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Tackling obesity – What the UK can learn from other countries
This week 2020health is producing its third report on obesity: Tackling obesity – What the UK can learn from other countries. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults and children has never been higher in the UK, so what … Continue reading
Posted in Nutrition, Obesity, Public Health
Tagged Careless Eating Costs Lives, childhood obesity, correlates, EPODE, Fat Chance?, Obesity, prevention, Public Health
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Simon has the vision: we have to deliver. Why saving the NHS is down to everyone of us.
Simon Stevens was on the @BBCR4 8.10am interview this morning, answering questions posted on twitter #AskNHSEngland about the new NHS Five Year Plan. It was a shame really as the tweets really skewed the discussion, and the important questions of … Continue reading
Posted in NHS, NHS England
Tagged £8Bn, empowerment, engagement, Five Year Forward View, FYFY, involvement, local Authorities, Patients, prevention, Public Health, Simon Stevens
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Threats to Mankind from Drug Resistant Bacteria and Viruses
The risk of an end to the human race may sound like science fiction. However, there are only a small number of threats that could theoretically lead to the extinction of mankind. The four main concerns that most experts share … Continue reading
Posted in Business, David Cameron, Drugs, Global Health, GPs, International, Most Significant, NHS, Pharma, Public Health, Rare conditions, Research, Vaccination
Tagged 2020health, AIDS, amoxicillin, Antibacterial, antibiotics, antiviral, Augmentin, bacteria, bacterial susceptibility, beta-lactam, beta-lactamase, bureaucracy, carpenem, cephalosporin, Ebola, end of mankind, Gilead, hepatitis, Hospitals, Human, hygiene, isolation, monobactam, NICE, pathogen, penicillin, plague, PPRS, prescribing, prevention, Prime Minister, Pseudomonas, R & D, R&D, rabies, Research, Research and development, resistance, sofosbuvir, Sovaldi, vaccine, virus, WHO
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Guest Blogspot: Prevention is better than cure.
The economic consequences of preventing illness are highly complex. Just comparing the costs of prevention with the direct treatment costs that should be avoided is far too simplistic. The true economic impact of preventative measures can often only be assessed … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Business, Children, Elderly, Health Bill, Healthcare, Information, Jeremy Hunt, NHS, Obesity, Patient choice, Patients, Policy, Uncategorized
Tagged accidents, alcohol, Andrew Lansley, arthritis, cancer, cardiovasculsr, cause of dsath, choice, elderly, government, health, Health Bill, injury, Jeremy Hunt, longevity, mortality, National Health Service, NHS, Obesity, Patients, prevention, Public Health, respiratory, smoking, tobacco
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Care planning and self care dramatically reduce acute admissions
Whilst it is widely agreed that healthcare delivery needs to change in order for it to be sustainable, there is widespread inertia in such a large organisation as the NHS against achieveing that change. Now new findings suggest that, in … Continue reading
Posted in Demand Reduction, GPs, Self-care, Uncategorized
Tagged Care planning, prevention, Self-care
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