Ellen Stewart
probably typing with a cat on my shoulder | Professor of Public Policy & Health @uofgussp University of Glasgow | Editor, Sociology of Health & Illness | author 'How Britain Loves the NHS' @policypress
- Completed my work @uofgussp.bsky.social Heath & Safety training to give myself a quick win before heading off on holiday next week (given that everything else on my to do list is a binfire). Full marks, naturally, then a certificate that inexplicably says I am B3. I feel like I deserved an A.
- Reposted by Ellen StewartAnother great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock. #DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice. www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
- Such a useful setting! Switched on now, after too much posting on the move.
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- The Met Office say that its weather station near Aberdeen has had 16 days with no sun. It's the longest period of gloom ever recorded in the city. Here's Balmedie Beach on better days, to help remind you of the that bright yellow disk in the sky thingy. www.walkhighlands.co.uk/aberdeenshir...
- Reposted by Ellen StewartIt’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
- Reposted by Ellen StewartNew @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & me summarises what lived experience insights show us that traditional research evidence misses about housing and health: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
- Senior Programme Manager role now advertised, here in Glasgow, with our interdisciplinary @healthmod.bsky.social Consortium.
- Reposted by Ellen StewartIn the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process: *Talk of belt-tightening *Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments) *Travel budgets cut *Promotion freeze (1/4)
- It’s a ‘how to pay for healthcare’ sort of day for me. Glasgow bound and lecturing our PGT students on healthcare financing, plus CPP published this late last week.
- Leaving snowy Netherlands after a week involving silly dress up, inspiring debates about important things and a near constant stream of small round breadcrumbed foodstuffs. I do very much love my job.
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- Reposted by Ellen StewartNew analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions. Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation Management metrics mislead Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
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- Reposted by Ellen StewartNew @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
- Reposted by Ellen StewartBut when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes. What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
- Reposted by Ellen StewartWe're delighted to welcome colleagues from across Scotland’s public policy and research communities to @glasgow.ac.uk today for our #StopStart event📍🚦 We've kicked off this morning hearing from Jim McCormick @therobertsontrust.bsky.social and Permanent Secretary Joe Griffin.
- Reposted by Ellen StewartDHSC published its impact statement for the 10 Year Health Plan this week (yes, that is 6 months after it published the plan) It's more measured and clear-eyed than the original document and quite a contrast to some of the effusive optimism in the plan Some of the things that caught my eye 👇
- Reposted by Ellen StewartHow do you measure the domestic mental load? 🧐 And how does your experience stack up against our research of 3,000 US parents? I created a quiz using the same approach we use in peer-reviewed sociological research so you can find out! Hope this sparks some conversations 💡 tally.so/r/447Xxk
- Reposted by Ellen StewartMissing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
- Hope @catherineneedham.bsky.social managed to watch a bit of this. Fascinating on social care reform!
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- Reposted by Ellen StewartFollowing coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
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- "The building was designed by George Gilbert Scott as an elaborate, centuries long prank, with the explicit intention to confuse everyone who ever needed to find a room within the building."
- Reposted by Ellen StewartEvery time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
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- Sending solidarity to all the remarkable people I worked with at Strathclyde.
- Going to patent a version of this for sharing tables with men on trains. I think maybe it could be a very large-brimmed hat?
- Reposted by Ellen StewartREF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause All updates are now live on our website: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...
- Reposted by Ellen StewartThe recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...
- Reposted by Ellen StewartGot my abstract accepted (with Roland Bal, Ellen Stewart and Lorelei Jones) for the Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare conference, Oxford, 8-10 April 2026. Who's coming? www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...
- Reposted by Ellen StewartDEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?" For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk! Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔 Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
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- Our analysis of @careopinion.org.uk data showed how much patients have internalised these inaccurate campaigns about inappropriate use of A&E. I really believe that this nonsense, and war metaphors, harm patient experience in already miserable situations.
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- Reposted by Ellen StewartYour annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.
- Reposted by Ellen StewartWe've responded to reports that the NHS will pay a higher price for branded new medicines as a condition of a UK-US trade deal. Read the statement from @sallygainsbury.bsky.social 👇
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- Reposted by Ellen Stewart🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role. Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...
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- Sunrise over Edinburgh, from Fife. Making the most of all the daylight on a mercifully dry day.
- Reposted by Ellen StewartI wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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- I'm so disappointed not to be able to make this great (free) event in Glasgow on the 5th. Do take a look at the programme - it's a cracker!
- Reposted by Ellen StewartWe’re excited to launch the 5th round of applications for the JMS Scholarship. 12 scholarships are available in any research area which can be supervised at the University. Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/k2bkPz4ekB #PhDScholarship #Scholarships2026 #UKScholarships
- Reposted by Ellen StewartIs "Taskification" a solution to workforce crisis? In this paper, we problematise the term, tracing its roots to Taylorism, and argue that applying manufacturing logic to healthcare risks fragmenting patient care. doi.org/10.1177/1355... #GeneralPractice #Taskification #Workforce
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- It's great news for Scottish health research that this scheme has reopened after a few years' hiatus. My CSO Postdoc was really quite transformative for my career, and this opportunity has been missed in the increasingly tricky ECR funding landscape.
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- Enjoyed contributing an opinion piece to this dialogue issue of Journal of Philanthropy on crowdfunding. No open access funding for opinions, so let me know if you'd like to read it and can't access. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- Reposted by Ellen Stewart📣 New Blog! In this blog, Mhairi Mackenzie @uofgussp.bsky.social describes Fundamental Cause Theory and presents an important framework on how to mitigate rather than exacerbate inequalities, and how to actively work to undo fundamental causes of health inequalities www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...
- Interesting blog about the potential for a 'Highland weighting' to attract care staff to remote and rural areas. Did you see @louiselocock.bsky.social?
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- Really helpful resources here for thinking about decisions and tradeoffs for policy-relevant modelling.
- Very impressed by letter in @theguardian.com from @jamescsanderson.bsky.social. We can’t talk about hospices without talking about inequalities in access to hospice care in less affluent areas and communities. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Just had a manuscript bounce back to me on technical checks, because I didn't specify the city that University of Glasgow is in on title page (only in the editorial system). BATSHIT NONSENSE and sadly typical of my experience with every Springer journal I have published with or reviewed for.
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