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Pollock, AM. World Rugby isn’t doing enough to protect young players from head injuries. The Guardian. 22 Sep 2015.

Latest articles and publications

Lessons for Ontario Canada: the privatisation of elective surgery for hips, knees, and cataracts in England compared with Scotland

The struggles that led to the unwise demise of the Public Health Laboratory Service, 1979–2003, in the context of changing economic policy

The crisis in our NHS pre- and post-covid

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Unpublished papers

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23 Feb

I think it should be illegal for private screening clinics to advertise lots of scans with the promise of 'peace of mind!' ; I think it should be illegal for the default follow up to be 'see your NHS GP!' and I think the NHS should be doing far more to sort this out

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Public speaking

• Keynote address: waiting times, inequality and the role of the independent sector
NHS Waiting List Conference, London
Date: 10-11 June 2026
• 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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