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Oct 30, 2026
Mrinalini DeyGUEST
Yes, absolutely.
Mrinalini DeyGUEST
So around 10 years ago, what was then Public Health England did actually do a survey of health literacy levels within the UK.
Mrinalini DeyGUEST
And it found that just over 60% of individuals have what they would describe as limited health literacy levels.
Mrinalini DeyGUEST
So that is a reading age of between 9 and 11.
Jill BennettHOST
But are there any concerns, safety concerns, health concerns about vaping?
Mark TyndallGUEST
Well, probably about 10 years ago, a paper came out from Public Health England that said that vaping was 95% safer.
Mark TyndallGUEST
And at that time, there was quite a lot of questions about that.
Mark TyndallGUEST
But nothing coming out of research in the past decade has done anything to refute that.
Jeff FosterHOST
And the recent survey from the WHO states that around 264 million people worldwide are currently diagnosed with some form of mental illness.
Jeff FosterHOST
In the UK, Public Health England research shows that about 4 million people are struggling with mental health at the minute.
Jeff FosterHOST
More women are diagnosed with depression than men, but men are higher in terms of suicide.
Jeff FosterHOST
And this is something we're definitely gonna need to talk about today.
Sam FelthamGUEST
Um, so, um, following on, um, from that to my talking point number two, how the PHC harnesses the energy, um, of the public to create change.
Sam FelthamGUEST
Um, so, uh, what we did last year, uh, in May, um, after our successful fundraising in February, is release a report which was somewhat controversial, um, with many of the media outlets either saying that, um, we're irresponsible using the Public Health England press release or very much on board with what we're saying.
Sam FelthamGUEST
Um, and this report was called The Healthy Eating Guidelines and Weight Loss Advice for the United Kingdom.
Sam FelthamGUEST
Um, now, in that, we critiqued the Eatwell Guide, um, and voiced our concerns about how, um, there might be some mistakes in there that should be, uh, sorted out.
Ruth HuskissonGUEST
And my full-time jobs were serious jobs.
Ruth HuskissonGUEST
I was working at Public Health England in the pandemic training epidemiologist.
Ruth HuskissonGUEST
I was working for the NHS, like genomics and stuff.
Ruth HuskissonGUEST
I was an online course designer, like a training designer.
Naomi FullerGUEST
So they were going around from elderly frail person to elderly frail person with one medical mask.
Naomi FullerGUEST
And I phoned the care agency and I said, what's going on? And they said, we're following Public Health England's guidance.
Naomi FullerGUEST
And the reason for that guidance is because of the shortage.
Naomi FullerGUEST
And that continued through the summer and then autumn and winter, when the government could and should have got their act together.
Kwame Kwei-ArmahGUEST
And I think you framed the question really well, that we can open the theatres and that's just a legal technicality, but we cannot perform.
Kwame Kwei-ArmahGUEST
We can't even really have a bar in there just yet until we get the go ahead from Public Health England and the government.
Kwame Kwei-ArmahGUEST
I think one of the hardest things about being a gatekeeper, about being an artistic director of an institution, particularly in a place like London, you know, in a multicultural, intellectual, it's a soulful space, London.
Kwame Kwei-ArmahGUEST
And our artistic community are soulful and spirited people.
Andrew ThomasGUEST
It was the National Diet and Nutritional Surveys.
Andrew ThomasGUEST
which are published by Public Health England every two years.
Andrew ThomasGUEST
And every two years, the magnesium section is the same.
Andrew ThomasGUEST
And the last one, it said that 53% of our teenage girls have a magnesium intake that's equivalent to gross deficiency.
John VincentHOST
I did some work on something called the School Food Plan for the UK government.
John VincentHOST
And I had the pleasure of working with Public Health England.
John VincentHOST
And it was at the time that I was looking at the American food pyramid.
Davinia TaylorGUEST
The new one or the old one? The old one, which we
John VincentHOST
And are you familiar with who developed that pyramid? No.
John VincentHOST
it was the u.s department of agriculture um funnily enough on the cereal packet on the cereal
Davinia TaylorGUEST
packet exactly they actually said it was more healthy than beef liver wow amazing yeah okay fine so i worked for public health england
John VincentHOST
and i was like Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
I'm currently an ex-NHS chief information officer.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
And prior to that, I worked in government as a digital lead for one of the government parts, the Department of Health, something called Public Health England.
DerekHOST
Just to jump in, NHS is National Health Service.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
Yes, correct.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
Making it easier for us, I suppose, is the main thing.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
And then at a certain point, trying to stop moving all over the world and traveling too much because I'm a dad with kids.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
to try to get myself a job in government and ended up in a place called Public Health England.
Diarmaid CreanGUEST
And again, it points to where my core comes from.
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