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John Dee's Almanac

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A former NHS Head of Department (Clinical Audit) and applied statistician explores the story of human health as seen through numbers. My archived COVID work up to Dec 2025 is free-to-view; articles from Jan 2026 are a mix of freebie and pay-to-view.

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A former UK G7 government scientist, Ministerial policy advisor, and one-time NHS 'suit' who, being an applied statistician, simply can't resist crunching numbers for breakfast each day. To support my work please consider becoming a paid subscriber.

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