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Martin McKee
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Prof of European Public Health LSHTM
Co-Director European Observatory on Health Systems & Policy
Member Independent SAGE
Past President BMA & EUPHA
Committed to 🇬🇧 rejoining 🇪🇺

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Clifford Martin McKee, CBE, is professor of European public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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Dina Balabanova @dinabalabanova.bsky.social · 23h
I am incredibly privileged to have led the #AccountabilityinAction project with Obinna Onwujekwe and the wonderful team in Health Policy Research Group, Uni Nigeria. How does the group acts on health sector corruption? A thread
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Juliet Lodge @julietl.bsky.social · 1d
For all young people - search for EU-funded ERASMUS+ projects in your area: fundedbyerasmus.co.uk

check out the report and search tool to find data from your area to support the ‘Write to Your MP’ campaign ask: 1.yem.org.uk/open-doors-o...
Funded By Erasmus - Bring Back Erasmus+ to the UK
Discover Erasmus+ funded projects across the UK and join our campaign to bring the UK back into Erasmus+. Search by postcode, contact your MP, and support educational opportunities for all.
fundedbyerasmus.co.uk

Reposted by Martin McKee, Adrian Streete

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.

You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
Adding to the seemingly implausible but not impossible, a Reform led government pushing a United Ireland to escape the implications of Good Friday Agreement for ECHR

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
Well indeed. And the bus lied

www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com

Reposted by Martin McKee, Steve Peers, Diane Ravitch , and 2 more

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 3d
Fascinating day discussing AI in medical education at Hong Kong University today. Change is coming quickly but many unanswered questions about where we are going. Many opportunities but also many challenges. And a great view of course!

Reposted by Christina Pagel

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 3d
My hotel in Hong Kong, where people understand airborne transmission of respiratory viruses, has HEPA filters everywhere

Reposted by Martin McKee

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Kate Ardern@KateAlvanley @ardernkate.bsky.social · 3d
Very well worth a read … I agree with the need for an urgent review of the remit, role, function and membership of SAGE 👇

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-dea...
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com

Reposted by Martin McKee, Nando Sigona, Ben H. Ansell , and 8 more

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 3d
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.

A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.

Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
6/ We need a bit of honesty. The public finances, and thus the NHS, will continue to face severe financial pressures until politicians have courage to admit that Brexit is a disaster

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
5/ Nearly 10 years post-referendum, the NHS remains under strain, underfunded, understaffed, facing longer waits, with Brexit's economic bite continuing to undermine service performance.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
4/ A new report used counterfactual models on 33 countries to isolate Brexit’s economic impact, showing declines in GDP and NHS funding, even after adjusting for COVID effects.
www.nber.org/system/files...
www.nber.org

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
3/ The Office for Budget Responsibility warned that slower growth would wipe out EU savings → ~£15 billion/year less for public services, including health.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
2/ Despite promises by Brexit supporters that leaving EU would unlock extra money by ending contributions, Treasury and OECD projected the UK economy would be 3–5% smaller compared to remaining in the EU, piercing that optimism.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
1/🧵 In @bmj.com Mark Dayan @nuffieldtrust.org.uk & I ask how leaving the EU affected NHS finances. An important question given yesterday's budget.
"NHS funding faces a Brexit squeeze"
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
4/ Third, no recognition (indeed policies that exacerbate) plight of universities, that can actually help 1st and 2nd problems

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
3/ Second, no real attempt to address vast regional inequality and abysmally low productivity, at least some due to very poor health

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
2/ First, no real acknowledgment that without addressing Brexit we’re doomed to follow a similar economic trajectory to Argentina post 1910

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 4d
1/ Almost 20 years ago, an Australian colleague and I asked “what are governments for?” We thought we had an answer.
After today’s budget I’m struggling to learn what THIS government is for.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
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Rebecca McKee @rebeccamckee.bsky.social · 5d
There's lots of reaction and analysis to the budget incoming from my expert colleagues at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk over on our live blog www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/live-blog/au...
LIVE BLOG | Autumn budget 2025: Rachel Reeves announce tax and spend measures | Institute for Government
IfG experts analyse Reeves' budget and explore what the chancellor's plans for the economy, tax and spending mean.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk

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Dr Louella Vaughan @drlkvaughan.bsky.social · 5d
What's the future for Undergraduate Medical Education in England?

@martinmckee.bsky.social and I look at what's in the 10 Year Plan and the implications.

We think there is significant risk of the proposals devaluing degrees and the Profession.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Medical education at the crossroads. Part I: undergraduate education and the erosion of professional identity - Louella Vaughan, Martin McKee, 2025
journals.sagepub.com

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 5d
Disappointing to see so little progress in negotiations between the two sides discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Vance and Witkoff, on the one side, and Rubio, on the other (with Trump changing according to day of week) seem as far apart as ever

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Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk · 6d
EVENT | Are public inquiries a good way for government to learn lessons?

Join us to discuss the lessons from the second Covid Inquiry report and what it means for how future governments approach crisis management.

www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/govern...

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 6d
Looking for Christmas presents? My colleague Nick Black has just published his second medical novel/biography, this time on Thomas Wakely, founder of the Lancet. Highly recommended

amzn.eu/d/dthy3Q7
Bare-knuckle Surgeon
Bare-knuckle Surgeon eBook : Black, Nick: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 7d
Brexit may not explain all of UK’s woes but, directly or indirectly, it explains a lot of them. Yet ministers still delude themselves (assuming they aren’t just lying) that they can “Make Brexit work”👇
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Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 7d
Yes, it’s about government decision making. She’s getting enough (entirely unjustified) criticism so no need to invite more by straying from remit. It’s an enormous task as it is (I reckon I’ve watched about 1/3 of hearings and read a fraction of evidence) so I’m hugely impressed by what she’s done

Reposted by Martin McKee, Steve Peers, Wolfgang Huber

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7d
Over at the Daily Telegraph, they're scratching their heads as to why the former mining and steel producinv city of Gliwice in Poland is now 45% more prosperous than Darlington... and why it has new shiny infrastructure... without mentioning EU funds for urban and regional development...

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 7d
Spot on analysis by Martin Wolf in @financialtimes.com on what is wrong with British economy and how successive governments have made it worse. Brexit disaster, failed regional policies, now attacks on universities. And inevitably, Farage features prominently, not in a good way

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 7d
That’s not its remit. See

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