All Public health articles – Page 60
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NewsCommissioners ordered to redo public health accounts amid 'gaming' concerns
Sir David Nicholson has ordered NHS commissioners to submit complete spending returns for 2010-11 in just six weeks amid controversy as “unexpected values and omissions” relating to public health were uncovered.
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CommentMichael Dixon: it's time for general practice to get real
I faced a difficult career decision 28 years ago. I wanted to go into general practice, but should I opt for a rural practice, where biomedicine had a clearer role, or for inner city practice, where needs were greater but medicine seemed less important?
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NewsHepatitis 'epidemic' warning as cases grow
An “epidemic” of hepatitis C will get worse without immediate action to start tackling the problem, a leading doctor has warned.
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HSJ KnowledgeGoing green for public health: transforming cities to help health and wellbeing
Liverpool’s green infrastructure strategy is proving that environmental provision such as open spaces will support wellbeing, and could have many lessons for other cities to learn from across the UK. Dr Paula Grey explains.
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NewsWastage efficiency drive launched by DH
The attempt by the NHS to deliver £20bn worth of efficiency savings by 2015 is being supported by a Department of Health initiative to improve medicine use and reduce wastage.
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NewsLansley announces 75 HealthWatch 'pathfinders'
Ministers reveal almost half of all upper-tier and unitary authorities will trial the new patient-involvement groups
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News'Fragmented' transport service threatens access to care
A report on transport for health and social care has found services to be “fragmented” and “lacking in leadership and monitoring”.
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NewsImproved early cancer detection initiative begins
A plan to increase early cancer detection rates by a quarter was published today.
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NewsHealth charities to lose £100m in funding after council cuts
Reductions in local government funding could see more than £100m in budget cuts forced upon thousands of charities and voluntary groups, according to research.
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NewsMental health incentives could be removed
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence’s recommendation that financial incentives for GPs to support patients with depression should be axed has sparked concern from the mental health sector.
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NewsNew drivers will be asked to sign up to donor register
People who apply online for a driving licence will be required to answer a question regarding organ donation, under a new scheme starting today.
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NewsLiver transplant patients could hit 4,000 by 2020
More than 4,000 people in England may need a liver transplant by 2020 because of hepatitis C, experts have warned.
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CommentNoel Plumridge: the price of reputation
How would you feel about a health insurer that took your premium payments and then turned down your claim, not on the basis of an alleged pre-existing condition, or something in the contractual small print, but simply because it considered your illness a low priority?
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HSJ Knowledge
Optimum value: transforming healthcare delivery from volume driven to value driven
The way healthcare is currently delivered is financially unsustainable, and a shift in strategy from achieving optimum volume to achieving optimum return is required for healthcare organisations to be truly successful, according to Andrew Lentin and colleagues from consultancy Kurt Salmon.
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NewsHeart check target surpassed
The target for heart check-ups in Scotland last year was smashed as the NHS screened 75 per cent more people than expected.
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Blogs
Learning lessons in mental health care from around the world
A global call for action into mental health research has set out a list of priorities that identify the most pressing challenges to delivering improved mental health care and improving the lives of people with mental health in the UK
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LeaderThe vision for public health dims as confusion surrounds spending
When health secretary Andrew Lansley unveiled the public health white paper last November he called for a “paradigm shift” by which professionals would be locally empowered to bring about the improvements that a plethora of central initiatives failed to achieve under New Labour.
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CommentSally Gainsbury: what price public health?
How much does the NHS spend on public health? It is an important question because, whatever the amount is, it will be hacked off the NHS commissioning budget from 2013-14 onwards and passed over to those hungry colleagues in local authorities.
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NewsCommissioning Board will dish out public health funds
The NHS Commissioning Board will have access to funding from the public health budget to commission “appropriate” programmes, the government has said.
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NewsCommissioning Board will get funds from public health budget
The NHS Commissioning Board will have access to funding from the public health budget to commission “appropriate” programmes, the government has said.