Articles tagged with: public health

Why inequality in sport and activity costs £15bn a year

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22 Oct 2024 Health

Why inequality in sport and activity costs £15bn a year

New Sport England research calculates that inequalities in the activity levels of adults cost £15.6bn a year. With a renewed political will to tackle inequalities and reduce the burden on public health, the research makes the unequivocal social and economic case for getting everyone active.

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12 Jun 2024 Health

We cannot fix the diet-induced chronic disease crisis without first empowering the nation with dietary guidelines that are fit for purpose!

BANT 2024 Election Manifesto – A call for change!

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health

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09 May 2024 Health

Time for a prevention-led model to rebuild the nation’s health

BANT is calling for change in public health policy!

Taking learnings from the pandemic to improve global trade rules for health

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13 Feb 2024 Health

Taking learnings from the pandemic to improve global trade rules for health

The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) annual Ministerial Conference is just a fortnight away.
Policymakers from 164 countries will be in Abu Dhabi to discuss the most important issues
facing the global trading system. Ben Lucas, Managing Director at MSD in the UK and Ireland,
writes about the opportunity to improve global trade rules to benefit patients around the world

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12 Jan 2024 Health

Time to prioritise public health in 2024

20 Jul 2023 Health

Why disability benefit claims are surging in the UK

Disability benefit claims have surged in the last two years, taking in multiple health conditions and all age groups. Is it the effect of the pandemic, the consequences of NHS waiting lists, or in response to rising living costs? Chaminda Jayanetti digs into the data. Illustration by Tracy Worrall

13 Mar 2023 Health

Government must invest in the nation's health to help the economy

While the Spring Budget may lack the high drama accompanying November’s Autumn Statement, it would be a mistake to underestimate the challenges facing the Chancellor.

28 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Home Office Accused Of Creating "Preventable" Health Risk After Asylum Centre Diphtheria Outbreak

Public health leaders have said the decision to disperse asylum seekers from Manston after outbreaks of disease has put fresh pressure on local health services.

03 Nov 2022 Health

Public health policy should return to the top of Steve Barclay’s priority list

After a gap of less than eight weeks, Steve Barclay returned to the Department of Health and Social Care to find NHS waiting lists of more than 7m, a social care system on its knees, record workforce shortages, and the first signs of a flu season arriving in hospitals.

Enough Safer Gambling Week nonsense - only reform will reduce harm and boost economic growth

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13 Oct 2022 Health

Enough Safer Gambling Week nonsense - only reform will reduce harm and boost economic growth

The gambling industry in its current form poses a danger to public health and the Government's objective of going for growth. Long awaited reforms are needed in full and undiluted.

Hygiene resilience in public health – time for a fundamental rethink

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06 Sep 2022 Health

Hygiene resilience in public health – time for a fundamental rethink

Taking onboard lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Sally Bloomfield outlines a three-point strategy to enhance our hygiene resilience.

08 Aug 2022 Health

We must treat monkeypox as a public health emergency to avoid it becoming endemic in the UK

Many say that London is at its most beautiful in the summer. But over the last few weekends there’s been a new spectacle to behold in the city, with snaking queues of gay and bisexual men outside the capital’s sexual health clinics waiting for hours in the blazing sunshine to get vaccinated against a growing health threat – monkeypox.

This year’s political cringe event is here - the gambling industry’s Safer Gambling Week

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28 Oct 2021 Health

This year’s political cringe event is here - the gambling industry’s Safer Gambling Week

It’s time to cut through the gambling industry’s cynical and patronising PR and legislate for what people really need – a public health approach to the risks of gambling.

Clean Air Day 2021: Why now is the time to get serious about tackling air pollution

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17 Jun 2021 Environment

Clean Air Day 2021: Why now is the time to get serious about tackling air pollution

Clean Air Day, being marked today, is an opportunity to improve public understanding of air pollution, build awareness of how air pollution affects our health and explain the actions we can all take to tackle air pollution, helping to protect the environment and our health.

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14 May 2021 Environment

Microplastics and sewage in rivers: a threat to ecosystems, the environment and public health

River corridors have provided therapeutic green spaces in our towns and cities during the pandemic.

24 Feb 2021 Coronavirus

Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness

With major changes on the horizon, Kate Proctor talks to those on the frontline who believe the pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle public health inequalities.

19 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Matt Hancock says Dido Harding has ‘huge’ experience amid row over major public health shake-up

Matt Hancock has defended his decision to put Conservative peer Dido Harding in charge of a new body that will replace Public Health England.

04 Aug 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Labour says councils ‘abandoning’ NHS test and trace after Blackburn sets up its own scheme

Councils are “abandoning” the Government’s coronavirus test and trace programme because it is “showing no signs of improvement”, Labour have argued.

27 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson considers total ban on online junk food ads in bid to defuse obesity ‘time-bomb’

Ministers are considering an outright ban on advertising junk food online as part of a wide-ranging plan to tackle obesity in Britain.

15 Jul 2020 Coronavirus

Matt Hancock says government ‘not proposing’ to order masks in offices after move to enforce them in shops

Ministers have rejected plans to ask people in offices to wear masks because they would not give “that much protection” from coronavirus, the Health Secretary has said.

29 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson says he’s ditched ‘libertarian’ position on obesity after coronavirus battle

Boris Johnson has admitted that he has ditched his “libertarian” position on whether or not the state should help people tackle obesity after his own brush with coronavirus.

14 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Ministers urged not to ignore the voices of ill and disabled people as lockdown eased

Ministers must make sure the voices of ill and disabled people are heard as lockdown measures are eased, a coalition of charities has said.

01 Jun 2020 Coronavirus

Public health officials accuse ministers of ‘misjudging risk’ as lockdown measures are eased across England

Senior public health officials have accused ministers of “misjudging the balance of risk” as a wave of coronavirus lockdown measures are eased in England from Monday.

31 May 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson announces those people ‘shielding’ from coronavirus can leave homes from Monday

More than two million people “shielding” themselves from coronavirus will be able to leave their homes from Monday, Boris Johnson has announced.