Conservative leadership candidates are proposing tax cuts to boost economic growth. Yet the UK already has lower tax intake than many other countries in Western Europe… and lower GDP...🧵 (1/12) health.org.uk/news-and-comme…

📢New IAS report📢 #TheCovidHangover shows shifts in drinking during the pandemic could lead to thousands of extra disease cases & deaths in England, costing the NHS billions The Govt must prioritise reducing alcohol harm in its COVID recovery planning ias.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

1/ Grim images that reflect extreme pressure across the health system Meantime, Sunak and Truss are on another planet arguing about tax cuts (And the new health secretary is planning a ‘hackathon’… hsj.co.uk/barclay-calls-…)

1/4. I'm sure the govt's #obesity #policy reviewers (who they?) will be very keen to read this and the lessons not learnt - a forensic examination of English obesity policy since 1992 Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Department of Health and Social Care. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/14… Office for Health Improvement and Disparities Department of Health and Social Care @dollytheis Martin White 💙🇪🇺🇺🇦

True consequences of the mini-budget remain to be seen, but emerging thoughts give a sense of why their origins matter, their impacts in the short term matter, and how the crisis they created might cascade onwards in government decisions and ultimately health inequities 🧵

Great entry-level position to apply for to learn about policy and you'll get to work with the best people 👇

An election manifesto for the NHS — and a healthy economy via Financial Times on.ft.com/4b0QvZ8

CDoH Essentials: a fab new resource pack on the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) website for public health folk to plan and run a workshop or briefing session for colleagues in local gov on the commercial determinants of health. Excellent from Anna Brook Katherine Körner (she/her), Small & Mark Petticrew. 👏

Really timely session this morning with The Health Foundation and Ipsos UK. Now that a #GeneralElection is on the horizon Tim Gardner highlights the public's view on the NHS. Here are seven implications for the next govt from our in depth research with the public...👇

Important piece in today's @ft by Ella Hollowood & Sarah Neville. To tackle obesity & improve health any new government will need to take a hard look at this: ‘Deny, denounce, delay’: the battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods ft.com/content/0b9ad1… via @ft

Powerful from The Health Foundation on how a new Govt can pivot to prevention. Reducing the burden of disease has gone from fringe concern to the central debate about the future of healthcare reform. Great to see our leading think tanks focus on the issues. health.org.uk/publications/l…

Some welcome suggestions on public health from The Labour Party ahead of their manifesto launch. Bold action is needed to tackle the major preventable risk factors like alcohol, junk food and tobacco - including the use of regulation and taxation. 1/ health.org.uk/publications/r…

Four major industries account for almost a quarter of all deaths in Europe - alcohol, tobacco, food and fossil fuels. 7400 people, or this many large plane crashes, every day. ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️ Really important work from WHO/Europe

Today we're launching the The Health Foundation general practice data dashboard. Combining new analysis with existing data, the dashboard reveals the 'health' of general practice going into the general election. Some highlights 👇 General practice data dashboard (health.org.uk)

Aggressive marketing of cheap ultra-processed food, diets lacking essential nutrition and high levels of poverty and deprivation are driving the “significant decline” in children’s health, The Food Foundation found. 1)

New The BMJ opinion piece out today with Grace Everest The Health Foundation: Tackling unhealthy food and obesity: how far will the new Labour government go? Short🧵 bmj.com/content/386/bm…