Professor of Primary Care R&D. Research healthcare implementation & policy, access for marginalised groups. She/Her Cis-Het Ally
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Working in #PrimaryCare as a practitioner or researcher. Our renowned online #MSc in Primary Care recruiting now. #FamilyMedicine #generalPractice #Nursing #Pharmacy Come join us β¦@gppcglasgowβ© gla.ac.uk/postgraduate/taughβ¦
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RT @oolon: Absolutely insane rant, detached from reality. Neither Emma Watson nor Daniel Radcliffe have ever "critiqued" her views. They boβ¦
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If a sports centre now decided a transwoman couldn't use a female changing room because they were born male, surely a transman would have to move to the female changing room? I've rarely seen that discussed by those celebrating today's ruling. #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
16 Apr 2025
Today's ruling says this is NOT a win, and stated that nothing changes in protection of trans people.
Goes further to say that trans people are covered under sex discrimination of the gender they align with.
No laws or protections are changed by this ruling.
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I suppose it's too much to hope that the second point from the UK Supreme Court will be heeded
'He counsels not to see this as a triumph for one side over another and stresses the law still gives trans people protection against discrimination.'
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
13 Feb 2025
New research led by @ScotLDO finds young adults (aged 25-34) with learning disabilities are 9 times more likely to die from treatable causes.
Read more about these stark findings -gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellβ¦
#LearningDisabilities #HealthInequalities
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
27 Jan 2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
ALT A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
20 Dec 2024
This all sounds promisingβ¦
- address inverse care law β
- decolonise curricula β
- address funding inequity β
- tackle gender and race discrimination β
- more training on social & commercial determinants of health & importance of public health β
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Brilliant news - very well deserved @PHanlon17
19 Dec 2024
Thank you so much @GeriSoc for this #BGSRisingStar award!
Itβs a hugely exciting time to be doing research to better support people living with frailty and long-term conditions. Very grateful for the award, and to the many who have supported me to far.
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
19 Dec 2024
Thank you so much @GeriSoc for this #BGSRisingStar award!
Itβs a hugely exciting time to be doing research to better support people living with frailty and long-term conditions. Very grateful for the award, and to the many who have supported me to far.
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πResearch Award Winner: Dr. Peter Hanlon π
Dr. Peter Hanlon, a GP and researcher, focuses on managing long-term conditions in older adults. He's shaping the future of frailty and chronic illness in older adults in a primary care setting. #BGSRisingStar
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
11 Dec 2024
π§΅Access to puberty blockers for young trans men and women has now been banned in the UK because of concerns about a lack of evidence regarding their impact - but the study to address this has not yet started. If we are to be led by clinical data not the culture wars in 1/2
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Outright ban on puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria is a dark day. What is the alternative support? CAMHS already on its knees. There is a balance needed to meet needs for any group - for this group, the balance is now firmly pushed against them.
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
11 Dec 2024
A plea to @wesstreeting - in recent years, Labour has always championed mental health, please do not change that.
Suicide is the leading cause of death among men aged 35-49 and for men and women aged 20-34 years
I know times are tough, but we have to prioritise mental health and suicide prevention
As well as being the right thing to do, the economics are also clear: in 2022, suicide had an overall cost of at least Β£9.58 billion in the UK.
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11 Dec 2024
Am growing increasingly concerned that the government is about to take a backward step on mental health which will do further damage to its standing and more importantly damage care for people in need. The mental health sector was desperate for a change of government because services were in such a state but if the rumoured dropping of the Mental Health Investment Standard is confirmed it will feel like a kick in the teeth to so many. Mental health waiting lists were not in last weekβs Plan for Change, which set alarm bells ringing. Mental health accounts for a fifth of the U.K. disease burden with less than 10pc of funding. If MHIS is axed, funding share is likely to fall as demand rises. I canβt see how this fits with the βhospital to community, prevention rather than cureβ planks of @wesstreeting strategy, the parity between mental and physical health promised in the manifesto, or the commitment to get economically inactive people into work. It doesnβt make sense and I hope it does not happen.
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
11 Dec 2024
π³οΈββ§οΈ | The Labour Party has betrayed trans people today and you can read our statement on @wesstreeting's announcement this afternoon. Trans people deserve better than this.
prideinlabour.org.uk/post/weβ¦
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
3 Dec 2024
New findings by @chrispac00 @deborah_kinnear @lauramckward @BarbNicholl in @BMCMedicine highlights stark inequalities in access to #pain medication experienced by adults with #intellectualdisabilities rdcu.be/d1V9Q
3 Dec 2024
Adults with intellectual disability experience under-treatment of pain despite polypharmacy and higher levels of pain, highlighting significant health disparities and urgent need for improved management. bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.co⦠@chrispac00 @BarbNicholl @deborah_kinnear
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
28 Nov 2024
1/12 Our book, βSocial Murder? Austerity and life expectancy in the UKβ, by David Walsh and I, is out today. It details how mortality stopped improving in the UK and other countries as a result of austerity policies damaging the building blocks of health. Hereβs a brief summary:
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
For #16DaysOfActivism on #GenderBasedViolence we are delighted our book, by scholars addressing GBV & Cultural Work primarily located in Global South, is published open access here: zenodo.org/records/14016827
Edited by @HyabYohannes @Tawona_Sithole and myself @Multi_Ling_Mat 1/
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Brilliant news. Congratulations to all involved - especially @SaraMacdonald13 and the absolutely amazing @suzgrant. ππππ»ππ»ππ»
21 Nov 2024
We won! Delighted for this recognition for @UofGSHW and our Hub Community of researchers, support professional staff, partners, not for profit organisations and individuals who make the Hub what it is and will drive it forward to what it can be in the future β€οΈ
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
19 Nov 2024
Watch this 2min film to find out more about our important work @UofGlasgow to tackle discrimination & inequalities faced by people with #learningdisabilities @ScotLDO π #inclusiveresearch @PAMIS_Scotland @DSScotland
19 Nov 2024
Today we present a new film to share some of the work we've been doing @UofGlasgow to continue tackling discrimination & inequalities faced by people with #learningdisabilities since our #ThisisMe22 campaign 2 years ago. Watch in full: bit.ly/4hDu68E
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Kate O'Donnell π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ ΏπͺπΊπ³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ retweeted
14 Nov 2024
Interested in applying for our JMS PhD Scholarships for Black UK Students? We are holding an info session on 21 Nov at 14.00. Come along to ask any questions at all you might have about PhD study/funding! To register sign up HERE: forms.office.com/e/WLa5FJWbeβ¦.
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