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Articles tagged with: public health
This year’s political cringe event is here - the gambling industry’s Safer Gambling Week Partner content
Health
By Gambling With Lives
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 Partner content
Environment
By British Safety Council
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.
Partner content
Environment
By [email protected]
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.
Health of the nation: how the pandemic highlighted the state’s role in preventing illness
Coronavirus
By Kate Proctor
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.
Matt Hancock says Dido Harding has ‘huge’ experience amid row over major public health shake-up
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.
Coronavirus: Labour says councils ‘abandoning’ NHS test and trace after Blackburn sets up its own scheme
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.
Boris Johnson considers total ban on online junk food ads in bid to defuse obesity ‘time-bomb’
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.
Matt Hancock says government ‘not proposing’ to order masks in offices after move to enforce them in shops
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.
Boris Johnson says he’s ditched ‘libertarian’ position on obesity after coronavirus battle
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.
Ministers urged not to ignore the voices of ill and disabled people as lockdown eased
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.
Public health officials accuse ministers of ‘misjudging risk’ as lockdown measures are eased across England
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.
Boris Johnson announces those people ‘shielding’ from coronavirus can leave homes from Monday
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.
Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt says Dominic Cummings row has ‘undermined public health messages’
Coronavirus
Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt says Dominic Cummings row has ‘undermined public health messages’
The row over Dominic Cummings’ trip to Durham during lockdown has “undermined key public health messages”, Cabinet minister Penny Mordaunt has said.