Reducing inequalities in mental health remains a priority as the PHE PMH programme moves into Office for Health Improvement and Disparities @LilyMakurah @stefabrar Neha Shah Isabel Wood Ian Walker Manuj

Coming back to this severity chart for a moment. Here’s what I think is key: In Gauteng, hitting the past record for cases might translate into ~20% of past record deaths (deaths still rising). In the UK, we’re going waaaay past the past record for cases...

NEW: first thread of 2022 is an Omicron situation update, starting with a detailed look at UK hospitals, before going international. Let’s start with severity, and the most important chart: Despite steep rises in cases and patients, the number on ventilators has barely risen.

Our study on excess mortality in India is out: Excess deaths close to 3 million. 1. Far higher than official totals. 2. Implies global COVID death count off by >2 million (and more given undercounting elsewhere) Short 🧵 science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Remember how worried everyone got about Zika? I had family members who wouldn't fly to even Zika-adjacent areas because they were a woman of childbearing age, not pregnant. Now we have covid placentitis, double risk of stillbirth, and everyone's just "heigh ho let's carry on"

Long-COVID symptoms less likely in vaccinated people, Israeli data say go.nature.com/3AEompO

THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts: We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu. The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13

The Inquiry has opened a four week public consultation on its draft Terms of Reference. The Terms of Reference set the scope of the Inquiry. Have your say here: ukcovid19inquiry.citizenspace.com/contribute/ter…

What does the public think about health & health inequalities? We explore how #publichealth professionals can use communications techniques to improve public understanding of health inequalities ⬇️ Jacqui Thornton Jo Bibby @UK_FrameWorks The Health Foundation health.org.uk/publications/l…

Groundbreaking new research shows a far-UVC (ultraviolet light) air purification system can reduce levels of an airborne pathogen by 98% within minutes. This is equivalent to an incredible 184 air changes per hour - better than even HEPA air cleaners. nature.com/articles/s4159…

#ResearchFunding available for methodological development in #PublicHealth. Find out more and apply: nihr.ac.uk/funding/2239-m…

With the U.K. and Europe experiencing soaring #heatwave conditions, our recent paper The Lancet describes the best evidence-based ways that people can stay cool thelancet.com/journals/lance… Heat and Health Research Incubator Sydney Health Global Heat Health Information Network

Our article about NICE's commitment to addressing environmental sustainability has just been published by Oxford Academic HTA agencies like NICE have important roles to play to support transition to environmentally sustainable health & care systems academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/adv…

📄We’ve just launched our new Health Inequalities practical web resource. This contains NICE guidance and other tools to help integrated care systems reduce #HealthInequalities. ➡️nice.org.uk/health-inequal…

1/2 Our scoping review of non-professional medication practices and medication safety outcomes during public health emergencies is now available online, and free to download full text until end of January sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We've just published a snapshot of #HealthInequalities in London on LDNMayor Data to help: 🔵Frame discussions with system partners 🔵Engage communities 🔵Identify data sources on specific topics 🔵Advocate for action on health inequalities Check it out👉:data.london.gov.uk/dataset/snapsh…

In 2022, integrated care systems were formalised as legal entities with statutory powers and responsibilities. Make sure you're clued up on how they work - explore our ICS explainer kingsfund.org.uk/publications/i…

We’ve reviewed the evidence on anti-racist interventions to reduce ethnic disparities in healthcare in the UK. Our model summarises interventions at multiple levels. UCL Public Policy Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (London) academic-policy partnership #LARCH #antiracism doi.org/10.1136/bmjope…

Rwanda’s Marburg response is a masterclass in how to prevent pandemics telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… via Dr Sabin Nsanzimana