Simon Capewell
Family man, gardener, Cantata Choir. #PublicHealth prof & #prevention researcher. Advocating healthy #food & #tobacco policies everywhere. Tweets mine, RTs not.
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Inside Trump's plan to battle the 15 investigations facing him
Unlike most other candidates who face allegations of wrongdoing, he hopes to use them as part of a strategy that he hopes will help win him re-election.
Yemen conflict: why a British court ruling could matter for Australia
A legal challenge over UK arms sales to Yemen combatants could put further pressure on Australia’s defence exports.
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A Visit to Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh
On 13 February 2019 I visited Balukhali refugee camp (Camp 18 in the Kutupalong refugee camp) near Ukhia, a sub-district of Cox’s Bazar in South East Bangladesh. I travelled with my colleagues Dr S…
Liverpool research: The impact of persistent poverty on children and young people
University of Liverpool| June 2019| Persistent poverty affects one in five UK children Researchers at the University of Liverpool working alongside experts from University College London, have anal…
Britain's shame as 70 children treated for mental illnesses in A&E every day
Over 26,500 under-18s were treated for psychiatric problems last year - a sharp 22 per cent rise
Auto-enrolled pensions goliath Nest announces divestment from Big Tobacco
Pensions savers who hold money in Nest pensions will no longer have their cash invested in the tobacco industry.Nest, the largest provider of auto-enrolled workplace pensions in the UK has announced it is to divest all the money it manages for...
Oral evidence - Work of the Chief Medical Officer - 6 Jun 2019
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#CMO talks to #MP's S&T Committee
FAB discussion on a dozen KEY #health issues:
#obesity #kids #alcohol #eCigs
#vaping #AMR etc
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Opinion: To remember Jo Cox, we must wrest control from Farage and Johnson
In Jo’s life she sought to build bridges, dignify our politics and magnify the lives of the most isolated and vulnerable. Let’s follow her lead in the fight against hate
'He's a national disgrace': Trump attacks Khan after three killed in London in space of 24 hours
The president hits out at the London mayor a week after calling him a "stone cold loser" during his state visit to the UK.
U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid
The Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities.
Time to put GPs first by investing in general practice
Iacobucci paints a bleak picture of working in general practice, particularly in deprived areas.1 But his assessment is supported by research and reports over several years emphasising the crisis.234 We know the GP workforce faces major challenges,...
Offline: A Chief Medical Officer—unplugged
“We have very little power.” Professor Dame Sally Davies, England's Chief Medical
Officer (CMO) for the past 9 years, was giving her final evidence last week to the
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Her encounter before...
Here’s another reason to remove smoking from video games
With smoking widespread in video games, new Truth Initiative® research is giving creators another reason to remove tobacco from their games.
Boris Johnson à la tête du Royaume-Uni ? Non merci !
ÉDITORIAL. Editorial. Pour l’Union européenne, l’accession de M. Johnson au poste de premier ministre équivaudrait à l’installation à Londres d’un Trump au petit pied se consacrant à la saboter.
Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway should be 'removed from service': Watchdog
A federal watchdog agency has recommended that White House senior adviser Kellyanne Conway be removed from service for making political statements.