Nice one LBD www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

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Prof Deenan Pillay @deenan.bsky.social , former chair of @independentsage.bsky.social , is an expert virologist never afraid to call things out. He was right to oppose arbitrary reductions in COVID isolation times, and he's right about this. £bns wasted on private industry, no UK legacy 🤬

I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes. 'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

Trump spurs global rollback on the rights of women and girls www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

I love the range of projects conducted by our MPH students. One such student - a dental therapist - conducted a critical policy analysis of oral health policies in England and Scotland. 📖 Read about Zoe's final year project below 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/rethin...

📣Calling our mid-career researchers: Our MCR sub-committee is hosting a webinar on practical tips for aspiring Principal Investigators!📣 In this 2hour workshop, Profs Simon Capewell & Ruth Dundas will share insights on planning + managing projects to improve your capability as a PI bit.ly/44lfh6u

Listening to Farage on R4 I'm feeling for the public health team in Runcorn. It's going to be a tough period I think. Farage seems to dismiss preventive measures as a waste of money.

📣 It’s finally out out - initial guidance to address the spectrum of LC as a disease & reinforces the need for translational research & large-scale treatment trials for treatment protocols. 🌍 🫶🏼 🙏 to the 179 exerts who collaborated from 28 countries ann-clinmicrob.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Thank you @icchnr.bsky.social & QICN for a great conference last week! Fantastic to hear experts from so many countries discussing the critical role of community nursing in achieving the UN SDGs. Privileged to share my work on health visiting www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/publish...

A decade of the lies and false promises common to abusers is a decade too long.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

So much of this ill-health is preventable. But who are we as a society if we withdraw support BEFORE reducing the need for it?

This covers some of my own rants over the years of working in academia.

Trump's pants should be on fire. Has there ever been such a flagrant liar? This is the great 'more or less' on his 350 billion dollar claim: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

If you are reeling from Trump & Vance's disgusting performance towards Zelensky last night, might you consider donating to www.hospiceukraine.com, the tiny charity I set up with Henry Marsh to support local Ukrainian palliative care teams? We delivered this Land Rover to a rural hospice in Dec...

An excellent #mustread on the unprecedented assault on the concept of public health (and much more) in the US

"This is going to be a massive loss of life overall,” Gawande told me in an interview. “Children are likely already dying, and will clearly be dying in large numbers.”

“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps Lets make sure everyone knows the truth youtu.be/QDagM0WWEP4?...

Make this @OfficialUoM press release viral “Trump … echoed Kremlin talking points, by falsely claiming …Zelensky’s approval rating stands at a mere 4%…polling…puts his approval rating at 63% - making him the most popular politician in the country.” www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/t...

We are on the road for democracy and justice | Bernie Sanders

Hard-won rights, so easily rescinded.

Studies like this fascinate me. Simple but insightful. Do climate advocates coordinate to the same extent in similar ways I wonder?

Heathrow expansion and Rosebank oil are pushed in the name of economic growth, but at what cost? With ill health among workers costing the economy £150bn a year, isn't it time to prioritise growth in health & wellbeing instead? A healthier society means a more productive one, right?

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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs. Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this? #PHEthx

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Had a lot of fun last week discussing our paper 'Systems thinking in, and for, public health: a call for a broader path' with the very friendly Wider Determinants of Health community of interest facilitated by Public Health Wales. The paper is open access here: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

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We need to force the govt to talk about climate breakdown and the impacts it will have on our lives. That's what makes this petition more important than it seems at first glance. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I found this a fascinating and incredibly well written article. Great use of realist synthesis, very clearly explained. Lots to take away, from my perspective as researcher, advocate and educator in Public Health.

This perspective piece in Health Promotion International has prompted some lovely feedback from public health folk. Mostly how it resonates with their experience. I'm really looking forward to talking about it with the WDoH CoI at Public Health Wales too. academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...

Off to Edinburgh on Mon for the @cruk-si.bsky.social Scottish Cancer Conference. Our 2 'Test Evidence Transition' projects have taught us so much. On Monday we'll be talking about what we've learned in relation to NHS/University partnerships. bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Looking forward to a rare weekend off Shetland savouring a bit of time to myself, and maybe even soaking up a bit of festive spirit (and it's not even December?!).

Feels good to have joined a nice looking crowd on Bluesky. Still figuring it out. Am wondering how to make best use of both LinkedIn and Bluesky. Feeling like I use both inefficiently at the moment. Any tips welcome!