One of the great health achievements of the last 170 years was separating human faeces from water.

This Royal Academy of Engineering report shows how we can reduce human faecal organisms in recreational water from storm overflows and sewage works.

nepc.raeng.org.uk/testing-the-wa…

‘We must shift the dial on our society thinking about health policy…’

Health Psychologist Professor Prof Maddy Arden Sheffield Hallam University chats with greg fell FFPH, Director of Public Health in Sheffield.

bps.org.uk/psychologist/w…

Harassment of scientists is surging — institutions aren’t sure how to help nature.com/articles/d4158…

Semaglutide and CVD: Looking Critically at Absolute Risk Reduction, Cost-Effectiveness & Safety

Epi cold water poured over the hype
medical-centre.blogspot.com/2024/05/semagl…

A very impressive relative risk reduction might still translate to poor absolute risk reduction & high NNT
Explained here

The study sorted A&E pts into groups, ranging from life threatening emergencies to low acuity patients who could have been seen in a GP setting. The expectation was that 20-40% patients would fall into the low acuity group. The actual figure was just 4% bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Some rare good news on climate change

Wind power was the UK’s biggest source of electricity for the last year, knocking gas off its pedestal

thetimes.co.uk/article/wind-p…

Feat Dr Iain Staffell Simon Evans Jess Ralston & Claire Coutinho MP

There was dedicated resource and investment
I fear little of it ended up where it was intended

localdemocracyandhealth.com/2023/01/03/wha…

leedsbeckett.ac.uk/news/2024/04/l…

localdemocracyandhealth.com/2024/04/28/tri…

Hat tip to Mark Gamsu and team

It is now over 150 years since the first sewerage system was completed in Liverpool – a system which helped to more than double life expectancy in the city.

The rest of the country introduced similar systems soon after, but relatively little modernisation has been done since.

This is the most pragmatic report I've seen on this topic yet. I hope it is read widely🤞

'Testing the waters: Priorities for mitigating health risks from wastewater pollution'

NEW: How can we reduce public health risks for recreational water users? A new report from the National Engineering Policy Centre calls for upgrades to inadequate #wastewater infrastructure: raeng.org.uk/news/new-repor…

IChemE ICE The IMechE Team Institute of Water CIWEM

Read Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) President greg fell FFPH's article on the importance of sustainable local government funding in tackling health inequalities in the UK⬇️⬇️

We can easily end child poverty in the UK

5 things to know HT Resolution Foundation

' If we combine market reforms to tilt labour and housing markets in the interests of lower-income families, with redistribution, then poverty can and will fall'

resolutionfoundation.org/comment/we-can…

Alcohol harm in England costs £27.4 billion every year.

In the first analysis of its kind in over 20 years, figures show there has been over a 40% increase in the cost of harm from alcohol.

Visit ias.org.uk/factsheet/econ… for the full cost breakdown in England

#costofalcoholharm

My brother Daniel is a fantastic poet and he is releasing a substack of poems for you to read to your plants AKA 'Plant pot poems'. How cool is that? This one is called 'Grow'. Read to that plant that hasn't sprouted yet, for it, and for you. open.substack.com/pub/danielmaan…

Vice President of Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Alice Wiseman, is giving oral evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee today about reducing alcohol harm.

ADPH policy position statement calls for, amongst other actions, a new national alcohol strategy.

adph.org.uk/resources/what….