João Martins
@drjmartins.bsky.social
Public health registrar 🇵🇹🇪🇺🇬🇧 https://substack.com/@drjmartins
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Five years after Britain officially left the EU, @pmdfoster.bsky.social and I looked at how Brexit has reshaped Britain for @financialtimes.com
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How five years of Brexit reshaped Britain
[FREE TO READ] Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘reset’ with the EU could reduce friction and improve relations for some sectors of society
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January 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Five years after Britain officially left the EU, @pmdfoster.bsky.social and I looked at how Brexit has reshaped Britain for @financialtimes.com
on.ft.com/4grjwj8
on.ft.com/4grjwj8
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4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
January 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
4.3 million children are in poverty
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
UK govt won’t see progress on child poverty by 2029 even with high economic growth 📢
Our analysis shows under our central scenario only Scotland will see child poverty rates fall by 2029 in part due to social security policies 1/5
@garyseconomics.bsky.social doing again what he does best - raising alarm bells on the disastrous consequences of wealth inequality.
"if you don't stop the rich from getting richer & richer & richer, they'll outbid you for everything you need, one at a time"
"if you don't stop the rich from getting richer & richer & richer, they'll outbid you for everything you need, one at a time"
Everything They Tell You About the Economy is WRONG | Aaron Meets @garyseconomics
YouTube video by Novara Media
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January 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@garyseconomics.bsky.social doing again what he does best - raising alarm bells on the disastrous consequences of wealth inequality.
"if you don't stop the rich from getting richer & richer & richer, they'll outbid you for everything you need, one at a time"
"if you don't stop the rich from getting richer & richer & richer, they'll outbid you for everything you need, one at a time"
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Imagine if we paid farmers properly to enable sustainable transport in rural areas?
It would:
✅ Provide travel choices that work on people’s own schedule, especially important considering infrequent bus services in rural areas
✅ Improve road safety on country lanes
✅ Increase access to nature
It would:
✅ Provide travel choices that work on people’s own schedule, especially important considering infrequent bus services in rural areas
✅ Improve road safety on country lanes
✅ Increase access to nature
January 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Imagine if we paid farmers properly to enable sustainable transport in rural areas?
It would:
✅ Provide travel choices that work on people’s own schedule, especially important considering infrequent bus services in rural areas
✅ Improve road safety on country lanes
✅ Increase access to nature
It would:
✅ Provide travel choices that work on people’s own schedule, especially important considering infrequent bus services in rural areas
✅ Improve road safety on country lanes
✅ Increase access to nature
Calorie labelling encapsulates all that is wrong with the last govt’s approach to wicked Public Health problems such as obesity - transfer all the responsibility to individuals and pray it works (disclaimer, it rarely does)
Calorie labels encourage people to eat less by only a single crisp, study says
Review of labelling’s effectiveness finds average reduction is equivalent of 11 calories in a typical 600-calorie meal
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Calorie labelling encapsulates all that is wrong with the last govt’s approach to wicked Public Health problems such as obesity - transfer all the responsibility to individuals and pray it works (disclaimer, it rarely does)
“He’s not that dangerous”, “It’s all rhetoric”, “We’ll be fine”…
Donald Trump signs order to withdraw US from World Health Organization
President accuses global health agency of mishandling Covid-19 pandemic and other international health crises
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
“He’s not that dangerous”, “It’s all rhetoric”, “We’ll be fine”…
Despite mounting evidence on the negative health impacts of health and noise pollution (primarily cause by motor traffic), European cities continue to drag their feet…
Europe’s urban air quality is killing you. Blame gas-guzzling vehicles.
Pollution in EU cities, while slowly improving, is still killing more than a quarter million people each year, a new report finds.
www.politico.eu
January 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Despite mounting evidence on the negative health impacts of health and noise pollution (primarily cause by motor traffic), European cities continue to drag their feet…
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Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
January 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Redefining obesity, report of a new commission, to override current BMI categories and better define features and pathophysiologic consequences of pre-clinical and clinical obesity
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... open-access
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New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
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🏠 Poor quality #housing is harming our #health and #healthequity
“Poverty is a cause of poor housing. Housing is a cause of poverty”
Prof. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
“Poverty is a cause of poor housing. Housing is a cause of poverty”
Prof. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Poor quality housing is harming our health
The UK is not a good place to be poor. It is not even a very good place if you are middle income or below. Over the past 14 years, life expectancy has not improved, health inequalities have increased,...
www.bmj.com
January 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
🏠 Poor quality #housing is harming our #health and #healthequity
“Poverty is a cause of poor housing. Housing is a cause of poverty”
Prof. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
“Poverty is a cause of poor housing. Housing is a cause of poverty”
Prof. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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December 19, 2024 at 6:19 PM
"The emerging media landscape became unfavourable to an educated centrist establishment, but a boon to populists and radicals."
How video-based news consumption is shaping the political landscape by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
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How video-based news consumption is shaping the political landscape by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
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Why the TikTok era spells trouble for the establishment
Populism is the winner in the shift from traditional to social media and from text to video and audio
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December 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM
"The emerging media landscape became unfavourable to an educated centrist establishment, but a boon to populists and radicals."
How video-based news consumption is shaping the political landscape by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
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How video-based news consumption is shaping the political landscape by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social
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The Syrian civil war was the origin of many of our problems: Isolationism, hatred of refugees and Russian disinformation. Now, finally, there is hope. iandunt.substack.com/p/syria-ther...
Syria: There is hope and this is what it looks like
Sometimes it feels like everything tends towards ruin. This week, we were reminded just how false that is.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:44 AM
The Syrian civil war was the origin of many of our problems: Isolationism, hatred of refugees and Russian disinformation. Now, finally, there is hope. iandunt.substack.com/p/syria-ther...
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New post just out:
"Policy vs Politics: the paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age"
Why Labour is getting stuck on identifying an approach to governing.
(£/free trial)
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"Policy vs Politics: the paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age"
Why Labour is getting stuck on identifying an approach to governing.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
Politics vs Policy
The paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age
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December 7, 2024 at 8:57 AM
New post just out:
"Policy vs Politics: the paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age"
Why Labour is getting stuck on identifying an approach to governing.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
"Policy vs Politics: the paralysis of technocratic government in a populist age"
Why Labour is getting stuck on identifying an approach to governing.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
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The hardest thing about public health training for me so far, is adjusting to being a generalist not a specialist.
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
December 3, 2024 at 10:56 PM
The hardest thing about public health training for me so far, is adjusting to being a generalist not a specialist.
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
My brain is a deep-diver and wants to have a solid grasp a topic.
Now I need to know just enough about lots of topics to get by. But all those topics change often. How do I keep up?
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🇪🇺 #Health, the missing chapter in the #Draghi Report on Europe's future #competitiveness.
“despite being over 400 pages, it has one major omission: the health of the people of Europe.”
By @martinmckee.bsky.social @deruijter.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“despite being over 400 pages, it has one major omission: the health of the people of Europe.”
By @martinmckee.bsky.social @deruijter.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Health, the missing chapter in the Draghi Report on Europe's future
Presenting his report1 on Europe's future competitiveness, Mario Draghi, a former
President of the European Central Bank, wrote that “Europe faces a choice between
paralysis, exit or integration. Exit...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:37 AM
🇪🇺 #Health, the missing chapter in the #Draghi Report on Europe's future #competitiveness.
“despite being over 400 pages, it has one major omission: the health of the people of Europe.”
By @martinmckee.bsky.social @deruijter.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
“despite being over 400 pages, it has one major omission: the health of the people of Europe.”
By @martinmckee.bsky.social @deruijter.bsky.social @tamarahervey.bsky.social
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate
Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:38 PM
If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
Trying to make a damn bit of sense of the assisted dying debate
Everything you need to know about a profound change in the law
open.substack.com
November 23, 2024 at 11:38 PM
If you’re trying to make sense of the assisted dying (lack of) debate, @iandunt.bsky.social’s piece is truly excellent.
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
This topic could have been an excellent opportunity for a UK-wide, govt-sponsored, Irish-style citizens assembly. Instead, it’s been “an absolute godforsaken shitshow”…
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"1% of the population own half the land in England...the media have portrayed a very distorted view of the countryside, how land is used & who owns it"
Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...
Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...
'Small farmers deserve support but not tax-dodging landowners' | LBC analysis
YouTube video by LBC
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November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
"1% of the population own half the land in England...the media have portrayed a very distorted view of the countryside, how land is used & who owns it"
Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...
Great to speak to @mrjamesob.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk about the #ClarksonTax protests - watch the full interview:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-kR...
Beautiful reflection on the atomisation of modern society by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already…
Nobody’s home. Not in the young woman with the…
dlvr.it
November 20, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Beautiful reflection on the atomisation of modern society by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
A great example of why evidence is no longer sufficient to command #PublicHealth policy.
How should PH professionals effectively advocate for what works (or for what is right, in the absence of strong evidence) without getting vilified/attacked?
How should PH professionals effectively advocate for what works (or for what is right, in the absence of strong evidence) without getting vilified/attacked?
Wales’s 20mph speed limit saves lives and money. So why has it become a culture-war battlefield? | Will Hayward
In a world of online outrage, evidence is no longer enough – for a policy to work, politicians must explain it and stick by it, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
A great example of why evidence is no longer sufficient to command #PublicHealth policy.
How should PH professionals effectively advocate for what works (or for what is right, in the absence of strong evidence) without getting vilified/attacked?
How should PH professionals effectively advocate for what works (or for what is right, in the absence of strong evidence) without getting vilified/attacked?
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I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
NHS ‘will be overwhelmed unless patients look after themselves’
The public must be motivated to take charge of their own health, a Labour adviser has said
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 AM
I’m getting tired of all of this narrative. You look after yourself when you’re looked after by others & when you’re not struggling with poverty, social isolation & discrimination. The state has a pivotal role in preparing the soil. Whether that’s NHS or beyond.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
1 in 4 Brits, including 1 in 3 children live in poverty!
Politicians should spend less time on culture wars, faux outrage and gimmicks and more on raising living standards.
Outrageous figures, even if unsurprising…
Politicians should spend less time on culture wars, faux outrage and gimmicks and more on raising living standards.
Outrageous figures, even if unsurprising…
More than one in three children in poverty as UK deprivation hits record high
Exclusive: Study finds almost quarter of UK population living in poverty, reaching the highest level this century
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 5:24 PM
1 in 4 Brits, including 1 in 3 children live in poverty!
Politicians should spend less time on culture wars, faux outrage and gimmicks and more on raising living standards.
Outrageous figures, even if unsurprising…
Politicians should spend less time on culture wars, faux outrage and gimmicks and more on raising living standards.
Outrageous figures, even if unsurprising…
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Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.
November 18, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Word of this morning is ‘procaffeinate’: to put everything on hold until you’ve had sufficient amounts of coffee.