All Health inequalities articles – Page 36
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News
NHS faces up to 1,000 lawsuits over prison drug programmes
The NHS may have to pay up to £3.5m in damages to prisoners who claim they received poor support in giving up drugs.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe north-south alcohol divide
The annual cost of alcohol harm to the NHS is nearly £3bn - and rising. Around 6 per cent of all hospital admissions in 2006-07 were related to alcohol and this figure is increasing by 80,000 every year, according to the government alcohol strategy Safe, Sensible, Social.
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Call for more research as cancer survival rates rise
The NHS cancer plan has improved survival rates in England but wide regional variations remain.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhat can turn the tide of the obesity epidemic?
By mid-century the cost to the NHS of weight related health problems could double to more than £8bn and a quarter of UK children may be obese. Emma Dent asks what is being done about a huge challenge
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Government accused of 'wanton experimentation on the public'
MPs have accused the government of “wanton large scale experimentation on the public” through poorly evidenced health inequalities policies.
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Comment
Michael White on health inequalities
Late Sunday afternoon I made myself comfortable to read the latest Commons select committee report on health inequalities before cooking our planned supper of grilled fish and greens.
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Government accused of 'wanton experimentation on the public'
MPs have accused the government of “wanton large scale experimentation on the public” through poorly evidenced health inequalities policies.
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HSJ KnowledgeDoes quality differ across UK nations?
Almost 10 years since constitutional devolution can we see any differences in the quality of healthcare provided in the different UK populations, based on the emerging differences in policy?