Sophia McCully

UK ranking for life expectancy lowest in Western Europe

Life expectancy in UK worst in Western Europe

Blimey. UK life expectancy worst in Western Europe - OECD report
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Health inequalities | The Health Foundation Improvements in life expectancy have stalled and there are wide inequalities in health within and between local areas

A woman born in Wokingham can expect to live 15 more years in good health than a woman born in Blackpool.

This inequality is played out in communities around the country. Find out more about what drives #HealthInequalities ⬇️

Will AI improve your life? Here’s what 4,000 researchers think Scientists working on artificial intelligence are more confident than the public that the technology will benefit people.

Nature have picked up our survey. We think it's the largest survey of AI researchers ever conducted. Here's a quick thread on some of the headlines @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Remembering our friend Alessandro Coatti | PET Following the death of Alessandro Coatti – an expert in science and policy aspects of genome editing, who was much loved by his friends and colleagues – Sandy Starr and Sophia McCully pay tribute...

We will miss you so much, Ale. www.progress.org.uk/remembering-...

Panorama - Lockdown Kids: Five Years On Branwen Jeffreys meets with families and teachers to find out how they are helping some of the youngest children impacted by lockdown to catch up on their education and social development.

📺Fantastic to see NELI, the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, feature in this BBC #Panorama, Lockdown Kids: Five Years On.

NELI is a well-evidenced catch-up programme for four and five-year-olds who need extra support with their speech and language.

Watch here: ow.ly/TZsX50VpLq2

Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2023

Today’s poverty statistics show that in 2023/24 31% of children were in poverty in the UK

Reducing this is now harder for govt's child poverty strategy with planned cuts to disability and health-related benefits to leave a further 50,000 children in poverty in 2029/30

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First-Ever Transplant of Pig Liver Into Human Marks Milestone in Organ Science It's the latest evidence to suggest that animal-to-human transplantation is feasible.

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LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.

An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...

Associate Director, Emerging Technology and Industry Practice - Ada Lovelace Institute The Ada Lovelace Institute (Ada) is a hiring an Associate Director to lead our Emerging Technology & Industry Practice research directorate and collectively set its agenda and workplan in our next...

Job alert!!

Could you be Ada's new Associate Director in Emerging Tech & Industry Practice, leading a fab team and a highly impactful research programme?

It's a pretty amazing gig, @agstrait.bsky.social has built something incredible (no pressure). Get in touch if you have Qs!

Nature Awards in partnership with Sense about Science - John Maddox Prize for standing up for science. Nominations close 30th April

The John #MaddoxPrize recognises researchers who stand up + speak out for science +evidence-based policy, advancing public discussion around difficult topics, despite challenges or hostility.

Know someone who fits that description? Nominate them for the prize today 👉 tinyurl.com/4ma3n86t

The White House war on federal statistics Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups

Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn

This is really interesting! More for the FOI precedent perhaps than what it reveals. I'm amazed to find how many people (mainly not the sort of people who post on Bluesky) are already replacing Google with ChatGPT.

'Abolishing NHS England is a watershed moment in how the English NHS is governed and managed – and ends a 12-year experiment with trying to manage the NHS more independently from ministers.' Hugh Alderwick, Director of Policy at the Health Foundation

Responding to news of NHS England's abolition @hughalderwick.bsky.social says, while there is logic in bringing the workings of NHS England and the government closer, it will cause disruption and divert energy when attention should be focused on improving care.

Our full response ⬇️

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A tribute to the wonderful Prof Margot Brazier, pioneer in healthcare law, from Emily Jackson and me, in BioNews @pet-bionews.bsky.social www.progress.org.uk/obituary-pro...

Mutated DNA Restored to Normal in Gene Therapy Advance The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions.

Genome editing success for the first time in nine patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, a heritable disease which can cause cirrhosis and emphysema, affecting ~100,000 Americans, which is similar to the prevalence of sickle cell disease
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...

Policy, governance, ethics: refreshing the PHG Foundation's strategic focus - PHG Foundation We want to make science work for health but we also want science that works for health. Here's how

We've set out our strategic direction and priorities for 2025-30 in a new @phgfoundation.bsky.social publication. In a related post I describe where I think efforts to 'make science work for health' have brought us and what PHG's role can be: www.phgfoundation.org/blog/policy-...

Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science.

Royal Society will meet amid campaign to revoke Elon Musk’s fellowship: More than 1,300 scientists have signed a letter calling on the world’s oldest science society to reassess the billionaire’s membership following cuts to US science. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

New scoping report identifies scientific and ethical challenges in exploring genetic influences on traits related to education - Nuffield Council on Bioethics The Nuffield Council on Bioethics and the Nuffield Foundation have published an overview of scientific developments in genomics and education. We urge caution over the use of polygenic indices (PGIs) ...

I am thrilled to share the 'Navigating Genomics and Education' Report, the result of a joint project between the @nuffieldfoundation.org
and Nuffield Council on Bioethics that I’ve been leading over the past year!

www.nuffieldbioethics.org/news-blog/ne...