All Public health articles – Page 35
-
NewsCoalition health reforms 'damaging and distracting', says think tank
The coalition government’s flagship legislation on health was ‘damaging and distracting’, and ‘historians will not be kind in their assessment’ of its record on NHS reform, an influential think tank has claimed.
-
HSJ LocalNorth East London FT to go smoke free this year
STRUCTURE: North East London Foundation Trust plans to ban smoking in all parts of its premises in October.
-
HSJ LocalManchester trust fears council cuts will impact services
FINANCE: A Manchester provider has warned that “stringent” council budget cuts could hit its community services.
-
CommentEverybody needs good neighbours as our older population grows
Patient expectations and budgets
-
HSJ KnowledgePublic health gets with the programme using technology
Smart solutions for getting public health messages across
-
HSJ LocalGPs privately urged to prescribe Tamiflu despite concerns
WORKFORCE: NHS England is encouraging GPs to prescribe Tamiflu to care and nursing home patients as a preventative measure, despite concerns about its effectiveness.
-
CommentGet ahead and plan your end of life care before it's too late
Make your choices known on end of life care
-
NewsBurnham attacks 'judgmental' restrictions on surgery for obese patients
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has attacked attempts by NHS commissioners to restrict routine surgery for overweight patients and smokers.
-
NewsExclusive: Public Health England examines older people life expectancy 'alert'
National public health officials are investigating concerns about a ‘sustained’ fall in the life expectancy of older people in some areas, after a local authority raised an alert.
-
HSJ LocalLeeds CCG appoints associate medical director
WORKFORCE: Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group has appointed Fiona Day as associate medical director.
-
-
-
NewsCCGs must set targets for reducing health inequalities
Clinical commissioning groups will have to set targets for reducing health inequalities and improving outcomes for health and wellbeing, under the 2015-16 planning guidance.
-
HSJ KnowledgeTips to prevent mental health co-morbidities in diabetic patients
A project in London has developed a model for diagnosing and treating the mental health co-morbidities of diabetes. Steven Reid explains
-
HSJ KnowledgeImmigration Act: Implications for GPs and trusts explained
GPs and trusts to enforce Immigration Act
-
-
HSJ LocalNEW Devon drops plans to restrict surgery for smokers and obese patients
Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group has dropped controversial ‘rationing’ plans that would have restricted elective surgery to smokers and obese patients.
-
CommentReshape guidelines on body contouring surgery to best treat obese patients
After weight loss surgery
-
HSJ KnowledgeThe Ebola crisis: four lessons for the NHS
How a British team in Sierra Leone helped boost the health system
-
HSJ LocalNEW Devon imposes widespread restrictions on smokers and obese patients
Morbidly obese patients in most of Devon will have to lose up to 5 per cent of their weight before undergoing any elective surgery, under plans confirmed by the country’s largest clinical commissioning group.