All Public health articles – Page 42
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SupplementsGo to the mosques and temples – Health Check case study
How can health checks be more successful? One London borough is reaching out further into communities, while charities believe the checks themselves could be broader
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Supplements'The signs were there, but weren't picked up'
Heart sinking’ experiences of being called to crises for patients he had never seen have made Professor Michael Kirby an ardent advocate of health checks, reports Jennifer Trueland
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NewsLack of support for health information producers
Many health information producers are not equipped to create understandable and usable products for the public, research suggests.
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NewsHealth experts to 'mine' GP notes
British researchers have begun work analysing doctors’ notes in a “big data” project which it is hoped could revolutionise healthcare and treatments.
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Statistics 'vital to boost health'
Experts say analysis of statistics needs to continue to help boost people’s health amid concerns at cuts being considered at the Office of National Statistics.
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CommentWhy independence for directors of public health is so important
The updated role is vital for patient safety
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NewsMore help needed for mentally ill to quit smoking
Health boards are being urged to examine the support they offer to people with mental illness to help them quit smoking.
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NewsAusterity measures 'bad for nation's health'
The government has been urged to look more closely at the impact of austerity measures on the health of the nation before it pursues more cuts.
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NewsUpdated: Councils told to spend DH cash on public health
Councils’ public health grants are to be ringfenced for a third year, Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie has revealed.
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NewsUK addictions costing billions
The UK is the “addiction capital of Europe”, with some of its highest rates of opiate addiction and dependence on alcohol, a report has warned.
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NewsOver-40s health checks dubbed 'waste of time'
Health checks offered to millions of people over 40 are a waste of time and could lead to people taking medicines unnecessarily, the head of the Royal College of GPs has said.Dr Clare Gerada said the government was promoting its NHS Health Check programme “against good evidence”.Her intervention comes after ...
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NewsOne in five councils allocates no child obesity cash, official figures show
Almost a fifth of top-tier councils appear not to have earmarked any funding for tackling child obesity this year, according to official figures.
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NewsPHE says flu and cold weather to blame for spike in excess deaths
The national public health oversight body has said excess deaths during winter 2012-13 “would seem to be” due to “a combination of circulating influenza and cold weather”.
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NewsMedical chief tried hash cookies
England’s chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, has admitted eating hash cookies at university.
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NHS staff with HIV ban to be lifted
The government is to lift a ban on NHS workers with HIV carrying out certain procedures on patients.
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HSJ KnowledgeFighting fit: taking on the UK's obesity crisis
Rotheram’s framework has successfully reduced obesity
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NewsExclusive: Analysis which sparked deaths controversy is axed
The national public health oversight body has stopped its regular analysis reports which drew attention to the fact that mortality among older people has been higher than expected since the beginning of 2012.
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NewsPopulation boom means '5,000 more midwives' required
Thousands of extra midwives are needed to help hospitals cope with the pressure of a rising birth rate, experts have said.
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NewsCouncil rejects public health specialist for top job
The appointment of the most high profile executive director responsible for public health who comes from a non-public health background has been announced.