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Clifford Martin McKee, CBE, is professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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by Martin McKee

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I grew up in Belfast during “The Troubles”. The highest number of deaths from violence was in 1972. That year the rate per million people was higher in Detroit, St Louis, Baltimore, and Washington
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Reposted by Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop

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Thanks Jacqui Young and @bmj.com for discussing this important subject with myself and @dralig.bsky.social

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Covid-19: Excluding doctors from vaccination programme puts patients at risk, clinicians warn
Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstr...
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by Martin McKee

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Thanks so much!
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by Martin McKee

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Agree - social media not ideal for nuance! Just as an example see how NZ copes without a constitution (but does have Treaty of Waitangi) but lots changed when PR was introduced. Israel interesting too in that respect. But I’ll leave it there!
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by Martin McKee

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Thanks - we certainly don’t see it as a panacea - and as we see in the US, even a written constitution doesn’t protect things. We just want to make it more difficult to wreck things
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by Martin McKee

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We agree - AI won’t replace doctors, but doctors who use AI (and are trained to do so) may replace doctors who don’t

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The Future of the Health Professions: Navigating Shortages, Imbalances, and Automation
The healthcare sector is undergoing significant transformation driven by workforce shortages, role imbalances, and technological advances. Traditional health professions, characterised by advanced kn...
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by Martin McKee

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Do read the full report where we address this at much more length than can get into a single line. We did take advice. The U.K. situation offers challenges and opportunities
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by Christina Pagel — Reposted by Martin McKee, Dorothy Bishop, Simon L. Lewis , and 20 more

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.
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Important analysis of UK democratic vulnerabiities, as now illustrated by USA.
@euds.europarl.europa.eu @nathalieloiseau.bsky.social
Strengthening the institutions we rely on
A new report finds that the UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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by Martin McKee

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In Budapest for @horizoneu.bsky.social EUTOPIA-EAST project meeting. Truly humbling presentation from Ukrainian colleagues not just maintaining but strengthening and innovating cancer screening in the most difficult conditions
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by Martin McKee

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Can’t work out whether Labour are doing things that will make the catastrophic effects of Brexit even more obvious by accident or design

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022...
Pubs struggle to retain staff after Brexit and Covid ‘double whammy’
Brexit brought the biggest shift in UK’s immigration regime in a generation, as free movement of people from the EU ended
www.theguardian.com
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by Martin McKee

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And see also piece by @sheencr.bsky.social & @chrischirp.bsky.social

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The UK is no longer offering COVID vaccines to pregnant women – here’s why that might be a bad idea
From spring 2025, pregnant women will no longer be eligible for free COVID vaccines in the UK.
theconversation.com
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by Martin McKee

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Yes, @karambales.bsky.social can. And the explanation is deeply disturbing

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by Martin McKee

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Then we have Kemi Badenoch talking complete nonsense. The ruling on the Rwanda case said, in terms, that it did NOT rely on the ECHR.
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by Martin McKee

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BBC Radio 4 Today takes the political temperature in Manchester by interviewing a cross section of the population … in a golf club
Next, a representative survey of US public opinion in Mar a Lago?
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by Martin McKee

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Many congratulations and good luck at a critical moment for multilateral action for global health
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Reposted by Martin McKee, Holger Hestermeyer, Seán Hanley

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Well it has happened.
The leadership of the Conservative&Unionist Party is advocating leaving the ECHR. Not reforming it, or working with other members to alter any rules.
Leave it. Like Putin’s Russia.
I can’t help wondering what those Tories who are rightly proud of 🇬🇧’s support for 🇺🇦 are thinking.
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by Martin McKee

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Pleased to be invited to join @whoeurope.bsky.social new Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health. Great first meeting last week. So much to discuss
www.who.int/europe/news/...
WHO/Europe launches Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health
WHO/Europe has formed the Technical Advisory Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health (TAG-AI) to guide the ethical, responsible and equitable use of AI in health across the WHO European Region. Th...
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by Martin McKee

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And well worth a visit (especially during the wine festival!)
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by Martin McKee

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Further reading from the always insightful @snellarthur.bsky.social

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 17d
Preliminary results from the Moldovan electoral commission show the Russian stooges having done poorly. If these results continue, this is incredibly good news.

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Rezultate preliminare
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by Martin McKee

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Encouraging news from Moldova. For those unfamiliar with its courageous & inspirational President, see her Lunch with FT. Now big question is stance of Alternativa (BEA) on 🇪🇺 as sometimes confused
on.ft.com/3HHWNko Moldova’s Maia Sandu: ‘They would like to remake the Soviet Union’
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Preliminary results from the Moldovan electoral commission show the Russian stooges having done poorly. If these results continue, this is incredibly good news.

pv.cec.md/preliminare
Rezultate preliminare
pv.cec.md
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@martinmckee.bsky.social @drrachelclarke.com @parthaskar.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
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The RCP is asking Fellows to vote on key constitutional reforms, including extending the franchise.

A group of 27 Fellows tabled a motion saying reform should be slowed down + done properly.

Not enough information. Too many questions.

Our views here:

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RCP Constitutional Reforms - The Case for No (Not Yet)
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is currently asking Fellows to vote on constitutional reforms. The reforms seem relatively straightforward – widening the franchise to allow Collegiate members to...
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Reposted by Martin McKee, Steve Peers, Benjamin Braun , and 1 more

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What lessons can Star Wars offer us about the significance of safeguarding democracy? Jean-Noël Barrot, the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, shared his thoughts on the subject with students at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

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Reposted by Martin McKee, Stephen P. Jenkins

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REVEALED: bombshell evidence of the link between Tylenol and autism.
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Dear friends at #EHFG2025, could I kindly ask you to monitor #Bluesky for online comments/contributions this year, as so many of our health community have left/are leaving X/Twitter including myself, @martinmckee.bsky.social @freekspinnewijn.bsky.social @carocostongs.bsky.social etc - Thank you 🙏
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by Martin McKee

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What we said at the time - I am enraged

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by Martin McKee

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Strongly suspect you’re right but seems reckless to give them the excuse that they’re only enacting laws passed by previous governments (and I simply can’t grasp why we’re not adopting a fair voting system to reduce risks of extremist minority taking over)
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by Martin McKee — Reposted by Tom Shakespeare

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A suggestion for UK Parliament. Before passing any new law, consider plausible worst case scenario for how a future Reform government would use it. Then start to review existing laws. And if you don’t, don’t complain when it all goes wrong (assuming that government hasn’t locked you all up)
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