; social care leadership mentor
Pete62Jackson @pete62jackson.bsky.social I live in #Telford, work in #adultsocialcare, interested in community development and currently being treated for #tonguecancer. Also follow football matters
Nimal Jude @nimaljude.bsky.social Head of Practice Guide Development.
Lover of life, art, history, food, nature, travel & laughter
#socialwork #equity #unity
Juliette Malley @juliettemalley.bsky.social Researcher at CPEC LSE, co-directs social care rapid evaluation team and deputy for policy innovation and evaluation research unit. Tweets my personal views
West Midlands ADASS @wmadass.bsky.social WM ADASS shared vision is for a sustainable health & care system, that supports thriving local economies & communities; promoting independence & social justice. Find us at https://www.wm-adass.org.uk/
ADASS @adass.bsky.social ADASS is the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, furthering the interests of those who need social care services.
Tom Downes @sheffielddoc.bsky.social National Clinical Director for Older
People at NHS England. Interface Geriatrician at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Shona McFarlane @shonamcfarlane.bsky.social Deputy Director, Adults and Health, Leeds City Council #TeamLeeds
Jon Sopel @jonsopel1.bsky.social Host of daily podcast The News Agents. And author of Strangeland. Available at all good bookshops….
Maitlis @maitlis.bsky.social Co host @thenewsagents .
Formerly @bbcNewsnight - interviews with Prince Andrew Donald Trump Bill Clinton Mark Zuckerberg etc etc .
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Sarah Castell @scastell.bsky.social CEO Involve. Working to build a stronger democracy that works for everyone, by using the supertools of participatory and deliberative democracy. Also like improv & jumping in cold water.
Ben Lovell @drbenlovell.bsky.social @work Acute Med Consultant, Deputy Director Med Ed, Hon Assoc Prof Med Ed, author, simulation lead @home cats, theatre, gym, books, piano, horror. 
Alex Fox @alexfoxshared.bsky.social CEO Community Catalysts CIC, Trustee AFG, NHS Assembly Member.
Author: Escaping the Invisible Asylum (Policy Press). www.communitycatalysts.co.uk; AlexFoxBlog.wordpress.com
Former: CEO, Shared Lives Plus & Vice Chair, Think Local Act Personal.
Hayley Gullen @hayleygullen.com “This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is available to buy now! https://linktr.ee/ThisMightSurpriseYou
Rep: Julia Silk at Greyhound Literary.
insta: HayleyGullen
www.hayleygullen.com
Sir David Haslam @david-haslam.bsky.social Dad and Grandad, Former GP and ex Chair of NICE, Ex President & Chair RCGP & BMA.
Author: “Side Effects. How our healthcare lost its way, and how we fix it”. A Book of the Week in The Observer. “Brilliant! (Their words!)
www.haslam.org
Dr Jess Mannion @drjessmannion.bsky.social Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. Research on disability studies, action research, & the arts. ADHDer. Working class academic.
Luke McGee @lukemcgee.bsky.social Emmy-award-winning journalist
https://lukemcgee.substack.com/
luke@luke-mcgee.com
Emily McArdle @emilyslt.bsky.social Associate at Helen Sanderson Associates
Speech & Language Therapist
Chris Catterall @oldchap17.bsky.social Chief Executive, Capacity. Making public services, people services. www.thisiscapacity.co.uk
Ann-Marie Towers @a-mtowers.bsky.social Professor of Social Care Research. Deputy Director of the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College London.
@rachpeac.bsky.social @rachpeac.bsky.social Social Care Charity CEO and Trustee. Lifelong Liverpool fan.
Tanya Moore @tanyamoore.bsky.social Social work geek. Principal Social Worker Essex Adult Social Care. Doctoral Supervisor, The Tavistock. Xodus.
Sarah Glover @sarahgloverscl.bsky.social Director The SCL Agency, Producer Connecting Citizens to Science podcast - posting personally https://linktr.ee/sarahjglover
Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social Fellow @NuffieldTrust - mostly musing about social care & health policy
@thecaringview.bsky.social @thecaringview.bsky.social 
Louise @lou15eb.bsky.social Social Worker, Team Manager and BIA. Chartered Manager. Love sunshine, holidays, cocktails and sweets 🍹🍬mentally on the beach 🏝️
Alison Firth @alisonfirth.bsky.social Hi, I'm RCPCH's Head of Health Policy. I'll mostly be posting about child health policy, trade unions and women's football. All in a personal capacity.
Prof Jane Sandall CBE FMedSci @sandallj.bsky.social Maternal Health Services and Systems, Safety, quality and implementation. Social Science researcher and midwife.
https://www.kcl.ac.uk/slcps/our-departments/department-of-women-childrens-health
Amy M. Russell @amymrussell.bsky.social Associate Professor Health Inequalities @UniversityLeeds #Qualitative health research to improve inclusion in research & healthcare. Working with people with a learning disability to innovate in creative methods for inclusion. https://linktr.ee/amymrussell
@sarahblackmore.bsky.social @sarahblackmore.bsky.social Social worker. Adoptee. Exec Director @SocialWorkEng. Vice chair of @whocaresscot. Trustee of @younglivesvscancer Posts are my own views
Andy Jolly @andyjolly.bsky.social Assistant Professor @SocialWorkUob | Honorary Research Fellow @ICRDwlv | Politics & attempts at humour my own
Gillian MacIntyre @gillianmacintyre.bsky.social Reader in Social Work. Learning disability, mental health, citizenship and human rights
Shabs @schoolofshabs.bsky.social Social worker, Doctoral researcher, Educator and trainer.
Rob Mitchell @robmitch92.bsky.social Bradford based Social Worker. Blogger, co-author & podcaster of all things Social Work, Cats & Rocket Science.
Sometimes found hiding in Sweden. #LUFC #GAIS
Rachel Kelso @rachelkelso.bsky.social Domiciliary care worker |
Founder, Homecare Voices http://homecarewg.org
Richard Humphries @richardhumphries.bsky.social Social care & health geek. Herefordshire & London. Author ‘Ending the Social Care Crisis - a new road to reform’. Wolves supporter.
Andrew Harrop @andrewharrop.bsky.social Director at Public First. Former Fabian Society General Secretary (2011-2024). Public policy of work, money, health & care.
https://cradle2grave.substack.com
VicGrimwood @vicgrimwood.bsky.social Social Worker & PhD student, Health & Social Care Workforce Research Unit, Policy Institute, KCL. Researching the bettering of data for ASC & Social Work. Critical Data Studies & Data Justice lens. NIHR DLAF hosted by Camden. Own views, occasionally.
Sally Nieman @sallynieman.bsky.social Interested in all things social work and research. Recently completed PhD - Hidden in Plain Sight: social work with older people in care homes. Getting used to having more time on my hands.
Hannah Scaife @hannahscaife.bsky.social Principal Social Worker for Adults
Views are my own
Tim Dowling @timdowling.bsky.social Guardian writer, sad sack. Police Dog Hogan's banjo player.
@jennyjones.bsky.social @jennyjones.bsky.social 🏴🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺Rejoin
Votes for 16yo
Save our publicly funded NHS& public orgs
Internatl legisltn to outlaw media misinfo
Transparency&accountability
Truth&justice
UK nds political&media reform& legislation
Music movement nature lit art & kindness- sanity essentials
Helen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social Staff writer, The Atlantic | Author, Difficult Women (2020) and The Genius Myth (2025) | Podcaster, Page 94 | Doom scroller, the internet | uk.bookshop.org/shop/helenlewis
HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk The UK’s leading campaign group against the far right | Promoted by Nick Lowles on behalf of HOPE not hate LTD at 167-169 Great Portland St, 5th Floor, W1W 5PF.
🔗 https://hopenothate.org.uk
Dominic Casciani @bbcdomc.bsky.social BBC News Home and Legal Correspondent. // Stories // Features // Analysis // Documentaries // The Mafia Man in the Lancashire Caravan: http://bbc.in/2UV2ILv
Linktree and contact details: https://linktr.ee/bbcdomc
Joe Farnworth @joemfm.bsky.social Public Affairs @jrf-uk.bsky.social, campaigning for a fairer social security system. Previously at @trusselluk.bsky.social.
Season ticket holder at #bhafc
Work and Equalities Institute @workequalities.bsky.social www.wei.manchester.ac.uk
Research institute at The University of Manchester. Research themes include: Work Futures, Fairness and Wellbeing in the Workplace, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Regulation and representation. 
PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social Exclusive stories and insight from Westminster via PoliticsHome and The House magazine. Read our reporting at https://www.politicshome.com and subscribe to The Rundown podcast: http://bit.ly/3M8d963
Charlotte Pickles @charliepickles.bsky.social Director @re-state.bsky.social; all things State and public services.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) @nihrarcs.bsky.social We are the network of 11 NIHR (@nihr.bsky.social) Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs)
ARCs support applied health and care research across the country
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linktree: linktr.ee/nihrarcs
e-newsletter: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter
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Carers UK @carers-uk.bsky.social Carers UK is the leading national charity for unpaid carers. We support, advocate for, champion and connect carers across the UK, so that no one has to care alone.
Care City @carecityuk.bsky.social A social enterprise working with communities, health and care partners to create innovative change of local benefit and national significance.
Find out more www.carecity.org
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
Local Government Lawyer @localgovlawyer.bsky.social The Local Government Lawyer: Covering legal practice in local government and the public sector since 2009.
www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Ruth Hannan @ruthhannan.bsky.social Exploring care in a new economy at @carefull.bsky.social with @hannahwebster.bsky.social
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