Prevention: The Law of Inverse Relevance

Prevention: The Law of Inverse Relevance

Agreement: I AgreeBody: It was in the first ever episode of the BBC comedy “Yes Minister” that Sir Arnold referred to the ‘Law of Inverse Relevance’. This law states that “the less you intend to do about something, the more you have to keep talking about it”. It’s arguable that this law has been consistently applied to the prevention of ill health. Doyle, Patel and Kassam (2025) argue that policy on prevention still largely remains “a mantra” an…