It could have been a big day for public health in Scotland. It could have been the day when notice was served on Scotland’s ugliest health blight – its rising tide of binge drinking, drunkenness and alcohol-related illness and injury. On Thursday this week, Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon introduced the Alcohol etc (Scotland) Bill – [...]
Archive for November, 2009
A major setback for Scotland’s alcohol bill?
Posted in Alcohol, tagged Alcohol, Binge drinking, minimum pricing, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Now is not the time for health cuts”
Posted in PH Spending, tagged Andy Burnham, Health cuts, The Guardian on November 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Now is not the time for health cuts” - Rachael Jolley, FPH Head of Policy, on Andy Burnham’s proposed public health campaign cuts in the Guardian online.
What’s good for the planet is good for health
Posted in Climate change, tagged Andy Burnham, Climate change, Lancet, Margaret Chan, WHO on November 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Climate change is so often associated with doom and gloom, so it was a welcome surprise to hear some good news yesterday at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. I was attending the launch of the latest publication in the Lancet’s series on health and climate change, which looks at the public health [...]
Dr Philip Monk on why health professionals should take the swine flu vaccine
Posted in Health Protection, tagged health practitioners, Swine Flu on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Doctors and other health professionals should look after themselves as well as their families and patients. The fact about swine flu is that there is no way that you can tell whether you will fall ill and become seriously ill or not. Whilst death rates remain low for normally healthy people, you are likely to [...]
Alcohol costs £2.25m per year – FPH conference told
Posted in Alcohol, tagged Alcohol, FPH, minimum pricing, Scotland on November 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One in 20 deaths in Scotland is linked to alcohol, said Dr Lesley Graham at the Scottish FPH conference. Scotland has the fastest growing rate of liver disease in the world, said Graham, public health lead for alcohol and on the policy team for alcohol in the Scottish government. The estimated cost to Scottish society [...]
A new morning for US healthcare
Posted in US healthcare, tagged Healthcare reform, Inequalities, US healthcare on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday 8 November 2009 Early morning in Philadelphia. From my hotel room I watch the sun rising over the Delaware River. Yesterday I saw a different sun rising – a motif carved on the back of the chair in which George Washington presided over the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America [...]
Our Health, Our Planet – why health practitioners must act on climate change now (5min)
Posted in Climate change, tagged Climate change, health practitioners on November 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Our Health, Our Planet – why health practitioners must act on climate change now (2min)
Posted in Climate change, tagged Climate change, health practitioners, public health on November 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
-
Recent Posts
FPH twitter
- @ #MassGatherings panel; high profile speakers will be talking about preparing for London 2012 and beyond. Anything to listen for and share? 5 days ago
- Did you see our past president @amaryond on why prevention is better than statins on BBC Six 0'Clock News on Weds? bbc.in/KkHZRi 5 days ago
- Morning! Back to office today after great day at #Shoes10 yesterday. Seems everyone enjoyed the Dragon's Den: hope the advice was useful. 5 days ago
- MT @rebeccahealthed @Telegraph: quarter of all deaths could be avoided with better healthcare: tgr.ph/MgDLk8 ->with @FPH comment 1 week ago
- MT @L_H_O: See the burden of smoking in England at: bit.ly/ykKVxC -> thanks for the link. 1 week ago
Tags
Categories
- Africa
- Ageing
- Alcohol
- Children and young people
- Chronic Disease
- Climate change
- Disaster relief
- Genetics and public health
- Global Health
- Health and Social Care Bill
- Health Inequalities
- Health Protection
- HIV
- Media and public health
- Mental Health
- Obesity
- Olympics
- PH Spending
- Public Health Events
- Public Health Training
- Uncategorized
- Urban health
- US healthcare
- White Paper
- Women and sport
Archives
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- August 2009
- October 2007
Disclaimer
