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Director of Public Health for the best city in the world | On a mission to improve #Health & #Wellbeing and reduce #Inequity | all views my own
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McDonald’s triumphs over councils’ rejections of new branches—by claiming it promotes “healthier lifestyles” www.bmj.com/content/388/...

Illegal imported sweets ‘flooding UK high streets’, councils say www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

We all have mental health/ wellbeing. Sometimes it’s good; sometimes less so. Sometimes it’s really not good at all. If you are struggling, ask for help!“Kind to your mind Liverpool” #MentalHealth #Liverpool kindtoyourmindliverpool.co.uk

Make Time for Lifesaving Cervical Screening Plea liverpoolexpress.co.uk/make-time-fo...

Rest in Peace Phil Hammond. He never stopped fighting for justice. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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Every patient to be tested for HIV in Liverpool A&E departments www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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What is human metapneumovirus, are cases surging in China, and should we be worried? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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📺 WEBINAR CATCH UP: In November @dph-mashton.bsky.social @davidjbuck.bsky.social @lucatiratelli.bsky.social Edward Kunonga and Sarah Price joined Gwen Nightingale to discuss the role of population health leaders in addressing the challenges of health inequalities ⬇️ https://buff.ly/4gL1VTJ

Major £45m project to change public health in Liverpool www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Chief Medical Officer's annual report - health in cities, including #Liverpool www.gov.uk/government/n...

Was at a conference with lots of public health people yesterday including from NHS and they are increasingly worried about anti-vax propaganda.

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Up to 300,000 children could be missing out on education in England www.theguardian.com/education/20...

📺 Catch up on our latest webinar. @dph-mashton.bsky.social @davidjbuck.bsky.social @lucatiratelli.bsky.social Edward Kunonga and Sarah Price joined Gwen Nightingale to discuss the role of population health leaders in addressing the challenges of health inequalities ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3CJc191

Liverpool babies born to mums living with HIV will now have access to free infant formula. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

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When I speak with Government 'What Works Centres' grappling with big social challenges they sometimes say "I wish we could just try giving people in poverty some money: that might work best". Well done @michael-sanders.bsky.social for getting this trial going. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

🔥 New report by @dollyvantulleken.bsky.social and @henrydimbleby.bsky.social that draws on interviews with 20 prime ministers, health secretaries and other senior politicians from the last 30 years about the politics of obesity, food and health policy in the UK. www.nesta.org.uk/report/nouri...

#FreeSchoolMeals have a positive impact on health⬇️ All children deserve - and benefit from - a healthy, happy childhood. That includes access to healthy, nutritious food. We urge the Government to commit to funding free school meals for all school children. urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/rep...

I see this quite a lot. Don’t confuse healthcare equity with health equity. Don’t use these terms interchangeably. The first is only a small part of the second. Health is largely shaped outside of healthcare by factors outside of the health service.

More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Health Determinants Research Collaborations Liverpool liverpool.gov.uk/council/hdrc...

“Part of the reason we allowed so many millions of people to die of TB over the last decade is because we didn’t know we were allowing it. We weren’t paying attention to the crisis.” John Green on his forthcoming book ‘Everything is Tuberculosis’ #TBSky #IDSky www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/s...

“Public health and population health: leading together” by @thekingsfund.bsky.social @davidjbuck.bsky.social www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Liverpool Health 2040: How Did We Get Into This Mess? dph-mashton.blogspot.com/2024/11/live...

Health and health inequalities Updated with some of the new arrivals ⬇️⬇️ go.bsky.app/H8D78hv

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

Great news for the HPRU EZI – more funding = more research! We are excited to remain part of the team alongside the Pandemic Sciences Institute, the Uni of Liverpool, & the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 🎊 🔗 www.stats.ox.ac.uk/news/hpru-ez... #hpruezi #healthresearch #researchfunding

Vaccinations save lives! Simple! ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

Hi everyone 👋 Bluesky is growing so rapidly – so we want to share some key information about cancer, for anyone here who might need it. Nearly 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer – so if this thread might be of use to anyone you know, please pass it on to them. 1/3

Highlights from this Year’s Food Active Annual Conference 2024 foodactive.org.uk/highlights-f...

Liverpool to launch new Healthy Weight Service to tackle obesity liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-to...

Professor Sir Michael Marmot visits Liverpool liverpoolexpress.co.uk/professor-si...

UK’s unhealthy food habits cost £268bn a year, report finds www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Smart advice. @guardian.extwitter.link www.theguardian.com/film/2024/no...

Towards health with justice: making the tobacco industry accountable through administrative liability. tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/33/e... @bmj.com @ashorguk.bsky.social

🔗Link of the week🔗 Asthma + Lung UK's new report highlights respiratory health as England’s 3rd biggest killer. It calls for a tobacco levy to fund smoking cessation services and backs the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to create a #SmokefreeGeneration. Read more: asthmaandlung.org.uk/support-us/m...

State of Health in the City: Liverpool 2040 liverpool.gov.uk/council/publ...