All Public health articles – Page 89
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CommentThe social care green paper: What's in it for the NHS?
NHS managers could be forgiven for asking why they should be interested in the government’s long-awaited Green Paper on adult social care. The prospect of swine flu, shifting political priorities and impending fiscal gloom might seem enough to worry about.
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NewsEmployers could contribute to occupational health costs
Employers should contribute to an NHS national occupational health service to tackle absenteeism and ill health, according to a report by health professionals.
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NewsEuropean working time directive will cause 'additional pressures'
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has urged trust boards to prepare for the application of the European working time directive to junior doctors on 1 August.
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HSJ KnowledgeSmoking cessation: how clinicians can break the habit
GPs and nurses who treat smoking as a clinical dependence and not just a lifestyle choice are more effective in referring people to cessation services.
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NewsNHS boss issues swine flu vaccine warning
The head of NHS Scotland has warned it could take almost a year and a half to vaccinate everyone north of the border against swine flu.
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CommentMediawatch: swine flu... it could be you
We’ve all got guilty pleasures that are bad for our health and this week there is another one to add to the list.
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NewsSpending pressures spark call for NICE restraints
Primary care trusts could increasingly abandon national treatment guidance unless it is made affordable.
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NewsPCTs' swine flu plans 'being tested by real life'
Primary care trusts’ swine flu plans are now being “tested by real life events”, the Department of Health has said.
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CommentSimon Stevens: on lifestyles and living beyond 100
If all goes well, next month my wife’s grandma will turn 100. That is a birthday only around one in 5,000 of her peers will be around to celebrate. Not bad for a woman who, like millions of others, emigrated between the two world wars from eastern Europe to New ...
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NewsMeasles outbreak sparks vaccination appeal
The worst outbreak of measles in the North East for 20 years has prompted urgent appeals to parents to have their children vaccinated as soon as possible.
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CommentDoes my daughter have swine flu?
It’s been a tough month for my 12-year-old; she dislocated an elbow on an activity trip, was involved in a car accident, and then, last Friday, went down with suspected swine flu.
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NewsRoy Taylor appointed flu services director
Efforts to ensure that NHS social care in England can cope with a flu pandemic have been strengthened by the appointment of a director of flu services.
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NewsCMO reassures over supplies of Tamiflu
The government’s chief medical officer has said that Britain has enough Tamiflu after it was revealed that the number of new swine flu cases could hit 100,000 per day.
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NewsMaggot infestation sparks emergency at Aberdeen children's hospital
Operations have been cancelled and emergency procedures adopted because of an infestation of maggots at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital.
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NewsPCTs gear up to cope with potential for 100,000 swine flu cases a day
The Department of Health says primary care trusts across the country are ready to establish antiviral collection points within a week following a dramatic increase in cases.
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NewsLifestyle messages confusing, says Public Health Commission
Inconsistent and confusing information from public health initiatives is preventing people choosing healthier lifestyles, the Public Health Commission has said.
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CommunityOff Diary: not itching to reveal their STDS
Journalistic perks are few and far between when you write about the NHS.
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NewsFlu czar Ian Dalton sets September deadline for preparation
The NHS flu czar has given board members a September deadline to make sure they can “justify” the strength of their pandemic flu plans.
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CommunityOff diary: another compliment down the toilet
At last week’s public accounts committee hearing on healthcare acquired infections, chair Edward Leigh treated NHS chief executive David Nicholson to a rare compliment.
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HSJ KnowledgeCall of the wild: the future threat of animal diseases
With the world watching the spread of swine flu, Jennifer Taylor looks at why infections originating in animals can be deadly to humans and asks how we can try to reduce the chances of them spreading to and between people