Ansaf Azhar

Director of Public Health at Oxfordshire County Council - All views are my own.

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

Oxfordshire has officially launched as a Marmot Place. This initiative marks a pivotal step in our ongoing efforts to tackle health inequalities and enhance the well-being of our residents across the county.

#OxonMarmot #HealthEquity

[LGA Wellbeing @LGAWellbeing]

Thank you to @SMHopkins and @UKHSA colleagues for an informative, situation report briefing on #mpox this evening.

Over 600 people from across the local PH system dialled in.

https://t.co/KfY4zgrXUf

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

.@ADPHUK Council Member @AnsafAzhar, Director of Public Health @OxfordshireCC & @annaghartley, Director of Public Health @BarnsleyCouncil talk to @GNightingaleTHF @HealthFdn about #localgov's role in protecting people's health⬇️⬇️

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

Let’s all take climate action to improve our health immediately

https://t.co/GcwdwtNBQB

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

Time to look beyond the silos of climate and health! Climate action can improve our health and wellbeing immediately and create a healthy place to live. https://t.co/IpaRmVRq0q

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

@danlevs absolutely, we have made some progress around this but we can do more.

[LGA Wellbeing @LGAWellbeing]

Measles cases on the rise: information for officers and local councillors

Tuesday 13 February 2024, 3:00 – 4:00pm

Join @UKHSA ’s Vanessa Saliba, Deputy CMO
@Thomas_Waite and Solihull DPH @TennantRuth
for an update on the measles situation.

https://t.co/2hS0HprzO3

[LGA Wellbeing @LGAWellbeing]

Oxfordshire: De-normalising smoking through partnership work

The community fund, with grants of up to £1,000 at a time, is available for partners who want to run smokefree events and initiatives.

https://t.co/gRjFQBeELW

[Adam Briggs @ADMBriggs]

So excited to announce this new role we've just advertised at @OxfordshireCC.

🚨📢***Head of Research***📢🚨
£64,419 - £67,663
Closing 7th Feb

Huge opportunity to help lead the council's - and the county's - approach to research.

Get in touch if q's.

https://t.co/MzHlhkEiks

[Adam Briggs @ADMBriggs]

What makes us healthy sits larger outside health and care systems.

This is super news about genuinely transformative investment in health determinants research capability and capacity in local government.

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

This is an absolutely fantastic and evidence based development to tackle the single most preventable cause ill health. The most significant intervention since the outdoor smoking ban. Let’s all get behind this make it happen.

[Professor Chris Whitty @CMO_England]

Smoking causes multiple harms including stillbirths, lung disease, heart disease, stroke and dementia. A quarter of cancer deaths are caused by smoking.

Most smokers regret starting.

This will prevent ill health, disability and death.

https://t.co/0e8uNUItSd

[Ansaf Azhar @AnsafAzhar]

@ADMBriggs @StornowayBand @CamFolkFest @olisteadman I’ve got my guitar tuned!

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

There is no quick fix for obesity.

Instead of investing ££ billions in treatment, we need effective measures, including action to reduce opportunities for marketing unhealthy products.

Only then will we prevent obesity - and its knock-on consequences for our health.

[Anna Williams @the_spokeswoman]

Kicking off day 2 of #CycleCounty2023 with a really excellent talk by @AnsafAzhar, Director of Public Health at @OxfordshireCC. Lots here that @NikJohnsonCA would agree with - when we prioritise health we unlock so many co-benefits.

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

The gap between how long & how healthily people live in the most & least deprived areas is unacceptable & avoidable.

Today, we've published our new health inequalities position statement & submitted our response to the Major Conditions Strategy.

👀➡️https://t.co/edz97bPa5T

[Professor Chris Whitty @CMO_England]

The key points about vaping (E-cigarettes) can be easily summarised.

If you smoke, vaping is much safer; if you don’t smoke, don’t vape; marketing vapes to children is utterly unacceptable.

I expand on these points in the article below.

https://t.co/S6hrC0Y7BF

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

With just 26 days to go until the new financial year, Directors of Public Health (DsPH) are still no clearer on how much ££ they will have to spend on life changing #publichealth services.

Every day until April, we will shine a light on what services the PH Grant pays for. 🧵

[Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @ADPHUK]

Delays to the public health grant allocations make it harder for councils to plan services that protect and improve #publichealth everyday.

Our President, @jimmcmanusph, spoke to @bmj_latest about the concerns of DsPH in their wait for an announcement.

https://t.co/DFXmDpCvsY