All articles by Stuart Shepherd – Page 5

  • News

    Gateshead Health foundation trust: safety check on blood

    2007-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Mismatching blood in transfusion operations can be deadly. So when a national audit revealed some worrying gaps in safety measures, Gateshead Health foundation trust was quick to respond

  • News

    United Bristol Healthcare trust: child obesity

    2006-12-11T08:00:00Z

    Childhood obesity has doubled in England in the last ten years. The condition affects one in four children aged 11-15 and has been increasing in prevalence since the mid 1980's. Where it used to be the view that overweight children grew out of the condition as they moved into adolescence ...

  • News

    Doncaster PCT: helping benefit claimants back to work

    2006-12-11T08:00:00Z

    Barriers to Employment is as ongoing partnership project in Doncaster that supports Incapacity Benefit Claimants (IBCs) to improve their health and well-being and return to work where possible.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Reducing health inequalities for South Asian population

    2006-11-27T10:00:00Z

    Knowledge that the risk of dying prematurely from coronary heart disease is 50 per cent higher in the South Asian community - immigrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka - than in the indigenous population has been available for more than half a century.