A new series in NEJM on doctors looking at the social aspects of their patients' lives that profoundly influence their illness. Pleased to have contributed

It is we, the people, that create health, says Hilary Cottam - with powerful examples of how this can happen The King's Fund kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2018/11/p…

An emotional day celebrating the end of the course for our TNAs @StGeorgesTrust with Course Director Lucie Llewellyn from Kingston University Sarah James Julia Gale Kingston University Professor Avey Bhatia OBE Robert Bleasdale Richard Lloyd-Booth RN (He/Him) @Totterdell Harbhajan Brar #NursingAssociates

A more clear picture of World Health Organization (WHO)’s new transformation organigram as announced by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today to all staff

Why did this get almost no coverage? Ex BBC boss turned NYT supreme, Mark Thompson, explains the limits of UK “media sovereignty” in world of global platforms ( especially when successive governments trash UK’s only global brand to appease Tory tabloids). nytco.com/press/a-questi…

The great Anne Case is interviewed by the FT => Economist Anne Case on America’s ‘deaths of despair’ — and how to tackle them ft.com/content/6f2ed9… via Financial Times

The power of the median. (cc. Nancy M. Birdsall). To what global income percentile belongs the person having the median income of a given country. (All in household per capita income; PPP dollars; year 2013-14; unpublished paper)

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¿Alguna vez vieron la película titulada "El Paciente Inglés"? Acá está 👇🏽 Have you ever watched "The English Patient"? Here it is 👇🏽 🇪🇺🇬🇧 #COVID19 #mortality cc. Gabriel Carrasco-Escobar Mateo Prochazka @rob_aldridge Usama Bilal Sebastián Peña Matthias Egger Camilla Costa @mfranco_uah Anthony Costello

The govt's approach to test, trace and isolate has been tactical and focused on specific commitments like 100K tests, 18K contact tracers and an NHS app (1)

'Now, more than ever, it is essential to focus on addressing these inequalities and to value the diverse staff who make up the health and care workforce by developing and sustaining inclusive and compassionate workplaces.' kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2020/04/e…

How china built a modern medical system: huge surge in hospital beds and medical personnel from early 2000s. cambridge.org/core/services/…

What if the Govt had followed this path? Locally led using public health expertise and people not tech. Planned from the outset instead of late in the day mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/h…

'But to seek to do this mid-flight feels like the mightiest of gambles.' Nicholas Timmins reflects on the timing of the government’s decision to restructure England’s public health services. kingsfund.org.uk/blog/2020/08/s…

This Human Rights Centre panel event may be of interest to public health colleagues and students Anuj Kapilashrami [She/her] @SusanStallabras Dr Caroline J Bald Rachel Hammonds M Anthony Costello richard horton Mike Rowson Prof. Devi Sridhar

New LIS (based on UK household surveys) show stable UK inequality in the past 8 years, significantly lower than at the peaks in 2000 and 2006 (on the eve of the financial crisis), back to 1969 level. Kuznets waves?

Public health education post-COVID-19: a proposal for critical revisions gh.bmj.com/content/6/4/e0…

We're looking for a lecturer in global health (teaching) from October 2021 till June 2022. Apply by the 2nd of September to join a great team! jobs.ac.uk/job/CIN029/lec…

Heavenly in Helford!@HelenEBedford Kate Adams