Who is looking forward to their first day in residential care?
In particular I want to talk about Residential Care Homes and Domiciliary Care (care in …
The need for a ‘sugar tax’
Public Health England’s report ‘Sugar Reduction: the Evidence for Action‘ has, rather unexpectedly been released. …
Social inequalities in the leading causes of early death
This evidence review analyses data from the World Health Organisation’s Detailed Mortality Database, and summarises …
Prevention is better than cure
Today – Friday, 23rd October 2015 – a coalition of medical Royal Colleges, local government …
Campaigning for the NHS?
For many years there have been local campaigns against closures and reconfigurations, some of which …
Fantasy targets
Defensiveness runs through all aspects of the NHS. To be fair it runs through most …
Economic policy, not reform, is the current threat to the NHS
Labour may have lost the election but much of its health Manifesto is being implemented …
The best reason yet to save the NHS
Three months ago my wife contracted lobar pneumonia – out of the blue. One minute …
Tips to Keep your Heart Healthy
There are five big killers in the UK today – heart disease, cancer, stroke, lung …
Presence of anti-abortion activists ‘a significant source of distress’
A new study of people attending abortion clinics finds that the presence of anti-abortion activists …
Our health our health services
Response to Green paper: Our health our health services 1. Purpose This paper provides the response …
Childhood poverty and adult health
There are clear links between childhood poverty and adult health. Even if one manages to …