All Public health articles – Page 112

  • News

    Teachers' views sought on sex education

    2008-04-21T12:40:00Z

    The Sex Education Forum has launched an online survey to find out what teachers need in order to offer high-quality sex and relationships education to young people.

  • News

    Guidance on services for lesbian, gay and bisexual people

    2008-04-21T12:24:00Z

    New guidance designed to improve healthcare services for lesbian, gay and bisexual people has been issued to NHS Wales.

  • News

    Report shows drop in meningitis deaths

    2008-04-21T12:18:00Z

    Last year was the first year that no-one under 19 died from meningococcal C/meningitis, a report published today shows.The director of immunisation's report says the government's national immunisation programme has prevented more than 3,000 deaths and cases of serious illness and ensured that young people are not at risk from ...

  • News

    Vaccine development threatened by cost-cutting

    2008-04-17T13:37:00Z

    What should be a 'golden era' in the development of vaccines is being threatened by a drive to cut costs, a report by a leading academic says.

  • Comment

    Media Watch: health service jargon

    2008-04-17T09:00:00Z

    Most would agree health service jargon is a pain but it appears it can also be dangerous.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Improving the detection of COPD

    2008-04-17T09:00:00Z

    There are over 15 million people in England with long-term conditions. Lord Darzi's interim report last October highlighted how less than 50 per cent of patients with long-term conditions receive optimal treatment, and that care does not always meet recommended guidelines.

  • Comment

    Sophia Christie on tackling the digital divide

    2008-04-17T09:00:00Z

    Economic growth is increasingly driven by the skill of the local workforce and more specifically confidence and competence in using digital technologies.

  • News

    Progress report on genetics published

    2008-04-16T14:23:00Z

    The Department of Health's chief scientist and director general for health improvement and protection, Professor David Harper, has published his progress review on the implementation of the 2003 white paper on genetics.

  • News

    Scotland pledges £6m to fight childhood obesity

    2008-04-14T11:50:00Z

    Scottish health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has announced £6m of funding to tackle childhood obesity.Health boards will be asked to set up weight treatment programmes for children aged five to 15 to promote healthy eating and physical activity and address the causes of weight gain.

  • Comment

    Maggie Rae on spending time in general practice

    2008-04-14T09:00:00Z

    Sometimes it is good to see the world from another viewpoint. We can all get very focused on our priorities, roles and responsibilities. Occasionally it can be worth swapping seats and seeing how the world looks from a new angle.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Disease: a warning from history

    2008-04-14T09:00:00Z

    Improved public health, medical advances and greater public awareness should have consigned many diseases to the past. But now illnesses such as rickets and syphilis have staged a comeback. Ingrid Torjesen looks at the latest efforts to combat them

  • News

    Royal College of Physicians publishes annual report

    2008-04-11T11:36:00Z

    The Royal College of Physicians has published its annual report.

  • News

    DH publishes winter report

    2008-04-10T12:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has published its annual winter report.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    A free ride?

    2008-04-10T11:35:27Z

    Results and recommendations from the 2008 Spokes NHS Bicycle Mileage Survey

  • News

    QOF harms inequality progress

    2008-04-10T09:00:00Z

    The freedom of GPs to 'exception report' patients may be undermining efforts to reduce health inequalities, experts have told the Commons health select committee.

  • News

    Attack on 'cool' screen smokers

    2008-04-10T09:00:00Z

    A partnership organisation led by a primary care trust is campaigning for under-18s to be banned from watching films that feature characters who smoke.

  • News

    BMA Wales calls for tougher drink-driving limits

    2008-04-08T12:24:00Z

    The British Medical Association Wales is calling for a reduction in the permitted blood alcohol level for driving.

  • News

    Sunbed use raises cancer risk by 75 per cent

    2008-04-08T12:17:00Z

    Eight out of 10 sunbed users have increased their risk of a life-threatening form of skin cancer by around 75 per cent, according to Cancer Research UK.

  • News

    Schools start cervical cancer immunisation programme

    2008-04-08T12:11:00Z

    A £64m cervical cancer immunisation programme will begin in Scottish schools on 1 September.

  • News

    DH publishes climate change guidance

    2008-04-07T12:33:00Z

    The Department of Health has issued new guidance on tackling climate change and promoting sustainable communities to improve health and reduce health inequalities.