All Public health articles – Page 137

  • News

    Michael white on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'NHS managers planning new hospitals or services might start thinking greener than they have done up to now'

  • News

    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    It is the Hewitt-Blair vision of US-style competing hospitals which causes offence to activists in Wales

  • Comment

    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'It is hard for health professionals to admit it, but the Daily Mail is not always wrong'

  • Comment

    Michael White on politics

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Tony Blair made an interesting speech in Nottingham the other day, entitled 'Healthy Living: whose responsibility?'. It didn't get a lot of attention in the newspapers that I read, though Number 10 tells me that such discussions generate huge local attention as they affect real people's real lives.

  • News

    Mediawatch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    New year, new resolutions, and even the media is backing smokers on their quest to kick the habit.

  • Comment

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'Only The Guardianfelt Channel Five's screening of a Caesarean section on Sunday night warranted much attention'

  • News

    Media watch

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    So we're at last going to see an end to junk food advertising aimed at children. And with the announcement came the expected outcry from companies that make their money selling bad food to kids, as well as health professionals who say the new rules will not go far enough.

  • News

    Inequalities rife

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Health inequalities as measured by life expectancy and infant mortality are getting worse, despite high-profile targets, the Department of Health has admitted. In its mid-year performance review to the Commons, the DoH said it was not on course to meet six of the 22 performance indicators set as part of ...

  • News

    Old is not ill

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    With more and more people living longer, the health service and its partners must address some communities' low expectations on quality of life, says Claire Laurent

  • Comment

    Michael White on hospital infections

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    HSJ's January scoop about the enduring problems with MRSA and Clostridium difficile yielded parliamentary fruit the other day in the shape of a Tory-initiated Commons debate in which this magazine received generous publicity. Excellent.

  • News

    Inside track: public health

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    What's on managers' minds this week

  • News

    Work together to lessen the gap

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Local government can play a key role in improving the quality of people's lives. Achieving this requires stronger partnerships at local level and aligning incentives for health inequalities

  • News

    Stockton-on-Tees - Strength in firm foundations

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    'In partnership with the community and voluntary sector, we have sought to involve local people in identifying both needs and solutions'

  • News

    Patient rights expected to be upheld in new report

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Commons health select committee is expected to recommend that visiting rights of patients' groups should be restructured, when it publishes its report on patient and public involvement tomorrow.

  • Comment

    Money no excuse for hampering progress

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    As a medic and former White House adviser, Dr Mark McClellan is a natural opinion leader on health policy. He explains his vision

  • Comment

    Is this really the end of under-capacity?

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Financial incentives and technology mean inpatient demand and length of stay are falling, although the population is ageing. In 10 years waiting lists will be a thing of the past say Celine Druilhe and Eric Louie

  • News

    Effective health messages

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    For some people, being classified as ill or disabled is not such a bad thing

  • Comment

    Early learning is key weapon in obesity war

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Concerns are mounting over rising obesity, but is enough being done to slim down the problem, asks Liz Kendall

  • News

    Targeting health - a duty of well-being

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Councils can make the most of their powers to build healthy communities, by making sure local shops sell affordable and accessible healthy food, says Saba Salman

  • HSJ Knowledge

    International development: 'Go and tell people what it's like here'

    2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

    In the midst of grinding poverty, Malawi's tiny nursing workforce is fighting to meet the country's healthcare needs. Emma Dent reports