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Adam Briggs
@admbriggs.bsky.social
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Public health doctor. Oxfordshire County Council; The Health Foundation; University of Southampton/NIHR.

Health/public health policy, sustainability. And bits of music, nature, stuff. Views own.
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admbriggs.bsky.social
The latest Sport England Active Lives Adults Survey report has been published today, covering data up to 2023/24. 🧵

www.sportengland.org/news-and-ins...
Record numbers playing sport and taking part in physical activity | Sport England
Sport England releases its Active Lives Adult Survey Report for 2023/24, showing record numbers of people are playing sport and taking part in physical activity.
www.sportengland.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
New @bmj.com opinion piece with Zoe Rostas out this evening unpicking our @healthfoundation.bsky.social / @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social public health polling data:

www.bmj.com/content/389/...
April 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
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

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Graph summarising Health Foundation / Ipsos polling data. It shows levels of public support across a range of population-level public health policies, some of which are summarised in the thread.
April 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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hazelcheeseman.bsky.social
APPG on Smoking and Health publish report today on how the government can make smoking obsolete. Top line recommendations here
This image describes the recommendations made in the APPG on Smoking and Health's report calling on government to publish a roadmap to a smokefree country
April 2, 2025 at 7:32 AM
admbriggs.bsky.social
ICYMI, welcome confirmation on Monday of supplementary drug and alcohol funding for local authorities for 25/26.

Although a single year allocation coming right at the end of the financial year doesn't make service planning any easier for local public health teams.

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery funding allocations: 2025 to 2026
www.gov.uk
April 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
V enjoyable discussion on The Future of Health Equity at #UKHSA25 yesterday.

Thanks to Shona Arora for guiding us through questions on what an equitable health system looks like, and the challenges & opportunities in getting there.

Hats off to conf. organisers for tackling health equity head on.
Photo of the panel discussion, with Bola Owolabi, Greg Fell, Shona Arora, Dave Buck and Adam Briggs. Photo of details of session, it reads: Participants: Dr Shona Arora - Director, Health Equity and Clinical Governance, UKHSA ; Adam Briggs - Senior Policy Fellow, The Health Foundation ; David Buck - Senior Fellow, Public Health and Inequalities, The King's Fund ; Greg Fell - Director of Public Health for Sheffield ; Professor Bola Owolabi - Director of the National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme, NHS England Outline: This session will imagine a future, model health system where health equity is embedded at its core. Panellists will discuss what the key levers are that need to be implemented and how our health system needs to evolve to make this change a reality. Participants will leave with an understanding of the systemic and structural barriers within our health system which currently limit our ability to improve equitable health outcomes in England. Participants will then also learn what top three or four interventions could be implemented to address these problems. We hope that attendees will then look at opportunities to make these interventions happen within their own areas of work.
March 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
V much looking forward to discussing the Future of Health Equity at 2:35 today, with Shona Arora and intimidatingly impressive panel, Bola Owolabi, @felly500.bsky.social and @davidjbuck.bsky.social.

Lots to unpick on what needs to change to better embed equity in health and PH.
#UKHSA25
ukhsa.bsky.social UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · Mar 25
Hello from Manchester! 👋

Today is day 1 of UKHSA Conference 2025. If you’re attending please tag us in your posts and use the hashtag #UKHSA25
Outside UKHSA Conference 2025
March 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
admbriggs.bsky.social
Thank you Manchester Folk Festival and New Century Hall. That was proper fun.

(And yes, I did use my NHS Health Check bottle on stage, I know our demographic)

#GetYourFreeNHSHealthCheck #MFF
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
Last week, a @bmj.com opinion piece suggested that the NHS Health Check should be abolished and instead, everyone over 50 should be given a polypill.

Here's why it's not such a great idea and what could perhaps be done instead 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
There’s no quick fix for preventing heart disease, but we have the tools we need to make an impact
www.bmj.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
Thinking of public health NHS and DHSC / OHID colleagues who went through PHE’s dissolution during the pandemic just four years ago and are again facing huge professional uncertainty.

Your work remains essential and hugely valued. Thank you.
March 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
New opinion piece in @bmj.com on the £200m uplift in the 2025/26 local authority public health grant allocation: is it really enough to shift the dial on prevention and public health?

tl,dr: No, it's not. Yet.

More here 👇
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

And some charts / stats in the thread below.
March 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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davidjbuck.bsky.social
Opinion piece from @admbriggs.bsky.social @healthfoundation.bsky.social and colleagues, on the #publichealth #grant uplift. As often is the case, i agree with Adam's opinions here www.bmj.com/content/388/... (err, though what on earth that photo has to do with it i really don't know...)
Public health grant funding—a welcome boost after a decade of neglect
This year’s above inflation public health grant settlement is welcome.1 But with declining healthy life expectancy and funding still 26% lower per person than a decade ago, we need a multi-year fundin...
www.bmj.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
This is such a unique and exciting opportunity to join @healthfoundation.bsky.social as an Assistant Director and PH Consultant to lead on UK prevention policy.

V happy to chat.

Please share @adphuk.bsky.social @fphuk.bsky.social @publichealthjobs.bsky.social @pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social
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jobibby.bsky.social Jo Bibby @jobibby.bsky.social · Mar 4
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Absolutely fabulous job opportunity @healthfoundation.bsky.social for a Public Health Consultant with the drive to improve health and reduce inequalities through transforming prevention policy - in its broadest sense - across the UK!

Please share ☺️

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Hiring Assistant Director, - Salisbury Square, EC4Y 8AP
View job details and apply now
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March 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
Delighted that @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social in part of an @nihr.bsky.social and @ukri.org net zero hub research leading on health and extreme heat, led by Oxford Brookes.

Massive hats off to all involved and really looking forward to getting started.

www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-ps4...
New £42m funding for net zero research hubs across the UK
www.nihr.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
🧵 We are pleased to support the Royal College of Physicians' new principles for an integrated public health system.

@admbriggs.bsky.social says they show what that system could look like to deliver the required shift to prevention, and help embed public health across government.

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‘The new government has made prevention a core part of its health mission. Crucial to success is a publish health system that is fit for purpose.’ Adam Briggs, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation
February 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
Responding to the latest ONS life expectancy data, Anna Gazzillo says that the downward revision to expected lifespans is deeply concerning, and reflects a long-standing trend of slowing improvements to mortality rates over the decade prior to the pandemic.

Read our full response ⬇️
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'Rebuilding the nation's health will be crucial to the government's ambitions for achieving economic growth. The government must focus on prevention through all our public services, ensuring that everyone can live well for longer.' Anna Gazzillo, Senior Analytical Manager at the Health Foundation
February 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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adphuk.bsky.social
"Free webinar 27 February 2025"

Join us to explore revisions to the National Planning Policy Framework, hosted with the Local Health and Global Profits project and Department of Health and Social Care.

Find out more➡️bit.ly/4aRiRGJ
February 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
This is exciting. Big shoes to fill but very much looking forward to it.

www.nihr.ac.uk/news/new-dir...
New Directors appointed for 5 NIHR programmes
www.nihr.ac.uk
February 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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adphuk.bsky.social
Great video from @healthequals.bsky.social on the factors that affect our health and wellbeing, and how the world around us shapes our health. #PublicHealth

bit.ly/3WQ13FR
What are the building blocks of health and wellbeing?
YouTube video by Health Equals
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February 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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fphuk.bsky.social
A reminder to all Faculty members to join us for tomorrow’s #PublicHealthSpaces meeting!

@sallywarren.bsky.social will be discussing the 10-Year Health Plan’s priorities regarding prevention ➡️ www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

This session will be chaired by @profkevinfenton.bsky.social.
February 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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adphuk.bsky.social
With alcohol related deaths at a record high, preventing alcohol related issues is key and it is important that we have a wide-ranging national strategy to reduce alcohol harm.
ias.org.uk Institute of Alcohol Studies @ias.org.uk · Feb 10
What has happened to the alcohol treatment sector over the past decade?🍷⚕️

Watch our latest Explained film to find out.

➡️ Lack of joined up care
➡️ Lack of early diagnosis
➡️ Failures of the 2012 Health & Social Care Act

youtu.be/2bH7ENlper8 @aha-uk.bsky.social
The Impact of Alcohol on our Healthcare Services: Explained
YouTube video by Institute of Alcohol Studies
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February 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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maxwarner.bsky.social
Today the ONS have published new estimates of UK healthcare productivity. They estimate that productivity has declined substantially, while last week NHS England estimated that English acute hospital productivity has increased. What’s going on? A short thread
February 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
admbriggs.bsky.social
The details of the 2025/26 PH grant allocations are now available, including the £200m uplift announced first thing this morning.

However, the grant value is still 26% lower per person in real terms than 2015/16.

Short 🧵 on why today's uplift is important and why it needs to be just the start. 1/
February 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
Responding to today's public health grant announcement, @admbriggs.bsky.social says it is a welcome first step in putting prevention at the heart of the government's agenda.

After a decade of cuts, however, it needs to be backed up by a plan to restore the grant to 2015–16 levels ⬇️
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'The government placed prevention as a cornerstone of the health mission. While increasing the public health grant is very welcome, it will need to be backed up with a multi-year plan to fully restore the grant to 2015–16 levels by the end of this parliament.' Adam Briggs, Senior Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation
February 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
admbriggs.bsky.social
News! The public health grant has today received its first significant real-terms increase after a decade of neglect, something we - and others - have long been calling for.

But it's still 26% down on 2015/16.

More analysis once allocations published later.👀

www.health.org.uk/press-office...
Public health grant funding – a welcome boost after a decade of neglect
The Health Foundation responds to the public health grant allocations.
www.health.org.uk
February 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM