www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u... Helpful overview of DfT Spending, priorities, structures

Poverty and death in the wealthiest of nations www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes Swift www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Colvin www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

2025 Lancet Countdown on health & climate change www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... plenty of countries that spend significantly more on fossil fuel subsidies than their healthcare budget Esp see heat related mortality indicator (new) & air quality related mortality from burning fossil fuel

www.bmj.com/content/391/... Seth Berkley interview: vaccination in a time of extreme scepticism

IHME GBD do not report increasing cancer incidence in 15–49 in e.g. SE or US. But they do rather complex modeling on official statistics. ourworldindata.org/grapher/canc...

Such a fab graph. A whole story re: waste of resources and needless anxiety in 3 lines.

impact of mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling policies on obesity prevalence www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Hmmm Yes maybe but NB: modelling assumptions Equity impact Allows policy system to avoid or delay harder (? More impactful) regulatory choices. The limits of labels.....

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... The Rise in Early-Onset Cancer in the US Population - More Apparent Than Real Epidemiology 101 All screening does harm, some screening does good etc Here is a telling example of harm And we wonder why there is a crisis in workload and workforce in cancer care

Food industry corporate greenwashing www.foodpolitics.com/2025/10/food... Comparing promises ("we will be good", "we care") with actions "food companies have no market incentive to reduce their environmental impact if it is going to raise their costs".

www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... These figures vindicate UK tobacco policy over the past 15 years, with the transition to vaping leading to unprecedented reductions in smoking prevalence, especially among young people Now apply the same methods to alcohol, obesity, gambling Overdue!!

Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system www.gov.uk/government/c... I have written a bit on why this matters here gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...

Been asked alot in recent weeks on my views on polluter pays principle from a PH⁰ viewpoint Seems intuitively attractive there is small print I set out my view on the small print here, ending with 4 tests gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/t... TLDR = tread (very) carefully

Does Adult Social Care boost local economies in England? Yes - an extra £1,000 spent per client increased local economic output by £216 in the short run and £670 in the long run - Our findings challenge the idea that ASC is mainly a financial burden on society www.york.ac.uk/media/che/do...

Are online alcohol marketing restrictions warranted www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Yes Next question

Been asked alot in recent weeks on my views on polluter pays principle from a PH⁰ viewpoint Seems intuitively attractive there is small print I set out my view on the small print here, ending with 4 tests gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2024/10/09/t... TLDR = tread (very) carefully

Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system www.gov.uk/government/c... I have written a bit on why this matters here gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...

Same storm different boats hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/same-st... @jasonstrelitz.bsky.social Want to know how a public health team works in the middle of a pandemic? This is about as good a telling of the story as you'll find anywhere.

Bowel cancer rising fastest in under 50s but study challenges “cancer epidemic” in young adults www.bmj.com/content/391/... Helpful short summary of the Annals Int Med study (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41115281/)

Shocked I am, shocked 😲

The tobacco and vapes Bill is back in the House of Lords tomorrow I remain of the view that health impact wise it is the most consequential bill for a generation. There will be proposed amendments to fatally weaken or kill the bill and some amendments to strengthen it. 1/

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Drug pricing and pharmaceutical innovation: a false promise - They say they want high prices to justify risk inherent in drug development and innovation - that has been debunked SO many times This is the 2025 edition It's thinly veiled profiteering

Just binge read By a country mile the most frightening thing I've ever read

This is our work! Nice to see it getting picked up

www.adph.org.uk/2025/10/a-st... Misinformation, which is skilfully and wilfully woven into our everyday lives, and often targeted at particularly vulnerable sections of society, severely undermines public support for science-based policy. That comes with consequences

Holding govts to ransom. Billionaire owner of Betfred says if UK govts raises tax it will close gambling shops. Wants someone else to bear social cost of gambling. Less tax on gambling means more for shareholders, execs. Any big business not holding govt to ransom?

Everyone is addicted to everything The moral model is basically discredited As is brain biochemistry model of addiction obvious thing that remains is products designed to be addictive, heavily marketed with producers acting aggressively to maintain status quo www.thenewworld.co.uk/joe-woof-the...

Enough. Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver. Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.

Good news: carbon intensity has declined Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17% Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%

Congenital Syphilis: From Near-Elimination to Crisis ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2... dismantling PH infrastructure produced ⬆️ 937% increase in CS over 10yr system failures: - cyclical boom & bust £ - workforce deterioration - fragmented surveillance - disconnected health care systems

www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... conference abstract on PATHFINDER - safety & performance of the Galleri test in screening context 1. Breathless headlines ablit lives saved in general media are way overplayed 2. Show me the sensitivity 3. Cost effectiveness? 4. we have NSC for a reason!

The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well? drilled.media/podcasts/dri... It matters because it shapes our attitude to policy immensely A 🧵

www.thenewworld.co.uk/joe-woof-the... Big tech is using the ‘nanny state’ arguments pioneered by the tobacco and alcohol industries to convince us that their freedom to sell equates to our freedom to choose. The opposite is true

expert reaction to conference abstract on prostate cancer screening in those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... @smclondon.bsky.social Good to see comment from clinical experts As its referring to screening ask some screening experts too??

www.bmj.com/content/391/... A radical approach to improving vaccine uptake Interesting set of thoughts Would take a bit of organising and proper resourcing

www.bmj.com/content/391/... Prostate cancer: Sunak criticises doctors’ opposition to screening as experts warn of limited evidence All screening does harm, some does good. Relatively little does more good than harm This is why we have expert advisory bodies.....

aheblog.com/2025/10/14/c... Cost-effectiveness thresholds under political pressure: where are the health economists There have been occasions I've disagreed with Chris's take on some matters Im 100% with him on this one

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Better living through chemistry & The man who almost ended the world CFCs Leaded petrol Unintended consequences vs unforseen consequences (Foreseeability??) How well uncertainty is factored in and trade offs An excellent episode of a thoroughly excellent series

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based Get your revision done In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum (More advanced classes are available)

GBD updated A gift microsite: www.thelancet.com/gbd Cause & risk summary: www.healthdata.org/gbd-tool-acc... Data viz: ghdx.healthdata.org/gbd-2023 Country profiles: www.healthdata.org/research-ana... That AMAZING data viz tool looks to have been updated vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/

Drilled The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well? drilled.media/podcasts/dri... It matters because it shapes our attitude to policy immensely

Was in conversation wirh a few innovation and med tec peeps recently Was all a bit "modern stents and TAVI have saved lives. It’s cool. Innovation is going to save lives. And if it’s better than what replaced it then all’s ok...." I mentioned my old friend “opportunity cost”. Cue tumbleweed

www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react... Screen time and academic achievement "However, the data from this study doesn’t support that argument".....

Beliefism How to stop hating people with different beliefs Beliefs about beliefs Tolerating and celebrating diversity The limits of beliefism in scientifically settled topics open.spotify.com/episode/3yOs...

BBC News - Betting machine gamblers 'offered perks' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-3638... Coral said it takes its commitments to responsible gambling "extremely seriously" Maybe THIS is what they mean by "responsible gambling"......

Tim Gill on cities for children open.spotify.com/episode/15UL... excellent a lot on play, spaces, parked cars taking up space

Maybe MMWR is just a bit too woke? Maybe turning off NORAD will be next

The editors of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) were apparently fired today. The precursor to MMWR began in 1878 to address emerging public health threats rapidly. We are not “great” without it. We are vulnerable to threats from sporadic foodborne illness to bioterrorism.

Irish version of Gam Commission and what it is saying about harm reduction SURPRISE!!! recommendations on: Counsellors Education Treatment Awareness More research I guess it will all be ok then……. grai-cms-production-bucket.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cms-media/in...

www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Self regulation in action Its almost too egregious to be true Ill have it on loud repeat at every licensing committee meeting Im at