.Andrew Gwynne MP confirms, in answer to a PQ from 💙Rachael Maskell MP, that work on the Major Conditions Strategy has been paused and findings will be considered as part of new plans to rebuild the NHS. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

Welcome to the West Midlands School of Public Health all new colleagues who are joining us today! Can't wait to meet you all at induction (I'm on the train into New Street right now!)

Nice to see media coverage of our newly published review paper with Professor Kyla Thomas on the prevalence of problematic pharmaceutical opioid use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain. Guardian article here: theguardian.com/society/articl…

The whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy protects your baby until it's old enough for its own vaccine. Vaccine uptake in pregnancy has dropped from 75% in 2017 to 59% in 2024. And babies are dying. This is a consequence of bad actor messaging on vaccines. Please get vaccinated!

An excellent thread on the unrest and violence that has been happening in England and how we got here. Full article here: myblackface.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/rio…

Our study shows #PrEP via UK pharmacies is acceptable to pharmacists & preferred by customers, but training and support needed. Pharmacy PrEP delivery could expand PrEP access & help reduce #HIV inequity. Pre-print ⬇️ medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

📢 NEW WOMEN'S/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH JOB! RF post Warwick Med School NIHR Reproductive Health Policy Research Unit Come and work with us! Exciting policy-related reproductive health research, coproduction and networks, and wonderful team Closes 4.9.24 warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre-e…

If you have a few moments to listen to this interview as a parent with your child. Possible one of the best post race interviews I have ever watched #PlayOn

There is still time to register for the inequalities in health summit in Liverpool on the 29th October 2024. The deadline for abstract submissions is the 16th September. hope.ac.uk/healthandsport…

THREAD: I asked what the point of Public Inquiries is for The BMJ We've spent hundreds of millions of £ on Inquiries over last decades, generating deep understanding of failures & 1000s of recommendations. But v few recommendations get implemented! What is going on? 1/12

“We have to make vaping boring again, but we must be mindful that we do not throw the baby out with the bath water.” - Lion Shahab theguardian.com/society/articl…

But it’s been cold this Summer - global warming my bottom! Great bit of #dataviz by Neil Kaye All the blue years were colder than this Summer. This Summer would have been the warmest of the decade in the 1960s. Changing perception of what’s normal.

We've just published a summary of all our Cochrane Reviews from 2021 to 2023 in Addiction Journal Check it out if you want to see what we found! #quitsmoking #cytisine #ecigarettes #vaping onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

This is next level. Can't imagine trying to explain this to a printing service though. Guessing assembly is required!

Our new paper out in BJOG showing COVID-19 vax is v safe 💉 We observed 500,000 women in the UK who had COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy and found NO increased risk of stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death and maternal venous thromboembolism. obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14…

This blog by Prof Stephen Reicher for Behavioural Research UK on the UK riots is worth your time ed.ac.uk/usher/behaviou…

New data released today in The Lancet shows that without urgent action, antimicrobial resistance could kill 39 million people by 2050. Deaths and inequities from the global antibiotic emergency are increasing and now is the time to take urgent action. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Huge thanks to Alice Wiseman, Jeanelle de Gruchy and Shannon Katiyo for their thoughts and insights, as well as everyone who contributed with comments and questions at today's hugely enjoyable The Health Foundation webinar. Download the slides and watch it back here 👇 health.org.uk/about-the-heal…

Strong evidence showing that getting a PhD is extremely bad for your mental health. A new paper uses Swedish medical records and matches them to the full population of PhD students for which the authors could get gender and birth year data from 2006 to 2017. After some exclusion