All Public health articles – Page 91
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NewsHeatwave planning gets PCTs hot under the collar
While public attention has been diverted by swine flu, the predicted heatwave this summer also poses a danger to life, particularly to older people
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NewsHome care to ease hospital bed demands
A Number 10 document setting out the government’s plans for the next 12 months will promise more care for people in their own homes.
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NewsIVF blunder prompts calls for better fertility services
An IVF blunder that denied a couple the chance of another baby has led to calls for an increase in the number of treatment cycles available on the NHS in Wales.
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NewsChlamydia screening of young people fails to meet targets
A programme that checks young people for the sexually transmitted infection chlamydia is failing to hit its targets, figures show.
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NewsUK woman dies from swine flu
Health chiefs are continuing to look into the first UK death of a patient suffering from swine flu.
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NewsQuality anxiety prompts cervical screening recall in Kent
Hundreds of women in Kent are being asked to repeat their cervical smear tests amid concerns that a nurse involved was not suitably qualified to carry out the tests.
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NewsWHO declares swine flu pandemic
The World Health Organisation has declared a swine flu pandemic.
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NewsAndy Burnham makes prevention a mission for the NHS
Health secretary Andy Burnham has said prevention of ill health will be a major plank of health policy on his watch.
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NewsAndy Burnham: NHS must maintain strength in face of swine flu
It is “vital” that the NHS maintains its national strength as the health service battles a swine flu pandemic, health secretary Andy Burnham has warned.
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CommentDerek Campbell: There can be no progress without prevention
The impending financial squeeze makes it more important than ever to invest in preventing ill health in communities, rather than simply spending more on treatment
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NewsUK swine flu cases 'at least double' official count
A swine flu expert has warned that the number of UK cases of the potentially deadly virus may be more than double the official count of 557.
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NewsTories would get tougher on public health realities
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley has said a Conservative government would ask the public to take more responsibility for the lifestyle choices that create unsustainable demands on the NHS.
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NewsCzars to focus on cost cutting as well as quality
Reducing costs is becoming an integral part of the role of the Department of Health’s czars.
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Michael White on the big split over ISTCs
Andrew Lansley has been out and about attacking Alan Johnson’s record as a failed health secretary (“the postman who hasn’t delivered”) on the grounds he has not closed the health gap between rich and poor - and also let the NHS’s Blairite choice agenda atrophy.
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards 2009: Best Social Marketing Project
In the run-up to this year’s awards, a look at one of last year’s winners.
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NewsNHS South Central sets aside £400,000 for fluoridation review
South Central strategic health authority has set aside £400,000 to cover the costs of a likely judicial review following its board’s decision in February to add fluoride to water supplies in parts of the region.
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HSJ KnowledgeWorking in partnership to tackle health inequalities
Managers from NHS Birmingham East and North explain the work their PCT has done to tackle health inequalities. Sponsored by Dr Foster
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NewsPublic sector staff drinking habits damaging health
The average worker in the public sector is said to drink an average of 26 units of alcohol a week - with many drinkers putting it down to stress.
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NewsAndrew Lansley attacks Alan Johnson
Shadow health secretary Andrew Lansley attacked Alan Johnson in a speech to the Royal Society for Arts yesterday, accusing him of neglecting his responsibilities as health secretary.
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NewsMassive variation in London child obesity
Childhood obesity levels vary by more than 100 per cent between primary care trusts within London.