All Public health articles – Page 9
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CommentThe NHS and its partners must 'take risks' to improve care for children
For healthcare to truly improve the overall outcomes of children and young people health issues must be addressed holistically alongside factors like safety, wellbeing, and access to education, training and skills. By Rukshana Kapasi
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NewsExclusive: Government alert over surge in respiratory virus affecting babies and toddlers
The chief medical officers of the four UK nations are set to warn about a surge in admissions of severely ill, very young children later this year, due to the resurgence of a respiratory virus which has been suppressed by anti-covid measures, HSJ can reveal.
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CommentThe non-covid dividends from Test and Trace
The UK’s covid testing work offers several promising — and dramatic — longer term dividends for public health and healthcare, says Axel Heitmueller, who oversaw developments at NHS Test and Trace.
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CommentWhat Stevens’ successor needs to bring to the table
Sir Simon Stevens’ time as NHS England chief has shown us the service needs a different kind of leadership which places trust in the people who do the caring, says Charlotte Augst
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NewsGovernment paid £38m for covid diagnostics contract that was never signed
The government has paid out nearly £38.5m to a covid diagnostics supplier despite never signing a full contract with the firm.
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NewsExclusive: Windrush scandal made ethnic minority people ‘fearful’ of using cancer services
Fears that their data would be shared with the Home Office following the Windrush scandal left some people from ethnic minorities afraid to access cancer services during the pandemic, an NHS England document has revealed.
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CommentStudy reveals overly negative misperceptions people hold about the NHS
Professor Bobby Duffy and Charles Tallack touch upon certain misperceptions people have of the NHS’ performance, in a study conducted by King’s College London
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Appearances matter
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsNHS to cancel thousands of under 30s’ first vaccinations immediately
Thousands of bookings for 18-29-year-olds to receive a first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will be cancelled immediately by the NHS, HSJ has learned.
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NewsPHE’s emeritus medical director dies
Public Health England’s emeritus medical director has died four years after being diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: Don’t blow it
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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CommentPandemic has reinforced the need to ‘get a move on’ in tackling racial inequality
Rob Webster and Fatima Khan-Shah shed light on the ambition of further creating an equitable, fair and safe environment that promotes ethnically diverse talent.
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NewsOnly one in three of trust’s black Caribbean staff vaccinated
Just over a third of black Caribbean staff have been vaccinated at one of the London acutes most heavily impacted by the pandemic, new data has revealed.
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NewsNew health promotion unit to use Singapore-style rewards to prompt people to be healthier
The new unit for national health improvement and promotion will use Singapore-style incentive schemes involving the private sector to encourage people to eat healthily and exercise more, HSJ understands.
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CommentCowper’s Cut: The PM’s hymn to greed marks an unhappy anniversary week
Andy Cowper shares his insights on the hot topics of the past week.
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NewsPHE staff to be split between DHSC and new health security agency
The government today said Public Health England’s health improvement functions will be folded into the Department of Health and Social Care while the health protection elements form part of a new government agency.
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HSJ AwardsHSJ Awards 2020: Primary Care Networks, GP or Community Provider of the Year
WINNER: MoreLife UK – Providing Life-Changing Healthy Lifestyle Services in East Anglia to Protect our NHS
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News‘Smoking ruin’ DHSC could not lead vaccine procurement says Dominic Cummings
Downing Street took covid vaccine procurement out of the ‘smoking ruin’ of the Department of Health and Social Care in the early stages of the pandemic, according to Dominic Cummings the former chief advisor to the Prime Minister.
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CommentThe NHS is sleepwalking into a cardiovascular catastrophe
Cardiovascular disease has received a concerning disregard during the pandemic, which will mean a looming avalanche of strokes and heart attacks over the coming months and years, warns Jules Payne
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NewsTest and Trace cuts 8,000 posts
The government’s Test and Trace service is cutting around 8,000 workers as covid cases continue to decline from the January peak, HSJ has learned.