Restoring appropriately funded local communicable disease control is an integral part of publicly provided health and social care and needed now to tackle the CoViD-19 pandemic in England. theguardian.com/world/2020/apr…

We are not in this together and we do not have access to the same choices. #socialinequality theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Ignorance & apathy breed inequality & injustice. Question the systems & structures we live, work, survive or thrive within. Be curious, speak up, instigate action. We can all do something. Celebrate difference. No one is the same but we all have similarities. #blackouttuesday

. @PHE_uk is under direct control of Matt Hancock. If it has failed, he has failed. The National Institute for Health Protection is simply the Health Protection Agency we used to have before it was merged into @PHE_uk in 2012 with 40% budget cuts. Hancock will still be in charge

NEW: a statement from Independent SAGE on the abolition of PHE.

Exploring ethical decision making in a pandemic with Chris Cowton and @Gidoomal at Inst Business Ethics

Behaviourally informed resources for parents are not sufficient in increasing healthier packed lunches for primary school children. Suggests multi-level interventions are required to improve the nutritional content of children’s lunchboxes. Lucy Porter Dr Tim Chadborn Jilla Burgess-Allen

Looking online for children’s birthday cards this evening and became strikingly aware of the lack of diverse representation. We need to do more. A call to illustrators/ designers/ card manufacturers/ buyers and stockists. #inclusionanddiversity #representation #change

Some great comments from ⁦Professor Calum Semple OBE⁩ on the importance of understanding human behaviour in relation to reducing the spread of Covid. Hopefully the govt will start to take on board some of the expert advice from SPI-B... news.sky.com/story/covid-sa…

Does anyone work for or know anyone that works for BT or Open Reach? We’ve had failure after failure to get an engineer out to connect us to the fibre. We have been without any internet access since 6th May. Please help 🙏 BT BT Group Openreach @OpenreachHelp

COVID Preventive behaviours only work if the majority of us do them together. Knowing what, how and when along with practical support is vital. #COM-B #behaviourchange | Coronavirus | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

As a female and a mother I cannot imagine the terror as you see your daughter’s future and freedom being taken away. We must support those seeking safety and security. #HumanRights #Afganistan theguardian.com/world/2021/aug…

Tell me again that govt policy is not mass infection of kids. No masks, no bubbles, no isolation of contacts, late CO2 monitors, late vaccination... Record numbers of kids off school with Covid just two weeks into term. 1/3

According to the WHO Covid may have killed 80k-180k health workers. Let’s do all we can to get our frontline healthcare workers vaccinated worldwide. bbc.co.uk/news/health-58…

Tomorrow we'll be looking at how behavioural science can be used to mitigate spread of #COVID19. The session will be led by Professor Susan Michie & Robert West + special guests Linda Bauld, Molly Byrne & Ashley Gould 💙. Join us at 1.30pm. All welcome youtu.be/WfCLIkMiOSs via YouTube

“None of us are yet getting the most out of behavioral insights”Samantha Power in our blog bppblog.com/2021/12/23/mak… Adam Oliver Cass Sunstein USAID UN Behavioural Science #BehavioralScience

Great evening with Alex Bunten Watersmeet listening to the very funny Russell Brand. Should I give the biscuits to the kids 🤷‍♀️ 🤔