Greg Fell
@felly500.bsky.social
DPH Sheffield Council.
President ADPHUK.
Barely active climber and below average cyclist. Fond of - 80s thrash metal.
Blog - https://gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/
President ADPHUK.
Barely active climber and below average cyclist. Fond of - 80s thrash metal.
Blog - https://gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/
Somehow the "metal Christmas covers" playlist on Spotify has defaulted to old skool Maiden
Algorithms are genuinely magic
Algorithms are genuinely magic
December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Somehow the "metal Christmas covers" playlist on Spotify has defaulted to old skool Maiden
Algorithms are genuinely magic
Algorithms are genuinely magic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a...
Advertising Works a case study in nicotine addiction
Advertising Works a case study in nicotine addiction
Advertising Works a case study in nicotine addiction
See this paper Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people and the Guardian headline – Gen Z behind jump in use of oral nicotine pouc…
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December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Advertising Works a case study in nicotine addiction
Advertising Works a case study in nicotine addiction
NHS gets 'game-changing' robot assistants to slash waiting times and save millions
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2148...
I do so hope some serious "strategic commissioning" thought has been given to this one.....
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2148...
I do so hope some serious "strategic commissioning" thought has been given to this one.....
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NHS gets 'game-changing' robot assistants to slash waiting times and save millions
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2148...
I do so hope some serious "strategic commissioning" thought has been given to this one.....
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2148...
I do so hope some serious "strategic commissioning" thought has been given to this one.....
Reposted by Greg Fell
This headline…. what a way to generation-blame for industry malfeasance @felly500.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This headline…. what a way to generation-blame for industry malfeasance @felly500.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people, especially young men....... and aggressive marketing......
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people, especially young men....... and aggressive marketing......
Oral nicotine pouch use in Great Britain: a repeat cross-sectional study, 2020–25
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases
among young people, especially young men. Most users also smoked or vaped, and a growing
proportion of smokers used p...
www.thelancet.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people, especially young men....... and aggressive marketing......
Nicotine pouch use has risen in Great Britain, primarily driven by sharp increases among young people, especially young men....... and aggressive marketing......
Reposted by Greg Fell
Reposted by Greg Fell
Great round up of successful public health interventions from @rsph.bsky.social ⬇️
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
Successful public health interventions change lives for the better.
As we head into 2026, we're counting down our picks for the top ten public health achievements of the 21st century.
🧵 👇
As we head into 2026, we're counting down our picks for the top ten public health achievements of the 21st century.
🧵 👇
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Great round up of successful public health interventions from @rsph.bsky.social ⬇️
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
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Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
December 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Mis and dis information. Notes for PH professionals
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/m...
1. Why it matters. Direct and indirect harm
2. Why it happens
3. It's not new
4. How it happens
5. Tactics to combat. Individual and systemic
Rare Earth - transport. Cleaner, cheaper, faster
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Worth a listen
Good reframing of common objections by Chris
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Worth a listen
Good reframing of common objections by Chris
Rare Earth - City Transport: Faster, Cheaper, Greener - BBC Sounds
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski examine how we get around our towns and cities.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Rare Earth - transport. Cleaner, cheaper, faster
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Worth a listen
Good reframing of common objections by Chris
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Worth a listen
Good reframing of common objections by Chris
Dark PR - applied to roads, cars and driving
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Dark PR - applied to roads, cars and driving
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Discourse and how it is shaped has very real public policy (& thus outcome) consequences
Thus a v legit target for those seeking better outcomes
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Lessons from COVID www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Directors Of Public Health And The Covid-19 Pandemic: 'A Year Like No Other' | The King's Fund
Directors of public health have had a unique viewpoint during the Covid-19 pandemic and have been at the forefront of making complex decisions about their local populations. Our new report explores th...
www.kingsfund.org.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Lessons from COVID www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies
@tracyd-ph.bsky.social @fphuk.bsky.social
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies
@tracyd-ph.bsky.social @fphuk.bsky.social
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies, writes Tracy Daszkiewicz
The UK covid-19 inquiry’s second report...
www.bmj.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies
@tracyd-ph.bsky.social @fphuk.bsky.social
An effective public health response to the next pandemic demands learning from past mistakes
Public health needs proper funding, effective lines of communication, and support for its workforce to respond to future emergencies
@tracyd-ph.bsky.social @fphuk.bsky.social
Teaching policy actors about the methods and tactics of food industry to shape policy...
..... influences how they act with to industry actors trying to shape policy
Great bit of research this
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
..... influences how they act with to industry actors trying to shape policy
Great bit of research this
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Teaching policy actors about the methods and tactics of food industry to shape policy...
..... influences how they act with to industry actors trying to shape policy
Great bit of research this
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
..... influences how they act with to industry actors trying to shape policy
Great bit of research this
academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
December 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
10 yr analysis of growth of harmful product industries on high streets split by income
helpful analysis
More deprived areas were more likely to gain health harming amenities.
More deprived areas were more likely to lose health conducive amenities
Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them
theconversation.com/voters-in-ha...
theconversation.com/voters-in-ha...
Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them
Voters in the German city of Hamburg recently rejected the idea of a free payment for all residents.
theconversation.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them
theconversation.com/voters-in-ha...
theconversation.com/voters-in-ha...
Advertising is a vector of harm for gambling, alcohol & tobacco harm, just as mosquitoes are a vector of harm for harm from malaria
discuss.
discuss.
December 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Advertising is a vector of harm for gambling, alcohol & tobacco harm, just as mosquitoes are a vector of harm for harm from malaria
discuss.
discuss.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Chris Packham being Radical.
best lines =
1. focus on production and supply chains (REDUCE), not expectations on consumers & demand (RECYCLE).
2. Air quality, ULEZ and net zero has been made politically toxic by those who stand to profit from the status quo
Chris Packham being Radical.
best lines =
1. focus on production and supply chains (REDUCE), not expectations on consumers & demand (RECYCLE).
2. Air quality, ULEZ and net zero has been made politically toxic by those who stand to profit from the status quo
Radical with Amol Rajan - A War on Climate Change: Are Environmental Activists Losing The Fight? (Chris Packham) - BBC Sounds
Chris Packham says conservationists like him have not done enough to protect nature.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Chris Packham being Radical.
best lines =
1. focus on production and supply chains (REDUCE), not expectations on consumers & demand (RECYCLE).
2. Air quality, ULEZ and net zero has been made politically toxic by those who stand to profit from the status quo
Chris Packham being Radical.
best lines =
1. focus on production and supply chains (REDUCE), not expectations on consumers & demand (RECYCLE).
2. Air quality, ULEZ and net zero has been made politically toxic by those who stand to profit from the status quo
gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/n...
arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes
arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes
nanny state name calling. A routemap
arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes this one is a reprise of previous work with some new spins. Thanks to May van Schalkwyk for some of these thoughts. What is it …
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December 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes
arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes
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evidence does not glide into policy like a fairy godmother with a wand. It enters a world of political interests, institutional routines, cognitive shortcuts, and competing narratives
evidence does not glide into policy like a fairy godmother with a wand. It enters a world of political interests, institutional routines, cognitive shortcuts, and competing narratives
The Fairy Godmother—and Her Warts - Carol H. Weiss, Erin Murphy-Graham, Anthony Petrosino, Allison G. Gandhi, 2008
Evaluators sometimes wish for a Fairy Godmother who would make decision makers pay attention to evaluation findings when choosing programs to implement. The U.S...
journals.sagepub.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
evidence does not glide into policy like a fairy godmother with a wand. It enters a world of political interests, institutional routines, cognitive shortcuts, and competing narratives
evidence does not glide into policy like a fairy godmother with a wand. It enters a world of political interests, institutional routines, cognitive shortcuts, and competing narratives
Exceptionally interesting paper from John and team
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Examining changes in the prevalence of cost‐motivated alcohol reduction attempts in the context of a cost‐of‐living crisis and alcohol duty reforms: A population survey of risky drinkers in Great Britain, 2021–2024
Background and aims Affordability of alcohol is a key driver of consumption. The cost-of-living crisis in Great Britain has been putting pressure on household budgets since late 2021. In addition, t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Exceptionally interesting paper from John and team
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Underscores one more reason why alcohol price matters to consumtion & eventually harm
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
GLP-1 receptor agonists: a wake-up call for the food system, not a silver bullet for obesity.
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
real legacy could be as a catalyst for the systemic reformulation.
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
real legacy could be as a catalyst for the systemic reformulation.
www.health.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
GLP-1 receptor agonists: a wake-up call for the food system, not a silver bullet for obesity.
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
real legacy could be as a catalyst for the systemic reformulation.
www.health.org.uk/features-and...
real legacy could be as a catalyst for the systemic reformulation.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
File on 4 Investigates - Multi-Cancer Testing - Hype or Hope? - BBC Sounds
Could multi-cancer detection tests help improve earlier diagnosis for NHS patients?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
Multi cancer detection tests
Till we've better evidence definitely more hype than hope in my view
Good show @debscohen.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Oh wow
Rutger Bregman - aka Davos tax man- is BACK
with a vengeance
First installment is excellent
Oh wow
Rutger Bregman - aka Davos tax man- is BACK
with a vengeance
First installment is excellent
The Reith Lectures - Rutger Bregman - Moral Revolution - 1. A Time of Monsters - BBC Sounds
Dutch historian Rutger Bregman delivers his first BBC Reith Lecture: Moral Revolution.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Oh wow
Rutger Bregman - aka Davos tax man- is BACK
with a vengeance
First installment is excellent
Oh wow
Rutger Bregman - aka Davos tax man- is BACK
with a vengeance
First installment is excellent
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
In other news- Ican find no evidence to refute that aliens are watching my every move, thus I conclude that aliens are watching my every move ............
In other news- Ican find no evidence to refute that aliens are watching my every move, thus I conclude that aliens are watching my every move ............
CDC website altered to suggest possible link between vaccines and autism
New guidance published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggesting vaccines may cause autism has been slammed by medical and autism advocacy groups.
A CDC webpage which prev...
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November 26, 2025 at 7:58 AM
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
In other news- Ican find no evidence to refute that aliens are watching my every move, thus I conclude that aliens are watching my every move ............
In other news- Ican find no evidence to refute that aliens are watching my every move, thus I conclude that aliens are watching my every move ............