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Oration for the Edinburgh Medal 2024: Mario Negri Institute

4 April 20244 April 2024 allysonpollockpharmaceuticals and regulatory science

02 April 2024 Lord Provost, it is an honour to deliver this oration on behalf of the Mario Negri Research Institute Italy and its Director Prof Giuseppe Remuzzi. My thanks also go to Prof Wall, the audience, and staff who…

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Email to Hugo Keith KC, 30 May 2023

3 July 20233 July 2023 allysonpollockcovid-19

Allyson Pollock To: Hugo Keith; contact@covid19.public-inquiry.uk Tue 30/05/2023 22:49 Re: Claas Kirchhelle’s historical report to the inquiry Dear Mr Keith, In view of my having been informed by Claas that the inquiry’s legal team has insisted that I ‘withdraw’ from…

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As covid continues its tour of Europe, what is the public health evidence for covid passes? 02 December 2021

3 December 20213 December 2021 allysonpollockcovid-19

Mandatory vaccination will not make care home residents safe from covid, it is unnecessary, and data underpinning the government’s case is unreliable

19 July 202119 July 2021 allysonpollockcovid-19

Briefing note 19 July 2021 in advance of Lords Debate on regulatory amendment to Health and Social Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014. Prof Lydia Hayes, Kent Law School, Prof Allyson Pollock, Newcastle University Read as pdf Vaccination is not…

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Health and Care Bill 2021-22

13 July 202114 July 2021 allysonpollockhealth service reforms, NHS

Key points and questions for the second reading, 14 July 2021 Prof Allyson M Pollock and Peter Roderick13 July 2021 Read as pdf The Health and Care Bill which was introduced in the House of Commons on 6 July 2021…

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Freedom of Information requests to the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, May 2021

31 May 202131 May 2021 allysonpollockcovid-19, freedom of Information, SARS-CoV-2 testing

1            Further authorisation of Innova LFTs I note that MHRA’s ‘authorisation of special use of DHSC COVID-19 Self-Test Kit’ dated 22 December 2020 states that “If this authorisation ends on 22/06/2021, and there continues to be a need for a…

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Letter to Infected Blood Inquiry, 27 May 2021

28 May 202128 May 2021 allysonpollockUncategorized

To the Secretary, Infected Blood Inquiry Thank you for your letter of 26 May 2021. I am disappointed by your position to deny access to the public hearings, and by your reasoning. As you correctly state, the MHRA authorises (Innova)…

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Misuse of lateral flow tests

24 May 202124 May 2021 allysonpollockUncategorized

An email sent to Dr June Raine, chief executive of the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency23 May 2021 Dear Dr June Raine, I am writing to draw your attention to the ways in which the government is expanding the…

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Integrated care systems

18 May 202118 May 2021 allysonpollockUncategorized

Roderick P, Pollock AM. A new bill to reform the NHS in England: the wrong proposals at the wrong time. BMJ Opinion 11 Feb 2021.

Rugby and rights of the child

21 December 202021 December 2020 allysonpollockchildhood injury

18 December 2020 To: Juliet HarrisDirector, Together (Scottish Alliance for Children’s Rights) Dear Juliet The purposes of this email are to introduce myself and to ask for your advice and perhaps collaboration. I am Professor of Public Health at Newcastle…

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Latest articles and publications

Outsourcing National Health Service surgery to the private sector: waiting time inequality and the making of a two-tier system for hip and knee replacement in England

Sales and regulatory status of fixed dose combination psychotropic drugs in India: a retrospective longitudinal study

Global Burden Disease Estimates for Major Depressive Disorders (MDD): a review of diagnostic instruments used in studies of prevalence

Areas of interest

Sports injury & injury epidemiology

Regulatory science & pharmaceuticals

Essential medicines

Public inquiries – infected blood and covid-19

NHS reforms

Health and Care Bill 2021-22

PFI & PPPs

Covid-19

Unpublished papers

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Public speaking

• How patient choice and marketisation is increasing pro rich bias and gender inequalities: Scotland and England comparison
Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society
Date: 07 December 2023
• Instruments to diagnose depression the studies underpinning Global Burden of Disease estimates. Evidence Based Early Diagnosis 2024: Exploring new diagnostics – big promise, big challenge. University of St Andrews, 30 May 2024.
• Our NHS: waiting lists and waiting times. Church of Scotland, 12 Chapel St, Carlisle CA1 1AJ, 2:30pm, 26 July 2025
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Recent posts

  • Oration for the Edinburgh Medal 2024: Mario Negri Institute
  • Email to Hugo Keith KC, 30 May 2023
  • As covid continues its tour of Europe, what is the public health evidence for covid passes? 02 December 2021
  • Mandatory vaccination will not make care home residents safe from covid, it is unnecessary, and data underpinning the government’s case is unreliable
  • Health and Care Bill 2021-22

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