Greg Fell
DPH Sheffield Council.
President ADPHUK.
Barely active climber and below average cyclist. Fond of - 80s thrash metal.
Blog - gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com
- what is driving hospital activity growth – gizmos and “innovation” not “ageing” and demographics. short, slightly ranty, post gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2026/02/06/w...
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- An in surprise moment of the week …… EPA to stop putting price on human health benefits for air pollution and focus on cost to industry www.bmj.com/content/392/... Experts told The BMJ the change will bias decisions towards “weaker protections and dirtier air.”
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- Somehow the "metal Christmas covers" playlist on Spotify has defaulted to old skool Maiden Algorithms are genuinely magic
- gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/12/21/a... 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.....
- Reposted by Greg FellThis 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......
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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
- Rare Earth - transport. Cleaner, cheaper, faster 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....
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- 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
- 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...
- 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
- Voters in Hamburg have rejected universal basic income. Many economists would agree with them 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.
- 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
- gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/n... arguments about the nanny state. Ten simple steps for woke snowflakes
- 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
- 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/...
- 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.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
- www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 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 ............
- www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... The man who sold the world As pertinent today as it was in 1997
- Sander van der Linden on misinfo - Rapid repetition to ensire wide spread - Pre bunking & Psych inoculation - use of political power to maintain ability to spread misinfo in name of free speech - questioning the motives & credibility of those who study misinfo open.spotify.com/episode/0eqK...
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- Drug industry payments to APPGs doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... concerns over transparency and “disjointed disclosure” mechanisms part of a “web of influence” strategy secretariats, which are often run by industry bodies, PR consultancies, and health charities- connections with 40 pharma companies.
- www.doctors.net.uk/news/caving-... just saying.......... nobody really cares about detail thesedays, or experts. But Karl really IS an expert who has done the detail.
- Seen on a billboard I beg to differ: uk.news.yahoo.com/inside-life-...
- gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/p... Population Health Management and risk stratification "....all models are wrong, some are useful. It appears that these models are not necessarily wrong, they just aren’t useful."
- gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/11/16/p... Population Health Management and risk stratification From a believer to a non believer
- www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... Misinformation review focuses on: -role of disinformation for profit - antiscience policy - how & why disinfo is increasing Interventions: - greater focus on framing - strategies for “prebunking” of predictable narratives - denormalization - countermarketing
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- open.spotify.com/episode/2qDh... Hoffman and McClintock corporate culture and how car dominance started
- intouch.kcl.ac.uk/countering-m... The misinformation epidemic the spread of digital misinformation as one of the most serious threats to human society. King's researchers have found a surprisingly fun way to strengthen our defenses against it
- www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
- www.bmj.com/content/391/... Proposed changes to alcohol licensing Growth for whom, and at what cost Liberalising licensing is not a neutral act. It is a policy decision to prioritise commercial interests and shift any costs to already overstretched health, emergency, and social care systems
- Commercial determinants of active travel: a crucial but overlooked barrier to health and sustainability but NOBODY oppposes physical activity? oh but they do this is very good www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- www.nao.org.uk/wp-content/u... Helpful overview of DfT Spending, priorities, structures
- Poverty and death in the wealthiest of nations www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 2 studies are reminders of interplay between poverty, economic policy snd heealth outcomes Swift www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Colvin www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
- 2025 Lancet Countdown on health & climate change www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... plenty of countries that spend significantly more on fossil fuel subsidies than their healthcare budget Esp see heat related mortality indicator (new) & air quality related mortality from burning fossil fuel
- www.bmj.com/content/391/... Seth Berkley interview: vaccination in a time of extreme scepticism
