All Public health articles – Page 29
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CommentWhat could Theresa May do about the 'burning injustice' of health inequality?
Theresa May has said she wants to address the life expectancy gap linked to poverty. We asked leading experts where she should start
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NewsSenior public health figures pan childhood obesity plan
The government’s childhood obesity plan has been branded a disappointing missed opportunity by senior public health figures after it failed to take action on marketing and advertising of junk food and paid little attention to the role of councils.
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CommentThe NHS must rise to the challenge of tackling poverty
The health service does sterling work treating the consequences of poverty but can do much to address the causes, too
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CommentPrEP row shows we can't let the NHS be picky about prevention
Jim McManus argues the NHS is ‘moralising’ about HIV when it should be working with local authorities on system-wide prevention
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NewsNHS England loses HIV drug judicial review
NHS England has lost a judicial review about whether it has the power to commission a preventative HIV drug.
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CommentChief executives’ gameplan over the next year
The future will bring more clarity to the impications of NHS finance in the current political scenario
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CommentIt's time to pick up the pace in the wearable devices debate
As wearable technology become cheaper and more widely used, it’s time to begin vital conversations about confidentiality and how best to use the data
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NewsStevens calls for new NHS 'investment fund'
Simon Stevens urges new government to take advantage of record low borrowing costs to set up NHS “investment fund” NHS England chief warns it is an “open question” whether current capital will be enough to cover basic maintenance Brexit campaign’s “£350m” bus “should be impounded as ‘exhibit A’”, he ...
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NewsWarning public health cuts risk child obesity rise
Child health experts warn public health cuts could have significant impact on the future health of children Concern over cuts to child obesity programmes Britain “disproportionately disadvantages children and young people”, say public health leaders An HSJ investigation that revealed the impact of council spending reductions on children’s ...
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CommentHealth and care sector collaboration can achieve improved efficiency
By partnering with housing services, the NHS can help patients to live healthier and more independent lives
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NewsRevealed: Children's services hardest hit by public health cuts
Services aimed at children and young people are bearing the brunt of cuts to public health spending by local authorities, an HSJ investigation has revealed.
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NewsPublic health cuts 'playing around with people's lives', says RCN chief
Government plans to scrap bursaries in England, public health cuts, caps on pay for agency staff and the removal of the Department of Health’s nursing policy unit all came under fire from the chief executive of the Royal College of Nursing at the union’s annual congress.
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CommentWhat could a regional mayor do for the health of local populations?
Rob Newton asks what impact locally elected mayors are likely to have on public health
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Value in Healthcare Awards 2016: Community Health Service Redesign
First place went to a project to increase early identification and fast-track at-risk people to an exercise intervention
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Expert BriefingWhat's new in care models: When councils should take over
Tracking everything that’s new in care models and progress of the Five Year Forward View, by integration reporter David Williams.
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NewsExclusive: NHS England U-turn on funding of council HIV drugs
NHS England confirms responsibility for reimbursing drugs for HIV post exposure prophylaxis Last month commissioner sent letter saying it would no longer pay for drugs provided by council commissioned services U-turn comes one week after legal threat prompts NHS England rethink on another HIV drug NHS England has ...
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CommentSugar is a more bitter pill to swallow than the Brexit debate
Every step forward taken by food manufacturers in the so-called war on obesity is countered by half a step backwards
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NewsNHS England refuses to fund local authority HIV drugs
Letter circulated in Yorkshire and the Humber says NHS England will no longer pay for HIV drugs provided by local authority commissioned services Association of Directors of Public Health says move is not in interests of those at risk of HIV Local government has accused NHS England of “shunting” ...
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CommentThe NHS has shunted HIV costs on to councils
Jim McManus says the decision over HIV prevention funding has serious implications for other costs