All Prevention articles – Page 5
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CommentTurning leadership on its head
To build a workforce and culture fit for the future, the NHS needs to let go of its “looking upwards” tendency and build its leadership culture ground-up from the frontline, says Halima Khan
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CommentThe need for a new social model of health ensuring all parts of the system work together
As a country we are still overly preoccupied with cure rather than prevention and it is leading to an inefficient allocation of public spending and stagnating health – a point we argue in our latest report, Beyond the NHS: Addressing the root causes of poor health, write Sally-Marie Bamford and ...
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CommentWhat does the global climate emergency mean for UK healthcare leaders?
Healthcare leaders are called to play their part in reducing the NHS carbon footprint as part of the jigsaw to reduce the rate of global warming, writes Dr Fiona Day
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HSJ AwardsCaring for carers
The 2018 HSJ Award for System Led Support for Carers went to Hertfordshire and West Essex STP carers’ partnership’s project, which proactively provides access to identification and support
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CommentLack of consistent evaluation lets down case for public health interventions
There is a need to improve evaluation of preventive investments, both to inform decision-making and increase transparency. By Dr Eleanor Roy
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CommentWhat do the local election results mean for the NHS?
The thin majorities of the ruling Conservatives or Labour parties in many councils will have far-reaching consequences for social care and community health, explains Haydon Etherington
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NewsStevens: Treasury cannot be relied on for social care impact
The Treasury cannot be relied upon to quantify the impact of adult social care pressures on the NHS, Simon Stevens has said.
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CommentWhy 'low level' mental health problems require a sophisticated service response
Dr Nick Waggett responds to the Children’s Commissioner’s latest report on access to CAMHS
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NewsMarketing and job posts take hit from latest PHE cuts
Reducing marketing work and cutting vacant job posts have made up most of the required cuts to Public Health England’s budget in the coming financial year.
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HSJ AwardsIdentifying and preventing TB in the community
Newham clinical commissioning group has won the 2018 HSJ Award for community or primary care services redesign (London and the south) for the Newham latent tuberculosis infection screening and treatment programme. Alison Moore reports
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CommentPublic health services are still part of the NHS
Matthew Winn asks why clinical public health services are being treated as poor cousins to the NHS.
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CommentLondon is facing up to reality in the HIV prevention fight
In response to recent headlines on the PreP trial expansion, Cllr Ray Puddifoot says London boroughs are committed to playing a full part in it
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CommentNHS and local government should work closely for cancer prevention
Matthew Day, Andy Fox, Cate Edwynn and David Baldwin suggest cancer services can be a unifying opportunity that can end the debate over who will fund and commission preventive health services
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HSJ InteractiveHarnessing teledermatology to improve cancer care in Leeds
Underpinned by a cross sector collaboration, a teledermatology service for patients with suspicious skin lesions is already showing demonstrable benefits for the wider system, writes Claire Read
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HSJ InteractiveIntegrating care for children and young people
Jon Rouse on the renewed national emphasis on children and young people’s health, and how Greater Manchester is working specifically towards it
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CommentLocal organisations can help implement the long-term plan
Alex Lohman explains how local healthcare organisations and charities with expertise in managing specific health conditions – like sight loss and how to avoid it – can help meet the goals of the long-term plan
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NewsInequalities shift 'needs political and societal intervention'
Historically ingrained health inequalities in England won’t be reversed by measures in the long-term plan, which require bigger “political and societal” interventions, according to a public health expert whose work contributed to the plan.
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NewsInfection measures reviewed after baby’s death
A trust has reviewed infection prevention and control measures after a premature baby was infected with pseudomonas in a neonatal intensive care unit.
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NewsAnger as NHS England accused of public health 'land grab'
NHS England has been accused of a “crude” attempt to engineer a “land grab” after its NHS long-term plan suggested a diminished role for local government in public health.
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CommentThe long-term plan's ambitions are credible and deliverable
There are many reasons to be cautious about whether the long-term plan can be delivered but there is hope that the NHS can rise to the challenge it has been set, writes Chris Ham