Adam Briggs
@admbriggs.bsky.social
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.
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.
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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/...
Tackling alcohol and unhealthy food is crucial to the health and wealth of the nation—so when will we see bolder government action?
Central to the government's mission to improve health and fix the NHS is a “shift from sickness to prevention.”1 Yet key indicators suggest we are moving in the wrong direction. Healthy life expectanc...
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Adam Briggs@admbriggs.bsky.social · last yr.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 www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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 www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
APPG on Smoking and Health publish report today on how the government can make smoking obsolete. Top line recommendations here
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
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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.
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
UK Health Security Agency@ukhsa.bsky.social · last yr.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
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
Culture Calling @culturecalling.bsky.social · last yr.🪕 Book now for Manchester Folk Festival 2025, featuring Stornoway! 🗓️ 20-22 March
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
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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.
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.
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...
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Adam Briggs@admbriggs.bsky.social · last yr.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/
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...
bmj.com
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 👇👇
Jo Bibby@jobibby.bsky.social · last yr.📣📣📣 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 ☺️ lde.tbe.taleo.net/lde01/ats/ca...
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
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🧵 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. buff.ly/4hKnftx
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 ⬇️ buff.ly/40UH75W
"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
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
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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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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.
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.
Institute of Alcohol Studies@ias.org.uk · last yr.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
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
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/
Adam Briggs@admbriggs.bsky.social · last yr.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...
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 ⬇️ buff.ly/4jPwvxZ
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.
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ICYMI: Our new paper on the impact of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy is out. 19 months after implementation, we found that households purchased 7.5g less sugar from soft drinks compared to expected - equivalent to a 2.6% reduction. nutrition.bmj.com/content/earl...
Well timed report from @local.gov.uk on the need for a much clearer approach to health inequalities. Local gov is critical to narrowing the gap + great to see it feature @oxfordshirecc.bsky.social as a case study & refer to work from @healthfoundation.bsky.social www.local.gov.uk/about/news/g...
Government urged to introduce national health inequalities strategy
The Government is being urged to introduce a national health inequalities strategy to tackle England’s widening health inequality gap, in a new report by the Local Government Association.
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@adphuk.bsky.social President @felly500.bsky.social responds to Local Government Association report. "Closing the health inequality gap needs an ambitious, health in all policies approach." 👀Read full response➡️ bit.ly/4hL6Qol bit.ly/4hNLB5r
Government urged to introduce national health inequalities strategy
The Government is being urged to introduce a national health inequalities strategy to tackle England’s widening health inequality gap, in a new report by the Local Government Association.
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Today's ONS data shows alcohol specific deaths in England alongside the rest of the UK. While deaths have plateaued in in Scotland and NI, they continue to rise in Eng and Wales with major inequalities between regions. England (still) hasn't had a national alcohol strategy since 2010.
Adam Briggs@admbriggs.bsky.social · 2y agoToday's OHID data shows the number of deaths caused by alcohol in England have now risen for *five years in a row* and are 40% higher than pre-pandemic. England hasn't had an alcohol strategy for over a decade. The case for action has never been stronger 👇 www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...
In December, Wes Streeting told the Health and Social Care Committee that the announcement of the Public Health Grant allocations to local councils would be made in January...#clocksticking committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence...
