All Public health articles – Page 103
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Supplements
Smoking supplement: fired up
Stopping smoking is the single most important thing smokers can do to improve their current and future health.
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News
Flu information campaign announced
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.
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HSJ Knowledge
Giving up smoking is hard to do
How can stop smoking services attract people from ethnic minorities? NICE guidance may offer the answer, writes Rosie Cameron
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News
Lib Dems unveil plan to slash NHS managers' pay
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.
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HSJ Knowledge
Stop-smoking case studies: quitters can win
Now the most motivated ex-smokers have stubbed out their last cigarette, Ingrid Torjesen finds out how services are reaching out to the less enthusiastic would-be quitters
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HSJ Knowledge
And the smoking ban played on
One year on Ann Shuttleworth considers the effects of the smoking bans in England and Scotland and other efforts to make people quit
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HSJ Knowledge
Sift through the ashes of smoking
Could the death toll have been lowered by offering nicotine replacement therapy on the NHS earlier? Emma Baines looks through the policy history of smoking cessation
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News
Cases of legionnaires' to rise
More cases of legionnaires' disease are likely as a result of climate change, researchers predict.
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News
£75m pledged to tackle childhood obesity
The government is to launch a £75m national programme aimed at tackling childhood obesity and has asked local authorities and primary care trusts to align their local initiatives to the new brand - Change4Life.
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News
Lib Dems demand inquiry into C difficile outbreak
The Liberal Democrats have demanded a public inquiry into the C difficile outbreak at Vale of Leven Hospital in Scotland.
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News
NHS inequalities row is shrouded in secrecy
The question of whether poor urban areas should continue to get the most funding is about fundamental NHS principles - so why is it being discussed behind closed doors? Sally Gainsbury reports
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HSJ KnowledgeReducing the traffic death toll
Why are the media and public not campaigning for new laws that would reduce road traffic collisions, particularly when nearly a half of all UK road deaths (40 per cent) involve young people?
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News
Police cells 'unsuitable' for Mental Health Act detentions
Twice as many people are detained in unsuitable police custody for assessment under the Mental Health Act as are taken to hospital by police for this purpose, a report published by the Independent Police Complaints Commission has revealed.
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News
London Health Commission appoints chairman
Councillor Mary O'Connor has been appointed chairman of the London Health Commission.
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News
Credit crunch affecting public health, charity says
Research for the Blood Pressure Association has found the credit crunch is affecting public health, diet and fitness.
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News
Diabetes UK warns on diagnosis gap
Charity Diabetes UK has warned that NHS services in England are failing to diagnose people with type 2 diabetes.
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HSJ Knowledge
Patient choice in mental health: your shout
The views of mental health patients will become much more important over the next decade as they demand services tailored to their needs, writes Mark Gould
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News
GPs unprepared for flu pandemic, survey finds
Many GP surgeries are unprepared for a flu pandemic, a risk survey has found.
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News
Wales kicks off HPV vaccination scheme
The Welsh Assembly has launched its programme of HPV vaccination.
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News
Cervical cancer immunisation plans may exclude Muslim girls
Muslim girls will be excluded from a national vaccination scheme against cervical cancer because it clashes with the holy month of Ramadan, religious leaders are warning.