Dr Lucinda Hiam
@lucindahiam.bsky.social
GP and public health doctor, Harkness Fellow @Brown School of Public Health and Boston College, Clarendon Scholar @UniofOxford, Commissioner on the @BMJ Future of the NHS, Member @RCGP, Honorary Member @FPH.
https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/person/lucinda-hiam
https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/person/lucinda-hiam
Amid the US shutdown, my latest @bmj.com column asks why the world’s most expensive health system still fails to deliver fair, universal care.
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/...
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Waiting for America’s healthcare revolution
Writing from the US amid a government shutdown, Lucinda Hiam asks why the world’s most expensive health system still fails to deliver fair and universal access to care
The Trump administration’s unpr...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Amid the US shutdown, my latest @bmj.com column asks why the world’s most expensive health system still fails to deliver fair, universal care.
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/...
🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
"The CDC shooting serves as a tragic reminder that political polarisation has become a public health emergency."
@lucindahiam.bsky.social writes the first piece of her year in the US, discussing political polarisation as an overlooked determinant of health
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@lucindahiam.bsky.social writes the first piece of her year in the US, discussing political polarisation as an overlooked determinant of health
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
September 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"The CDC shooting serves as a tragic reminder that political polarisation has become a public health emergency."
@lucindahiam.bsky.social writes the first piece of her year in the US, discussing political polarisation as an overlooked determinant of health
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
@lucindahiam.bsky.social writes the first piece of her year in the US, discussing political polarisation as an overlooked determinant of health
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
🚨 PhD Opportunity
🇬🇧 Are migrants in the UK living longer lives but in worse health?
Work with the brilliant @mjwdemography.bsky.social exploring the immigrant morbidity–mortality paradox
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 Deadline: 1 August
@para-mor-ukri.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Are migrants in the UK living longer lives but in worse health?
Work with the brilliant @mjwdemography.bsky.social exploring the immigrant morbidity–mortality paradox
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 Deadline: 1 August
@para-mor-ukri.bsky.social
Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Living longer in worse health? Understanding the immigrant morbidity-mortality paradox in the U.K. at University of Salford, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🚨 PhD Opportunity
🇬🇧 Are migrants in the UK living longer lives but in worse health?
Work with the brilliant @mjwdemography.bsky.social exploring the immigrant morbidity–mortality paradox
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 Deadline: 1 August
@para-mor-ukri.bsky.social
🇬🇧 Are migrants in the UK living longer lives but in worse health?
Work with the brilliant @mjwdemography.bsky.social exploring the immigrant morbidity–mortality paradox
🔗 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
📅 Deadline: 1 August
@para-mor-ukri.bsky.social
⚖️ Can a digital NHS be equitable?
In our @bmj.com editorial @jessrmorley.bsky.social @eleanorbarry.bsky.social & I argue that while AI in healthcare promises transformation, it rests on three flawed assumptions that risk worsening inequalities 👇
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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In our @bmj.com editorial @jessrmorley.bsky.social @eleanorbarry.bsky.social & I argue that while AI in healthcare promises transformation, it rests on three flawed assumptions that risk worsening inequalities 👇
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Can a digital NHS be equitable?
Infrastructure and inclusion are key to the rollout of AI
Crisis aversion for the NHS lies in the greater use of technology, according to the UK government. This includes greater use of AI, to shift ...
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June 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
⚖️ Can a digital NHS be equitable?
In our @bmj.com editorial @jessrmorley.bsky.social @eleanorbarry.bsky.social & I argue that while AI in healthcare promises transformation, it rests on three flawed assumptions that risk worsening inequalities 👇
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
(1/5)
In our @bmj.com editorial @jessrmorley.bsky.social @eleanorbarry.bsky.social & I argue that while AI in healthcare promises transformation, it rests on three flawed assumptions that risk worsening inequalities 👇
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Our @bmj.com editorial ahead of the #SpringStatement
❌ There’s no evidence that cutting social security boosts economic activity—it’s neither "moral" nor effective.
✅ Gains come from investing in health.
💡 Solving the austerity-fuelled health crisis needs political will & strong public services.
❌ There’s no evidence that cutting social security boosts economic activity—it’s neither "moral" nor effective.
✅ Gains come from investing in health.
💡 Solving the austerity-fuelled health crisis needs political will & strong public services.
The chancellor of the exchequer Rachel Reeves has outlined plans to cut several billion from the UK's welfare budget.
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our @bmj.com editorial ahead of the #SpringStatement
❌ There’s no evidence that cutting social security boosts economic activity—it’s neither "moral" nor effective.
✅ Gains come from investing in health.
💡 Solving the austerity-fuelled health crisis needs political will & strong public services.
❌ There’s no evidence that cutting social security boosts economic activity—it’s neither "moral" nor effective.
✅ Gains come from investing in health.
💡 Solving the austerity-fuelled health crisis needs political will & strong public services.
Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
Health is a key driver for economic growth.
It baffles me that the UK government are ignoring the advice of public health experts & going down the track of further austerity.
A @bmj.com editorial by @lucindahiam.bsky.social, @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
It baffles me that the UK government are ignoring the advice of public health experts & going down the track of further austerity.
A @bmj.com editorial by @lucindahiam.bsky.social, @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Health is a key driver for economic growth.
It baffles me that the UK government are ignoring the advice of public health experts & going down the track of further austerity.
A @bmj.com editorial by @lucindahiam.bsky.social, @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
It baffles me that the UK government are ignoring the advice of public health experts & going down the track of further austerity.
A @bmj.com editorial by @lucindahiam.bsky.social, @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh.
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
📢 Austerity is a public health emergency
Cuts to welfare & public services have worsened health, driving rising mid-life mortality & health inequalities.
Yet, more cuts are coming.
With @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh in @bmj.com we call for the health community to speak out 1/2
Cuts to welfare & public services have worsened health, driving rising mid-life mortality & health inequalities.
Yet, more cuts are coming.
With @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh in @bmj.com we call for the health community to speak out 1/2
Austerity has had a devastating effect on health.
Trends in UK mortality reflect a public health failure, write @lucindahiam.bsky.social and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Trends in UK mortality reflect a public health failure, write @lucindahiam.bsky.social and colleagues
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
📢 Austerity is a public health emergency
Cuts to welfare & public services have worsened health, driving rising mid-life mortality & health inequalities.
Yet, more cuts are coming.
With @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh in @bmj.com we call for the health community to speak out 1/2
Cuts to welfare & public services have worsened health, driving rising mid-life mortality & health inequalities.
Yet, more cuts are coming.
With @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social & David Walsh in @bmj.com we call for the health community to speak out 1/2
Honoured to be elected to Honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social @profkevinfenton.bsky.social
Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social & @robaldridge.bsky.social for the support, & the FPH board for the award.
Looking forward to contributing further to public health.
Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social & @robaldridge.bsky.social for the support, & the FPH board for the award.
Looking forward to contributing further to public health.
March 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Honoured to be elected to Honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health @fphuk.bsky.social @profkevinfenton.bsky.social
Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social & @robaldridge.bsky.social for the support, & the FPH board for the award.
Looking forward to contributing further to public health.
Thank you @martinmckee.bsky.social & @robaldridge.bsky.social for the support, & the FPH board for the award.
Looking forward to contributing further to public health.
Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
1/9 🧵Pleased to have played a small part in this new @thelancetph.bsky.social paper showing just how bad UK life expectancy has been doing since 2010 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Changing life expectancy in European countries 1990–2021: a subanalysis of causes and risk factors from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021
The countries that best maintained improvements in life expectancy after 2011 (Norway,
Iceland, Belgium, Denmark, and Sweden) did so through better maintenance of reductions
in mortality from cardiova...
www.thelancet.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
1/9 🧵Pleased to have played a small part in this new @thelancetph.bsky.social paper showing just how bad UK life expectancy has been doing since 2010 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
Suicide rates have long been recognised as an indicator of how societies are faring . Rates in E&W now at highest for 20 years. But as @lucindahiam.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social & I show, the overall figures conceal stark regional inequalities
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Changing suicide trends: A shift in regional disparities across the UK
In 2023, suicide rates in England & Wales reached their highest levels since 1999. Despite changes in legal definitions and registration methods impac…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:36 AM
Suicide rates have long been recognised as an indicator of how societies are faring . Rates in E&W now at highest for 20 years. But as @lucindahiam.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social & I show, the overall figures conceal stark regional inequalities
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Is the UK public ready for radical change to improve health? A series of citizens assemblies on priorities for action beyond the NHS on health could help provide an answer.
With @rebeccamckee.bsky.social & Bob Klaber in @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
With @rebeccamckee.bsky.social & Bob Klaber in @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
September 6, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Is the UK public ready for radical change to improve health? A series of citizens assemblies on priorities for action beyond the NHS on health could help provide an answer.
With @rebeccamckee.bsky.social & Bob Klaber in @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
With @rebeccamckee.bsky.social & Bob Klaber in @bmj.com
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Reposted by Dr Lucinda Hiam
📣New from me, @lucindahiam.bsky.social and Bob Klaber in the BMJ on how citizens' assemblies can help provide a mandate for much needed bold government action on health
I've got some free access copies, so shout if you'd like one!
👇
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
I've got some free access copies, so shout if you'd like one!
👇
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
Citizens’ assemblies, health, and health policy
Assemblies can help provide a mandate for bold government action on health
The UK’s Labour government inherited a health service with waiting list times at a record high and public satisfaction at a ...
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September 5, 2024 at 2:10 PM
📣New from me, @lucindahiam.bsky.social and Bob Klaber in the BMJ on how citizens' assemblies can help provide a mandate for much needed bold government action on health
I've got some free access copies, so shout if you'd like one!
👇
www.bmj.com/content/386/...
I've got some free access copies, so shout if you'd like one!
👇
www.bmj.com/content/386/...