Public Health England
Total 6 Posts
Coronavirus new variant – Genomics researcher answers key questions.
7 min read
All your questions about the new coronavirus variant, answered by a microbial genomics researcher.
Free school meals: The lifelong impact of childhood food poverty.
4 min read
Whether the government likes it or not, the evidence is clear: children not eating a healthy diet will not perform as well at school as those who are well nourished. If children are not given the nutrition they need, there are long-term effects on their health.
Changes to public health bodies must be based on evidence and reflection, not scapegoating.
5 min read
De-funding Public Health England is not the answer. We need to learn lessons from the coronavirus response before making radical decisions.
Coronavirus – What’s the worst that can happen?
6 min read
A brilliant and heartbreaking thread by GP Katie Bramall-Stainer on the truth about the government’s disastrous handling of the coronavirus crisis from a frontline point of view. The government has shown an appalling lack of preparation and a poor management of Covid-19 from the start.
PHE report on Covid-19 deaths – A disappointment to the BAME community.
4 min read
The report failed to acknowledge and provide guidance on BAME health workers who work for the NHS, Ellie Karoubi writes.
Overcentralisation vs self-organising.
4 min read
A must-read thread by Professor Anthony Costello on mistakes in coronavirus response. Why Deloitte was brought in to help. How Public Health England – despite not having enough testing labs – wanted to keep control of the overall testing, forbidding outsiders to do testing until the end of March.