In the midst of a lethal pandemic, the government controversially axed the main public health body (Public Health England) and announced the creation of yet another bureaucracy, designed by management consultants with no expertise in public health. History shows that without a clear overarching strategy and laws, these ad hoc reforms are likely to further hamper the UK’s ability to protect the population.
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David sets out worries about how coronavirus is being used to suspend or ignore safeguards designed to protect the public interest. Originally posted in OpenDemocracy
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In his latest piece for the Guardian, CHPI’s David McCoy exposes the failings of the UK’s contact tracing efforts
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Do Public Health England’s BAME reviews fail to directly address racism as a driver of health inequality?
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The opaque financial structure of the major care home groups means that they are more vulnerable to collapse and enable hidden profits to leak out.
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The government’s recent deal with private hospitals, who will provide their beds and staff to help the NHS cope with coronavirus, has been framed as a significant boost for the NHS. But the larger benefits are arguably for the private hospitals themselves and their lenders and landlords, who in effect have received a bailout from the government at a time of crisis.
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CHPI Trustee David McCoy writes for the Guardian about how the 2012 Lansley Act underlies some of the failings in the UK’s response to COVID-19.
Read MoreCHPI Director David Rowland writes for LSE Policy & Politics about the urgency of a more co-ordinated response in the highly fragmented social care sector.
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Senior Lecturer in Global Public Health Jonathan Kennedy considers South Korea’s extensive use of testing and tracing in place of large-scale confinement or travel restrictions.
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Prof David McCoy considers the UK government’s approach to controlling the disease, the health system, and the social and economic impacts.
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Policy makers have known about the likelihood and impact of a virus like COVID-19 for many years. And yet the risks to population health have barely received a mention in long-term planning for the NHS over the last decade.
Read MoreA new report by the Centre for Health and the Public Interest (CHPI) finds that reforms made to the NHS following the Health and Social Care Act of 2012 have impacted upon its ability to deal effectively with a possible flu pandemic.
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