Promoting social inclusion adph.org.uk/2024/08/promot… via greg fell FFPH , President of Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)

So For those GPs who have been holding back the tide, thank you For those that haven't, and those institutions that are facilitating and enabling unorganised screening (you know who you are), you are contributing to a system that harms men bjgpopen.org/content/8/2/BJ…

Doctors rarely understand how influence really works. The result: an NHS bowing to the needs of big pharma Margaret McCartney Transparency is necessary but not sufficient Life sci industry is important to UK Not a reason to waste £ and harm people theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Climate comms "It’s as if we were facing the threat of invasion, and the government had left citizens’ groups to prepare for it: persuading people to manufacture weapons, build defensive structures and enlist in the armed services" theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Conflicts on interest in healthcare continue to adversely impact what we do. The coverage of lecanemab and NICE decision - look for undisclosed interests…. | Margaret McCartney | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Nice’s ruling on lecanemab demonstrates the lack of readiness to roll out new treatments in the UK (Not paywall, why, who paid, to what end) Nope If it were more effective, and affordable (thus cost effective) decision may have been different ft.com/content/776209…

Multinationals such as Danone and Nestlé are profiting from the manufacture of ultra-processed foods while simultaneously investing in products to counter their effects, such as weight-loss drugs and medical food for diabetics. Obesity as a business model. ftm.eu/articles/obesi…

I'm old now Old enough to remember the smoke free legislation Everything said today: End of the British boozer A fundamental assault on our freedoms and liberties World stops turning etc Was all said then Almost as if someone dusted off the BAT PR playbook and amplified it...

Research into public support for outdoor area smoking bans was reviewed last year... 99 studies reviewed: 896,016 individuals across 33 different countries. Support was generally high, especially in areas where children may be exposed. LINK: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Since 2015/16, the local authority public health grant has been cut by 28% in real terms/person. Today, we've published a new The Health Foundation long read setting out how the grant could be restored and more fairly shared between local authorities 🧵 1/ health.org.uk/publications/l…

If you’re really old you will remember the introduction of the breathalyser which for some heralded the dnd of the world as we knew it

Insights into the Belgian gambling advertising ban: the need for a comprehensive public policy approach Fantastic new editorial in Health Promotion International (OUP) by Bram Constandt and Steffi De Jans. Free to read. academic.oup.com/heapro/article…

The Economist just published a deeply-researched story about car bloat, and it's very, very damning: "For every life that the heaviest 1% of SUVs and trucks save, there are more than a dozen lives lost in other vehicles." Well worth your time: economist.com/interactive/un…

Once again the primary determinant of road death and injury is size, speed and volume of traffic Size edition

Yes. And I'm even older. I remember working for ASH in the 70s in the David vs Goliath battles. The tobacco industry took every one of our 650 MPs out to dinner before each budget. It's still the Grounhog Day. Checkout my accounts of this troubador.co.uk/bookshop/autob…

Six Inches of Soil screening Tue 3 Sep 2024 at 17:00 £5 - all profits going to Food Works Sheffield to fund their community growing projects eventbrite.co.uk/e/six-inches-o… Owen Building S1 2LX follows three new farmers on the first year of their regenerative journey

👏 Thanks to our panellists Hazel Cheeseman Linda Bauld greg fell FFPH @wendymartin & Wendy Martin, ACTSO today for joining us for our webinar "Revisiting the Tobacco and Vapes Bill" The presentations from the session are now available on our website 👇 local.gov.uk/events/past-ev…

Kate Ardern Sebastian Rees greg fell FFPH Margaret McCartney Richard Sloggett Its like bringing together 2 volatile, unpredictable compounds that we don’t really understand, mixing them up and hoping they’ll do something magical.

An absolute disgrace to promote this evidence free tosh which is all about making money and nothing to do with caring about the health of the public. Using #NHS to imply it has anything to do with the @NHS is dishonest.

Hi Old Skool here Just a quick reminder screening often doesn't save lives It quite often does more harm than good It sometimes does more good than harm You can easily harm healthy people Screening 101 lessons are available