All Public health articles – Page 43
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HSJ Local
East Sussex children’s iPad project awarded lottery boost
FINANCE: A project working with children with emotional and behavioural issues has been awarded over £8,000 from the Big Lottery Fund, East Sussex Healthcare Trust has announced.
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NewsEXCLUSIVE: Unexpected rise in deaths among older people
Public health officials are closely monitoring death rates as mortality among older people has been unexpectedly increasing since the beginning of 2012, HSJ has learned.
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NewsNHS checks 'could save 650 lives'
More than 650 lives a year could be saved if there was full take-up of NHS health checks, health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
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CommentMichael White: profound questions about booze and fags
It is too easy to cry “outrage” over packaging and prices
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HSJ KnowledgeHow Liverpool is integrating health and social care
Changing the way health and adult services work together
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CommentThe NHS and the public both need a culture change
Public health is the NHS’s biggest challenge now
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CommentAct now to tackle the pressure of long term cancer care
The impact of an ageing population on the NHS
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CommentWhy we should engage young people in the NHS
Working with the local school is having unexpected benefits
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HSJ Local
East Sussex public health director leaves
WORKFORCE: The head of public health at East Sussex County Council is leaving, with her deputy appointed to the role in an acting capacity.
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HSJ Local
Thanet CCG sets out vision for future
PERFORMANCE: NHS Thanet Clinical Commissioning Group has set out its plans to tackle the priority areas of tobacco-related disease, obesity and dementia.
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NewsCouncil disquiet over public health death rankings
Public Health England says premature deaths comparison site will help target local spending
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NewsCouncils to be ranked on public health outcomes
Public Health England is planning to publish national rankings of public health outcomes in different local authority areas, in a bid to encourage journalists and members of the public to “challenge those in positions of responsibility”.
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NewsUse health budget for troubled families, chief urges
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie says £2.6bn budget should be put towards DCLG programme
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NewsHealth inequality efforts 'failed'
Efforts to tackle health inequalities among England’s richest and poorest children during the last decade have failed, research claims.
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HSJ KnowledgePodcast: The next five years for population healthcare
Dr Kevin Fenton on Public Health England and health improvement
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HSJ Local
Durham Dales falling short on health checks
PERFORMANCE: GP surgeries in the Durham Dales are not calling enough patients for health checks to meet targets.
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CommentMichael White: two cheers for the Queen's Speech
The pitfalls of the Care Bill and health tourism
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CommentCarol Black: The many benefits of healthy staff
Promoting and ensuring staff health and wellbeing is essential
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