Finally, an admission our Covid response was a calamitous mistake https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/19/finally-admission-our-covid-response-a-calamitous-mistake/
Respiratory Virus Infections in Institutions - Part 1,
Which viruses matter in nursing homes?
by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/respiratory-virus-infections-in-institutions-fcb?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
🙏@AnnelieseDodds for meeting us and for listening. We hope you will attend the debate on 23 March, and also look at some of the excellent resources from
@biologyinmed and others like Oxford's @carlheneghan and Tom Jefferson's https://trusttheevidence.substack.com https://whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal54908
Equipoise, Uncertainty and the Gender Medicine Dilemma - Part 1, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/equipoise-uncertainty-and-the-gender-023?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Performance targets are @NHSEngland ’s original sin: All too often the health service has distorted priorities, encouraging number management over patient care
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/26/performance-targets-nhs-original-sin/ via @carlheneghan
Performance targets are the NHS’s original sin https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/26/performance-targets-nhs-original-sin/
What is the MHRA up to? Part 1, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/what-is-mhra-up-to-part-1?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
What is the MHRA up to? Part 1
Certainly not to look after public safety...
(The MHRA = "The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components for transfusion in the UK.")
Professors Tom Jefferson and Carl Heneghan: "how the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine was authorised, promoted, and ultimately withdrawn, and concludes that this process constitutes a serious regulatory failure."
"When Vaxzevria was finally withdrawn, it was done quietly, without a comprehensive public reckoning. No formal assessment was offered explaining whether net benefit had ever been convincingly demonstrated for key populations, whether harms were avoidable, or why early warning signs did not prompt stronger intervention. The absence of accountability is one of the series’s most damning conclusions.
The ethical implications are profound.
Although vaccination was formally voluntary, uptake was driven by mandates, access restrictions, and intense social and professional pressure. Individuals were encouraged—andin certain cases compelled—to accept personal risk in the name of collective benefit, yet were never provided with clear, intelligible information about that risk.
Informed consent was treated as a procedural formality rather than a substantive ethical requirement. When harms were downplayed to avoid “scaring the public,” the balance between public health goals and individual autonomy was inverted.
If trust is to be restored, then regulatory systems must change fundamentally."
"Finally, withdrawal of a product should automatically trigger a formal public inquiry addressing benefit, harm, preventability, and responsibility. Silence is not neutrality; it is an abdication of duty. Regulators exist to protect the public, not to protect programmes or reputations.
The central lesson of the Vaxzevria Files is stark. When regulators abandon methodological rigour, obscure uncertainty, and underplay harm to preserve confidence, they undermine the very trust they seek to protect. Coercion without clarity is indefensible, and reassurance without evidence is not public health—it is institutional failure."
‘you can’t say the risk’s small if you’ve already told us you don’t have the foggiest idea what caused it.’
https://trusttheevidence.substack.com/p/glp-1-therapies-pancreatitis-and-97a
Stretch the timeline, and you bury the signal.
https://trusttheevidence.substack.com/p/glp-1-therapies-pancreatitis-and
Substack from @carlheneghan
"MHRA has issued a new safety warning regarding GLP-1 receptor agonists, such as Wegovy, Ozempic, and Mounjaro, noting a small risk of severe acute pancreatitis in patients taking these drugs" small risk of big problem
https://substack.com/home/post/p-186721945
Baby sleep pillows sold online linked to 200 infant deaths
1 in ten UK baby deaths linked to “unsafe sleeping”
“Failure of public health messaging”
@carlheneghan
https://share.google/nwMVYvAfau0AYRwmr
The new vision from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/the-new-vision-from-the-national?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
The Vaxrevia Files - 7, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/the-vaxrevia-files-7?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Millions shut out of care as ‘long tail’ of pandemic lockdowns continues
@carlheneghan
@rwjdingwall https://share.google/DwnBzRQn2QT6nn8iN
The importance of HAIs https://trusttheevidence.substack.com/p/respiratory-virus-hospital-acquired
🚨 Hospice care crisis
1 in 5 beds gone
“Many die alone, in pain, dehydrated. We are effectively throwing our most vulnerable people in the bin.”
@carlheneghan https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2156180/One-in-five-hospice-beds-closed-report-warns-in-end-of-life-care-crisis/amp
@wesstreeting - you should listen to these only geezers. They’ve been there before. Take their advice please before we waste more tax payer’s money!
The Government’s Obsession with Artificial Intelligence and Tech, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/the-governments-obsession-with-artificial?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Weight-Loss Drugs and the Quiet Medicalisation of Everyday Life, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/weight-loss-drugs-and-the-quiet-medicalisation?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
In a world where so much is uncertain, I am so grateful that http://www.catelogofbias.org exists. Thank you @carlheneghan and team!
"We need less drama, more data, and a bit of institutional memory. We’ve all seen winters before."
Quite right @carlheneghan!
Here Endeth the “Superflu” https://dailysceptic.org/2026/01/04/here-endeth-the-superflu/ via @LD_Sceptics
The Scandal of Hospice Funding, by @carlheneghan https://open.substack.com/pub/trusttheevidence/p/the-scandal-of-hospice-funding?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Trust the Evidence: https://trusttheevidence.substack.com/p/what-not-to-do-in-a-national-power
Chief Medical Officer blasted after issuing ‘nanny state’ blackout survival guidance
@carlheneghan
@LucyGoBag https://www.gbnews.com/news/chief-medical-officer-blasted-after-issuing-nanny-state-blackout-survival-guidance
I was honoured to be asked to speak about what the UK Covid Inquiry has not heard in Parliament.
Here is the write up.
Lockdowns to prevent lockdowns.
https://appgpandemic.org/news/inquiry-omissions
Where’s the care when you need it https://trusttheevidence.substack.com/p/christmas-tales-from-the-frontline-9fa