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Health
By Policy@Manchester
Too close to the sun: The health benefits and economic case for banning sunbeds
Melanoma skin cancers are the UK’s fifth most common cancer, causing over 2,000 deaths each year. Over 85% of cases are preventable, with excessive exposure to ultraviolet light the most common cause, including the ultraviolet light used in sunbeds. The cancer risk from sunbeds is well known, but a new study has outlined the stark health and economic benefits of banning their commercial use. Professor Katherine Payne, Professor Paul Lorigan, and Professor Adele Green from The University of Manchester outline the findings of their research and how policymakers at local and national levels can act.
Expanding the concept of Secure by Design for health and social care Partner content
Health
By Atkins
Expanding the concept of Secure by Design for health and social care
Atkins’ Sophia Kladaki, Lewis Hodges, and Isobel Drever look at how health and social care organisations can become more cyber resilient by adopting a Secure by Design approach.
Record NHS Hospital Waiting Times, Tory And Labour MPs Suspended, Strikes Disrupt Flights
Health
Record NHS Hospital Waiting Times, Tory And Labour MPs Suspended, Strikes Disrupt Flights
People waiting for treatment in NHS hospitals in England has reached a record of 7.2m, according to new data released by NHS England, as a winter of strikes is set to disrupt services further.
Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
SEVEN IN TEN BRITS THINK PLACING COMPULSORY HEALTH WARNINGS ON BETTING PRODUCTS WOULD FAIL TO TACKLE PROBLEM GAMBLING
71 per cent of the public believe Government health messaging – like those on cigarettes – would be ineffective at preventing problem gambling. Meanwhile almost half of the public (47 per cent) think banning popular promotions like ‘free bets’ wouldn’t help tackle problem gambling rates either.
Breaking the Stigma of menstrual health: We need to talk about periods Partner content
Health
By Hologic
Breaking the Stigma of menstrual health: We need to talk about periods
The long term impact of the Women’s Health Strategy, published earlier this year, will become apparent in time. But in the short term, it appears to have at least one achievement of note already – it’s got us talking more about periods.
Better thrombectomy access can save brains and change lives Partner content
Health
By Stroke Association
Better thrombectomy access can save brains and change lives
Thrombectomy, an extraordinary stroke treatment, saves brains, saves money and
changes lives. It can transform stroke recovery in an instant and would save the NHS
£73 million each year. So why do three quarters of the patients who need it miss out?
Politicians need to take bold action to improve public health
Health
By Sally Warren
Politicians need to take bold action to improve public health
Earlier this month I interviewed Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, at The King’s Fund Annual Conference.
Understanding the burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Partner content
Health
By Sanofi
Understanding the burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
General Manager at Sanofi Vaccines UK and Ireland, Rebecca Catterick, and Baroness Margaret Ritchie discuss the impact of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in our society, with ideas on how it can be mitigated through enhanced understanding and proactive approaches to treatment.
Why public health policy needs to refocus Partner content
Health
By Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I
Why public health policy needs to refocus
Addressing the causes of unhealthy lifestyles will be a game-changer.
Why we need to get the balance right on gambling reform Partner content
Health
By Betting And Gaming Council
Why we need to get the balance right on gambling reform
Targeted intervention is the best way for the government to uphold freedom and protect the most vulnerable when it comes to gambling.
Courageous political leadership is needed to end AIDS
Health
By Lord Fowler
Courageous political leadership is needed to end AIDS
We have come a long way. In the mid 1980s, when I started to work on the campaigns to respond to AIDS, there were no medicines.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Rethinking health economics to tackle AMR Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week: Rethinking health economics to tackle AMR
As ever, World Antimicrobial Awareness week is a good opportunity for us to reflect on the challenge posed by ‘superbugs’ and consider potential solutions. While a whole week might seem like a lot of time to allocate to one healthcare challenge, the scale of the threat posed by Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) merits it. As we move from pandemic response to pandemic recovery, there is arguably even greater need to consider how we’re tackling AMR and how we can work better together. Toby Cousens, Hospital and Internal Medicines Lead, Pfizer UK, considers the challenge ahead.
Acting on health inequalities will save lives and money Partner content
Health
By Policy@Manchester
Acting on health inequalities will save lives and money
Across the UK, disparities in health and care are the most visible part of the levelling-up agenda – and tackling them is central to bridging regional gaps in wealth and productivity, say experts and Parliamentarians.
Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare Partner content
Health
By Pfizer UK
Now is the time to spark a new prevention revolution in healthcare
While the principle of prevention is universally accepted, shifting the dial more strongly towards it and away from reactive, emergency approaches has been an elusive challenge for governments around the world. Yet in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have an opportunity to use innovation in novel ways to drive a new revolution in prevention. Rhulani Nhlaniki, Pfizer’s UK Vaccines Lead discusses the challenge.
The Health of Nations: Why Businesses Need to Step Up When it Comes to Health Partner content
Health
By Legal & General
The Health of Nations: Why Businesses Need to Step Up When it Comes to Health
With the new Prime Minister recommitting to Levelling Up, UK businesses need to step forward to create a more balanced economy. But that can only happen with a healthy population and a healthy workforce. The House sat down with Legal & General’s John Godfrey to hear why he believes health should be on the agenda in every UK boardroom.
The UK's social care system is 'broken', the Prime Minister must fix it Partner content
Health
By Advinia Health Care
The UK's social care system is 'broken', the Prime Minister must fix it
With the onset of Winter, pressures on the NHS are, once again, a point of major political debate. There is no quick fix, but Rishi Sunak must recognise he cannot ease the burden on health care without fixing our broken social care system too.
Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult and Xerion Healthcare Secure Funding for Innovative Brain Tumour Treatment
Innovate UK SMART Grant awarded to accelerate progress to clinical trials.
Public health policy should return to the top of Steve Barclay’s priority list
Health
By Adam Briggs, Senior Policy Fellow, The Health Foundation
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.
Long Term Thinking: Crohn’s & Colitis Partner content
Coronavirus
By AbbVie
Long Term Thinking: Crohn’s & Colitis
As part of our series on improving care for people with long-term health conditions, Dods Impact and AbbVie explore how we can reach the Crohn’s disease and Colitis patients ‘going missing’ from the system
Mary Seacole: nurse, businesswoman and Crimean War hero
Communities
By Paulette Hamilton MP
Mary Seacole: nurse, businesswoman and Crimean War hero
The philosopher Thomas Carlyle suggested history was best understood as the "biography of great men". The House disagrees — and has invited parliamentarians this Black History Month to spotlight inspirational Black women.
Sickle Cell: Why Are Black Lives in the Healthcare System Ignored?
Health
By Aaliyah Harry
Sickle Cell: Why Are Black Lives in the Healthcare System Ignored?
Sickle cell – which disproportionately affects those of Black heritage – is the UK’s fastest growing genetic disorder. Although the NHS’s new campaign highlighting the need for more black donors is positive, the government’s refusal to add sickle cell to the prescription exemption list highlights that inequalities still exist.
It is time to talk about Reproductive Coercion
Environment
By Annabel Sowemimo
It is time to talk about Reproductive Coercion
We are letting thousands of women down by failing to acknowledge reproductive coercion, and the issue is likely even greater for society’s most vulnerable women.
Partner content
Health
By Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult Appoints International Entrepreneur to Bolster Commercial Expertise
New appointment reflects ambition for growth to drive drug discovery innovation.
How can anyone be against safer gambling? Partner content
Education
By Betting And Gaming Council
How can anyone be against safer gambling?
This week is Safer Gambling Week when we come together to promote better education and awareness, encourage even more people to use safer gambling tools like deposit limits and time-outs, and crucially when we signpost the advice, support and help that’s available to anyone who may be struggling. From betting shops to bingo clubs, casinos and online operators, and for the first-time betting operators in Ireland and across Europe too, it is an incredible show of unity to promote safe betting and gaming.