Posted in Global Health, Public Health Events, tagged Clive Needle, Healthy Europe, Helmut Brand, Susan Elden on July 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Afternoon parallel session at the Faculty of Public Health annual conference, on Wednesday 7 July.
Chaired by Susan Elden (Public Health Advisor at the Department of International Development) and panel members Clive Needle (Director and EU Policy Advisor at EuroHealthnet) and Helmut Brand (Professor of European Public Health at Maastricht University).
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).
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 Edmonson-Jones (Director of Public Health and Primary Care, Portsmouth City Teaching PCT).
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
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, which Mr Lansley will chair.
A new Health Premium which will target public health resources towards the areas with the poorest health was also announced, alongside confirmation that we can expect a public health white paper in the autumn. Mr Lansley also outlined his commitment to Change4Life, but said that he wanted to change it from being a government campaign to a social movement, with reduced central funding and great financial contributions from business, local government and charities.
Mr Lansley also made reference to last week’s controversy at the BMA conference, declaring that “contrary to the media reporting, I applauded Jamie Oliver’s initiative” and argued that the TV chef understood that encouragement and empowerment are what is needed to improve the public’s health, not regulations and rules.
Full text of the Secretary of State’s speech is now available here.
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
On the FPH channel: http://tinyurl.com/394op6l
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »
There’ll be a flurry of activity here tomorrow (Wednesday 7 July) and Thursday, with blog posts, video interviews and, potentially, live streaming from our Annual Conference at Imperial College.
It’s promising to be an exciting event with lots of debate and discussion about the future of public health so watch this space from tomorrow morning onwards.
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Lindsey Davies, Public Health Today, QIPP on July 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »
The June 2010 edition of FPHs quarterly magazine, Public Health Today, is now available and full of the usual mix of health news, interviews, opinion and reportage. In anticipation of the Faculty’s annual conference (for more info on the conference visit www.fphconference.org) key note speaker Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson speaks about her involvement with the Women’s Sports and Fitness Foundation. Dr Harry Burns, Scotland’s Chief Medical officer discusses public health matters with the Faculty and why alcohol and early years cares are top of his list of priorities. This quarters featured theme is the coalition Governments QIPP agenda; and a selection of articles discussing inevitable budget cuts, the possible cessation of low value services and NICE’s contribution to the QIPP agenda to be found inside.
The incoming FPH President Lindsey Davies speaks to Suvi Kingsley about the Faculty, its future and her career. The video of this interview is hosted on the FPH Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/UKFPH).
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