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Barry Doyle

@profbarrydoyle.bsky.social

Prof of History of Health @manchstm.bsky.social interested in hospitals and cities. Also some contemporary British Politics. Like walking in hills sometimes go running! Chair EuroHealthHist COST Action https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22159/

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Dr Ciara Henderson presenting her proposal in the WG2 workshop in Granada of our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social
πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘ #HistMed #SkyStorian

06.02.2026 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social leaded by @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social visiting University of Alcala @uahes.bsky.social founded by cardenal Cisneros in 1499. One of the 5 World Heritage Universities. @chendirl.bsky.social #HistMed #MedHum

17.01.2026 07:59 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And another traveling on an Irish passport! ☘️

15.01.2026 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Members of WG1 @eurohealthhist.bsky.social visiting old Hospital de Antezana in AlcalΓ‘ de Henares (Spain) with a sweet surprise at the end of the guided tour β˜•οΈπŸͺ🍫 #HistMed #Skyhistorian @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social

15.01.2026 05:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#Spain is where all the action is in 2026!! Following our Madrid event, our University of Granada hosts welcome #ReproHist scholars to #HistMed #MedHums workshop. Zoom link will issue to registered attendees only. #HistNursing #HistMidwifery #Skystorians #GenderHist #WomensHistory #HistHealth

15.01.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My paper today with @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social for our @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @costprogramme.bsky.social event in Alcala on healthcare in southern Europe and the Mediterranean

15.01.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks. Currently cold and wet! πŸ₯Ά

14.01.2026 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to this event and to presenting a paper with our brilliant organiser @lolaruizberdun.bsky.social on maternity services in Spain and England 1920-60. BTW Alcala de Henares is a lovely city. Looking forward to a walk in the hills this afternoon!

14.01.2026 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Continuity and Change in Southern European and Mediterranean Healthcare (1850–2000) hosted at Facultad de Medicina AlcalΓ‘ de Henares university by WG1 this Fri & Sat - this is hybrid so check bulletin for link if you can't join in person #HistMed #Skystorians #MedHums

13.01.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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First time @NCL_RedBulls to see Match with @USAPerpignan in European Challenge Cup. Current form suggests a close match on a beautiful crisp day.

10.01.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glory Days!
He may have been an electro superstar and co written the second biggest selling single of all time but I’ve still got my hair!

08.01.2026 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy new year Simon. Who’da thought I had a new year number 1 50 years ago? πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

08.01.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Someone asked me yesterday why I like walking. This is the answer! Helm Crag above Grasmere with a view to Easedale Tarn. It’s perfect on a day like today. 😻

28.12.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Crisis at Christmas I'm helping someone start their life beyond homelessness this Christmas. You can too!

We’ve just made a Christmas donation to #Crisis www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved... Why not do the same?πŸŽ…

23.12.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The @LibDems won more council by election seats than any other party and secured the second highest vote share of any party. It really is a two horse race!

23.12.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday I delivered my inaugural address as a full member of the Academy of Nursing Sciences of the Community of Madrid (Spain) titled β€œLights and shadows in the History of Midwives in Madrid” @eurohealthhist.bsky.social @chendirl.bsky.social @profbarrydoyle.bsky.social

16.12.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform win in Scotland!
Whitburn and Blackburn West Lothian by election. Reform beat Labour and SNP. Coming from 3rd place in 2024.

12.12.2025 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fort William and Ardnamurchan by election result 1st Prefs:
Lib Dem 925
SNP 665
Reform 220
Green 216
Con 175
Lab 87
Lib Dem elected at stage 5
@assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @electionmaps.uk

12.12.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried this during the summer. I concur. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

12.12.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨BREAKING🚨

MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.

The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

09.12.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 962    πŸ” 341    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 59
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CHSTM Research Seminar, 9 December 2025 Dr Angela Cassidy From shared to separated health - and back again? The multiple lives of modern mycobacteria

Another seminar for your diaries: on 9 December we are welcoming Dr Angela Cassidy @angecass.bsky.social for a talk on the multiple lives of modern mycobacteria.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...

05.11.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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CHSTM Research Seminar, 9 December 2025 Dr Angela Cassidy From shared to separated health - and back again? The multiple lives of modern mycobacteria

Trundling my way on a train through v. soggy Somerset Levels to join old friends & new @manchstm.bsky.social. Will be talking this afternoon on mycobacterial movements across human, animal and ecosystem health ever since we've known these #microbes #histSTM
blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/1...

09.12.2025 11:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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You may have seen this before in the other place but I love this picture of EP Thompson with his cat circa 1980 πŸˆβ€β¬›

22.11.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another book on the way is this volume of classic rock journalism. Includes Murray’s eviscerating review of an early Clash gig. Read it and smirk 😏

15.11.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sorting books to sell. Got to this. Very reluctant to let it go even if I’ll never make use of it again! (Also it’s in good condition somehow 🧐)

11.11.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Planning, Markets and Hospitals | John Mohan | Taylor & Francis eBooks Improving access to hospital services has been a goal of public policy in Britain for over seventy years, but the means by which this goal is to be attained

One more. This one is on the North East of England and goes back into the 19th century.
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

06.11.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm sure you know about Helen Rutherford but just in case. www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our...

06.11.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Imagining a health service without hospitals: French West Africa between the wars

The pre-publication version of my paper Imaging a Health Service Without Hospitals: French West Africa between the wars is available to read on my Manchester webpage.
research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

06.11.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Medicine and industrial society : a history of hospital development in Manchester and its region, 1752-1946 : Pickstone, John V : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive xi, 369 p. : 24 cm

Thanks Rebecca
The Ur text on this topic is John Pickstone Medicine and Industrial Society archive.org/details/medi...
Also have a look for Steve Cherry on Norfolk and Norwich and Gorsky, Mohan and Willis book on Contributory Schemes. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719065798/

06.11.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Eggs, rags and whist drives: popular munificence and the development of provincial medical voluntarism between the wars Abstract. Drawing on hospital reports, committee minutes and the local press, this article examines the changing landscape of urban civic culture and chall

Interwar but open access and a bit of a back story academic.oup.com/histres/arti...

06.11.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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