All Public health articles – Page 125
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Age-friendly city guide launched
The World Health Organisation has published a guide to age-friendly cities.
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At risk groups urged to get flu jab
The government is launching a new campaign to mark the start of the flu season and encouraging 'at risk' groups to get a flu jab.
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Johnson at odds with prime minister over alcohol licensing laws
Health secretary Alan Johnson has publicly dismissed the chief medical officer's concerns about extended licensing hours - a view that now appears to put him at odds with his own prime minister.
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Public consultation to decide on the NHS's next step
Public 'juries' in 10 cities linked up live last week to kick off a huge consultation to help decide nothing less than the NHS's future. And the prime minister put in a suprise appearance. Helen Mooney reports
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Children to be weighed in bid to tackle obesity
The Department of Health has released a national child measurement programme, part of the government’s work on childhood obesity.The guidance was developed following wide consultation with primary care trusts and schools. It provides advice to PCTs on arrangements for measuring the height and weight of primary and middle school children.
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Campaign to cut child deaths launched
In an effort to cut maternal and child deaths, a global coalition of governments and organisations will launch an advocacy drive today entitled Deliver Now for Women and Children.
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Reach out to excluded groups, urges NHS Confederation
The NHS Confederation report In Sickness and In Health states that moves to create a personalised NHS must start with the most excluded and work to tackle health inequality.
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Assembly sets out to improve public's diet
A consultation designed to help improve eating habits has been launched by the Welsh Assembly.
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Survey investigates malnutrition
A three-day survey has been launched to establish how many people across the UK are malnourished when admitted to hospital and care homes.According to the British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, the results will provide hospitals and care homes with evidence of the scale of the problem in their ...
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Join the Big Quit Club, smokers urged
NHS Smokefree is to launch a nationwide campaign on commercial radio stations encouraging smokers to quit for good.
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NHS Direct campaign launched
NHS Direct has begun a new advertising campaign to remind the public of its 24/7 telephone advice service.The campaign will start on local and regional radio, moving to printed press next month.
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Lisa Rodrigues on the traits of executives
Being a chief executive is a wonderful job for those with a well-developed sense of responsibility. I read somewhere that more leaders are firstborn children than any other family position and I can understand why. As the first child, you are automatically expected to take responsibility for your siblings. If, ...
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Health hotel: exploring inequalities
At the 'Access to all areas' event speakers will address the uneven picture of public health, and ask why - despite some progress - gaps are still widening. Helen Mooney reports
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Primary care inequalities to be Johnson's top focus
Health secretary Alan Johnson has pledged to put primary care at the centre of the government drive to improve the UK's health.
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Sophia Christie on facing up to diversity
'Her one-year-old's diet was two packets of crisps a day and a glass of milk'
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Lib Dems: time to scrap PCTs
Primary care trusts should be scrapped and replaced with elected local health boards, the Liberal Democrats have proposed.
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McNab to shake up DoH on public health
The Department of Health has brought in a former primary care trust chief executive to shake up performance on public health.
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Long-term sick leave is a pain in the neck
Nearly 10 million working days are lost each year to musculoskeletal disorders. With evidence that lack of work can be bad for people's health, Stephen Bevan argues 'signing off' is not the only option
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Michael White on panic politics
'I imagined patients queuing outside their local hospital, just like Northern Rock'