All Public health articles – Page 44
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HSJ Local
Imperial clinician appointed national obesity and diabetes director
WORKFORCE: Dr Jonathan Valabhji lead clinician for diabetes Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, has been appointed national clinical director for obesity and diabetes for NHS England.
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Blogs
Politics and the English language
End Game has been a fan of minister for laughs Anna Soubry maverick style ever since she arrived at Richmond House.She’s a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm and she’s peppered her latest interview with hearty profanity.Limbering up, she declared a builder’s sign to be “fucking useless” ...
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NewsAnti-smoking campaigns top PHE marketing list
A quarter of Public Health England’s marketing budget will be spent on stopping smoking
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NewsCancer survival rates vary by geography
Cancer patients face “wide and persistent” variations in survival rates depending on where they live, officials said.
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HSJ KnowledgeResource allocation: a forgotten element of health policy
An even more important area in austerity
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News
Labour warns over 'unfair' public health budget split
The handover of responsibility for public health from primary care trusts to local authorities could be a “car crash”, the Labour party has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy CCGs must nurture local politics
Developing strong relationships with councillors must be a priority for CCGs
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HSJ KnowledgeRumours of public health's death are greatly exaggerated
The picture isn’t all doom and gloom
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HSJ KnowledgeRaising awareness of breast cancer among over 70s
How a pilot to promote detection yielded exceptional results
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NewsOnly half health and wellbeing boards consider end-of-life care
Concerns have been raised that some bodies introduced under the NHS reforms have not considered the needs of dying people.
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HSJ KnowledgeExploring how new NHS organisations will collaborate
How HWBs and AHSN will help each other
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NewsCMO notes 'catastrophic' antimicrobial resistance
The threat posed by antibiotic resistance should be ranked alongside terrorism on a list of threats to the nation, the government’s chief medical officer has said.
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HSJ Local
Sussex health visitor receives QNI grant for local project
FINANCE: A health visitor from Lewes has been awarded a £5,000 grant by the Queen’s Nursing Institute to improve access to healthcare for the Gypsy and Traveller community locally.
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CommentWe should all join Burnham's debate on integrated care
Key decisions on fusing health and social care cannot wait
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NewsSelbie: 'The NHS is not the same as health'
The chief executive of Public Health England has urged a fundamental rethink of how illness and wellbeing are perceived, stating: “The NHS is not the same as health.”
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NewsMany public health posts left unfilled
Almost a third of public health director posts could be unfilled when councils take control of the £2.7bn service in April, according to research by the Association of Directors of Public Health.
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HSJ KnowledgeImmaculate contraception: better sexual health services
A blueprint for providing free, high quality contraceptive services
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NewsCouncil-led public health group has role extended
A group of council representatives set up to negotiate local government’s new public health role with the Department of Health will continue to run for another year.
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NewsAsthma cases 'down after smoke ban'
The number of children admitted to hospital with symptoms of asthma has fallen since the ban on smoking in enclosed public places came into effect, a study has found.
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NewsWealthy south set to gain from public health funding boost
The Department of Health has almost doubled some councils’ public health allocations, according to research which reveals authorities in the relatively wealthy south and east are among the biggest winners.