About my research and policy analysis
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During Covid I have produced a number of blogs for the ARC
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In my first post I argue that the NHS needs to agree principles, define processes for local prioritisation and have clear clinical protocols for staff to ensure that the service is fair to all in the months to come ARC South London blog
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In my second blog on ethical prioritisation and Covid-19, I argue that the government is now facing the biggest prioritisation decision in a generation.
In the third I assert that we need to be realistic about the limits of science, and have a more open debate of the benefits and risks of different approaches to managing the Covid-19 pandemic
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In my 4th Covid blog I highlight how constant re-organisation of health systems can affect the quality of care. https://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/blame-game-has-started-downgrading-public-health-englandThe 4th blog addresses the allocation of blame for the UK response so far.
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In my 5th Covid blog I argue that we need to have a public conversation about the impacts of lockdown policies and how we move forward. https://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/strange-timesstrange-alliances-we-should-now-prioritise-future
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In my 6th Covid blog I explore the ethics of cancelling Christmas https://arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/justice-and-fairness-time-covid-and-should-we-prioritise
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In my 7th blog I explore the new UK vaccination programme://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/uk-approach-covid-19-vaccinations-impressively-rapid-haste-can-create-challenges
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In my 8th blog Peter I look at the European vaccination controversy https://arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights
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In my 9th Covid blog I explore the Covid Inquiry's draft terms of reference (ToR) which had just been published and are open to public consultation until the 7 April 2022. In this blog, I outline our response to the consultation, highlighting concerns that we have about the Inquiry’s limited terms of reference in relation to the role played by Public Health England during the pandemic, and its successor institutions in any future public health crisis. https://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/gone-and-even-forgotten-what-did-public-health-england-do-or-not
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In my 10th Covid blog I argue that existing knowledge on health inequalities and social differences in the UK was overlooked in the development of policy during the pandemic, and that the Covid-19 inquiry should aim to learn from these mistakes. https://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/evidence-was-it-really-used-covid-19-pandemic-key-issue-covid-19
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In my 11th Covid blog I argue that public health policy in the UK urgently needs a more strategic approach. I draw on early results from my research into the closure of Public Health England, to make practical recommendations with implications for the two new organisations now responsible for leading public health in the UK. https://www.arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/blog-and-commentary/bonfire-quangos-lets-make-pyre-perennial-ritual
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I reviewed the circumstances around the closure of Public Health England and produced a report and Lancet paperhttps://arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/latest-news/public-health-reforms-england-risk-creating-system-unfit-purpose
