All Public health articles – Page 104

  • News

    Police need help dealing with mentally unwell - Sainsbury Centre

    2008-09-02T12:09:00Z

    Police staff should be offered training to help them respond better to people who are having a mental health crisis and take a more active role in diverting them to services, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has said.In a briefing note, the charity also said assessment suites should be ...

  • News

    Lansley boosts councils' role in public health

    2008-09-01T10:48:10Z

    Public health directors would have to report to local authorities under plans announced by the shadow health secretary last week.Andrew Lansley told an audience at the think tank Reform that the Conservatives now envisaged councils having an even greater role in improving public health.Outlining conclusions from the party's consultation on ...

  • News

    Hospitals slam water firms over flood response failure

    2008-08-28T09:00:00Z

    NHS managers affected by last year's floods have accused their water supplier of an 'inadequate' and 'unco-ordinated' response to the emergency.

  • News

    Conservatives unveil public health proposals

    2008-08-27T12:14:00Z

    Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has outlined the Conservatives' new policy proposals on public health.They include separate and effectively ringfenced public health budgets and an independent secretary of state for public health.

  • News

    London Assembly to probe underage drinking

    2008-08-27T11:53:00Z

    The London Assembly has launched an investigation to find the true extent of underage drinking and alcohol misuse in the capital and to help find the best ways to tackle the problem.

  • Comment

    Michael White on pandemic flu

    2008-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Did you clock the government's new national risk register, published by the Cabinet Office? It was widely reported as putting pandemic flu as potentially the most lethal threat mankind is facing.

  • News

    Poorest children '10 times more likely to die'

    2008-08-20T11:16:00Z

    Children born into the UK's poorest families are 10 times more likely to die from sudden infant death syndrome than those from better-off families, the Campaign to End Child Poverty says in a new report out today.

  • News

    Testicular cancer awareness campaign starts in Wales

    2008-08-18T12:29:00Z

    Health Challenge Wales has launched a campaign to put posters in changing rooms throughout Wales urging young men to check themselves for signs of testicular cancer.

  • News

    Do not ban cigarette displays, say corner shops

    2008-08-18T12:25:00Z

    The Association of Convenience Stores has urged the government to stop plans to ban counter displays of cigarettes.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Promoting public health in the acute sector

    2008-08-18T09:00:00Z

    Hospitals in England are expected to perform a public health function for the communities they serve. Abraham George and colleagues explain how hospitals can increase their capacity to do so

  • News

    PCT may part fund free school meals

    2008-08-14T11:49:00Z

    Liverpool city council is to consult on a proposal to offer free school meals to all primary school children, which could be partly funded by Liverpool primary care trust.

  • News

    Sophia Christie on the Naomi Campbell effect

    2008-08-14T09:00:00Z

    At a recent House of Commons gathering to discuss the role of commissioning in delivering improvement, there was silence on the application of world class standards to the commissioning of primary care.

  • News

    Health volunteering in Cambodia - tackling inequalities

    2008-08-12T09:00:00Z

    In the latest of a series on volunteering abroad in the health service, Patricia Sloan talks about the drive to reduce health inequalities in the Cambodian health system

  • News

    One in 10 adult deaths caused by diabetes, charity claims

    2008-08-11T11:33:00Z

    One in 10 deaths among 20 to 79 year olds is caused by diabetes, the charity Diabetes UK has claimed.

  • News

    Cancer patients more likely to contemplate suicide - Cancer Research UK

    2008-08-11T11:23:00Z

    Cancer patients are three times more likely than the general population to consider suicide or think they would be better off dead, according to a study for Cancer Research UK.

  • News

    Primary care trusts advised on MMR vaccination programme

    2008-08-07T12:34:00Z

    Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to primary care trusts to ask them to offer the MMR vaccine to all under-18s who have not been vaccinated.

  • News

    Top-up review risks compromising NHS credibility

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The government's review of the ban on 'top-up' payments for non-NHS treatments risks compromising the credibility of the NHS, public health chiefs are warning.

  • News

    Holistic approach to sexual health

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    One element of GP involvement in sexual health services which I think has been missed from the report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health is their potential role in practice based commissioning.

  • News

    Much to learn about disability

    2008-08-07T09:00:00Z

    The findings of the independent inquiry into access to healthcare for people with learning disabilities prove that people with a learning disability are being discriminated against in the NHS, which is leading to unnecessary pain and death.

  • Comment

    Sue Ashmore on breastfeeding and public health

    2008-08-06T09:00:00Z

    To convey the public health benefits of breastfeeding, authors sometimes ask readers to imagine a miracle drug that prevents numerous childhood illnesses, has continued benefits into adulthood, is free to manufacture and readily available.