Plenary session 2 at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference, on Wednesday 7 July. Chaired by Dr Liz Scott, Treasurer at Faculty of Public Health, and panel members Tony Jewell, Chief Medical Officer Wales, Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph, Sarah Boseley, Health Editor of the Guardian, and Lindsey Davies, Former National [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Swine Flu’
Listen to Unhealthy headlines: How do we prevent another MMR scare?
Posted in Health Protection, Media and public health, Public Health Events, tagged FPH conference, Laura Donnelly, Lindsey Davies, Liz Scott, Media, MMR, Sarah Boseley, Swine Flu, Tony Jewell on July 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Who says public health and showbiz don’t mix?
Posted in Mental Health, tagged Binge drinking, Climate change, Obesity, Swine Flu, US healthcare on August 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Here I am, enjoying a little summer frivolity up at the Edinburgh Fringe, and it seems to me there isn’t a stand-up standing who hasn’t made some play with swine flu or obesity or the crack-down on binge drinking. From Rhod Gilbert to Rich Hall, from Jason Byrne to Stewart Lee, they’ve all had a [...]
Swine flu – the lessons so far…
Posted in Health Protection, tagged Swine Flu on August 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
As widely predicted, swine flu appears to be plateauing and slipping from the headlines – for a while at any rate, helped largely by the school holidays. Time for some well-earned R&R all round. What have we learned so far? What lessons to help us face a possible second, more virulent wave in the autumn? [...]
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