Open letter from UK based academic scientists to the secretaries of state for digital, culture, media and sport and for health and social care regarding the need for independent funding for the prevention and treatment of gambling harms
BMJ
.
2020 Jul 1:370:m2613.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2613.
Authors
Heather Wardle
1
,
James Banks
2
,
Paul Bebbington
3
,
Lindsey Blank
4
,
Henrietta Bowden Jones Obe
5
,
Stephanie Bramley
6
,
Christopher Bunn
7
,
Emma Casey
8
,
Rebecca Cassidy
9
,
Samuel R Chamberlain
10
,
James Close
11
,
Nathan Critchlow
12
,
Fiona Dobbie
13
,
Carolyn Downs
14
,
Simon Dymond
15
,
Emanuele Fino
16
,
Elizabeth Goyder
4
,
Cindy Gray
7
,
Mark Griffiths
16
,
Peter Grindrod
17
,
Lee Hogan
18
,
Alice Hoon
15
,
Kate Hunt
12
,
Richard James
19
,
Bev John
20
,
Jill Manthorpe
6
,
Jim McCambridge
21
,
David McDaid
22
,
Martin McKee
1
,
Sally McManus
23
,
Antony Moss
24
,
Caroline Norrie
6
,
David J Nutt
25
,
Jim Orford
6
26
,
Rob Pryce
4
,
Richard Purves
12
,
Gerda Reith
7
,
Amanda Roberts
27
,
Emmert Roberts
6
,
Gareth Roderique-Davies
20
,
Jim Rogers
27
,
Robert D Rogers
18
,
Stephen Sharman
6
28
,
John Strang
29
,
Richard Tunney
30
,
John Turner
28
,
Robert West
3
,
David Zendle
21
Affiliations
1
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1H 9SH, UK.
2
Sheffield Hallam University.
3
University College London.
4
University of Sheffield.
5
National Problem Gambling Clinic, University College London.
6
King's College London.
7
University of Glasgow.
8
Northumbria University.
9
Goldsmiths, University of London.
10
University of Cambridge.
11
University of Plymouth.
12
University of Stirling.
13
University of Edinburgh.
14
Lancaster University.
15
Swansea University.
16
Nottingham Trent University.
17
University of Oxford.
18
Bangor University.
19
University of Nottingham.
20
University of South Wales.
21
University of York.
22
London School of Economics.
23
City, University of London.
24
London South Bank University.
25
Imperial College London.
26
University of Birmingham.
27
University of Lincoln.
28
University of East London.
29
National Addictions Centre, King's College London.
30
Aston University.
PMID:
32611591
DOI:
10.1136/bmj.m2613
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Gambling / economics
Gambling / prevention & control*
Gambling / therapy*
Humans
United Kingdom
Grants and funding
200306/Z/15/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
200321/Z/15/Z/WT_/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom
MR/S019200/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom