All Health inequalities articles – Page 18
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NewsCouncil rejects public health specialist for top job
The appointment of the most high profile executive director responsible for public health who comes from a non-public health background has been announced.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Unexpected rise in deaths among older people
Public health officials are closely monitoring death rates as mortality among older people has been unexpectedly increasing since the beginning of 2012, HSJ has learned.
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NewsWealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.
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Commissioning board orders urgent review of NHS allocations
The NHS Commissioning Board has ordered an “urgent, fundamental review” of the NHS allocations process after concluding that the formula devised for deciding commissioning groups funding appeared “inconsistent” with the goal of reducing health inequalities.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: to have and have not
Commissioners dream of stockings bulging with giant recurring uplifts
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of the Atlas of Variation
Mapping value helps commissioners and providers
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CommentIs choice a blight or a boon for patient care?
Will choice hit the vulnerable or drive up standards?
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HSJ KnowledgeMap a course to quality
Atlas could help deliver better healthcare for all people with kidney disease
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NewsSelbie: NHS has not 'done much good'
The new chief executive of Public Health England has said the NHS’s effort to improve health and reduce illness over the past four decades “hasn’t worked and has not been sufficient”.
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NewsGovernment rejects BMA's rationing warning
The government has rejected a warning by the new leader of Britain’s doctors that the health of NHS patients was being put at risk because they were being denied access to operations and drugs.
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NewsSteve Field appointed to NHS Commissioning Board
Steve Field and Keith Willett have been appointed to senior positions on the NHS Commissioning Board, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeA mountain to climb
The rise in Nepalese people living the UK is providing a challenge for commissioners
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CommentWhat we can learn from Team GB
The opening ceremony of the Olympics was a proud moment for the NHS
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NewsPoorer areas 'hit harder by alcohol'
Poorer communities have substantially higher levels of alcohol-related ill health, anti-social behaviour and premature deaths than their wealthier neighbours, research suggests.
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NewsCalls for extra public health funding
The Department of Health will face widespread calls to increase the total budget for public health from the £2.2bn pledged by health secretary Andrew Lansley earlier this year.
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HSJ KnowledgeOlympic legacy of a better life
NHS London is hopeful the Games will leave a lasting legacy after the athletes depart
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NewsLife expectancy linked to jobless rate
A greater risk of premature death is faced by people living in areas of England with long-term low employment, new research has claimed.
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CommentNeil Churchill: living within our means locally
It’s predicted the NHS will have to learn to live on half its long-term growth rate
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NewsWellbeing measure 'will boost health investment'
New efforts to measure the nation’s overall wellbeing will lead to more investment in health services, including mental health, the government’s “happiness tsar” has predicted.
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NewsNew quality of life indicators reveal long term condition inequalities
A major new health information collection has highlighted the worse quality of life suffered by people with long-term conditions in poorer areas.