NHS Winter plans – a preliminary summary of findings
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Esther McVey’s influenza questions: what has the Government actually answered?
Parliamentary questions tabled 19 October 2026 Read the original post on Trust The Evidence: Esther McVey’s influenza questions: what has the Government actually answered?
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The 29% AI miracle statistic: what happens when the regulator asks to see the evidence?
How two old geezers, one questionable statistic and two complaints forced a closer look at the evidence behind NHS England’s AI claim Read the original post on Trust The Evidence: The 29% AI miracle statistic: what happens when the regulator asks to see the evidence?
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The UK Covid Response: A Stool with Three Legs
Respiratory viruses are both unpredictable and commonplace. The name of the most well-known one, Influenza, originated in 15th century Italy, and comes from the old Italian expression influenza dei pianeti or influence of the planets. They could not explain its sudden and unaccountable behavior and ascribed its capricious nature to the influence of planets. However, influenza is just
The Covid Care-homes Scandal
The UK’s irrational approach to the pandemic put the most vulnerable in harm’s way. The High Court has found that government decisions on care homes in England, made in March and April 2020, were unlawful, because policies failed to account for the risk to elderly and vulnerable care-home residents from asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19. Read More
COVID-19 Fraud losses in the UK
COVID-19 led to the provision of substantial funds intended to sustain various parts of UK society during the first part of the Covid 19 pandemic. The report is in three parts. The first summarises the publicly funded schemes available; the second part provides an overview of the main bodies overseeing public finance. The third details
Physical Interventions to Interrupt or Reduce the Spread of Respiratory Viruses (1219 citations)
We included 44 new RCTs and cluster‐RCTs in this update, bringing the total number of randomised trials to 67. There were no included studies conducted during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Six ongoing studies were identified, of which three evaluating masks are being conducted concurrent with the COVID pandemic, and one is completed. Many studies were conducted