All Public health articles – Page 131

  • News

    Doctors 'need more guidance on foetal alcohol syndrome'

    2007-06-04T00:00:00Z

    The British Medical Association says healthcare professionals need more guidance to help them diagnose and treat children suffering from foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) - learning and physical disabilities and behavioural problems caused by women drinking alcohol during pregnancy.

  • News

    Quit-smoking figures reveal social divide

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The number of people using NHS services to quit smoking fell by 10 per cent last year.

  • News

    Anti-smoking drug gains NICE backing

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    A drug that helps smokers quit their habit has been approved in draft guidelines by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.Champix is recommended for people who have expressed a desire to quit smoking and should normally be prescribed alongside behavioural support.Click here for more details

  • News

    Primary care trusts charged with rewriting £300m script

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    The National Audit Office has urged primary care trusts.to use generic medicines to save money. Oliver Evans hears from the leaders who will be expected to drive the savings in the milieu of restructuring and inform GP prescribing behaviour right down the line

  • News

    'Damning' review slams family planning services

    2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

    The results of a review into contraceptive services in England are a 'damning indictment of contraceptive provision' in the NHS, according to sexual health campaigners.

  • News

    Men face greater risk of cancer

    2007-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Men are nearly twice as likely as women to develop and die from all types of cancer that can affect both sexes, according to a report published by cancer organisations.

  • News

    Dental contracts still in dispute

    2007-05-17T00:00:00Z

    Dental contracts representing 4 million units of dental activity have still not been resolved, more than a year after being signed, year-end figures from the Department of Health show.

  • News

    WHO fund to fight yellow fever

    2007-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The World Health Organisation has received a $58m grant to fight yellow fever in Africa.The fund will support special immunisation campaigns in a dozen West African countries at high risk of yellow fever epidemics.www.who.int

  • Comment

    1997 and all that: Blair remembered

    2007-05-10T00:00:00Z

    The NHS has transformed remarkably since Tony Blair entered Number 10 in May 1997, reinvigorating a struggling monolith with record investment.

  • Comment

    David Peat on Life on Mars (NHS-style)

    2007-05-07T00:00:00Z

    'Much has been achieved in medicine and health, yet we have major issues surrounding obesity, alcohol abuse, sexual behaviour and drugs. We can't moralise, but some of the difficulties of 1970s society have morphed into new and sometimes exaggerated forms'

  • News

    DoH seeks views on health effects of climate change

    2007-05-04T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has published a report on the health effects of UK climate change.Floods, heat waves and an increase in tick-borne diseases are all listed as potential problems brought on by climate change. A draft document has been placed on the DoH website for comment.Find out more here

  • News

    DoH publishes Choosing Health progress report

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The Department of Health has published an update report on progress made under the 2004 Choosing Health public health white paper. The document provides 'tangible evidence of where action set out in Choosing Health is achieving success' the DoH said.Read the update here

  • News

    Cash-strapped contraceptive services plead for a target

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    Contraceptive services are struggling as PCTs direct budgets to the GUM target. Family planning needs a target of its own, reports Helen Mooney

  • News

    Tories and Lib Dems criticise Blair legacy

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The three main political parties have come out fighting over what 10 years under a Labour government has meant for the NHS.

  • News

    Health Protection Agency to develop guidance as C difficile rates rise by 8pc

    2007-05-03T00:00:00Z

    The Health Protection Agency has been charged by the Department of Health with producing new guidance on Clostridium difficile, as it emerged that cases have risen by 8 per cent.

  • HSJ Knowledge

    Have you got the Sex Factor? THT appeals for best practice

    2007-04-30T09:47:53Z

    Levels of sexually transmitted infections in the UK have soared. Lisa Power looks at some of the organisational reasons why and invites entries to Terrence Higgins Trust's Sex Factor best practice competition

  • News

    Britain's 'silent' stroke risk

    2007-04-26T00:00:00Z

    Nearly a quarter of people in the UK are unknowingly at risk of suffering a stroke from undiagnosed high blood pressure, a charity has warned.The Stroke Association has launched a campaign to encourage people to get their blood pressure checked after a national survey revealed that 30 per cent of ...

  • News

    Drug use falls, claims information centre

    2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The number of people in contact with structured drug treatment services rose by 13 per cent from 2004-05 to 2005-06 and was more than double those in 1998-99, according to figures from the Information Centre for health and social care.The Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2007 report shows that drugs ...

  • News

    Hospital patients to get VTE risk assessments

    2007-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Every patient should be assessed for potentially fatal blood clots on admission to hospital, chief medical officer, Sir Liam Donaldson announced as he launched a working party report on venous thromboembolism (VTE).A national risk assessment tool is being developed for clinicians to detect the complications of VTE, which include deep ...

  • News

    Diagnostic test waiting times released by DoH

    2007-04-19T00:00:00Z

    Diagnostics waiting times and activity data for February and the census of all diagnostic tests up to December 31 2006 have been published by the Department of Health.The data shows progress in tackling waiting times for tests such as scans. The monthly data gives the waiting times for 15 key ...