All Public health articles – Page 36
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CommentTackling the weighty problem of obese patients without the scalpel
Surgery often leads to further weight gain
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CommentDon't call me 'frail': Older patients don't want to be defined by their condition
Focus on social aspects
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CommentTragic tale of 'Baby P' shows we shouldn't play the blame game
Distinguish accountability from blame
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CommentFour reasons to be optimistic about the future of healthcare
Why the future is looking brighter
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CommentMoving with the times: a preventative approach to musculoskeletal health
Tackling the musculoskeletal health issue
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CommentThere's a lack of political courage to stand up to populist nonsense
Good politics, but bad policy
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CommentA new partnership could stop preventable diseases
Charities are ready to be part of the solution
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HSJ KnowledgeInnovator case study: New pathway means earlier diagnosis of liver disease
The winners of the 2013 NHS Innovation Challenge Prize are changing lives
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NewsExclusive: Ministers keen to extend joint commissioning
Ministers want to extend NHS joint commissioning with councils to public health and children’s services, after being convinced by the better care fund planning process that the model will reap service improvements and financial benefits
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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Tackling malnourishment in children
Poor nutrition can affect the growth and development of children
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SupplementsIntegration Summit: Early learning on nutrition
Why children’s nutritional needs are as important as their education
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HSJ KnowledgePodcast: The science of behavior change in public health
Claire McDonald tells HSJ how changing people’s behaviour can lead to big changes in public health
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SupplementsRoundtable: Put nutrition at the centre of public health
Tackling malnutrition with an integrated approach
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NewsLabour 'still plans Health Act repeal'
Labour still intends to repeal the Health Act 2012 despite the shift in focus away from competition in the NHS Five Year Forward View, a shadow health minister has told HSJ.
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CommentThe entire NHS can back the forward view's vision
But there are still questions about funding
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CommentThe forward view is welcome but needs funding and stability
Its success rests in the hands of politicians
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NewsNHS plans 'radical upgrade' in public health
The NHS will become an ‘activist agent’ of social change in a ‘radical upgrade’ of prevention and public health, under plans announced today.
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NewsStevens plans 'much faster progress' to CCG target funding
The NHS England chief executive has said he wants to make “much faster progress” to clinical commissioning groups receiving their target funding allocations.
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CommentRefocus bowel health to cut unnecessary admissions and spending
Constipation costs £59m a year