Hilary Stewart

Cancer treatment delays need systematic attention A national learning system approach could help provide the answers to improving waiting times for cancer treatment, write Ajay Aggarwal , Richard Grieve , and Mary Dixon-Woods Recent media coverage ...

Cancer treatment delays need systematic attention | The BMJ www.bmj.com/content/392/...

Promoting or pressurising participation? A discourse analysis of online patient information resources about prehabilitation before cancer treatment Prehabilitation aims to improve outcomes by optimising health before treatment. Interventions typically target diet, physical activity and/or mental health. Communicating the benefits of prehabilitati...

Sharing some work from the past year that was published in @plosone.org just before Christmas - looking at cancer #prehabilitation patient information resources 📄

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What better way to start 2026 than with a new publication, celebrating excellent work led by @sastanley.bsky.social on patient information in #prehabilitation before cancer surgery. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

Can There Be a Lived Experience “Community” We do not need more invitations to white-led tables; we need to build our own spaces, on our own terms, free from institutions that have historically harmed us.

"The 'lived experience community' is framed as a space of solidarity, yet it remains exclusionary."

NSUN member, Leila explores the voices that we don't hear from in the lived experience space.

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The Government has said they want to get Britain working - but their biggest cut has been to a disability benefit that is paid to people regardless of employment status.

Ruth Curtice explains 👇

In research, too often we get only a snapshot of how lives are shaped by policy. This w/paper shares findings from walking alongside those at sharp end of austerity for more than a decade.

Spoiler: more cuts to welfare & conditionality are not the answer.

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Pitch us: "The Limitations of Lived Experience" We’re interested in publishing several blogs by people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma considering the topic "the limitations of lived experience".

The deadline to submit your pitch to our upcoming content series is Monday at 9am.

Exploring “The Limitations of Lived Experience”, this is a paid writing opportunity for NSUN members: individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma.

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Poorest fifth of UK would need to spend 45% of disposable income to afford healthy diet Healthier food is now twice as expensive per calorie as its less nutritious counterparts.

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New paper out from the PARITY team: The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery

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Adam Curtis Title Card: We Too Are Trapped In A System. Text over a background of a large office building

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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact

An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate in Health Service Research

We have a maternity cover researcher post on GRACE.
0.5FTE with immediate start for 7 months collecting info about policies, procedures and values in informed consent for gynae radiotherapy.
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Over £800,000 to help patients living with gynaecological cancers - Lancaster University Information relating to Over £800,000 to help patients living with gynaecological cancers

Our new project 'GRACE' (Gynae Radiotherapy Consent Enhancement) has started!
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