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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

If I wanted to protect the most prestigious and highly paid jobs for the social groups who usually hold them I'd probably design an education system that discouraged poorer children from studying the entry qualifications for these jobs as early as possible..

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It's incredibly unethical to legitimise this by a) implying that this 'report' is linked to Oxford University and b) interviewing actual experts in the field and portraying their responses as having equal weight to opinions of the authors Do better @theguardian.com

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Is there now ZERO journalistic integrity in science reporting? This is not a study - this is a non peer-reviewed opinion piece written by four people with no background in science (at least one of whom is shilling supplements and 'neutraceuticals').

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

This just seems like the wrong end of the telescope to me. Review should be into barriers to employment, not diagnosis. I really *do* have a fine motor condition, but in the 21st century this poses absolutely no barrier to me working in 90 per cent of jobs in the UK.

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review... This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I'm at #ADPHConf25 , and someone just brought up the fact that the term 'nanny state' was coined 60 years ago in the Spectator. Got me thinking about how removed from everyday life you have to be to automatically use the word 'nanny' to mean 'person who told me what to do when I was a child'.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

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!

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

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

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Kathryn C-K @kathrynck.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

"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

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I feel like this is happening in the AI space - billions in investment for nebulous health interventions on the promise that they might save money down the line. Can we please remember that health technologies are expensive to implement, and this has an impact on healthcare expenditure!

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Meanwhile, interventions that tackle the structural determinants of health often don't attract investment (despite being much cheaper!), because it's difficult to prove that they would save money in the short term. Even if it's clear that there would be significant benefit to populations.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

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...

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Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Care Expenditures With Semaglutide

This cohort study evaluates changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health care expenditures after initiation of semaglutide.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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 ⚽️

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Rachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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

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Vaughn Cooper @vscooper.micropopbio.org · 06/06/2025

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...

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Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research

A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

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

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Paul Belcher FRCP HonMFPH 🇪🇺🇬🇧 @pauljbelcher.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

#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...

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Stark social divides in infectious disease admission rates in England, study finds

UKHSA says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 21/04/2025

Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵

Line chart showing the decline in smoking among adults over age 16 in Great Britain from 1974 to 2023. In 1974, around 51% of men and 41% of women reported smoking cigarettes. Over the decades, these rates fell steadily. By 2023, only about 12% of men and 10% of women reported smoking. The gap between men and women remained fairly consistent, with men having slightly higher rates throughout the period. The chart illustrates a dramatic and sustained decline in smoking for both sexes.

The data is sourced from the GLS & OPN surveys (2023) and published by OurWorldinData.org under a Creative Commons BY license.

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Adam Briggs @admbriggs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

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...

Graph summarising Health Foundation / Ipsos polling data. It shows levels of public support across a range of population-level public health policies, some of which are summarised in the thread.

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Roby Bhattacharyya @roby-b.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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.

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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 27/03/2025

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.

Chart showing Change in annual income as a result of tax and benefit policy changes announced since the 2024 general election, by income vigintile: UK, 2029-30 (2024-25 prices)

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

“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.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Feeling very sorry for anyone working at NHS England today - I feel like this has been incredibly poorly handled.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

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.

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

✨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...

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

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.

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Digital Health @digitalhealth2.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

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

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‘AI can’t just be overlaid on a failing health service’

Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS "can't just overlay tech on a failing service”.

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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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

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McDonald’s triumphs over councils’ rejections of new branches—by claiming it promotes “healthier lifestyles”

The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills fo...

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King's College London @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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...

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Calorie labels on menus could make eating disorders worse

Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, according to a new study.

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The BMJ @bmj.com · 25/01/2025

"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/...

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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!!

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

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

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

It is scary, but also absolutely exhilarating - my main advice would be to make sure that you have a good network of new consultants that you can talk to about all the ups and downs. Good luck!

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

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.

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Becca Lacey @rebeccalacey.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

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/...

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UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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?

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Clare Griffiths @statsgeekclare.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

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!

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024

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

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Action Intent Links | Bluesky

Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

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Meaghan Kall @kallmemeg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

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

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Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

🚨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 🙌🏻

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The Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

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: buff.ly/4fIiRK7 Read the working paper: buff.ly/3APnHq6

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Although vapes are, quite rightly, a public health concern, I feel like we sometimes don't allow ourselves to celebrate public health wins. Smoking cessation (and that includes harm reduction measures like vaping) is one of the most successful and hard-won PH victories of the last few decades.

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Danielle Solomon @dsolomon.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

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.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

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

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