Really looking forward to speaking about intersectionality in our approach to abortion access at the @bsacp.org.uk conference later today - do come along and say hi if you're there!

So...we're just letting this happen again, are we?

"It doesn't work reliably, so just don't use it for anything, like, super important" is a wild thing to say about your own product

Interesting paper - semaglutide increases healthcare costs despite lowering incidence of some high-cost outcomes. Preventative technologies often don't produce the cashable savings that they're marketed on, but this usually isn't a barrier to investment. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

As someone who grew up in a family that was obsessed with football, young me could never have imagined the journey that women's football has taken to get this point. Huge congratulations to the #Lionesses ⚽️

It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it? Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up

More powerful evidence that race is not genetic (from AllofUs) But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...

Today's @ukhsa.bsky.social report shows a ⬇️in gonorrhoea infections - a testament to the hard work of public health teams and their commissioned sexual health services - but there is still work to be done. 👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk

#HealthInequalities: Stark social divides in #InfectiousDisease admission rates in England, study finds UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

This is probably obvious to all who follow me here, but when a very contagious infection leads to rare terrible outcomes (measles, COVID), it can both be devastating at a population level, & also most patients will recover without therapy, which makes any therapy look like it works, anecdotally.

I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve. This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly. Please share and stand with us in solidarity.

Tax and benefit policies have cut incomes since the election, with low-to-middle income households being the most affected. Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.

“We’re seeing a rise in broken legs being diagnosed.” The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.

Public health is almost always characterised as 'bureaucracy' when one of these organisational changes happens, but it's particularly galling after living through a pandemic where policy analysis and expert decision making was so clearly necessary as part of the frontline response.

✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗) ‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.

Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS and UK government “can’t just overlay tech on a failing service”. Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A

Our Vice President Alice Wiseman is quoted in the BMJ investigation on tactics used by industry to overturn council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets. “It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment". bit.ly/4hNQAmH

Calorie labels on menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders. A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...

"Society is convinced weight is under an individual’s control and so the sense that I had brought this on myself—and the developing baby—was overwhelming." Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Interesting to see the parallels between the arguments against congestion charging in NYC and London. Particularly the (erroneous) idea that people who use public transport are more affluent than people who drive. How has this idea held on, despite it not making logical sense? Cars are expensive!!

We HAVE solved social care. Our soluition is 'you don't get any local government'.

Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain

As a new PH consultant, early development is something I've really had to learn about since CCTing. Having focused on adult public health for so long, I'm amazed at how many outcomes are influenced by experiences during the 0 - 5 period.

Want to do a PhD in health inequalities? The first 3 of our new Equalise Centre studentships are open for applications. Details here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Shouldn't a hackathon trying to design software that would improve public services involve people who work in...oh I don't know...public services?

I used to wonder why we needed a review every 10 years to tell us there are a massive structural health inequalities in this country and that to solve them we need to make the country more equal, not encourage people to eat less, take more walks etc, but now I see we need one of these every 5 years!

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Now seems a good time to collate a list of reputable, trustworthy public health voices. UK Public Health Starter Pack ⤵️ (Work in progress - will add suggestions!) go.bsky.app/Tuf8yqX

🚨Geeky research klaxon🚨 Am extremely pleased to see HM Treasury publish their 'areas of research interest'. Have seen other departments do this but can't remember HMT doing it before 👏🏼 Lots in there but am very excited for the public service reform areas - transformational and place based 🙌🏻

NEW: The closure of youth clubs in the 2010s led to increased offending and worse GSCE results. Teenagers entitled to free school meals were most affected. Read @carmenvillaecon’s briefing: https://buff.ly/4fIiRK7 Read the working paper: https://buff.ly/3APnHq6

I was at a petrol station the other day, marvelling at the fact that the majority of smoking products available behind the counter were vapes, rather than cigarettes. I absolutely could not have imagined that when I was a kid.

London mayor Sadiq Khan strikes a different tone to the PM this morning, noting many Londoners will be anxious about Trump's win and calling for everyone to double down in the fight for progress

I've stayed up for every US election since 2008, but after the 2020 debacle I'd almost forgotten that the process doesn't usually involve spending several days in a fugue state, constantly refreshing the Guardian live blog

Can't wait to get started with the new Health Protection Research Unit for Blood Borne Viruses and STIs at UCL - some really exciting stuff in the pipeline! www.nihr.ac.uk/news/ps80-mi...

Budget announcements that negatively affect poor people = "difficult decisions" Budget announcements that negatively affect rich people = "class war"

So, to be clear, the narrative criticising the upcoming budget seems to be - public services desperately need funding, but that money can't come from taxing earned income, invested assests, inherited income or businesses. Gotcha.

Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip. youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0

I was the Students with Disabilities Officer for my Student Union back when I was a medical student - so much of the job was dealing with this sort of ableist rhetoric from staff. Very disappointed to see that things haven't moved on.

Fascinating - apparently regions with unusual longevity also have high rates of missing birth certificates and significant incentives for pension fraud 😄 www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...

This question shows just how morally bankrupt certain economic arguments surrounding PH can be. Even if smoking did generate more revenue than it cost, would this ever be an argument to allow the most vulnerable members of our society to keep dying from lung cancer? fullfact.org/health/farag...

Options for restoring the public health grant ✨✨✨New from the Health Foundation Read key points in 🧵 www.health.org.uk/publications... 1/n

None of the African countries affected by the new, seemingly deadlier, variant of mpox have received vaccine supplies promised by the West. Experience teaches we must respond quickly - to prevent deaths now and to halt the spread of disease. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...