Our September newsletter is out now! This month we're reflecting on a year of progress as @phiuk.bsky.social publishes its annual review, highlighting LHGP's work to drive action on the commercial determinants of health ( #CDoH ). 👉 Read the full update: mailchi.mp/updates.bath...

Our August newsletter is out! Highlight: LHGP's new searchable database aimed at helping tackle commercial determinants of health locally. Plus research, webinars & events. Read more 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/lhgp-n...

LHGP newsletter: August 2026

Welcome to the August update from the Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) research consortium. This month, we are spotlighting our new interactive database of actions to address the commercial dete...

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Fun to finally get round to publishing our @katherinekorner.bsky.social experiences of developing the www.adph.org.uk/resources/go... In Public Health in Practice @rsph.bsky.social Toolkit itself published by @adphuk.bsky.social

For #ShowYourStripes, I chatted about the Climate Stripes with the Totally Cooked podcast team (@sarahinscience.bsky.social and @instrachan.bsky.social). Find it on your favourite podcast channel! 21centuryweather.org.au/totally-cook...

The wellness industry can encourage healthy living, but it can also create some risks. @karremannancy.bsky.social suggests that some products and companies can turn people away from needed medical interventions. 🔗 podcast.publichealth.jhu.edu/the-rise-of-...

Our May newsletter is out! It covers the Pan-European Commission on Climate & Health's call for WHO to declare the #ClimateCrisis a public health emergency, plus resources on commercial determinants of health. Also: EA vacancy @centre21cpubhealth.bsky.social. mailchi.mp/updates.bath...

See our placement for public health registers

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We are offering a unique opportunity for #PublicHealth registrars to contribute to the @lhgp.bsky.social research consortium. Full details here: www.phiuk.org/news/lhgp-na... Deadline for applications: 9 am, Tuesday 28 April.

📣 We've published a new policy position statement on the commercial determinants of health, summarising the key commercial factors impacting health, including the most common tactics health harming industries use & how to mitigate these harms. 👀 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/adphcdoh

Our March newsletter is out! At #PreventionConference2026, Monika Kosinska from the @who.int called LHGP a trailblazer for translating commercial determinants of health into local action. This month: webinars on misinformation and active travel, new resources, and more. mailchi.mp/79219387372d...

EVENT | How to begin working with #DoughnutEconomics in local governments Join Leonora Grcheva (DEAL) to hear lessons, tips & real experiences - and learn how to apply them in your work in #localgovernment. Session 1: 🗓️ Mar 2, 3 PM (UK time). Register here:

How to begin working with Doughnut Economics in local governments (event 1) | DEAL

Presentation and Q&A with DEAL's Cities&Regions Lead for public-sector practitioners, consultants and researchers

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📢 New report Alcohol marketing restrictions were meant to be in England’s 10 Year Health Plan. Then they disappeared. Our new report uses FOIs to show how alcohol industry lobbying targeted ministers and pressured government departments to kill the policy. www.ias.org.uk/report/now-y...

Now you see it, now you don’t - Institute of Alcohol Studies

Now you see it, now you don’t: How alcohol industry interference made marketing restrictions disappear from the 10 Year Health Plan in England In July 2025, the UK Government published its 10 Year Hea...

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@sheffcitycouncil.bsky.social not sure if it is you or @eastmidsrailway.bsky.social or someone else responsible for gritting near the station but it was very slippy this morning. Also under the roundabout by Waitrose is like an ice rink…

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement

At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... António Guterres, the UN secretary general: “I cannot pretend that Cop30 has delivered everything that is needed. The gap between where we are and what science demands remains dangerously wide.”

‘Fossil fuel giants finally in the crosshairs’: Cop30 avoids total failure with last-ditch deal

It took some oblique wording, but Saudi Arabia made a last-minute decision to sign deal that marks departure for Cop

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Regulatory capture & UK alcohol licensing review There is currently a call for evidence from stakeholders on reforming the licensing system www.gov.uk/government/c... I have written a bit on why this matters here gregfellpublichealth.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/r...

Reforming the licensing system

Seeking views and evidence to develop a modern, proportionate and enabling licensing system under the Licensing Act 2003.

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The gambling industry's version of 'smoking doesn't cause cancer'. Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Gambling does not cause any ‘social ills’, lobbyist tells incredulous MPs

Head of UK’s Betting and Gaming Council was asked to repeat claim as she spoke against increasing taxes on sector in November budget

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🚨 JUST PUBLISHED 🚨 ⚠️ The 2025 @lancetcountdown.bsky.social report reveals climate change inaction is costing lives and livelihoods, and harming the economy. ❤️‍🩹 Protecting people’s health demands all hands on deck. Read more: www.lancetcountdown.org/2025-report/ #LancetClimate25

Exciting news! Our fully funded Public Health Practitioner CPD sessions for 2026 will be open for registration on 5th November 2025! Available to the Yorkshire & Humber Public Health workforce at no cost to attendees! Find our more: tinyurl.com/9mf492rs @fphuk.bsky.social @ukphr.bsky.social

Core Workforce Development Training Information

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Corporate profit is being prioritised over public health. Discover how corporate power is driving public health crises in the upcoming documentary, Unmasking Influence. #CDOH #CorporatePower @maizie333.bsky.social

Really recommend the Doncaster Public Health team and Donny as a place to work lots of interesting thoughtful work happening and great people to do it with

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Consultant in Public Health City of Doncaster Council Doncaster £84,792 inc market supplement Closes 30/09 ce0351li.webitrent.com/ce0351li_web...

A country divided by health inequalities. Solving the UK regional health divide. bmj.com/cgi/content/... @felly500.bsky.social @jesstud.bsky.social @ipprnorth.bsky.social @clesthinkdo.bsky.social

Regional health divisions in the UK

Coordinated action is needed to resolve inequalities People in the poorer areas of the UK are dying on average nine years younger than those in more affluent areas.1 This divide, which is the fourth ...

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FPH is inviting all members to the online launch event of our policy for governing engagement with commercial actors. Robust policies on engaging with industry are critical to protecting the integrity and functions of public health organisations. www.fph.org.uk/events-cours...

Launch of FPH policy governing engagements with commercial actors

There is now a substantial body of evidence for how engagements with industry can influence and undermine public health goals. Having a robust policy for engagement with commercial actors is core to p...

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Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.

The #Gaza famine has unfolded in front of the world’s eyes. We saw it coming. We warned about it. We were not allowed to stop it. Now, as we count the lives lost to this intentional starvation, there is only one question to ask leaders: Where is humanity? End the blockade of aid TODAY. CEASEFIRE!

Abstract submission now open for #PreventionResearch26 4-5 March 2026 📄Abstracts invited from all corners of the prevention research community 🎤 Oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops 📅 Deadline: 10 Sept 2025 👉 registrations.hg3conferences.co.uk/hg3/frontend...

I wrote a memorial essay in praise of the great Joanna Macy over there at my newsletter.....

In Honor of Joanna Macy, 1929-2025

I write while staying in one of the great forests of British Columbia, a forest in which the inextricability of life from death is gorgeously evident. Several kinds of fern spring from this soil, some...

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"What @biteback2030.bsky.social are trying to do is ⬇️ the amount of unhealthy food & drink advertising... but they have been stopped in their tracks. It seems non-sensical, & certainly damaging to people’s health & wellbeing.” 👀Read our response ➡️bit.ly/4nvNfML www.biteback2030.com/our-activist...

Our award-winning campaign gets rejected - Bite Back

Bite Back activist Farid reacts to the news that the biggest advertising companies won't run our billboard campaign again.

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📢 Our NEW report reveals overwhelming public support for a bold smokefree future – with voters urging the Government to go further and faster. ash.org.uk/uploads/8703...

Join our team! We're looking for a project administrator to join our friendly and dynamic team of multidisciplinary researchers working at the cutting edge of public health research. www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... #PublicHealthJobs

Each country reduced health inequalities over a specific period, each using different policy combo. Looking across the cases, we identify 4 'great levellers' of health inequalities: welfare state expansion; improved healthcare; reduced poverty/income inequalities; & democratic strengthening. 2/4