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Comments and reviews on our rugby injury research

Reviewers’ comments on Pollock AM, White AJ, Kirkwood G. Evidence in support of the call to ban the tackle and harmful contact in school rugby: a response to World Rugby. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2017;51(15):1113-7.

Review one – Reviewers one, two, and three plus response 28 Oct 2016

Review two – Reviewer one plus response 22 Dec 2016

Review two – Reviewer two plus response 22 Dec 2016

Review three – Reviewer one plus response 21 Mar 2017

Review three – Reviewer two plus response 08 Mar 2017

Comment from Dr Alan Carson on Pollock AM, Kirkwood G. Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby. BMJ Opinion 2017.

Dr Alan Carson. Comments: Tackle and scrum should be banned in school rugby

Response to Alan Carson by Pollock and Kirkwood

Latest articles and publications

Dismantling the National Health Service in England

Imposing compulsory rugby union on schoolchildren: an analysis of English state-funded secondary schools

Waiting times for cataract surgery in Scotland since 2002 and the effect of austerity: an interrupted time series analysis

Areas of interest

Health and Care Bill 2021-22

COVID-19

NHS reforms

Regulatory science & pharmaceuticals

PFI and PPPs

Sports injury & injury epidemiology

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Public speaking

• What has happened to evidence based public health?
Aarhus University [online]
Date: 13:00 GMT, Thursday 20 January 2022
• Deputation on the Health and Care Bill 2021-22
Camden Council meeting
Date: 19:00 Monday 24 January 2022
• What is the evidence for covid passes?
North East Humanists, Tyneside Irish Centre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 4SG (now online)
Date: 19:00, Thursday 20 January 2022
SHS

Recent posts

  • 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
  • Freedom of Information requests to the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, May 2021
  • Letter to Infected Blood Inquiry, 27 May 2021

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