All Public health articles – Page 72
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NewsNHS managers hit back at reforms
The reforms to the NHS are “too fast and furious”, Managers in Partnership has warned.
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NewsNHS budget ringfence 'irresponsible'
It would be “irresponsible” to promise the NHS’s budget can be ringfenced, Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has said.
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NewsCouncils call for free rein on public health spending
Public health funding should not be ring-fenced by the government when it is moved over to local council control, according to the Local Government Group.
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NewsPM announces new measures to tackle cancer
Thousands of lives could be saved every year under government plans to tackle cancer, the Department of Health has said.
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NewsGovernment urged to plan for ageing population
A charity has urged the government to plan for the “significant challenges” of funding an ageing population as new figures showed more people than ever are celebrating their 100th birthday.
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NewsEd Miliband signals tax rises to protect services
New Labour leader Ed Miliband has given his strongest signal yet that he would put up taxes in order to protect public services from spending cuts.
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LeaderLansley acknowledges lack of readiness for GP commissioning
GPs need to significantly overhaul their skill sets before they embrace commissioning.
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NewsTrusts to be tested on dementia care standards
NHS organisations will have to publish details about the care they provide for people with dementia to improve local accountability, the government has announced.
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NewsUK 'behind on pain management'
Many British patients are receiving inadequate chronic pain management, a report has revealed.
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NewsTrust apologises after delivery errors leave baby brain damaged
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals Trust has apologised to a family after a baby was left blind in one eye and brain-damaged when hospital medical staff made a catalogue of errors during a routine birth.
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HSJ Knowledge
Commissioning for outcomes
The recent report from The Nuffield Trust/The King’s Fund Where next for commissioning in the English NHS? (Smith et al 2010) describes the Health Service as reaching a ‘fork in the road’.
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HSJ KnowledgeGP commissioning: assembling the kit for consortia
GPs will have to acquire new complex skills and concepts to be equipped to take over commissioning, says Lubna Haq
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NewsRestaurants urged to supply calorie count
The government called today for more restaurants to print calorie information on their menus.
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NewsBariatric surgery on the rise in Scotland
More than a hundred gastric band operations were carried out in Scotland in the last two years, figures have revealed.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe NHS Health Check programme
Due to a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality, both NHS Stoke on Trent and NHS Birmingham East & North have implemented their NHS Health Check programmes since 2008 by piloting various delivery strategies to ensure population-wide coverage.
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HSJ KnowledgeSmoking cessation
In his first speech since taking up his post, Mr Lansley outlined his plans for making patients the driving force for improvements in the NHS so that “no decision is made about me, without me.”
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CommentPublic health needs a long vigil
Public health must be protected from short term raids on its funding by acute services
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NewsCall for ban on cheap alcohol
Doctors have called for happy hours and the sale of cheap alcohol to be banned.
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NewsScots twice as likely to die from alcohol
Scottish people are more than twice as likely to die as a result of alcohol than those born in England and Wales who live north in Scotland, new research suggests.
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HSJ KnowledgeHit the spot with NHS health checks
The NHS health check can be offered at a range of venues to increase access for hard to reach groups, says Jennifer Taylor