Hannah Davies

@hannahdavies.bsky.social

CEO Northern Health Science Alliance www.thenhsa.co.uk
Executive Director Health Equity North
www.healthequitynorth.co.uk
Carer ME/CFS
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Policy, health, equality, people, science and the North. Music, art & coffee.

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Minority ethnic women across the North of England are falling through gaps in national data. The result? Stark, hidden inequalities.

Today in Sheffield, we launched our new #WomanoftheNorth report: ‘Woman of the North: Closing the health gap for minority ethnic women’.

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Professor Dame Lesley Regan is outlining the opportunity presented by the Renewed Women’s Health Strategy and what coordinated national, regional and local implementation must deliver for women. #WomensHealthNorth 1/3

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How can women’s health innovation respond to genuine unmet need and move successfully from research into practice?

Dr Vanessa Hearnden, Dr Rebecca Mawson, Dr Emma Lucas, Alex Wilkinson and Hayley Morris are exploring how women’s health research and innovation can best respond. #WomensHealth

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“This is not an invention, this is not a narrative, this is real”
 
Our first panel at #LabourPartyConference2026 gave a key insight into the potential when policymakers, academics, charities, and young people come together to make a difference when it comes to child and adolescent mental health.

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Absolutely brilliant to hear Yvette Cooper call violence against women and girls an “epidemic” and for it to be formally treated as a “public health” crisis. Alongside the roll out of Steps to Safety to GPs this represents a clear commitment to tackling VAWG.

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That was the best leader’s speech I’ve seen in a long time, by someone who believes in what they want to deliver. I’m excited about the future of the country and a future of fairness - including in the North

The Prime Minister Andy Burnham holding a child of the North hat next to a woman holding a woman of the north report and wearing a hat
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Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2
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theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Women with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’

theguardian.comWomen with same health conditions as men ‘less likely to be offered active treatment’Men with heart, kidney or liver conditions more likely to be offered intervention compared with women, global analysis finds Women with the same medical condition as men are less likely to be offered treatment such as surgery, a stent or a strong painkiller, research has found. A review of global research found that for several health problems, including cardiovascular conditions, kidney disease and Parkinson’s, women were less likely to receive the same treatment as men, revealing the extent to which women have significantly unequal care. Continue reading...
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🚨 £44 million. That’s the amount we estimate has leaked out of Wales’ learning-disability care system to private equity firms and companies based in tax havens. Read our latest report to find out where the money is going – and what needs to change 👇 @thrivingplaces.bsky.social