All Public health articles – Page 113
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Government firm on contamination powers
The government has rejected calls to limit powers that would allow magistrates to detain people who are thought to be 'contaminated'.
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Darzi reforms under threat in London
Poor leadership in NHS organisations is threatening to jeopardise Lord Darzi's vision to transform the capital's healthcare.NHS London board papers state it is 'likely' there will be 'insufficient leadership capacity and capability in primary care trusts and allied NHS organisations' to deliver the now junior health minister's plans.
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HSJ KnowledgeMapping data
The saying, ‘a picture paints a thousand words’, is never more accurate than in the context of maps. Maps are unrivalled in their power to make geographical data more comprehensible.
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HSJ Partners
New guidance on pandemic flu
The NHS Networks pandemic flu page has been updated with several new guidance documents for acute hospitals, ambulance trusts, hospices and other health and care bodies.
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Teachers' views sought on sex education
The Sex Education Forum has launched an online survey to find out what teachers need in order to offer high-quality sex and relationships education to young people.
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Guidance on services for lesbian, gay and bisexual people
New guidance designed to improve healthcare services for lesbian, gay and bisexual people has been issued to NHS Wales.
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Report shows drop in meningitis deaths
Last year was the first year that no-one under 19 died from meningococcal C/meningitis, a report published today shows.The director of immunisation's report says the government's national immunisation programme has prevented more than 3,000 deaths and cases of serious illness and ensured that young people are not at risk from ...
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Vaccine development threatened by cost-cutting
What should be a 'golden era' in the development of vaccines is being threatened by a drive to cut costs, a report by a leading academic says.
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Comment
Sophia Christie on tackling the digital divide
Economic growth is increasingly driven by the skill of the local workforce and more specifically confidence and competence in using digital technologies.
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HSJ Knowledge
Improving the detection of COPD
There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.
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Comment
Media Watch: health service jargon
Most would agree health service jargon is a pain but it appears it can also be dangerous.
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Progress report on genetics published
The Department of Health's chief scientist and director general for health improvement and protection, Professor David Harper, has published his progress review on the implementation of the 2003 white paper on genetics.
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Scotland pledges £6m to fight childhood obesity
Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced £6m of funding to tackle childhood obesity.Health boards will be asked to set up weight treatment programmes for children aged five to 15 to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address the causes of weight gain.
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HSJ Knowledge
Disease: a warning from history
Improved public health, medical advances and greater public awareness should have consigned many diseases to the past. But now illnesses such as rickets and syphilis have staged a comeback. Ingrid Torjesen looks at the latest efforts to combat them
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Maggie Rae on spending time in general practice
Sometimes it is good to see the world from another viewpoint. We can all get very focused on our priorities, roles and responsibilities. Occasionally it can be worth swapping seats and seeing how the world looks from a new angle.
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Royal College of Physicians publishes annual report
The Royal College of Physicians has published its annual report.
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HSJ Knowledge
A free ride?
Results and recommendations from the 2008 Spokes NHS Bicycle Mileage Survey
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Attack on 'cool' screen smokers
A partnership organisation led by a primary care trust is campaigning for under-18s to be banned from watching films that feature characters who smoke.
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QOF harms inequality progress
The freedom of GPs to 'exception report' patients may be undermining efforts to reduce health inequalities, experts have told the Commons health select committee.