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Gill Steele @squirreltower.eurosky.social Working in renewables since 2005.Believe in land reform & social justice.I want a fairer society & realise now I have to help make that happen. Sucker for volunteering.Owned by a cat,dog & children.Just don’t self build😜 .English bird 30 years in Scotland
Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social Interested in life in general & people in particular.
Living in Edinburgh, now enjoying a non clinical role, but still a doctor at heart.
Posting about medicine, health, social inequalities, sport, politics, Scotland, sustainability, veggie food & cats.
Esther Elliott @esther22.bsky.social Dorset to Edinburgh via Nottingham. Lifetime DM wearer. Scottish Episcopal Church. Community Chaplain.
Bob Smith @bobsmith67.bsky.social Retired NHS GP. Classical music, Bob Dylan, astronomy photos.
liminaltimes @liminaltimes.bsky.social Dispute resolution, health and social care, housing, justice, books, family history, graveyards, volcanoes, football (YNWA)
James Barham @nowthenthee.bsky.social Dadding, nursing, PKUing. House servant to the child and @emmavardy2.bsky.social
Nick Sinclair @nicksinclair.bsky.social Programme Director @ Community Catalysts (Local Area Coordination and Innovators Learn) Interested in asset based working, leadership, community, inclusion & good lives for all. Proud dad of daughters. Trustee of Disability North.
Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social Journalist. Activist. Working for a better tomorrow today.
Political perspectives. Sustainability. Resilience. Food security. Social justice.
Scottish. Irish. Algerian. Kabyl.
There is no Planet B.
Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social Retired Lawyer, cook, Europhile, books, music, good conversations, gardens, walking. Bird site refugee 🇬🇧 🇮🇪
Kay Springham @kayspringham.bsky.social KC at the Scots Bar. Interests lie in social justice and equality.
Kit Byatt @kitb.bsky.social Retired geriatrician, now working in human rights medicine & med ed; EBM; patient-centred care; equity & justice; curious about the world and its people; usually optimistic.
Refugee from Twitter (@Laconic_doc)!
Karen Hedge @hegeit.bsky.social DCEO @ScottishCare @ImpAdultCare provider lead @championingcare Ambassador @uws court. Passionate about people. Mother, wife, coastguard, runner, CrossFitter and wannabe sea dog FRSA MIOD 💖🏃♀️🧜♀️ 🛟🏋️♀️⛵️
David Brindle @brindled.bsky.social One-time Guardian journo now charity chair and social care commentator 
UN Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021–2030) @undecadeageing.bsky.social Official account. 10 years of concerted, catalytic, sustained collaboration towards a 🌎🌍🌏 where all people can live long & healthy lives. #AddingLifeToYears
Fraser of Allander Institute @fraserofallander.org The Fraser of Allander Institute at the University of Strathclyde is an independent economic research unit providing expert analysis and insight on the Scottish economy. fraserofallander.org
NIHR @nihr.bsky.social National Institute for Health and Care Research - we fund, enable and deliver world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health and wellbeing, and promotes economic growth.
Impact, Innovation, Investment, Inclusion
British Geriatrics Society @gerisoc.bsky.social The BGS is the UK's first and only membership organisation of multidisciplinary professionals with an interest in improving healthcare for older people. https://www.bgs.org.uk/
Vic Rayner @vicrayner.bsky.social CEO of National Care Forum; Chair Care Provider Alliance; Chair of Global Ageing Network; Honorary Professor City St George’s University of London. Passionate about care, support and housing. Interested in pretty much everything! 
Sally-Anne Francis @sally-anne-fran.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London. Interested in all things medicines. Health services researcher. Pharmacist. Slow runner. #academicsky #pharmsky
Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social A high impact peer reviewed multi-disciplinary palliative care journal. Research journal of the EAPC. Find us on FB, X, Instagram, LinkedIn. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PMJ #hpm #hapc #research #hospice #academicsky
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social Health Editor at The Sunday Times. Health Journalist of the Year 2023. Helped expose #MidStaffs. Public interest journalism matters #E17 #patientsafety
📰 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/profile/shaun-lintern
📝 DMs open
📨 shaun.lintern@sundaytimes.co.uk
David Henderson @davidhen.bsky.social Professional Lead - Workforce Research @ Royal College of Nursing. Health and Social Care Data Science. Multimorbidity, Data Linkage projects, R. Registered Nurse
Karen (Harman) Gray @kcrgray.bsky.social Arts, ageing, social care, dementia, methods, policy, values, evaluation | Researcher @ University of Bristol | ConnectED project | Hoppiness. She/her.
Prof Katherine Sleeman @katherinesleeman.bsky.social Laing Galazka Chair in palliative care at King’s College London. Consultant in palliative medicine. 
Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social Former palliative care doctor
Campaigning for better public understanding & conversations about dying
Writer: With The End In Mind & Listen
Speaker
Hopeful despite the circumstances.
www.kathrynmannix.com 
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Kate Jopling @katejopling.bsky.social Usually found (professionally) talking about ageing, loneliness, health, care, ageism etc. Other stuff as the mood takes me 
Catherine Best @cathbest.bsky.social Quantitative data analysis and statistics #StatsSky . Public health. Commercial determinants of health. Maternal mental health. Associate Professor at University of Stirling Faculty of Health, Sport and Society.
neilmcrowther @neilmcrowther.bsky.social Social change, social care, social life.
Andy McGowan @andymcgowan.bsky.social Policy and Practice Manager at Carers Trust. Usually tend to post about carers, politics, social care, education, football or musicals.
Any posts are strictly in a personal capacity.
Neil Tester @neiltester.bsky.social Interested in most things but especially health, social care and the voluntary sector. Freelance consultant: https://neiltesterconsulting.co.uk. Chair, Healthwatch Hertfordshire: https://www.healthwatchhertfordshire.co.uk/. My own views, naturally.
Robin Hewings @robinhewings.bsky.social Currently, Head of Health and Prevention Policy (maternity cover) at Cancer Research UK
I've previously worked on loneliness and social connection, diabetes and tobacco. 
Shubhanna Hussain @shubhanna.bsky.social Policy and Engagement professional at a national carers charity in Scotland.
Interested in carer policy, social care, health inequalities, learning disabilities, human rights, and equality.
Mum | Carer | Data Geek | Mostly winging it |Views my own
Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social Professor of Care of Older People at University of Nottingham. Immediate Past President of British Geriatrics Society. Clinical Academic. Interests in frailty, dementia, care homes, pre- and periop geriatrics and clinical education.
Donald Macaskill @drdmacaskill.bsky.social CEO Scottish Care - homecare & care homes. Hon.Prof, University of the West of Scotland; Chair, National Bereavement Charter Group; Chair, NDTi; Director, Global Ageing Network; Board Member, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care. #candleforcare.
Prof Susan Shenkin @susanshenkin.bsky.social Professor of Healthcare for Older People, University of Edinburgh. Geriatrician. Always trying to build bridges & learn from other disciplines. Interested in everything, esp dementia, delirium, care homes, data, technology 
#SocialCareFuture @socialcarefuture.bsky.social Movement for change, born of frustration but powered by hope. socialcarefuture.org.uk. Hosted by In Control Partnerships 
Rights For Residents @rightsforresidents.bsky.social Authentic voice for those in care and their families. Campaigning for the legal right to a care supporter in all care settings #GloriasLaw #RightsForResidents 
Jane Douglas @janeed.bsky.social Independent Nurse Consultant, Queen’s Nurse, PhD, focus on Health & Social Care. Passionate about all that is Social Care including Health.
Nicola Cooper @nicolacooper.bsky.social Technology and Digital Innovation Lead @scottishcare.org, FRSA.
Design & Digital Innovation, thinking and doing. Passion for social care, happiness and humans.
Coxon George of Devon & Edinburgh @coxon1.bsky.social Looking out for and sharing energy & inspiration where found. Past life in many NHS & social care roles. Trips & Travels, Half Marathon Junkie, Mackem, Cat & Chicken Owner, Sea Swimmer & Aspiring Original Thought Thinker 
Ivan Cornford @ivancornford.bsky.social Still looking for that great jazz note
Alyson Vale @alymckechnie-vale.bsky.social #2ndGen Family Care Home Provider. Call myself Creative Care Producer, official title Business & Operations Director. Interested in changing SOCIAL CARE NARRATIVE, CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. #ScIL40 #HIVEMIND 🐝 1/6 Director of #Bob&Blether #seaswimming 🌊
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