All Public health articles – Page 48
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NewsSecond death in Legionnaires' outbreak
A second person has died after catching Legionnaires’ disease in the outbreak in Edinburgh, NHS Lothian said.
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NewsDeath rate to be used to determine public health funding
Department of Health publishes plans to distribute money according to need
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News'More Legionnaires' deaths possible'
Further deaths from an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease cannot be ruled out, doctors warned, as people from further afield fell ill.
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CommentReaders' letters - 14 June 2012
CCGs are the Da Vincis of commissioning; and why public health should open up to the media
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NewsScotland's Legionnaires' cases increase again
Cases of a deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease have risen again, the Scottish government has confirmed.
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PCT cluster joins lung cancer campaign
PERFORMANCE: NHS Surrey is pushing a national campaign highlighting that a persistent cough can be a symptom of lung cancer.
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Swindon vaccine success
PERFORMANCE: NHS Swindon had the third highest uptake of the human papilloma virus vaccine among year 8 pupils in the whole country during 2010-11.
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NewsDH business plan sets out caveats and minor delays
More details about public health funding, including how the controversial “health premium” will work in practice, are due to be published this month according to the Department of Health’s latest business plan.
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NewsCouncils claim lack of DH engagement on public health budgets
LGA fears funding for new health role will be insufficient
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NewsUnequal GP access could hamper NHS reforms, MPs warned
The continued “severe iniquity” in the geographical distribution of GPs threatens to place clinical commissioning groups in poor areas at a “large disadvantage”, MPs have been told.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting patients to take responsibility for their own health
Patients will only progress when they take responsibility, writes David Haslam.
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NewsAuthor of seminal NHS funding review Sir Derek Wanless dies
Sir Derek Wanless, the former banker whose seminal 2002 report laid the theoretical foundations for the following decade’s huge increases in NHS funding, has died.
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NewsMinimum alcohol price set to become law
Plans for minimum alcohol pricing will be approved in Scotland today, which will become in the process the first part of the UK to pass the legislation.
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NewsPublic health staff to keep NHS pension
Public health staff who transfer to local government next year will retain their NHS pension, it has been revealed. However, it remains uncertain whether they will keep the pension if they subsequently change jobs within public health.
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Comment'Lansley is right to say that age trumps poverty'
Health secretary is bidding to meet the core prinicples of the NHS.
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NewsSchools could have health and wellbeing board role - Lansley
The health secretary has hinted that he would welcome the inclusion of schools among those represented on health and wellbeing boards.
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Heart success for Medway
PERFORMANCE: The number of people dying of heart attacks in Medway has fallen by 77 per cent over the last two decades, according to latest public health data.
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NewsIncreased sleeping pill use costs NHS £50m
The NHS spent nearly £50m on sleeping pills last year, a sharp rise on previous costs, new figures reveal.
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NHS Wandsworth tenders weight management services
COMMERCIAL: The south west London primary care trust is advertising for a partner to provide weight managment services in schools and to adults.