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Boris Johnson’s COVID Free Market Will be Suffered by the Poor and Marginalised
‘Freedom day’ is simply the Prime Minister pulling up the drawbridge on his own people, contends John Ashton
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The Love Affair With Privatised Healthcare Has Been Exposed
Professor John Ashton reflects on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught the UK about public health
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Beware Government Vaccine Promises: Look to Public Health Workers for Success
Byline Times’ Chief Medical Officer, John Ashton, warns of national hubris over vaccinations and celebrates the success of the common health worker
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The COVID-19 Crisis Must Spur a Revolution in Public Mental Health Services
The Coronavirus pandemic has exposed an urgent need to reform long-neglected areas of healthcare, argues Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton
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A Fatal Reckoning: UK reaches 100,000 deaths from COVID-19
With 3 per cent of worldwide Coronavirus, fatalities Byline Times Chief Medical Officer, John Ashton, marks Britain’s worst public health catastrophe for over a century
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Will an Unholy Alliance of Anti-Vaxxers and Government Incompetence Grab Defeat from the Jaws of Victory?
Byline Times’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr John Ashton, considers the continuing challenges ahead in the Coronavirus pandemic – despite the development of a vaccine
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Journal of the Plague Year: And What to Expect in 2021
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Professor John Ashton, looks back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that –without radical change – next year will be even bleaker
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Science and Common Sense in Bahrain and Britain
John Ashton compares the responses of the two nations to COVID-19, explaining why quick, decisive action is essential in a pandemic
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Truth was the First Casualty of the Pandemic
Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at the tragic consequences of a lack of transparency – the first rule of public health
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COVID-19 and the Second Harrying of The North
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, John Ashton, looks at how the Government has lost popular support for its unequal tier system
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Did the Right Experts Advise Boris Johnson on how to Tackle COVID-19?
Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at how England has been on the back foot in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic since the first cases were recorded at the end of January
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The Cost of Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 ‘Business As Usual’
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Dr John Ashton, looks at the lost opportunity to create a ‘new normal’ that would result in a real redefining of our public realm
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Mad Rush Towards a Second Wave
Byline Times’ chief medical officer Dr John Ashton considers why and how the Government is so keen to return to ‘business as usual’
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As with Air Travel, Take-Off and Landing are the Most Dangerous Parts of a Pandemic
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Dr John Ashton, explores the Government’s failings in entering lockdown and now leaving it
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The Hidden Scandal of COVID-19 in Our Prisons
Dr John Ashton, explores the Government’s failure to protect those living and working in environments which are hotbeds for the Coronavirus
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Quarantining Travellers Is Too Much Too Late
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, warns that the Government must get back on track with its evidence base and messaging around the pandemic if it is to be prepared for a second wave.
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Blinding Science: Boris Johnson is Unravelling a 200-year-old Tradition of Public Health
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, argues that the Prime Minister’s handling of the Dominic Cummings scandal is a tipping point in the politics of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The COVID-19 Crisis is a Chance to Reinvent Education for the 21st Century
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, argues that we must not miss the opportunity to modernise education in the UK and, at the same time, tackle social injustices following the Coronavirus pandemic.
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Independent SAGE – A Beveridge Report for Britain’s COVID-19 Public Health Disaster
Byline Times’ CMO, former director of public health John Ashton, praises the recommendations of the independent report convened by Sir David King
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The Coronavirus Crisis: The ‘Little England’ App Can Be No Replacement for COVID-19 Testing
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, provides his regular update on the UK’s Government’s Coronavirus response and the need for real local testing and tracing.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: The Centralising Failure of Public Health England
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explores how the 2013 NHS reforms led to the shrinking and withering of our local and regional public health system.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Who is the Government Trying to Fool – Us or Itself?
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explores how the Government has communicated with the public during the COVID-19 outbreak and why the true scale of the crisis is being hidden.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: ‘Putting Your Hands Up and Admitting When You Have Got It Wrong is the Only Way to Get It Right’
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, provides his take on where the web of deceit being spun at the very heart of Government is going to lead us all.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: The UK Was Not in a Healthy State Before this Pandemic Descended
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, gives his take on how the next decisions can be made on the UK’s lockdown, the lack of press scrutiny and why the Government’s ‘goal’ of keeping deaths to 20,000 may be affecting their reporting
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The Coronavirus Crisis: We Must Confront Grave Matters No Matter How Uncomfortable They Are
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explains why it is wise to give thought during the COVID-19 pandemic to those life and death concerns we never usually want to confront.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Statistics are Patients with the Tears Wiped Off
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, considers the fateful legacy of the Atlético Madrid-Liverpool football match and the Cheltenham races.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Already Vulnerable Groups Should Not Be Forgotten in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dr John Ashton with his update on UK developments on the Coronavirus and the side-effects we are overlooking.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: What Should Happen Next in Hospitals, Homes, Prisons and the Community?
Dr John Ashton explains how the threat posed by the Coronavirus will be amplified in closed settings and communities.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: How to Survive and Support Your Neighbours – Careless Mixing Costs Lives
Dr John Ashton, a former director of public health, explains how we can all help save lives in his first column as Byline Times’ Chief Medical Officer.
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Stalinist and Reductionist: How the UK Government Created the Worst-Case Scenario
John Ashton, the former senior public health director who first questioned the UK Government’s response to COVID-19 on the BBC, finds a ray of hope.
