All Public health articles – Page 67
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Tory peer almost 'lost will to live' working on Change4Life campaign
A Conservative peer has given a highly critical assessment of her experience of working with the Department of Health on public health campaigns.
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HSJ Knowledge
Voluntary sector speaks up on QIPP
Charities are getting more bullish about saying how they can deliver care and savings in health, says Emma Dent
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Flu jab restriction 'not down to cutting costs'
The government’s chief medical adviser has insisted that cost-cutting was not to blame for the decision not to vaccinate all under-fives against flu.
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Minister fires warning shot over cuts to PCT public health posts
Public health minister Anne Milton has told primary care trusts not to cut public health capacity, ahead of their transfer to local authorities as part of the government’s health reforms.
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HSJ Knowledge
Planning for healthier places
How will health and council planners work together, asks Mark Smulian
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Hopes for 'universal' flu vaccine
Patients who had swine flu last year developed protective antibodies that could be used to make a jab to guard against most kinds of influenza, US scientists have said.
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PM defiant over flu jab shortage
David Cameron has warned that lessons must be learned from Britain’s recent flu vaccine shortage as the country faces “significant outbreaks” for years to come.
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Norovirus prevention advice issued
Advice on how to avoid passing on infections such as norovirus has been issued by Welsh chief medical officer Dr Tony Jewell.
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Swine flu vaccine used to fill gaps in seasonal jab
Stocks of last year’s swine flu jab will be used to plug shortages in this year’s vaccination programme as the death toll from the virus continues to rise.
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Operations cancelled to support flu treatment
Some hospitals have been told to cancel operations to make way for the most seriously ill flu patients.
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NHS 24 fields 50,000 calls in four days
Scotland’s health helpline recorded a sharp increase in the calls it received over the new year holiday with around 10,000 more people phoning the service for advice than last year.
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Only one in five frontline NHS staff vaccinated against flu
A “disappointingly low” proportion of NHS staff took up the flu vaccinations this winter, NHS chief executive Sir David Nicholson has said.
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Local flu vaccine shortages revealed
The government has admitted some parts of the country were suffering shortages of flu vaccines as it prepared to reveal the latest death toll from the winter outbreak.
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Comment
Media Watch: Managers under fire
The New Year may have only just begun but NHS managers are already in the firing line.
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Quitters to sign contracts in smoking cessation scheme
The government is looking at a wide range of schemes to “nudge” people into adopting healthier lifestyles.
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Health and wellbeing boards are given new scrutiny role
Local authorities will be required by law to create health and wellbeing boards, the government has announced.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to put 'nudge' principles to work in the health service
The power of nudge: how applying nudge principles could change healthcare commissioning management
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Comment
Tim Riley on GP attitudes to commissioning consortia
The reservations about the establishment of commissioning consortia are not uniformly expressed among all GP colleagues.
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NICE work on public health guidance put on hold
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has been ordered to stop developing guidance on some public health topics and put others on hold.
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Government sets out who will commission public health services
Immunisation, screening and public health for the under fives will in future be commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board, under latest government proposals.