David Woodhead on tackling alcohol abuse
The evidence is clear. We should drink less. As a nation, we stumble and fall after lengthy bouts of drinking. Pints are downed and spirits are necked.- Published:21 July 2008 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
David Woodhead David Woodhead is head of healthy communities for London Borough of Hackney and City and Hackney primary care trust. He writes in a personal capacity.
David Woodhead and Adrian Kelly on reducing teenage pregnancy
With the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in western Europe, the UK needed to take serious steps to meet its goal of halving incidents by 2010- Published:09 June 2008 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
- Author: Adrian Kelly
David Woodhead and Valerie James on tackling decommissioning
Government is stepping away from setting central targets and relinquishing direct control over delivery. Locally identified needs and priorities will take their place. Directors of public health and commissioning will be at the vanguard of service reform in the health service and local councils.
- Published:17 March 2008 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
- Author: Valerie James
David Woodhead on patient satisfaction
France and the UK may have different approaches to healthcare delivery, but many of the challenges they face are the same- Published:28 January 2008 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
David Woodhead on looking to the French for public health cues
Tackling obesity means watching how - and not just what - we eat. French eating habits could be a good example for the UK- Published:10 December 2007 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
David Woodhead on healthcare for heartbreak
The health impact of personal distress on service users as well as staff can be heavy and is a real public health challenge, says David Woodhead- Published:08 October 2007 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
David Woodhead on community hooks | Opinion
'New research seeks to assess the importance of incidental people in our lives - the local taxi driver, the neighbour who gives out hymn books at church or the shopkeeper who engages us in trivial conversation'- Published:10 September 2007 09:00
- Author: David Woodhead
