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In addition to many radio and TV appearances as the JCVI spokesperson to discuss the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Professor Harnden has featured in several in-depth interviews and Q&As, which you can access below:

Science and Technology Select Committee (9:30 28 February 2021)
Science and Technology Select Committee (10:34 28 April 2021）
Royal Society of Medicine COVID- 19 Webinar
RCGP You tube panel discussion
ITV Podcast
British Medical Journal Podcast

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St Hugh's College

Anthony Harnden

MB ChB MSc FRCGP FRCPCH

Professor of Primary Care

GP, Morland House Surgery
GMC Council member
Lay Commissioner, Judicial Appointments Commission
Fellow of St Hugh's College

Anthony Harnden is Professor of Primary Care, General Practitioner and Fellow of St Hugh's College. He has research interests in infections and paediatrics in primary care, specifically common childhood infections, vaccine preventable infections and the early diagnosis of rare but important childhood diseases.

He was appointed to the GMC Council as a board member in 2017. The GMC is responsible for the regulation of all UK doctors and UK medical schools. Professor Harnden is currently Chairman of the GMC Remuneration Committee. He is an editorial advisor for the British Medical Journal series ‘Easily Missed?

He was Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Primary Care Health Sciences 2017-2022, the primary care lead for the Confidential Enquiry in Child Deaths in 2008 and chaired a group which developed a Child Health strategy for the Royal College of General Practitioners 2010-15.

He was the GP member of the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) 2006 - 2024 and Deputy Chairman 2015 -2024. JCVI advises the UK government on vaccine policy, including the Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Recent publications

Predictive factors for the diagnosis of coeliac disease in children and young people in primary care: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Farrier CE. et al, (2024), PLoS ONE, 19

Development and validation of risk prediction models for childhood, teenage and young adult cancers: research protocol and statistical analysis plan

Saatci D. et al, (2024)

The early use of Antibiotics for At-risk children with InfluEnza in Primary Care (the ARCHIE programme)

Wang K. et al, (2023), Programme Grants for Applied Research, 11, vii - 57

ntibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care: ARTIC-PC RCT

Little P. et al, (2023), Health Technology Assessment, 27

Childhood, teenage and young adult cancer diagnosis during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: A population-based observational cohort study in England

Saatci D. et al, (2022), Archives of Disease in Childhood, 107, 740 - 746

Quality of life, healthcare use and costs in at-risk' children after early antibiotic treatment versus placebo for influenza-like illness: Within-trial descriptive economic analyses of the ARCHIE randomised controlled trial

Rombach I. et al, (2022), BMJ Open, 12

Physical and mental health 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection (long COVID) among adolescents in England (CLoCk): a national matched cohort study

Stephenson T. et al, (2022), The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 6, 230 - 239

Risks of myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmias associated with COVID-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection

Patone M. et al, (2022), Nature Medicine, 28, 410 - 422

ntibiotics for lower respiratory tract infection in children presenting in primary care in England (ARTIC PC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Little P. et al, (2021), The Lancet, 398, 1417 - 1426

The early use of Antibiotics for at Risk CHildren with InfluEnza-like illness (ARCHIE): A double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

Wang K. et al, (2021), European Respiratory Journal, 58

Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care

Moure-Fernandez A. et al, (2020), BMJ Open, 10

Place of death, care-seeking and care pathway progression in the final illnesses of children under five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Price J. et al, (2019), Journal of Global Health, 9

Clinically Diagnosing Pertussis-associated Cough in Adults and Children: CHEST Guideline and Expert Panel Report

Moore A. et al, (2019), Chest, 155, 147 - 154

Preference-based measures to obtain health state utility values for use in economic evaluations with child-based populations: a review and UK-based focus group assessment of patient and parent choices

Wolstenholme JL. et al, (2018), Quality of Life Research, 27, 1769 - 1780

Circumstances of child deaths in Mali and Uganda: a community-based confidential enquiry

Willcox ML. et al, (2018), The Lancet Global Health, 6, e691 - e702

Early use of Antibiotics for at Risk CHildren with InfluEnza (ARCHIE): Protocol for a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial

Wang K. et al, (2018), BMJ Open, 8

Death audits and reviews for reducing maternal, perinatal and child mortality

Willcox ML. et al, (2018), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018

Hospital readmissions with acute infectious diseases in New Zealand children < 2 years of age

Seibt S. et al, (2018), BMC Pediatrics, 18

Moving forward on strengthening and sustaining National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) globally: Recommendations from the 2nd global NITAG network meeting

MacDonald NE. et al, (2017), Vaccine, 35, 6925 - 6930

Effect of oral prednisolone on symptom duration and severity in nonasthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection: A randomized clinical trial

Hay AD. et al, (2017), JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 318, 721 - 730

Clinical Characteristics of Pertussis-Associated Cough in Adults and Children: A Diagnostic Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Moore A. et al, (2017), Chest, 152, 353 - 367

Effect of nasal balloon autoinflation in children with otitis media with effusion in primary care: An open randomized controlled trial

Williamson I. et al, (2015), CMAJ, 187, 961 - 969

n open randomised study of autoinflation in 4- to 11-year-old school children with otitis media with effusion in primary care

Williamson I. et al, (2015), Health Technology Assessment, 19, 1 - 149

cute rheumatic fever

Webb RH. et al, (2015), BMJ (Online), 351

Can oral corticosteroids reduce the severity or duration of an acute cough, and the associated National Health Service and societal costs, in adults presenting to primary care? Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Downing HE. et al, (2015), Trials, 16

Identification of children at risk of influenza-related complications in primary and ambulatory care: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Gill PJ. et al, (2015), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 3, 139 - 149

The impact of primary care on emergency department presentation and hospital admission with pneumonia: a case-control study of preschool-aged children

Emery DP. et al, (2015), NPJ primary care respiratory medicine, 25

RE ORAL STEROIDS EFFECTIVE IN TREATING THE SYMPTOMS OF ACUTE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION IN NON-ASTHMATIC ADULTS? THE ORAL STEROIDS FOR ACUTE COUGH (OSAC) PLACEBO-CONTROLLED RANDOMISED TRIAL

Hay AD. et al, (2015), THORAX, 70, A50 - A50

Whooping cough in school age children presenting with persistent cough in UK primary care after introduction of the preschool pertussis booster vaccination: Prospective cohort study

Wang K. et al, (2014), BMJ Online, 348

Neuraminidase inhibitors for preventing and treating influenza in adults and children

Jefferson T. et al, (2014), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2014

Montelukast for postinfectious cough in adults: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

Wang K. et al, (2014), LANCET RESPIRATORY MEDICINE, 2, 35 - 43

Modelling anti-pertussis toxin IgG antibody decay following primary and preschool vaccination with an acellular pertussis vaccine in UK subjects using a modified oral fluid assay

Fry NK. et al, (2013), Journal of Medical Microbiology, 62, 1281 - 1289

Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999-2010: National database analysis

Gill PJ. et al, (2013), Archives of Disease in Childhood, 98, 328 - 334

Increase in emergency admissions to hospital for children aged under 15 in England, 1999-2010: National database analysis

Gill PJ. et al, (2013), Archives of Disease in Childhood

Montelukast for postinfectious cough in adults: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

Wang K. et al, (2013), The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Pain over speed bumps in diagnosis of acute appendicitis: Diagnostic accuracy study

Ashdown HF. et al, (2012), BMJ (Online), 345

Clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children and adolescents with community-acquired pneumonia

Wang K. et al, (2012), Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012

Prioritizing areas for quality marker development in children in UK general practice: Extending the use of the nominal group technique

Gill PJ. et al, (2012), Family Practice, 29, 567 - 575

Mycoplasma pneumoniae and respiratory virus infections in children with persistent cough in England: A retrospective analysis

Wang K. et al, (2011), Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 30, 1047 - 1051

Mycoplasma pneumoniae and respiratory virus infections in children with persistent cough in england: A retrospective analysis

Wang K. et al, (2011), The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Diagnosis in general practice: Excluding serious illness in feverish children in primary care: Restricted rule-out method for diagnosis

Thompson MJ. et al, (2009), BMJ (Online), 338, 1006 - 1008

Neuraminidase inhibitors for treatment and prophylaxis of influenza in children: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.

Shun-Shin M. et al, (2009), BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 339

Effect of antibiotic prescribing on antibiotic resistance in individual children in primary care: Prospective cohort study

Chung A. et al, (2007), British Medical Journal, 335, 429 - 431

Detection of anti-pertussis toxin IgG in oral fluids for use in diagnosis and surveillance of Bordetella pertussis infection in children and young adults

Litt DJ. et al, (2006), Journal of Medical Microbiology, 55, 1223 - 1228

Why do General Practitioners prescribe antibiotics for acute infective conjunctivitis in children? Qualitative interviews with GPs and a questionnaire survey of parents and teachers

Rose PW. et al, (2006), Family Practice, 23, 226 - 232

Chloramphenicol treatment for acute infective conjunctivitis in children in primary care: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Rose PW. et al, (2005), Lancet, 366, 37 - 43

Intranasal midazolam for treating febrile seizures in children. Caution is required in applying hospital based evidence to primary care population.

Harnden A., (2001), BMJ, 322

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