All Public health articles – Page 102

  • Comment

    Media Watch: cabinet reshuffle

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    What's in a name? Plenty according to the papers, which were this weekend reporting that a crop of senior ministers including health secretary Alan Johnson are determined to hang on to their titles in the event of a reshuffle.

  • News

    New body set to improve public health profile

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    A 6,000-strong campaigning organisation has been formed from the merger of two existing public health groups.

  • Leader

    Tory blueprint is light on detail as Lansley prepares for power

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    As the party conference season draws to a close, it is the similarities rather than the contrasts between the two main parties which shine through.

  • News

    Carers behind bars

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    Thank you Julia Tabreham for putting a spotlight on 'carers behind bars' - prison inmates giving routine care to others who are elderly, vulnerable or ill.

  • News

    Government sets out health strategy at home and abroad

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has launched a government-wide strategy to tackle global health problems.

  • News

    London puts short-term health targets above inequalities

    2008-10-02T09:00:00Z

    NHS London is deferring work on health inequalities to focus on improving commissioning and delivering Lord Darzi's vision.

  • News

    Alcohol retailing consultation to end soon

    2008-09-30T11:45:00Z

    The Department of Health has called for more responses to a consultation on alcohol retailing. The final date to submit responses is 14 October.

  • News

    Tobacco products to get picture warnings

    2008-09-29T11:50:00Z

    Graphic picture warnings will be introduced on tobacco products from 1 October, chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has announced.The Department of Health said smokers were more likely to remember the damage they are doing to their health if they have seen a picture.

  • News

    Cancer may be linked to wealth, study finds

    2008-09-29T11:34:00Z

    An analysis of more than 3,000 cancer patients has found cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people and breast cancer and melanoma higher in the wealthy.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    NHS social marketing: the hard sell

    2008-09-29T09:00:00Z

    Public services in the UK have been slow to develop social marketing. Can the NHS reclaim the term so it is no longer thought of simply as spin? Caroline White reports

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Getting to the bottom of NHS diabetes care

    2008-09-29T09:00:00Z

    Diabetes is on the rise and is estimated to be responsible for more than one in 10 deaths in England - so why are more GPs not detecting and monitoring it, asks Emma Dent

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Are we killing psychiatric patients with food?

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    High-calorie meals and little exercise mean psychiatric inpatients often put on weight and damage their health. Sharmila Menon looks at how hospitals can manage the problem without violating patients' rights

  • Comment

    Naomi Chambers on health and education

    2008-09-26T09:00:00Z

    With all the emphasis on world class commissioning, it is important to remember that primary care trust boards are tasked with improving the health of the population they serve, not just with the delivery of healthcare.

  • News

    Healthy school dinners for primary pupils

    2008-09-25T12:55:00Z

    Primary school children in deprived areas will be given free healthy school meals in a £20m drive to cut obesity and get young people eating more healthily, health secretary Alan Johnson and children's secretary Ed Balls announced yesterday.

  • News

    PCT campaigns against domestic violence

    2008-09-25T09:00:00Z

    Hull teaching primary care trust is to attempt to tackle the problems of domestic violence by using a social marketing campaign aimed at male perpetrators of attacks.

  • News

    Women ignoring vaginal infections, says charity

    2008-09-23T11:01:00Z

    Nearly half of all women are ignoring symptoms of vaginal infections, according to a survey by women's health charity Wellbeing of Women.

  • Supplements

    Smoking supplement: fired up

    2008-09-22T09:00:00Z

    Stopping smoking is the single most important thing smokers can do to improve their current and future health.

  • News

    Flu information campaign announced

    2008-09-19T13:07:00Z

    This year's flu immunisation communications campaign begins on 1 October and will focus on people under 65 with long-term conditions as well as those aged 65 and over.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Giving up smoking is hard to do

    2008-09-18T09:00:00Z

    How can stop smoking services attract people from ethnic minorities? NICE guidance may offer the answer, writes Rosie Cameron

  • News

    Lib Dems unveil plan to slash NHS managers' pay

    2008-09-18T09:00:00Z

    Senior health managers should be forced to reapply for jobs and take pay cuts as part of a public sector cost-cutting drive, the Liberal Democrats proposed at their annual conference in Bournemouth this week.