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Prof of EBM, Director @CebmOxford, NHS Urgent Care Doc. Updates at trusttheevidence.substack.com/

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Prof of Evidence-based Medicine, University of Oxford, Director @CebmOxford, NHS Urgent Care Doc & columnist at the Spectator, Spiked and regular op-eds including Mail, Express & The Telegraphic . Regular guest on TalkTV and other news broadcasters.

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Emergency care is at breaking point

Emergency care is at breaking point

'Can you please tell them to hurry up, or I shall be dead', said Kenneth Shadbolt in his third call to 999 of…

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The Covid care-homes scandal

The Covid care-homes scandal

The High Court has found that government decisions on care homes in England, made in March and April 2020, we…

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The UK Covid Response: A Stool with Three Legs ⋆ Brownstone Institute

The UK Covid Response: A Stool with Three Legs ⋆ Brownstone Institute

Respiratory viruses are both unpredictable and commonplace. The name of the most well-known one, Influenza, o…

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We can't keep 'protecting the NHS' forever

We can't keep 'protecting the NHS' forever

Apparently, it's time to down tools. This week the NHS in Bristol asked householders undertaking DIY jobs to …

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Why it's time to end mandatory self-isolation

Why it's time to end mandatory self-isolation

Today, UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the legal duty to self-isolate is likely to be abolishe…

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Masks in schools: how convincing is the government's evidence? | The Spectator Australia

Masks in schools: how convincing is the government's evidence? | The Spectator Australia

Why has the government changed its mind and asked children to wear masks in school? When Plan B was announced…

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Covid was the largest fraud on UK public funds in modern history

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By Carl Heneghan, Tom Jefferson
| Before It's News
% of readers think this story is Fact. Add your two cents. The UK government admits that £10.9 billion was lost to fraud across covid support schemes. However, research has shown that, plausibly, there was £37 billion lost to covid fraud. We Warned About Covid Fraud Four Years Ago. Now the Government Agrees By Carl Heneghan and Tom Jefferson, as published by Trust the Evidence In June 2026, the Government quietly published its response to the Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner’s report.
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The NHS Waiting List Illusion is Over

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By Carl Heneghan, Tom Jefferson
| The Daily Sceptic
The illusion that the backlog had been brought under control has lasted barely long enough for the congratulatory speeches to be delivered. There was a time, not so long ago, when a Wes Streeting ministerial victory lap greeted every NHS waiting list release. A few thousand fewer patients waiting led the media to report that the Government had “turned the corner”. The public was assured that the NHS was finally getting back on its feet. Curiously, those celebrations have become rather quieter.
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Covid was the largest fraud on UK public funds in modern history

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By Rhoda Wilson, Carl Heneghan, Tom Jefferson
| The Exposé
Breaking News The UK government admits that £10.9 billion was lost to fraud across covid support schemes. However, research has shown that, plausibly, there was £37 billion lost to covid fraud. Let’s not lose touch…Your Government and Big Tech are actively trying to censor the information reported by The Exposé to serve their own needs.
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