FPH congratulates Prof. Susan Hopkins @smhopkins.bsky.social on her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of @ukhsa.bsky.social.
The Faculty looks forward to working with Prof. Hopkins in the years head, and to deepening our collaboration with UKHSA at this important time for public health.
Very much looking forward to working with colleagues and partners as President of The Faculty of Public Health over the next 3 years @fphuk.bsky.social
Emergency Alert day has been confirmed as 7th September. If you have a secret phone for safety go to settings and turn off all government notifications. Setting it to silent or airplane is not enough 🚨 (guidance on each step is on the internet). Spread the word
#NHSisfullofpride
Wishing everyone a happy, safe and joy filled Pride Month. In Celebration of our LGBTQ communities. Bring all your colour and joy. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Very looking forward to joining and learning from amazing women.
#internationalwomensday
The under recognised form of domestic abuse, which needs more attention.
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We celebrate the decade on decade improvement to life expectancy, but are we kidding ourselves, if we use number of birthdays as the indicator of life expectancy, and not balance this with quality of life,it raises the question; is life expectancy truly extending or are we just dying for longer?
A welcome publication from the RCP on effective public health systems www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c...
Me too, let’s get some time together 👏🏼
I’ve been in the company of some amazing Public Health People this week. My take away lessons:
Knowing we won’t win isn’t a reason not to fight.
Stay angry about the inequities that continue thrive.
Know your purpose.
You don’t need permission to do the right thing.
Be the change.
#fairersociety
Great thread Caroline. I chaired the FPH Well-being Champions meeting today. We discussed the possible barriers to roles due to the interview process, and how the traditional structures create barriers and potential inequity.
Harmful Marketing
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This is sooooo good
1. Obscuring Goals & Impact
2. Efforts to Conceal Impact
3. Efforts to Protect Its Investments (through advertising, and thus shaping our views and attitudes)
And many issues beyond
That advice about never listening at the door is real. I over heard someone saying, [about me] No one is that nice 😂 1. How sad that ‘nice’ is seen as a threat.
2. I’m not nice (what a bland description) but I am, or at least try to remain kind. I was reminded of the work of Justin Mecham
This 👇
There’s been two incidents today where I have demonstrated extended my capability in this department 🙈
I had the great pleasure of being part of a conversation with @lucygobag.bsky.social yesterday. As ever inspired by my her energy and sheer good sense. #cashnotstuff
The Bright Side by Sumit Paul-Choudhury review – keep the glass half full
Fabulous article. The right kind of aid, (cash, not stuff) for the right amount of time, ensuring that the right support is in place for the long term.
Very much looking forward to hearing from Andrew Cooper at the @fphuk.bsky.social workforce wellbeing meeting tomorrow, on the importance of avoiding harm from internal processes www.hpma.org.uk/avoiding-harm/
I wrote a quick post about the latest UKHSA data on the current flu wave.
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TLDR: we are in a very big flu wave, but Covid levels are low & RSV decreasing. But we should consider extending eligibilty for annual flu (and RSV, Covid) vaccines.
No more resolutions going up in smoke - this #newyear, quit smoking and start a fresh, smoke-free chapter.
Resolve to quit smoking in 2025 to see what’s possible for your health when you quit: bit.ly/41Bj4Lh
fantastic to see The Health Plan for Wales published. A committed instruction to improve the health of women and close the equality gap. executive.nhs.wales/functions/ne...
A very happy Christmas to you Kate. 🌲 and all good wishes for the year ahead.
A really important piece. Organisations need to be aware of where trauma shows up, and ensure people work in an environment which is safe and supportive, where we avoid internal processes and behaviours which further add to the risk of moral injury.
We know that domestic abuse will soar this Christmas, so why can’t we stop it? | Yvonne Roberts
It feels hard to articulate what Gisèle Pelicot has done for women and victims of sexual assault. She found courage where so many voices are lost to shame and stigma. Merci Madam.
Thank you 🙏🏻
For every perpetrator of violence against women, the world is changed forever. We will not hide, we will not be quiet, we will stand strong, we will stand together.
We very much welcome such a strong focus on safeguarding children in today's Children's Wellbeing & Schools Bill.
EVERY child deserves to thrive.
Find out how we are sharing learning to improve public health practice & ⬇️ health inequalities for infants, children and young people ➡️bit.ly/3Vg9yIM
