Prevention is better than cure: cry for a change in government policy
A renewed focus on and an increase in funding for public health services is badly needed if the current decline … Read more
Public Health
Forecast shows 9m people in England with major illnesses by 2040
The Health Foundation has forecast that nine million people in England will be living with major illnesses such as dementia, … Read more
Why we need more public health services
As the NHS reaches its 75th birthday and people around the country celebrate its history of delivering universal healthcare, free … Read more
Public health funding “below 2015/16 levels”
With just two weeks to go until the end of the financial year, the government finally announced the Public Health grant … Read more
Long-term consequences of cuts to Public Health Services becoming clear
After over a 100 years of progress, the health and well being of the British public is now going in … Read more
Can we afford cuts to health spending?
As Rishi Sunak considers a tightening of public sector spending, evidence of the cost of ill health to the nation’s … Read more
Thérèse Coffey to drop smoking action plan, insiders say
The Guardian reports that ministers are expected to break a promise to announce an action plan to tackle smoking, in … Read more
Study finds over 330,000 excess deaths in Great Britain linked to austerity
A study published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has found there were 334,327 excess deaths beyond the … Read more
70 organisations object to moves to “weaken” public health measures
Liz Truss’s plans for the UK’s anti-obesity strategy, which could see the axing of many measures to help reduce the … Read more
Patients in poorer areas wait longer for treatment
Areas of deprivation in England have seen waiting lists on average increase by more than half (55.2%), compared to a … Read more