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Huge privilege & pleasure to be involved in this Tx
@Intelligent_Hlt
🙏 one for
#ReimaginingHealth
@stkaye
@Patrick_S_King
@hashmath_hassan
@jl_sweetland
@reformthinktank
plus
@wesstreeting
@Debbie_abrahams
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@FPH
🎧 Episode 2 of our Movement is Life
#podcast
is out tomorrow! We are joined by Prof.
@KateAlvanley
, Honorary Professor of Public Health Salford University and former Director of Public Health Wigan Council, discussing public health as we know it & its evolution over the decades.
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I heard Yvonne’s evidence. I’ve known her for 30 years. She’s a colleague for whom I have highest regard, for her extensive knowledge & experience & her integrity, honesty & humanity. Very hard to hear how she was treated just when her expertise was most needed
#CovidInquiryUK
Prof Doyle (of PHE) tells Covid inquiry she was told not to do interviews without sign off from Hancock when, in Jan 2020, she told the press there could be Covid cases in the UK, that it was not clear whether asymptomatic infection could occur, and vaccines could take 6 months
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On some personal news, as I turned 60 years young a few months ago, my long-planned retirement after 14 very happy & successful years as Director of Public Health for Wigan takes place 1st July. I’ve been very honoured to work with such wonderful colleagues & citizens.
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@AndyBurnhamGM
From a public health perspective, it’s a no brainer to retain mandatory face coverings on public transport and in essential enclosed public places … it’s the socially responsible measure to protect our fellow citizens whilst new infection rates are rapidly escalating. I despair.
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Now watching the absolutely wonderful
#SenseandSensibility
with my personal favourite Alan Rickman role as the lovelorn & honourable Colonel Brandon
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My last day as Director of Public Health
@WiganCouncil
after 14 fantastic years and what an auspicious day to retire on & move on to life’s next big adventure as it’s one of my great musical heroes’ birthday ..
@BlondieOfficial
still rocking👇 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🥳🥳🥳🥳
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Excellent thread from
@danielgoyal
#CovidInquiry
yes for me as a former DPH & chief emergency planning officer .. the key question has always been why did the government not use the normal major incident response system & not engage properly with councils ..ignorance or ideology?
Monday was another damning day for the government at the Covid Inquiry.
It is becoming clearer what the recommendations from the Inquiry are likely to be…
But there is also a bigger question raised about criminality…
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Meanwhile local councils contact tracing teams are doing amazing work on a shoestring. my own team has maintained a 93% success rate overall & their efforts over the last month have successfully contained 3 outbreaks of South African variant
@LGAWellbeing
@ADPHUK
@AndyBurnhamGM
Test and Trace failure partly responsible for surge in Indian variant in one of worst-affected parts of the country, report seen by the BBC says
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I despair! What is the point of the hours of hard work I and colleagues right across local gov, police, nhs, fire service, education, voluntary & community sectors & all the sacrifice made by responsible citizens & businesses ....
#COVID19
hasn’t gone anywhere!
The scenes on Bournemouth beach make Britain the jackass of the world | James Moore
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Anyone who hasn’t seen me without my trademark curls is going to be surprised .... new “do” was a hit at home 👍
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As a long serving DPH & chief emergency planning officer, I fully support
@ADPHUK
position on this ...
#TestTrackAndTrace
in England will not be fully operational until end of June and too much easing of lockdown makes second pandemic wave inevitable. A must read.
BREAKING: "directors of Public Health are increasingly concerned that the Government is misjudging this balancing act and lifting too many restrictions, too quickly... calling for full implementation of all Phase 2 measures to be delayed."
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Honoured and humbled to be mentioned amongst such amazing women
#FTWomenoftheYear
'How people connect with each other is critical when it comes to managing a pandemic’:
@KateAlvanley
, Wigan’s director of public health and one of the FT's Women of 2020, on tackling Covid
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@BWDDPH
Solidarity, Dom, this is completely unacceptable. Proposed changes to guidance on local measures should be formally discussed and agreed with local system leaders & should be supported by robust evidence and risk assessment ...as per the national contain escalation process.
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@implausibleblog
And I was the lead DPH mentioned in passing who led the establishment of Greater Manchester’s multi agency contact tracing hub supporting the local work of all ten boroughs… went live in June 2020 and consistently outperformed national test and trace.
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@NicolaSturgeon
So very proud to be a Scot this week especially yesterday’s heartfelt, dignified & uplifting ceremonies which were a wonderful & fitting farewell to the Queen of Scots. A huge thanks to all involved .. they have done
#Scotland
proud as have you, First Minister, thank you!
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@AndyBurnhamGM
I’m planning to be Debbie Harry & Chrissie Hynde when I grow … I think “fronting a rock band & headlining festivals” should be a core element of every Healthy Active Ageing programme!
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Excellent response from
@LGAcomms
you have to invest in civic society in order to have something to "prescribe" to !
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Here you go me on
@bbc5live
tx
@rachelburden
@WiganCouncil
@WiganBoroughCCG
@GM_HSC
@greatermcr
@ADPHUK
@LGAWellbeing
@FPH
🗣️ ‘The virus is still with us – none of us are immune’
Professor Kate Ardern , Lead director of Public Health for the GMCA issues a warning to those planning on going to the pub this weekend.
🎧 Listen via
@BBCSounds
💻Read more -
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Wishing
@RachMusgrave
all the very best on her first day as
@WiganCouncil
Director of Public Health … joining the very best team in England. You will be awesome 👍👍👍👍
#TeamWigan
@LGAWellbeing
@ADPHUK
@fph
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@JenWilliamsMEN
Wee bit surprised about the suggested need for help with interpretation of public health data ... this DPH from GM has about 30yrs experience in doing so & over 20yrs experience in outbreak management..
Excellent account of how NHS Test and Trace works in
@GM_HSC
from disease detective and data queen
@KateAlvanley
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@carolvorders
Well done Baroness Hallett for not standing for any nonsense from Cabinet Office. The covid inquiry is crucial to us being better prepared for the next pandemic .. there will be one (it was my third) and a nation’s response is predicated on its state of preparedness.
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@PippaCrerar
@ChrisMasonBBC
And the Greek PM Mitsotakis is quite right … the
#ParthenonSculptures
belong to Greece and should be returned.
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Aw thanks so much to my lovely ceo
@AlisonMc_F
… between you and the Leader I’m all teary-eyed. It’s been fantastic to work with you as part of
#TeamWigan
and see you in Oct if not before! Xx
Today, we say farewell & happy retirement to the wonderful
@KateAlvanley
after 14 incredible years
@WiganCouncil
as director of public health.
A true champion of community-led public health - thank you Kate for all that you have achieved for the people of Wigan Borough & beyond.
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Seriously...does anyone in
#Whitehall
actually know what local government (clue in the second word) does or has read the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and roles and responsibilities of mass fatalities planning???
Just to point out - every
#localgov
emergency planning unit has a plan and sites earmarked for this.
Maybe
#whitehall
should have asked?
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@ShaunLintern
Hope you’re listening to Angela McLean this morning … she’s an excellent witness … clear, concise, cooperative, illuminating, straightforward really telling it how it was and not in any way defensive. I suspect if she and JVT had been in charge things would have been different
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This explains a great deal & yet again reinforces the consistent argument a number of us have made for months that local authorities & LRFs should be asked to organise regional supply & distribution .. far more resilient, flexibility & ability to prioritise & mutual aid.
I looked into *why* the supply of Covid-19 rapid tests has been so badly disrupted in the UK.
TL;DR: All of the distribution is being handled by a single company which will be closed for 7-8+ days around Christmas and New Years' Eve and therefore shortages will persist.
🧵👇🏾
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Millions of public sector workers face pay freeze - BBC News ... this will go down like a lead balloon with local government staff who have been at the forefront of pandemic response...including public health
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@JolyonMaugham
@ChtyCommission
Interesting that there is no reference to Dr Caldecott’s connections to PX on his RSPB biog…. I’ve checked this afternoon as a very interested member … and I’ve registered for the AGM.
@MilesKing10
@Feargal_Sharkey
@HugoSAS
@ChrisGPackham
@DeborahMeaden
@GreenJennyJones
@CarolineLucas
@adamvaughan_uk
@PrivateEyeNews
@RachSalv
Interesting that there is no mention of this on his
@Natures_Voice
trustee biography.. his term of office commenced in 2022. I wonder whether members were aware of this when he was voted on🤔
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Another must read thread from
@danielgoyal
as an ex DPH completely agree. I led the establishment of Greater Manchester’s multi-agency contact tracing hub established in 8 weeks at a tiny fraction of the cost of Test & Trace which it consistently outperformed👇
#CovidInquiryUK
The Covid Inquiry has been asking questions about whether Lockdown could have been avoided. Some (like Sunak/Johnson) have interpreted this as suggesting we shouldn’t have locked down. It’s the entirely wrong interpretation and not the question the Inquiry is asking…
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@AndyBurnhamGM
“Coughs” Some folks you know have actually done a bit of dressage competition …it requires degree of skill, training & practice from horse & rider. Real Olympic champs like Carl H & Charlotte D make it look deceptively easy 😉
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Been a doctor for 35 years & a Director of Public Health for 20 years. The best measures I can take to protect myself,the population I serve & those I love from
#COVID19
are hands,face, space,ventilation &
#GetVaccinated
I’m double jabbed & boosted & have had my annual flu jab
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@HSJEditor
I think a few DPHs would gladly do a review of governance at no extra cost to the taxpayer.
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I just love that
@richard_third
is tweeting about his own funeral procession...not many medieval monarchs can do that!
#richardreburied
👑
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My statement on certain media reports
Please share: Wigan is not currently at risk of going into local lockdown.
Read the full statement from Professor Kate Ardern here:
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@JenWilliamsMEN
I’ve signed the agreement for Wigan and received it back completed from
@PHE_uk
yesterday. Thank you so much for your support on this.
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This is the
@bbcproms
story everyone should be talking about …what a fantastic achievement for all the amazing musicians and performers involved …Sir Henry Wood would have been so proud.
#classicalmusic
rocks 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 great work
@classicjacko
👍👍👍👍👍👍
JUST ANNOUNCED: record-breaking audience figures, 50% of people attending the
@bbcproms
for the first time, 3.5m viewers for the Last Night. Some fantastically encouraging stories here. New classical fans: come and join us
@BBCRadio3
!
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Just setting off on return home after Himself & I celebrated our 1st anniversary as a couple yesterday 💝💖
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What Chris says👇 and at a lot less cost to the taxpayer
would have been better to ask experienced NHS and LA leaders who know what's needed to do this. T&T is so important as our collective insurance it needs the brightest and best from public service to review and lead. Public health expertise must be drawn on
@didoharding
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@AndyBurnhamGM
@cmmid_lshtm
@10DowningStreet
Regional R rates show there is no room for complacency when it comes to Covid 19 as the outbreak in Weston over the weekend demonstrates.
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Devastating news… I was honoured and privileged to work for Peter during his time as Leader. His passion and commitment to tackle social injustice and health inequalities was wholehearted . I will miss his wisdom, kindness & humour. Deepest sympathies to Joy, Anna & the family.
It is with regret that we announce the death of Lord Peter Smith, former Leader of Wigan Council.
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Here’s one of my 7 interviews for the media on
#COVID19
today
The number of people diagnosed with
#coronavirus
in the UK has to 163.
There are now 12 cases in Greater
#Manchester
- the latest two are in
#Stockport
and
#Wigan
.
Professor Kate Ardern, Director of Public Health for
@WiganCouncil
, says we don't need to panic ⤵️
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This thread perfect summation tx
@tamcohen
I listened to both
@covidinquiryuk
evidence sessions today & as a former Director of Public Health what I heard is utterly appalling but also reaffirms the experience those of us in English local government had in dealing with UK gov.
A no10 official called Alexandra Burns was v concerned about discharges to care homes - writing to colleagues on 3 April that she was worried about possibility that “many die” in care homes.
Matt Hancock talked about the “protective ring” around care homes in mid-May.
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Sarah Pickup makes the absolutely crucial point about investing in civic society & citizen ideas not just "social prescribers"... There has to be something to "prescribe to"
#Wigandeal
@TheKingsFund
@LGAcomms
lessons for
#spendingreview
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@faisalislam
We’ve been here before and not in a good way …I’m getting deja vu of my formative teen years in the 70s when the UK had to go cap in hand to the IMF.
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@HPIAndyCowper
The NHS has created an entire industry of governance process, assurance & appraisal which doesn’t appear to be fit for purpose. Even Beverley Allitt who is the only directly comparable case back in 1991 was detected after 59 days & the police immediately called in by management.
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Nice bit of
#publichealth
history .... we’ve been around a wee bit longer than
#Covid_19
1) The responsibility for health and wellbeing in local government is not new but has a long and prestigious history. From the Victorian Public Health Acts, it was local government that held the principal responsibility for the health and wellbeing of their populations.
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Here's
#TeamWigan
#TeamWigan
@WiganCouncil
@AlisonMc_F
@KeithCunliffe
@NaziaRehman6
@CllrChrisReady
ready for
@lgcplus
awards
#TheDeal
#LGCAwards
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If only there were people with the practical knowledge & expertise of how public health, social care & communities work in practice who SAGE could have talked to 🤔
@ADPHUK
@1adass
@NWADASS
@LGAWellbeing
@wearenewlocal
@ProfDonnaHall
@profchrisham
👇
‘Models did not reflect how care homes actually work’. People died - lots of them - because there was no seat at the SAGE table for anyone who understood social care. Fatal incompetence!
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EXCLUSIVE: Deloitte accused of 'profiteering’ after attempt to sell 'local test and trace solution'
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When I was a teenager, I wanted to grow up to be Debbie Harry & Chrissie Hynde …seeing those two legends perform
@glastonbury
#glastonbury2023
that’s still my ambition in my sixties 😉
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This 👇 yet public health grant effectively cut in the
#SpendingReview
& local government
#publichealth
teams taking on significant workload of Locally Supported Contact Tracing (ie the ones the national system fails to contact) with no additional resources ...and a pay freeze
Staggering number buried in today’s
#COVID19
winter plan: Test & Trace will cost an extra £7bn, so £22bn total this yr.
To put that into perspective, that’s more than the ENTIRE cost of Crossrail (£18bn) or the Channel Tunnel (£9bn at the time, just under £20bn in today’s money).
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@elinlowri
Awesome!!!! I managed to get expelled from the Brownies aged 9 for "insubordination" .....I wasn't even allowed to enter the Guides😈😈😈😈😈
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Himself even more delighted by
#Bamburgh
as there’s a home match on at what he describes as quite the most fab cricket ground in England (& he lives in walking distance from Lords) 🏏
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@Rainmaker1973
We appear to be missing 50% of human beings on this table! No women ever done great work .... perhaps they were all busy actually achieving rather than posing for pictures 🙄
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Well said and thank you
@AndyBurnhamGM
"It makes much greater sense to crack on!"
Mayor of Greater Manchester
@AndyBurnhamGM
calls on the Govt to open up vaccinations for 18-year-olds as cases rise in the area. RC
#KayBurley
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Delighted & honoured to be co-chairing
@reformthinktank
#ReimagingHealth
council with Dr David Bennett - this is timely & important work
#publichealth
@ADPHUK
@FPH
@LGAWellbeing
@1adass
@NHSConfed
@SalfordPH
@uochester
@MargaretRoweUoS
@WiganCouncil
@GM_PCB
@CommonsHealth
We're also excited to announce the launch of our 'Reimagining Health Council'.
Our Councillors will help us shape our research programme going forward and we couldn't be more pleased with the group we're bringing together!
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Interestingly have got a lot fitter especially musculoskeletal & respiratory since working from home as I’ve incorporated much more exercise into my daily routine ... as a result patella tendinitis mostly left knee has gone completely , lumbar spine significantly healthier.
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@danielgoyal
Well worth, Dan, re-listening to Yvonne Doyle’s quietly devastating evidence to
@covidinquiryuk
the experienced national medical expert whose advice on the likelihood of early community transmission was ignored & who was effectively sidelined after a tv interview annoyed Hancock
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@AndyBurnhamGM
@ProfDonnaHall
@BorisJohnson
And here was me, a mere DPH of nearly 20 years, health protection expert and chief emergency planning officer, thinking national access to testing was being managed and deployed according to disease incidence ...🤔
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What an absolutely disgraceful situation… BBC DG and management should be utterly ashamed👇 solidarity with the musicians of
@BBCPhilharmonic
@BBCSO
and especially
@BBCSingers
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
definitely one for
@KeeleyMP
@LucyMPowell
@CommonsDCMS
remarkable to read this leaked letter from the acting co-directors of the BBC Singers, Jonathan Manners and Rob Johnston. the situation they outline is absolutely scandalous
#WeAreTheBBCSingers
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A very prominent Scouse member of the
#avianrace
has just turned up demanding his
#SundayBrunch
… apparently our
#avian
masters thrive on mackerel & leftover fish skins 😂
#JonathanLivingstonSeagull
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With all the tweets on
#Cholera
perhaps it’s timely to remind people about the work of one of the founding fathers of modern
#publichealth
@JohnSnowSociety
& the vital importance of sanitation & clean waters
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@HPIAndyCowper
@rowlsmanthorpe
Except very worryingly given the experiences in the NW of England in the summer there is, once again, a North-South divide clearly emerging. I would remind you both that the NW, NE of England & parts of Yorks & Humber are currently on their 3rd epidemic wave..London & SE on 2nd.
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We laughed & cried in equal measure at the marvellous evening of tribute on
@BBCTwo
to the absolute genius of Caroline Aherne . I remember her on the Manchester comedy circuit from my student days ..she was a shining star back then & taken from us far too soon.
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As a distinguished alumna, your decision in 1980 to admit me to the wonderful medical school that I’m proud to be both a graduate & postgrad of was life -changing so please give others the same opportunity you gave me
#HonourTheOffer
@alumniUoM
@OfficialUoM
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@AndyBurnhamGM
Thank you Andy for your leadership & backing your local public health experts.
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Here you go folks, the link to my PH Annual Report documentary film "Make Health Everyone's Business
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Some photos from yesterday’s fab sail around
@NTFarneIslands
tx as ever to
@thefarnes
&
#Serenity
👍👍👍👍
#Northumbria
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@PippaCrerar
@AndyBurnhamGM
Strong positive and proactive leadership to protect the health of citizens whilst new infection rates are still rising from the Metro Mayors … absolutely supported by Directors of Public Health like me.
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I do hope
@bbcglasto
is going to show
#maneskin
the most exciting new rock band’s set in full on either
@BBCOne
or
@BBCFOUR4
not just on the red button … they are awesome live!
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Memo to the panel re public engagement
#Marmot2020
ditch the professional language, have a human to human conversation, invest in their ideas & make health about having hope & confidence in our futures & having fun with our families,friends & loved ones
#WiganDeal
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Fabulous to wake up in
#Glasgow
on my
#birthday
..... Looking forward to a fun packed day ..🎁🎂🍹💐🎉☕️
#HappyBirthday
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Another absolutely brilliant thread from
@danielgoyal
#covidinquiryUK
… completely agree with this analysis 👇 and it needn’t have been like this.
Before Johnson gives his evidence we should consider a few things:
1. Just how bad was the UK pandemic response?
2. How much could Johnson have affected this?
3. What was Johnson’s intent?
4. Was there any overt maleficence?
Thread 1/n (buckle-up!)
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Astonishing and I don’t mean in a good way
#CovidInquryUK
👇
Anna Morris, "On the 24th Feb 2020, Public Health England are making it clear that there should be no discharge to care homes because of the risk of infections that that would create. Is that correct?"
Matt Hancock, "I didn't see that document at the time"
#CovidInquiry
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Excellent article
@Davewwest
@HSJnews
about this very concerning development which should worry anyone who cares about the future of England’s national
#publichealth
expertise 👇link to article in 🧵 one for
@TheKingsFund
@NuffieldTrust
@FPH
@ADPHUK
@LGAWellbeing
@HealthFdn
Excl : Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it.
Those criticising the move include
@LordPhilofBrum
@JimBethell
@KateAlvanley
@davidjbuck
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Another must read thread by the excellent
@ADMBriggs
I’d point out that local control & extra national investment by government in a dph led system should be immediately given to all councils not just tier 3 as the objective surely is to halt the escalation between tiers!
Local contact tracing is where local authorities set up local teams to contact cases that the national team is unable to reach within 24hrs.
They're seen as part of the solution to rising case numbers in England.
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@trishgreenhalgh
@drcotovelo
Seriously?? I think the UK’s Special Envoy on
#AMR
Sally Davies needs to have an urgent word! And I do hope that the SoS isn’t saying she has shared prescription medicines with family and friends … someone should direct her asap to the relevant info on this
@MHRAgovuk
website.
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Sending my appreciation, thanks and very best wishes to
@FurberA
and his team
@PHE_NorthWest
the public health family is here for you.
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This is a completely unsustainable situation ... on top of existing significant staff vacancies and increased sickness absence.
London's exhausted nurses and doctors urged to work extra shifts in a ‘call to action’ by
@NHSEnglandLDN
#Covid19UK
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@MichaelTakeMP
Perhaps it’s time to go back to the educationally & economically productive Victorian childhood of yore instead of tofu & the inter web. Young Louis would have been quite old enough in those halcyon days to be gainfully employed up chimneys & in the mills & he’d learn a trade
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@ProfDonnaHall
@AndyBurnhamGM
A poignant and very timely reminder that public health is all about people, humanity & society and not just about epidemiology.
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Excellent
#CovidInquiry
evidence session from
@jimmcmanusph
@ADPHUK
a must listen. I absolutely endorse everything Jim said. DPHs and local government are critical to health protection preparedness & response going forward…
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@KayBurley
I have no doubt that if the date was 1907 the headline would read “Hardie to use Women to Rig Polls” or, going further back to 1819 “Orator Hunt to use Mill Workers to Rig Polls” …The Establishment isn’t in favour of extending the suffrage ..well there’s a surprise 🤔
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Just so pleased & proud for
@andy_murray
a terrific sportsman & a great role model
#SPOTY
#SPOTY15
@BritishTennis
@tennisscotland
👏👏👏👏🎾🎾🏆🏆
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Someone’s turned up for his mackerel breakfast & brought a double 🌈 with him
#JonathanLivingstonSeagull
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And the winner of the Care and Health Integration Award category in the
#MJAwards2020
'against some very strong competition' is …..
Wigan MBC
@WiganCouncil
Huge congratulations!!!
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As a former Director of Public Health & senior public health consultant of 20+years, I fully support
@LGAcomms
@LGANews
knowing the vaping industry opposes this should be enough to give any ph specialist anywhere pause for thought 👇great to see cross-party support on this.
Disposable vapes are a hazard for waste and litter collection teams
Their colours, flavours and advertising appeal to children with more and more – who have never smoked - vaping
They need to be banned
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I will be moving to a portfolio career working 2-3 days per week on progressive public health policy areas I’ve espoused & championed during my DPH career utilising my expertise, experience & track record of successful delivery.
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Must read article & thread from
@JenWilliamsMEN
thank you!👇
We're hearing a lot about hospitals, but here's a piece I wrote about the warning lights now flashing in the primary care system, here and elsewhere in the north - and fears that government is neither fully seeing or heeding them
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To all fans of this wonderful county wishing you a very Happy
#northumberlandday
@juliespruce
@thefarnes
@ShielGeorge
@Bamburgh_Castle
@LancasterJane13
@HowickHallGarde
@VindolandaTrust
@NTlindisfarne
@NTNorthd_Coast
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#TeamWigan
on course to deliver 980 vaccinations today ... brilliant work
@JayneDa82353585
@craigjohnharris
@WiganBoroughCCG
@WiganCouncil
@healthierwigan
@profchrisham
@TheKingsFund
@LGAWellbeing
@ADPHUK
@CMO_England
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Thank you
@MichaelMarmot
@TheMarmotReview
for producing robust evidence that confirms what us local leaders have saying throughout the pandemic about structural inequalities … looking forward to today’s formal launch.
@AndyBurnhamGM
@LGAWellbeing
@profchrisham
@CMO_England
‘Jaw-dropping’ falls in life expectancy as Greater Manchester sees a quarter more Covid deaths than the English average
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