All Public health articles – Page 126
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Expectant mothers grant
Pregnant mother will receive£200 from government to spend on healthy food from April 2009.Expectant mothers will receive the one-off payment in their 29th week of pregnancy to encourage them to eat healthily. The Department of Health hopes that the grant will cut infant mortality and close the health inequality ...
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Scottish Smoking ban nib
The Scottish smoking ban has led to a significant advance in public health, according to a study of the measure.Comparisons at nine hospitals revealed that there was a 17 per cent year-on-year drop in heart attack admissions since the ban was introduced in March 2006. It says that the ...
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Smoking ban has improved Scottish health
The number of heart attack hospital admissions in Scotland fell by 17 per cent in the first year after its smoking ban came into force, it has been claimed.According to research presented at a conference to discuss the impact of the ban, there has also been a 39 per cent ...
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Suicide prevention at all ages, urges WHO
Suicide prevention should focus on all ages from youth to old age, the World Health Organisation has said.
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Ofcare may not cover public health
Healthcare Commission chief executive Anna Walker has voiced concerns that the NHS's new super-regulator may be given too narrow a remit.Ms Walker insisted Ofcare, set to swallow up the Healthcare Commission in April 2009, must have the power to regulate and assess NHS organisations on health and health inequalities as ...
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Mixed results for public health
The Department of Health's performance chief has fired a warning shot over public health targets following 'mixed' quarterly results in sexual health and stop-smoking services.
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Tories' public services group calls for beefed up CMO role
The Conservatives' public services policy group has made fresh calls to strengthen the role of the chief medical officer.
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£10m for health at work
Health minister Ivan Lewis has announced £10m funding to improve health at work.
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Plans for flu jabs released
The flu immunisation campaign to encourage uptake of the flu vaccine will be launched on 1 October, the Department of Health has announced.
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Conservatives claim they would interfere less in NHS
A report by the Conservative public services improvement group to the shadow cabinet has called for less political interference and greater freedom for healthcare professionals in the day-to-day management of the NHS.
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Increase mental health investment, urges WHO
The World Health Organisation has called for countries worldwide to increase their support for mental health services. It says such services are being starved of human and financial resources and need to be given more attention by health planners. The organisation's review of global mental health has been published ...
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More children are getting their five a day
The number of children achieving their five a day target for fruits and vegetables has increased by 13 per cent in two years, according to new figures from the Department of Health.The report shows that the number of children eating five portions a day has increased from 27 per cent ...
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Campaign stresses importance of immunisation
New research claims that more than one in three people in the UK are not aware of the diseases that can be prevented by vaccination and are putting themselves and others at risk.
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Healthy Schools is raising the bar, not slipping behind
I am pleased that HSJ recently chose to publish an article on the National Healthy Schools Programme, emphasising its importance as a good example of health and education collaboration at the local level (see 'A game for two players'.)
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Advice for managing flu deaths
Draft guidance has been published setting out proposals on how to manage potentially large numbers of deaths during a pandemic influenza outbreak.
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Inequalities masked at local level
Progress made towards the national target to reduce health inequalities is masking the areas that are facing the worst problems, public health experts have warned.
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Most premises displaying no-smoking signs
Fifteen per cent of premises inspected in England were not displaying mandatory no-smoking signs, according to latest figures.
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Cigarette packets to carry graphic warnings
Graphic pictures illustrating the effects smoking can have on health will be printed on all cigarette packets from next year, health secretary Alan Johnson has announced.
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Doctors call for lower speed limit
All routes used for walking to school in Wales should be designated 20 mph zones, according to Welsh doctors' leaders.
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Exclusive: NHS gets first medical director as Sir Liam's role is scaled back
Leading cardiac surgeon and president of the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has been appointed as the Department of Health's medical director, HSJ has learnt.