All Public health articles – Page 118

  • News

    WHO to discuss effects of climate change on health

    2008-01-21T11:44:00Z

    Issues including the effects of climate change on health are due to be discussed this week by the executive board of the World Health Organisation.The board is also due to discuss flu pandemic preparation and polio eradication.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Workplace health trainers

    2008-01-21T09:00:00Z

    'Ambassadors' in the workplace are being equipped to promote healthier lives. Lynne Greenwood reports

  • News

    GPs failing to pick up patients at most risk of heart disease

    2008-01-17T09:00:00Z

    GPs in some of the poorest areas of the country are failing to identify patients with coronary heart disease and treat them effectively, HSJ’s analysis suggests.

  • News

    Heart death rates show a nation of inequalities

    2008-01-17T09:00:00Z

    Research by HSJ has revealed the huge inequalities between healthcare need and NHS spending throughout England.An HSJ analysis of the latest data on coronary heart disease premature death rates and primary care trust heart disease spending shows that some of the PCTs with the greatest health need spend the least.

  • News

    Derby City PCT appoints public health director

    2008-01-15T10:44:30Z

    Dr Andrew Wakeman has been appointed as the new director of public health at Derby City primary care trust.

  • News

    Internet used to diagnose embarrassing conditions

    2008-01-14T11:35:54Z

    A third of people with embarrassing health conditions would rather use the internet to self-diagnose than visit the doctor, according to a poll carried out by TV channel UKTV Style.The poll also found nearly half of all people with conditions such as sexually transmitted infections or bowel problems were reluctant ...

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Maggie Rae on action for equality

    2008-01-14T09:00:00Z

    Christmas came early for me insofar as all the objectives I wanted to deliver were prioritised in the NHS operating framework. I was delighted to see health inequalities in there.

  • News

    Pregnancy grant a 'gimmick' - Tories

    2008-01-11T11:33:05Z

    The Conservative Party has questioned whether Labour's planned grants for pregnant women will provide any health benefits.The health in pregnancy grant will be available from the 29th week of pregnancy to improve the nutrition of expectant mothers, under plans outlined in the Health and Social Care Bill.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Home truths from New Zealand's healthcare system

    2008-01-11T09:00:00Z

    The UK and New Zealand are similar enough for them to learn from each other's very different health service reforms, writes Chris Ham

  • News

    Healthy diet messages not hitting home

    2008-01-11T09:00:00Z

    Healthy eating messages are failing to change people's decisions on what food to buy, a government report has warned.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    60 years of eating and smoking

    2008-01-11T09:00:00Z

    It was in the 'ninth year of austerity' - with the end of full rationing still six years away - that the NHS came into existence on 5 July 1948. The chief medical officer, reporting on the state of the public's health, declared the NHS had begun 'its colossal task' ...

  • Comment

    Preventive care rhetoric could become reality

    2008-01-10T09:00:00Z

    Gordon Brown's keynote health speech was not just a crucial moment in the bid to relaunch his premiership (for more details, click here). As the NHS heads towards its 60th anniversary, his government's ability to deliver these reforms will have a profound impact on the service's long-term future.

  • News

    Vitamin D heart disease link

    2008-01-08T11:26:19Z

    Researchers in the US say that a lack of vitamin D may be linked to an increase in heart disease.

  • News

    How to live 14 years longer

    2008-01-08T11:22:46Z

    A new study claims that the combination of four health behaviours can add up to 14 years to people's lives.

  • News

    National screening plan unveiled

    2008-01-07T11:01:34Z

    Prime minister Gordon Brown was this morning due to announce a national health screening programme to check for early signs of heart disease, stroke and kidney disease.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Partnerships against heart disease

    2008-01-07T09:00:00Z

    A collaboration between pharmaceutical firms and the NHS is forming a united front against heart disease, explains Jan Balmer

  • News

    Better diets could save one in 10 lives

    2008-01-04T11:38:07Z

    Better diets could save one in every 10 deaths, the Cabinet Office's strategy unit has said.Interim findings from a project looking long-term at UK food policy has found that improving diets could save 70,000 lives a year.

  • News

    Advice for winter vomiting patients

    2008-01-04T11:20:23Z

    Patients should stay at home and drink fluids if they are affected by winter vomiting disease, the Royal College of GPs chair has urged.Professor Steve Field also advised patients to take paracetamol, wash hands regularly and stay at home two days after the symptoms have gone.A wave of 56 hospital ...

  • News

    Child vaccination data missing, say Conservatives

    2007-12-21T12:53:12Z

    Poor software systems mean that London primary care trusts do not know how many of the 450,000 children in their areas have been given essential vaccinations, the Conservatives have said.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    HSJ review of the year: jobless doctors, lethal bugs and a £1.8bn pile of unspent cash

    2007-12-20T09:00:00Z

    A year with more than its fair share of drama saw medics on the streets, C difficile in the wards, Blair and Hewitt on the way out - and an embarrassing surplus in the bank. By Richard Vize