Ben Goldacre’s Tweets

but remain baffled by it!

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To support the artist, consider buying this album from Momus at Darla: https://darla.com/products/momus-vivid

Oct 28

A question not asked enough on desert island discs: "what piece of music would you annoyingly pin your friends down for, insisting they listen in silence to All The Words?". I've been reflecting on covid 2020 today. I listened to this constantly then.

youtube.com

Momus: Oblivion

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Regulating social media, fine; but we should be careful it doesn't drive up market entry costs for new platforms, because that could reinforce current de facto monopolies.

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I run

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is Editor in Chief of

@bmj_latest

Together we have invented a new form of non-viral niche-brand digital-content... Behold the MUGSWAP MUGSHOT

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Society of Research Software Engineering

@ResearchSoftEng

Oct 13

Our press release about how pivotal RSEs are to UK science (thanks for the quote

Society of Research Software Engineering

!)

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@ResearchSoftEng

Oct 13

Read our press release for International RSE Day 2022 celebrating the contribution of UK RSE to scientific research society-rse.org/press-release- @UKRI_News @STFC_Matters @EPSRC @BBSRC

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That's not all!

also used

data for their story about geographical disparities in Opioid prescribing. You can see the whole story here: news.sky.com/story/north-so

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Oct 14

🚨NEWS🚨 Since we launched in March we've mostly talked about the

Review &

@OpenSAFELY

but ICYMI we also run

@openprescribing

& have done since 2015! This week

@Channel4News

ran a 6 min segment using its Price Concessions Dashboard which we built 4 years ago.

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From the heroic Hilda Bastian

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Hilda Bastian, PhD

@hildabast

Oct 12

My first article on grief is now online @TheAtlantic.

Such complex feelings, introducing a project I'm proud of, but wish so much I'd never had this reason for doing ... 1/3 twitter.com/danengber/stat…

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Oct 7

Today it's 6 MONTHS since we published the

review! A *lot* has been happening in health data world since, so let's recap. (If you need the TL;DR version of the Review: twitter.com/jessRmorley/st)

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MINISTERIAL REVIEW KLAXON My review for Sec of State on Health Data is out today - Protect privacy with secure data platforms, not red tape - More software engineers in research - Open working, shared code - Careers for NHS analysts - More! SHARE! gov.uk/government/pub

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Open Data Institute

@ODIHQ

Sep 21

🕵️‍♀️ Who can you really trust with data? Find out at the #ODISummit2022! Our speakers include inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir

@timberners_lee

, Distinguished Professor @

@feraldata

&

Director

Book your £99 ticket today 🎟️ hubs.li/Q01mR92j0

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Sep 21

TOMORROW I will be at the

@MidsDHSD

conference talking all things

Review, the awesomeness of NHS Analytics, and the development of Secure Data Environment policy by

@NHSTransform

….more updates up on the

Midlands Digital Health Skills Development

site soon!

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@MidsDHSD

Aug 26

Understand the context of the Goldacre Review with @jessRmorley and look at how summary recommendations can be applied. Plus Jess updates on how the Review findings are being taken forward by decision makers and analysts skillsdevelopmentnetwork.com/digitalfuturem

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National Data Guardian report cites and reinforces Bennett Institute work on building public trust...

Sep 13

At the end of August the

@NDGoffice

published their Annual Report: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl We were thrilled to see that the report includes several references to our work on OpenSAFELY, the Goldacre Review, and more. We discuss more in this blog 👇🏻

bennett.ox.ac.uk

Building a strong case for the broader adoption and use of Trusted Research Environments across the NHS.

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Inspiring annual report from the National Data Guardian

@ndgoffice

on her work. Lots of citations to (and reinforcement of!) our work at

National Data Guardian report cites and reinforces Bennett Institute work on building public trust...

on

@opensafely

and our review on health data for Sec of State.

bennett.ox.ac.uk

Building a strong case for the broader adoption and use of Trusted Research Environments across the NHS.

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Sep 7

Bought a plug socket thing that measures kWh energy usage of the device plugged through it, because I am a dad now, but wish to play that role in a data-driven fashion. Our ancient hifi amp idles at 30w so 10p every half day it's on. I could go on. (I will, but not at you.)

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John A Stevenson

@volcan01010

Sep 7

The top questions from Research Software Engineers echo those identified in

's review of Research and Analysis of Health Data: pay and scope for promotion. gov.uk/government/pub - scroll down for "Skills" and "Recruitment". #RSECon22

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This huge wide road. In a city full of cyclists. All that space for a segregated cycle path. Yet

@OxfordshireCC

prioritise vast wide lanes for cars, and all those car parking spaces you can see... over safe, efficient, healthy, fast, non-polluting, non-congesting bicycles.

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I am wasted..

@themightychew

Sep 4

Oxford today, about 1pm. Between those two 4x4s on the right there is a young female cyclist lying on the road bleeding with a head injury. I see almost no requirement for private vehicles to be in this part of the City. How many more accidents are needed to close it off???

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And once again, as fast as it opened, the adequate nectarine window has closed.

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Great comment from

in the

on the importance of the amazing NHS analyst community: hsj.co.uk/policy-and-reg in achieving the goals we set out in the

review. More on what we said about analysts here:

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Chapter 1: NHS Service analytics TLDR: Value, Develop & Professionalise the NHS workforce Thread: twitter.com/jessRmorley/st Reading List: docs.google.com/document/d/17h

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You may know

Prof

as the author of ‘Bad Science’ or the initiative to make data from #AllTrials public. But #DYK you can now read his independent report on how the efficient and safe use of #HealthData can benefit patients? READ: bit.ly/3aDHyeO

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is my favourite outside of a Discworld novel. #alwaysreadthefootnotes

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Back in business today, which means the

The data the NHS has collected is key to the future of healthcare | Ben Goldacre

Review "tour" resumes: - Ldn Informatics Skills Conf 19 Sept - Digital Future Midlands Conf 22 Sept - NHS-R Conf 16-17 Nov If you want a brief insight, check out our short comment in the

@Independent

:

independent.co.uk

How to heal the NHS: The NHS dataset – the full medical history of millions of people – is some of the most powerful health data in the world, write Ben Goldacre and Jessica Morley

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Independent Voices

@IndyVoices

Aug 29

"Data saves lives." Please read this important piece on the incredible function of data in our health service. C/O

and

: independent.co.uk/voices/nhs-gp- #NHS #HowToHealTheNHS

independent.co.uk

The data the NHS has collected is key to the future of healthcare | Ben Goldacre

How to heal the NHS: The NHS dataset – the full medical history of millions of people – is some of the most powerful health data in the world, write Ben Goldacre and Jessica Morley

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Me and

wrote this, about the power of NHS data and Trusted Research Environments.

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Independent Voices

@IndyVoices

Aug 27

The data the NHS has collected is key to the future of healthcare #HowToHealTheNHS | @bengoldacre @jessRmorley bit.ly/3CxGsgt

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Via

This is extraordinary for science, foundational to the future of humanity. I want to say miraculous but it's a president, a person in a system, doing a great thing.

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UK Reproducibility Network

@ukrepro

Aug 25

Zero embargo for articles, data shared at the time of publication, machine readability, encompassing all federal agencies... Wow

whitehouse.gov/ostp/news-upda

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David Zipper

@DavidZipper

Aug 24

New paper reviews dozens of cycling studies in developed countries, asking why more people don't bike. Answer: "The leading barriers [are] related to riding on the road alongside motor vehicles." In other words: **Build protected bike lanes** doi.org/10.1080/014416

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New paper published examining household structure, multigenerational living and disparities in COVID-19 by ethnicity. Household size and structure varies by ethnicity and deprivation in England (figure). academic.oup.com/ije/advance-ar (1/8)

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🚨New Podcast🚨I really enjoyed recording this with the ace

@ChrisBeeley

for

@NHSrCommunity

. The chat's a good insight into the noise inside my 🧠 as we cover everything from AI & ethics etc.

to the

Review etc. from

.

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NHS-R Community

@NHSrCommunity

Aug 16

Podcast!

AI, ethics, and the Goldacre review with the awesome @jessRmorley soundcloud.app.goo.gl/AKyc7

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Cory Doctorow mostly AFK until Nov 7

Aug 17

I will buy, read, and love any and all non fiction content from

@doctorow

without exception. His Content was masterful. Same with Information Doesn't Want To Be Free. Pre ordering this immediately.

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@doctorow

Aug 17

My next book is *Chokepoint Capitalism*, co-written with @rgibli: it's an action-oriented look at how tech and entertainment monopolies steal creators' incomes, with detailed, shovel-ready plans to unrig creative labor markets and pay artists: beacon.org/Chokepoint-Cap 1/

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Bennett Insights: An Overview of UK Data Policy Developments | Bennett Institute for Applied Data...

Chris Albertyn

@_ChrisAlbertyn

Aug 11

No particular reason for re-sharing this...just because it's AWESOME!

= hero. 😊

An overview of the UK Government’s nine data policy documents published April - July 2022.

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Caroline Morton

@dr_c_morton

Software development skills for health data researchers

Pleased to announce our education piece "Software development skills for health data researchers" is out today!

informatics.bmj.com

Health data researchers are increasingly required to develop complex analytic code in order to implement sophisticated analyses on large health datasets. While writing analysis scripts ([box 1][1])...

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NEW PAPER out today in BMJ health & care informatics informatics.bmj.com/content/29/1/e . Led by

@dr_c_morton

we outline how health data researchers can benefit from the practices of software dev, & give provide guidance on how to: write high quality code; collaborate; & share code.

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@dr_c_morton

Pleased to announce our education piece "Software development skills for health data researchers" is out today! informatics.bmj.com/content/29/1/e

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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT 🚨 Published today: informatics.bmj.com/content/29/1/e "Software Dev Skills for Health Data Researchers" Picking up on some of the themes in the

Software development skills for health data researchers

& Gov RAP strategy we how health data researchers/analysts can benefit from the practices of software development

informatics.bmj.com

Health data researchers are increasingly required to develop complex analytic code in order to implement sophisticated analyses on large health datasets. While writing analysis scripts ([box 1][1])...

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Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them |...

George Monbiot

@GeorgeMonbiot

Aug 3

The transformation of people's lives when through-traffic is kept off the streets is astonishing. Low traffic neighbourhoods bring communities back to life. But the new barbarism is waging war on them.

theguardian.com

Some drivers are so enraged they’ve resorted to violence in my home town of Oxford, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Any time I need to pull out of a meeting because of a childcare difficulty, other professionals my age (mostly men) email to tell me they're pleased I said so and I am "brave" to be open about it. Childcare in the UK is dire, blocks social mobility, hurts the economy. No shame!

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As a driver I find pavement parking, and bike lane parking, extraordinary. ALL that space and priority given to cars. But STILL you dangerously drive onto the space for pushchairs, wheelchairs, bikes. Want to park? Fine. Park in the middle of the car lane. Have some confidence.

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Badly Parked Oxford

@BadlyParkedOx

Jul 30

New Quickways working well on Iffley Road

#weWantBollards

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Thanks to

and

for an amazingly concise summary of a very complex topic👍#data #healthdata

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Did you know in the past 3 months the UK Government has published EIGHT data policy documents. Want to understand what they say & how they're used? Then join our Director of policy @jessRmorley on our webinar + Q&A, chaired by @bengoldacre next week: eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-overview-

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Daniel Leveson

@danlevs

'GPs hold the crown jewels of health data': Thoughts on the Goldacre Review

'GPs hold the crown jewels of health data': Thoughts on the Goldacre Review healthcareleadernews.com/views/gps-hold < some pearls of wisdom from

@andrzeio

- well worth a read

healthcareleadernews.com

The Goldacre review is a milestone independent report, by a credible independent-minded expert, and is a call to action for the profound impact of data and analytics on improving healthcare and...

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A great meeting, 150 NHS analysts, and it ended with... an open collaborative google doc collecting people, email addresses, and project proposals! Bravo and on

@apha_analysts

@andrzeio

and all!

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Today @bengoldacre is presenting the Goldacre Review to AnalystX @NHSTransform. Along with @andrzeio he's talking about the need to professionalise the NHS analyst workforce & encourage the use of modern, open, working methods i.e. 'RAP'.

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