by Professor Allyson Pollock, professor of public health research and policy at Queen Mary, University of London The Health and Social Care Bill 2011 represents the biggest threat to public health for 60 years and it is time for the public health community to stand up and say so. Deliberately conceived as an ‘Abdication and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘public health’
Time for city cyclists to get their own tube network?
Posted in Obesity, Urban health, tagged cycling, London, public health on November 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »
by Dr Geraint Lewis For the past eight years, I have had the sometimes-dubious pleasure of living in London’s King’s Cross neighbourhood. Being so close to the centre of the city, I do my best to cycle as often as I can around town. However, my repertoire of safe cycle routes is rather limited, and [...]
Don’t forget public health in health services
Posted in Alcohol, Climate change, Health Inequalities, Health Protection, Obesity, PH Spending, White Paper, tagged Alcohol, Climate change, Diet, Food, health practitioners, Healthcare reform, Inequalities, Obesity, public health, Tobacco on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dr John Middleton, Director of Public Health for Sandwell and FPH Vice President, email vpPolicy@fph.org.uk On first reading, the health bill seems silent on public health roles in the health service. More than 300 public health specialists and consultants who work in health service public health are justifiably nervous about what the future public health [...]
Nudge or fudge?
Posted in Alcohol, Health Protection, Obesity, tagged Alcohol, Andrew Lansley, Diet, Food, FPH, nudge, Obesity, public health, responsibility deal on March 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Alan Maryon-Davis Health Secretary Andrew Lansley wants to encourage people to eat healthily, drink sensibly, stop smoking and get more active without lecturing or hectoring them. People don’t like being told what to do or not do – least of all by the Government – so Lansley says we should provide them with information [...]
Listen to Hard Times: Reducing Inequalities in a Tough Financial Climate
Posted in Health Inequalities, Public Health Events, tagged cuts, health inequalities, public health on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Parallel Session A (c) at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference, Wednesday 7 July. Chaired by Rachael Jolley (FPH) and with panel members Chris Bentley (Head of Health Inequalities NST, Department of Health), Peter Kellner (President, YouGov), Samantha Callan (Chairman of Residence, Centre for Social Justice).
Listen to The Cuts Debate
Posted in PH Spending, Public Health Events, tagged Adam Brimelow, Anna Coote, Anna Dixon, cuts, Julian Le Grand, Paul Edmonson-Jones, public health on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Plenary Session 4 at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference, Wednesday 7 July. Chaired by Adam Brimelow (BBC Health Correspondent) and panel members Prof. Julian Le Grand (LSE and former No 10 health advisor), Anna Coote (Head of Social Policy, new economics foundation), Dr Anna Dixon (Director of Policy, King’s Fund) and Dr Paul [...]
Listen to Andrew Lansley’s speech from FPH conference
Posted in Public Health Events, tagged Andrew Lansley, FPH, FPH conference, public health on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Secretary of State Andrew Lansley’s speech plus short Q&A, Wednesday 7 July at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference
Health Secretary speaks at FPH Conference 2010
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrew Lansley, FPH conference, public health on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Andrew Lansley this morning revealed his personal ambition for a new Public Health Service, where public health is something that is taken seriously at all levels – nationally, locally, and as individuals. The Secretary of State for Health announced that the Prime Minister has agreed to the formation of a Cabinet Sub-Committee on Public Health, [...]
Public health and the public vote
Posted in Health Inequalities, PH Spending, tagged Alcohol, conservatives, general election 2010, labour, liberal democrats, manifesto, public health, school meals on April 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As expected, all three major political parties have this week made strong references to public, or, as they most commonly term it, preventive health in their election manifestos. Ahead of the General Election on 6 May, the Conservative party have, at least superficially, made the most explicit commitment, with their pledge to re-title the signs [...]
Stephen O’Brien outlines Tory plans for public health
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Healthcare reform, King's Fund, public health, Stephen O'Brien. Conservatives on March 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I went to a breakfast event at the King’s Fund this morning with Conservative Shadow Health Minister Stephen O’Brien MP. He was speaking alongside Sue Slipman, Director of the Foundation Trust Network, and Jonathan Nicholls, who is Research Director for Health and NHS at Ipsos MORI. O’Brien shored up the Conservatives’ public health credentials by outlining [...]
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