Illustration of healthcare professionals and a new mother with her baby, alongside the text ‘Good teamwork means better maternity care’, on a purple background with circular design elements.

🤝 The NMC and @gmcuk.bsky.social have launched new resources to support maternity care.

Our ‘Good teamwork means better maternity care’ campaign highlights how midwives, neonatal nurses, doctors, women and families work together to deliver safe, person-centred care.

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Corrupt courts hurt everyone – especially those influenced by billionaires. Let's fight for fair and impartial judges who protect our rights in Pennsylvania.

Make sure you are registered to vote or check your registration status at Iwillvote.com/pa #PACourtsMatter

www.alternet.org 'Infuriating': Veterans rip Trump admin's partisan 'lawbreaking' language in VA newsletter

'Infuriating': Veterans rip Trump admin's partisan 'lawbreaking' language in VA newsletter

Texas Lawmaker Testifies GOP Used Minority Communities as ‘Pawns’ in New Map Read more here.

🚨BREAKING: A Texas Democrat testified in federal court Thursday that Republican leadership used minority communities as pawns when they redrew the state’s congressional map this summer at the request of President Donald Trump. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap.

You don't place trust in—or do business with—those without ethics or scruples. I can't believe the very institutions that taught this principle to generations of Americans never learned that lesson themselves.

Any deal you do with Trump, he'll break. Then he'll break you.

How do they not see this?

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch facing questions from BBC local radio stations - live Badenoch will be quizzed on her party's policies ahead of its annual conference, which starts on Sunday in Manchester.

Oh dear... 😂 Anybody remember when Liz Truss pulled the same stunt? Touring local radio stations in the hope of getting an easy ride? It didn't go well...

If I recall correctly, Rima Ahmed on Radio Leeds got an award for the grilling she gave the hapless Ms Truss 🤣

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Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak

Too toxic for the Tories? Don't worry, Labour will do it. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Mixed-methods are growing in importance! This 2022 paper illustrates the growing importance of mixed-methods research in the field of health research. Mixed-methods approaches requires not only the skills of the individual quantitative and ...

Wasti, S. P., Simkhada, P., van Teijlingen, E. R., Sathian, B., & Banerjee, I. (2022). The Growing Importance of Mixed-Methods Research in Health. Nepal J Epidemiol, 12(1), 1175–78. doi.org/10.3126/nje.... link.growkudos.com/1esnqsjghkw

Our Sonamoni project will be part of the
#ESRCFestival 'Through a Child’s Eyes: Understanding Childhood Drowning in Bangladesh'. The event will be held on Saturday 8th Nov. at the #RNLI in #Poole. @ukri.org @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social

Sharing again. Please help me out here…

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24 millions Americans shouldn’t have to lose their healthcare so that Elon Musk can blow up more rockets.

Dean: The president is unhinged

Johnson: A lot of folks on your side are too. I don’t control him

Dean: Oh my god, please. That performance in front of the generals.

Johnson: I didn’t see it.

Dean: Our allies are looking elsewhere. Our enemies are laughing.

YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen Trump and his cronies are trying to blackmail Democrats. It won’t work.

Trump and his cronies spent the day trying to blackmail Democrats into giving him a blank check for his lawlessness. It won’t work.

We don’t bow to wannabe dictators who use the American people as bargaining chips.

It should be at least 80%. But the media likes to blame democrats.

Pete Hegseth at meeting

Ever give a speech so bad The NYT runs a callout asking generals and admirals if they’re quitting? Pete Hegseth has.

V.L. Peddie, E. van Teijlingen, S. Bhattacharya, A qualitative study of women's decision-making at the end of IVF treatment, Human Reproduction, Volume 20, Issue 7, 1 July 2005, Pages 1944–1951, doi.org/10.1093/humr.... Paper on topic from two decades ago.

Maternal sepsis is one of the leading causes of preventable deaths in pregnancy and childbirth. HRP (a WHO co-sponsored program) & the University of Liverpool are shaping research to improve prevention, diagnosis, & treatment.

👉Take the survey for the future of maternal health: zurl.co/KAEXV

Nursing Facts and figures on nursing

The world will face a shortage of 310,000 midwives by 2030, hitting marginalized communities the hardest. Midwives—especially Black and brown midwives—are essential for safe, equitable births. Join the fight for a midwife in every neighborhood now! #BirthJustice

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

Laura Nichols (Santa Clara University) reviews Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality & Students Pay the Price @princetonupress.bsky.social by Anthony Abraham Jack @bostoncollege.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3KnLeDf. Jack discusses his book in this podcast from ASA:

#ThisIsTrumpsShutdown according to Trump himself. Listen for yourself.

Tariffs

*taps microphone*

75% 🤬

I’m not alone, but we pay over $19K/year for insurance through the ACA for my daughter, my wife, and myself.

Like millions of other Americans, we are bracing ourselves to be priced out. We don’t need to just save healthcare. We need to make it better and affordable.
#DonaldTrumpsShutdown

👉Watch Dems Live Protesting Trump’s Shutdown

🚨 Enough is enough. Democrats are standing up to Trump’s shutdown circus and demanding a government that works for the people. Watch it go down!

#DonaldTrumpsShutdown social.demcast.com/s/k5vioxyl

YouTube video by On Demand News Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin BLASTS Nigel Farage in Free Speech Debate

Farage does not like this clip to be shared, please don't share it. His so called "patriotic" ass is getting kicked when he missed one of the PMQs.

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A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective

Be sure to check out the new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History on "Immigration and Citizenship" co-edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social:

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Speed camera data showing drivers slowing down. Fewer high end speeders and lower average speeds over time.

Doug Ford: "Speed cameras DO NOT slow people down."

Speed camera data:

More mushrooms in Dorset, on the south of England #FungiFriday #photography