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Anna Brook

@ph-anna.bsky.social
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Yorkshire Public Health. Love collaboration, running, family, friends & reading. Less keen on climate breakdown, conflict & injustice Pronouns: she/her

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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our September newsletter is out now! This month we're reflecting on a year of progress as @phiuk.bsky.social publishes its annual review, highlighting LHGP's work to drive action on the commercial determinants of health ( #CDoH ). 👉 Read the full update: mailchi.mp/updates.bath...
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Our August newsletter is out! Highlight: LHGP's new searchable database aimed at helping tackle commercial determinants of health locally. Plus research, webinars & events. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/lhgp-n...
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LHGP newsletter: August 2026
Welcome to the August update from the Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) research consortium. This month, we are spotlighting our new interactive database of actions to address the commercial dete...
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Now @lhgp.bsky.social colleagues are evaluating the toolkit @ambervandenakker.bsky.social Daniel Jones Anna Gilmore Find out more app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bathreg/go...
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Good Governance Toolkit evaluation survey - Online Surveys | Online surveys
Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, Online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Developing the toolkit itself was the best kind of collaborative effort with a huge range of people involved including @niamhfitzgerald.bsky.social Lauren Carters White Jeff Collin Mark Petticrew @maizie333.bsky.social and many more
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Appreciated @shampsu.bsky.social and colleagues article on Research Derived Actionable Tools
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We are both busy and so we limited ourselves to a half day writing using pomodoros with a bit of follow up time editing and submitting, responding to very constructive peer review comments (Grateful to @andytattersall.bsky.social for the Write Club sessions that introduced me to pomodoro technique)
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
4) Evidence-informed: draw from existing evidence on harms and how to address them in different contexts.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
3) Guidance rather than direction: aim to help local authorities, which are independent, varied and democratically accountable, to develop the right policy for their organisation and the population they serve.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
2) Getting started over perfection: prioritise a timely, actionable output that can be iterated and improved through practice and evaluative research.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1) Concise sufficiency: only include material that directly helps local authority colleagues tackle local issues.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It was satisfying to reflect on the principles we developed at the start and how useful they were as a guide to decision making:
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
When we were developing the toolkit we didn’t find much written about how to develop tools like this so we thought it would be useful to share what we did, how we did it, and why.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Article here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Plain English version here www.phiuk.org/research/pub...
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Developing the good governance toolkit: a research-derived actionable tool
Developing the good governance toolkit: a research-derived actionable tool
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Fun to finally get round to publishing our @katherinekorner.bsky.social experiences of developing the www.adph.org.uk/resources/go... In Public Health in Practice @rsph.bsky.social Toolkit itself published by @adphuk.bsky.social
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Good governance toolkit - ADPH
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 19/06/2026
For #ShowYourStripes, I chatted about the Climate Stripes with the Totally Cooked podcast team (@sarahinscience.bsky.social and @instrachan.bsky.social). Find it on your favourite podcast channel! 21centuryweather.org.au/totally-cook...
Find the Totally Cooked podcast on your favourite channel
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Public Health On Call Podcast @publichealthpod.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The wellness industry can encourage healthy living, but it can also create some risks. @karremannancy.bsky.social suggests that some products and companies can turn people away from needed medical interventions. 🔗 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Our May newsletter is out! It covers the Pan-European Commission on Climate & Health's call for WHO to declare the #ClimateCrisis a public health emergency, plus resources on commercial determinants of health. Also: EA vacancy @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social. mailchi.mp/updates.bath...
Image of report called Mobilizing power and building political will for a healthy climate future.
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Ha indeed - doing too many things at once and didn’t spot the autocorrect!
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
See our placement for public health registers
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📣 We've published a new policy position statement on the commercial determinants of health, summarising the key commercial factors impacting health, including the most common tactics health harming industries use & how to mitigate these harms. 👀 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/adphcdoh
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Our March newsletter is out! At #PreventionConference2026, Monika Kosinska from the @who.int called LHGP a trailblazer for translating commercial determinants of health into local action. This month: webinars on misinformation and active travel, new resources, and more. mailchi.mp/79219387372d...
(Left) Monika Kosinska with Prof. Anna Gilmore presenting at the Prevention 2026 Conference. (Right) Members of the LHGP team at the Prevention 2026 Conference.
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Doughnut Economics Action Lab @doughnuteconomics.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
EVENT | How to begin working with #DoughnutEconomics in local governments Join Leonora Grcheva (DEAL) to hear lessons, tips & real experiences - and learn how to apply them in your work in #localgovernment. Session 1: 🗓️ Mar 2, 3 PM (UK time). Register here:
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How to begin working with Doughnut Economics in local governments (event 1) | DEAL
Presentation and Q&A with DEAL's Cities&Regions Lead for public-sector practitioners, consultants and researchers
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Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · 29/01/2026
📢 New report Alcohol marketing restrictions were meant to be in England’s 10 Year Health Plan. Then they disappeared. Our new report uses FOIs to show how alcohol industry lobbying targeted ministers and pressured government departments to kill the policy. www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...
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Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
@sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social not sure if it is you or @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social or someone else responsible for gritting near the station but it was very slippy this morning. Also under the roundabout by Waitrose is like an ice rink…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/11/2025
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
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‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
www.theguardian.com/environment/... António Guterres, the UN secretary general: “I cannot pretend that Cop30 has delivered everything that is needed. The gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide.”
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‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal
It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop
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Greg Fell @felly500.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system www.gov.uk/government/c... I have written a bit on why this matters here gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...
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Reforming the licensing system
Seeking views and evidence to develop a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system under the Licensing Act 2003.
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Ruth Speare @ruthspeare.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The gambling industry's version of 'smoking doesn't cause cancer'. Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs
Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget
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The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change @lancetcountdown.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨 ⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy. ❤️‍🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck. Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25
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Public Health Practitioner Programme, Yorkshire & Humber @phppyh.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Exciting news! Our fully funded Public Health Practitioner CPD sessions for 2026 will be open for registration on 5th November 2025! Available to the Yorkshire & Humber Public Health workforce at no cost to attendees! Find our more: tinyurl.com/9mf492rs @fphuk.bsky.social @ukphr.bsky.social
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Core Workforce Development Training Information
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Commercial Determinants Research Group @cdoh-rg.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Corporate profit is being prioritised over public health. Discover how corporate power is driving public health crises in the upcoming documentary, Unmasking Influence. #CDOH #CorporatePower @maizie333.bsky.social
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Tagging @shampsu.bsky.social
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Really recommend the Doncaster Public Health team and Donny as a place to work lots of interesting thoughtful work happening and great people to do it with
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Ben Barr @benjaminbarr.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social
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Regional health divisions in the UK
Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth ...
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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
FPH is inviting all members to the online launch event of our policy for governing engagement with commercial actors. Robust policies on engaging with industry are critical to protecting the integrity and functions of public health organisations. www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...
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Launch of FPH policy governing engagements with commercial actors
There is now a substantial body of evidence for how engagements with industry can influence and undermine public health goals. Having a robust policy for engagement with commercial actors is core to p...
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WHO @who.int · 22/08/2025
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.
Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 22/08/2025
The #Gaza famine has unfolded in front of the world’s eyes. We saw it coming. We warned about it. We were not allowed to stop it. Now, as we count the lives lost to this intentional starvation, there is only one question to ask leaders: Where is humanity? End the blockade of aid TODAY. CEASEFIRE!
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Population Health Improvement UK @phiuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Abstract submission now open for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026 📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community 🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops 📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I wrote a memorial essay in praise of the great Joanna Macy over there at my newsletter.....
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In Honor of Joanna Macy, 1929-2025
I write while staying in one of the great forests of British Columbia, a forest in which the inextricability of life from death is gorgeously evident. Several kinds of fern spring from this soil, some...
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"What @biteback2030.bsky.social are trying to do is ⬇️ the amount of unhealthy food & drink advertising... but they have been stopped in their tracks. It seems non-sensical, & certainly damaging to people’s health & wellbeing.” 👀Read our response ➡️bit.ly/4nvNfML www.biteback2030.com/our-activist...
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Our award-winning campaign gets rejected - Bite Back
Bite Back activist Farid reacts to the news that the biggest advertising companies won't run our billboard campaign again.
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Action on Smoking Health (UK) @ashorguk.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
📢 Our NEW report reveals overwhelming public support for a bold smokefree future – with voters urging the Government to go further and faster. ash.org.uk/uploads/8703...
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Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) @lhgp.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Join our team! We're looking for a project administrator to join our friendly and dynamic team of multidisciplinary researchers working at the cutting edge of public health research. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... #PublicHealthJobs
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ED12747 Project Administrator (fixed-term) - Jobs at Bath
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Kat Smith @profkatsmith.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Each country reduced health inequalities over a specific period, each using different policy combo. Looking across the cases, we identify 4 'great levellers' of health inequalities: welfare state expansion; improved healthcare; reduced poverty/income inequalities; & democratic strengthening. 2/4
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UK Health Alliance on Climate Change @ukhealthclimate.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The May edition of our popular monthly bulletin is out with 📰News 🔉Have your say 👫Get involved 💻Events 📑Reports 🧑‍💻Media ukhealthalliance.org/news-item/uk...
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UKHACC May Bulletin - UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
Monthly edition of the UKHACC bulletin with the latest news, opportunities to get involved and have your say, events and reports
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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
We are entering a new climate reality affecting us beyond the immediate impacts. As a society we need to develop certain capabilities that have been underdeveloped, including: - Situational awareness - Resilience - Speed @laurielaybourn.bsky.social (Executive Director, @climate-risk.bsky.social)
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Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
‘During these tough, challenging, and complex times when public health as we know it is under threat, there is no space for uncertainty regarding our role as public health professionals.’ FPH President @profkevinfenton.bsky.social welcomes attendees to our Climate and Health 2025 Conference.
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Lucy Westerman @lucywesterman.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
‘Prevention’ means different things to different people, so - What needs to be addressed to turn rhetoric into policy: 🔑 Clarity 🔑 Congruity 🔑 Capacity @paulcairney.bsky.social #Prevention2025
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Auto correct… Laudato
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Remember reading Laudatory Si and the boost it gave
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Anna Brook @ph-anna.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Vast majority want stronger action to tackle climate change but mistakenly believe they are in a minority - not new news but opportunities if media get on board with reporting and encouraging levels of support for bold actions for leaders
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