"What is it that one wants to achieve?" 'Traditionally preventive medicine is a combination of medical practices that are designed to avoid disease and illness. It is a proactive approach to patient care with the aim of using evidence-based preventative measures to ensure that any sickness is minimised and detected early so that a patient has the best chance of recovery to optimum health.' This definition is based on a medicalised worldview of preventive medicine. Why can't we use social or political practices to avoid disease and illness? Surely the aim is better population health and is not necessarily about the individual? A healthier population will have a better quality of life, less need for healthcare and in theory should be happier and more content than an unhealthy population. I have been criticised for jumping onto the social determinants of health bandwagon now that it is a hot topic. I counter this by stating that it is only a hot topic because COVID-...