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REVEALED: NHS Test and Trace top team includes just one public …

WEBThe only clinician or public health expert is Susan Hopkins, an epidemiologist and Public Health England adviser on infection, the Health Service …

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Public health body ‘decimated’ in DHSC restructure

WEBMinisters have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it, sparking criticism from a former Tory health …

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Barriers ahead in race to integrated health and care system

WEB21 April 2022By Megan Kenyon. Barriers remain in the drive to move to a more integrated, prevention-focused health and care system. In a speech in March, health secretary …

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McManus: more funding needed to support vaccination drive

WEBThe country’s most senior director of public health has called for the government to allocate more funding for councils to support its drive to ramp up Covid …

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ICB and seven trusts put in ‘recovery’

WEBAn integrated care board and all seven of its member trusts have been placed into the ‘recovery support programmes’ – formerly known as special measures – …

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Zachary Scott: We must make prevention a reality

WEBCipfa has partnered with the Health Foundation to explore the extent to which local authorities’ spending on prevention, which relates to the wider determinants of …

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Maxine O’Mahony, Steve James: Community-led approach saved …

WEBHealth system savings: We have estimated that the programme has saved the wider health system £1.8m annually; Residents supported: we have supported over …

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Three ways in which regeneration can support health improvement

WEBBack in 2010, in the now seminal Fair Society, Healthy Lives, Sir Michael Marmot argued: “This link between social conditions and health is not a footnote to the …

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Integration doesn’t have to mean handing the NHS power

WEBAn Observer article last weekend claimed that “radical” proposals for more health and social care integration are being considered by the government, with one …

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Tim Allison: Public health directors should be key system leaders

WEBPublic health was a foundation of local government tackling risks to health in the 19th century and DPHs are now best placed in local government to take a leading …

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King’s speech: £140m funding for stop smoking services

WEBThe government announced a funding package for local stop smoking services would double to £140m in today’s King’s speech. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill …

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Our 500 Covid health champions are spreading vital information

WEBOur 500 Covid health champions are spreading vital information. 16 April 2021. A combination of trusted figures and smart use of social media has helped keep …

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Battling burnout in Birmingham Local Government Chronicle (LGC)

WEB03 January 2024By Sarah Calkin. More from: Battling burnout in Birmingham. Birmingham director of public health Justin Varney talks to LGC about the city’s approach to …

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Exclusive: ADPH president to become new deputy chief medical …

WEBThe new body will lead national efforts to improve and 'level up' the health of the nation by tackling obesity, improving mental health and promoting physical activity. …

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John Middleton: Better public health investment is ‘vital’

WEB10 April 2018By John Middleton. As Theresa May makes new promises on funding for the health and care system, those working in prevention must make a smarter case for …

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Roundtable: Health scrutiny during Covid and beyond

WEBChallenging health inequality could unite scrutiny and health partners. The NHS Confederation welcomes this discussion about the future role of health scrutiny, …

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Outrage over £100m weight management funding cut

WEBThe Department of Health & Social Care has blamed Covid cost pressures for its controversial decision to pull the plug on £100m funding for tackling obesity.. …

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Baroness Pitkeathley: Align boundaries of councils and integrated …

WEBLeaders from health, social care, local government and the voluntary sector are often not on an equal footing. This situation is especially concerning given the critical …

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Former councillor named as new local government minister

WEB14 November 2023By Kirsty Weakley. Simon Hoare has been appointed local government minister at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities as part of the prime …

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