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Trust the Evidence, Not the Noise
Thirty years after the birth of evidence-based medicine, the problem is no longer a lack of evidence. It is knowing which
Opening Talk by Carl Heneghan given at the EBM Live Conference, 24th June 2026
Another NHS Fantasy: The Robot Will See You Now
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Just when you thought NHS leaders might have learned the dangers of making grandiose predictions untethered from evidence, along comes another vision of the future. This time from Penny Dash, the head of NHS Englan...
Freedom of Information Requests as a Tool for Identifying Missing Evidence
Often in the course of our investigation of different topics, we find that publicly available information is either insufficient or unclear. This is especially so for complicated or sensitive topics.
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Typical examples are the number...
The Build-up to the Winter Crisis: Brick 4
Oh wow! We thought. Finally, we got an automated notice of an update to The Birmingham Public Health Laboratory User Handbook!!! To get to the bottom of how the Scare Agency lab defines an infectious case of whatever communicable disease,...
The Build-up to the Winter Crisis: Brick 3
To see how the winter crisis narrative is assembled, one need only look to Australia: Autumn has arrived, and with it the annual return of the F-word.
Last year, Australia was told it was facing an extraordinary influenza season, with more...
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Professor of Evidence-based Medicine, the University of Oxford, Director of CEBM and NHS Urgent Care GP who regularly appears in the media.
Clinical epidemiologist. Visit my website: https://drtomjefferson.com/
Epidemiologist and Health Research Scientist using open data to prevent future deaths.
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