Tag Archives: Public Health England (PHE)

The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) report into gambling harm published earlier this year does not stand up to scrutiny, according to a critique by strategic advisory Regulus Partners. In its assessment of the study – which sought to calculate the societal costs of gambling – Regulus asserted that there was ‘inherent bias among some key authors’ of …

As the end of April dawns, UK gambling’s purgatory may soon be over. Regulus Partners reflects on the winding journey of the Gambling Review and how its original mandate was altered by backdrop of chaos across the government’s ranks. After more false dawns than the Carnival of Las Palmas, it seems that the publication of the Government’s White Paper on …

Ahead of the government publishing definitive industry reforms, Regulus Partners points to mounting criticism of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) that has failed to explain its tougher regulatory approach… With a White Paper on legislative reform allegedly in the offing, now would seem to be an inopportune time for the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to slip into crisis. In recent …

The UK’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) has updated research and analysis on gambling-related harms required by DCMS, ahead of the planned release of the 2005 Gambling Act review White Paper, detailing some key differences of opinion between stakeholders. The evidence presented is a follow-up to the original Public Health England (PHE) report published in September 2021, which …

Safer Gambling Week (#SGWeek2022) has been branded a ‘yearly deception’ which takes place every October by Gambling with Lives (GWL). The charity and reform group representing families bereaved by gambling-related suicide has called on MPs to ignore the industry-funded campaign that deflects from the real causes of gambling harms. Writing an op-ed on Commons news source PoliticsHome, GWL Strategy Director …

DCMS Minister Damian Collins has confirmed that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) did not inform the department of its assessment of Public Health England (PHE)’s cost reports. Andrew Bridgen, MP for North West Leicestershire, asked the Minister during a parliamentary questions session to clarify ‘on what date’ the UKGC had informed the DCMS that the findings of PHE cost estimate were ‘unreliable’. Collins, the …