Danielle Solomon
@dsolomon.bsky.social
Consultant in Public Health at Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. Views my own. Interested in health inequalities, social justice and musical theatre. Not always in that order. She/her
Really looking forward to speaking about intersectionality in our approach to abortion access at the @bsacp.org.uk conference later today - do come along and say hi if you're there!
October 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Really looking forward to speaking about intersectionality in our approach to abortion access at the @bsacp.org.uk conference later today - do come along and say hi if you're there!
So...we're just letting this happen again, are we?
September 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
So...we're just letting this happen again, are we?
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"It doesn't work reliably, so just don't use it for anything, like, super important" is a wild thing to say about your own product
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"It doesn't work reliably, so just don't use it for anything, like, super important" is a wild thing to say about your own product
Interesting paper - semaglutide increases healthcare costs despite lowering incidence of some high-cost outcomes. Preventative technologies often don't produce the cashable savings that they're marketed on, but this usually isn't a barrier to investment.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Care Expenditures With Semaglutide
This cohort study evaluates changes in cardiovascular risk factors and health care expenditures after initiation of semaglutide.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Interesting paper - semaglutide increases healthcare costs despite lowering incidence of some high-cost outcomes. Preventative technologies often don't produce the cashable savings that they're marketed on, but this usually isn't a barrier to investment.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
As someone who grew up in a family that was obsessed with football, young me could never have imagined the journey that women's football has taken to get this point. Huge congratulations to the #Lionesses ⚽️
July 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
As someone who grew up in a family that was obsessed with football, young me could never have imagined the journey that women's football has taken to get this point. Huge congratulations to the #Lionesses ⚽️
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It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it?
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
July 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
It's maddening to me how much Covid is at the root of so many of today's crises and we just...don't talk about it?
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
Take the spike in children needing SEND provision. Did anything huge and traumatic happen recently that might have affected thousands of kids? No? Must be parents making it up
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More powerful evidence that race is not genetic (from AllofUs)
But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...
But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...
Massive NIH study challenges use of race as a proxy for genetic ancestry in research
A large government study shows that Americans’ self-reported race is a poor proxy for their genetic ancestry.
www.statnews.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
More powerful evidence that race is not genetic (from AllofUs)
But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...
But “The screening of [NIH] scientists’ communications contrasts with NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s promise to foster a culture of free speech.”
www.statnews.com/2025/06/05/n...
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Today's @ukhsa.bsky.social report shows a ⬇️in gonorrhoea infections - a testament to the hard work of public health teams and their commissioned sexual health services - but there is still work to be done.
👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk
👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk
We have published new data on sexually transmitted infections in England:
📈 Syphilis diagnoses continued to rise
📉 Gonorrhoea cases dropped overall, with the biggest reduction in young people (15 to 24)
📈 Syphilis diagnoses continued to rise
📉 Gonorrhoea cases dropped overall, with the biggest reduction in young people (15 to 24)
June 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today's @ukhsa.bsky.social report shows a ⬇️in gonorrhoea infections - a testament to the hard work of public health teams and their commissioned sexual health services - but there is still work to be done.
👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk
👀Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk
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#HealthInequalities: Stark social divides in #InfectiousDisease admission rates in England, study finds
UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Stark social divides in infectious disease admission rates in England, study finds
UKHSA says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:00 AM
#HealthInequalities: Stark social divides in #InfectiousDisease admission rates in England, study finds
UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK Health Security Agency says people in most deprived areas almost twice as likely to be admitted to hospital as those in least deprived.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵
April 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Once widespread, smoking is now uncommon in Great Britain 🧵
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Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Today, we've published new @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social showing the public supports bolder policy approaches to tackle alcohol, tobacco and unhealthy food. 1/n
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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This is probably obvious to all who follow me here, but when a very contagious infection leads to rare terrible outcomes (measles, COVID), it can both be devastating at a population level, & also most patients will recover without therapy, which makes any therapy look like it works, anecdotally.
RFK Jr says he talked to two frontline doctors treating measles patients in Texas, seeing "almost miraculous and instantaneous recovery" with an unproven regimen of a steroid, antibiotic & cod liver oil
One of those doctors, Richard Bartlett, was disciplined by the Texas Medical Board in 2003 (1/2)
One of those doctors, Richard Bartlett, was disciplined by the Texas Medical Board in 2003 (1/2)
March 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This is probably obvious to all who follow me here, but when a very contagious infection leads to rare terrible outcomes (measles, COVID), it can both be devastating at a population level, & also most patients will recover without therapy, which makes any therapy look like it works, anecdotally.
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I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve.
This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly.
Please share and stand with us in solidarity.
This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly.
Please share and stand with us in solidarity.
March 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I stand in solidarity with all of my colleagues who do health equity research. This work matters for the communities we serve.
This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly.
Please share and stand with us in solidarity.
This week has been catastrophic for grant cancelations and our communities are hurting terribly.
Please share and stand with us in solidarity.
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Tax and benefit policies have cut incomes since the election, with low-to-middle income households being the most affected.
Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.
Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.
March 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Tax and benefit policies have cut incomes since the election, with low-to-middle income households being the most affected.
Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.
Households in the bottom half of the income distribution will lose on average 1.4 per cent of their income, compared to 0.7 per cent for households in the top half.
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“We’re seeing a rise in broken legs being diagnosed.”
The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.
The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.
March 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“We’re seeing a rise in broken legs being diagnosed.”
The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.
The discourse about this would not be about ‘over-diagnosis’, but about investigation into why this was happening, prevention and support. Perhaps we could do the same for other diagnoses.
Public health is almost always characterised as 'bureaucracy' when one of these organisational changes happens, but it's particularly galling after living through a pandemic where policy analysis and expert decision making was so clearly necessary as part of the frontline response.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of abolishing NHS England I find the language Starmer used *troubling*
It's exactly what a future populist extreme govt would say to justify removing independence from institutions.
Also - back office staff, management & planning are very important functions!
It's exactly what a future populist extreme govt would say to justify removing independence from institutions.
Also - back office staff, management & planning are very important functions!
March 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Public health is almost always characterised as 'bureaucracy' when one of these organisational changes happens, but it's particularly galling after living through a pandemic where policy analysis and expert decision making was so clearly necessary as part of the frontline response.
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✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 14, 2025 at 6:48 AM
✨My essay in @thelancet.bsky.social this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗)
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.
Racial inequity stretches across the entirety of reproductive health.
To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
To tackle inequities, we must understand intersectionality and the complex, structural drivers of inequality, writes @dsolomon.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 20, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The opinion piece that I was commissioned to write as part of the BMJ's "Racism in Medicine" special issue was published today! Do have a read.
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Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS and UK government “can’t just overlay tech on a failing service”.
Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A
Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A
‘AI can’t just be overlaid on a failing health service’
Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS "can't just overlay tech on a failing service”.
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February 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Hetan Shah, chief executive of The British Academy, said that the NHS and UK government “can’t just overlay tech on a failing service”.
Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A
Full story 👉 ow.ly/iQxl50V054A
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Our Vice President Alice Wiseman is quoted in the BMJ investigation on tactics used by industry to overturn council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets.
“It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment".
bit.ly/4hNQAmH
“It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment".
bit.ly/4hNQAmH
McDonald’s triumphs over councils’ rejections of new branches—by claiming it promotes “healthier lifestyles”
The fast food giant used a GP to support appeals against planning decisions in some deprived areas with the worst rates of food related ill health in England. Then it threatened councils with bills fo...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Our Vice President Alice Wiseman is quoted in the BMJ investigation on tactics used by industry to overturn council attempts to prevent new fast food outlets.
“It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment".
bit.ly/4hNQAmH
“It’s very undermining in the role of local government in being able to shape a healthy environment".
bit.ly/4hNQAmH
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Calorie labels on menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders.
A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...
A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...
Calorie labels on menus could make eating disorders worse
Calorie labels on restaurant menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders, according to a new study.
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Calorie labels on menus are negatively impacting people with eating disorders.
A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...
A new study from @kingsnmpc.bsky.social published in the BMJ Public Health found that people with eating disorders changed their behaviours if presented with calorie labels on a menu.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/calorie...
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"Society is convinced weight is under an individual’s control and so the sense that I had brought this on myself—and the developing baby—was overwhelming."
Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
January 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Society is convinced weight is under an individual’s control and so the sense that I had brought this on myself—and the developing baby—was overwhelming."
Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Sue Fletcher-Watson describes the pressures of constant monitoring in a pregnancy deemed high risk
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Interesting to see the parallels between the arguments against congestion charging in NYC and London. Particularly the (erroneous) idea that people who use public transport are more affluent than people who drive. How has this idea held on, despite it not making logical sense? Cars are expensive!!
Anyone clutching pearls about the impact of congestion pricing on lower-income people is either ill-informed or concern trolling.
January 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Interesting to see the parallels between the arguments against congestion charging in NYC and London. Particularly the (erroneous) idea that people who use public transport are more affluent than people who drive. How has this idea held on, despite it not making logical sense? Cars are expensive!!
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We HAVE solved social care. Our soluition is 'you don't get any local government'.
I mean I never expected them to fix social care to begin with I’ll be honest
January 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We HAVE solved social care. Our soluition is 'you don't get any local government'.
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Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain
Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain
Cold snap expected to add to pressure as NHS England figures show 5,074 flu patients in hospital by 29 December
The number of people admitted to hospital with flu in England has quadrupled in a month, as health leaders said “huge” pressure in the NHS…
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hospital admissions for flu quadruple in England as NHS bosses warn of ‘huge’ strain