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Articles tagged with: Health & Social Care
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension Partner content
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By Slimming World
Concerns over weight-loss surgery extension
New guidelines extending access to weight-loss surgery send a "worrying message", Slimming World has warned.
New video targets teen heart deaths Partner content
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By Cardiac Risk in the Young
New video targets teen heart deaths
CEO of Cardiac Risk in the Young, Alison Cox, says medics need to ‘wake up’ to the fact that 80% of teen heart deaths have no warning symptoms.
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By Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald awarded a place on two NHS London Procurement Partnership frameworks, UK
Mott MacDonald has been awarded a place on two National Health Service (NHS) London Procurement Partnership (LPP) Buildings and Facilities Management Professional Services frameworks. Under the frameworks the consultancy will be able to tender for projects up to a value of £5 million.
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By General Dental Council
Consultation on GDC Fitness to Practise processes
The General Dental Council (GDC) is consulting on a key change that if approved will significantly improve its Fitness to Practise (FtP) processes.
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand Partner content
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By Macmillan Cancer Support
NHS ambition must meet cancer care demand
With a thousand people a day being diagnosed with cancer, Dr Fran Woodard of Macmillan Cancer Support questions party conference commitments on the NHS.
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’ Partner content
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By InDependent Diabetes Trust
Young diabetics ‘get worse care’
There is an urgent need for effective public health strategies to deal with diabetes, starting with more consistent NHS testing, says Jenny Hirst, Chair of the Insulin Dependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT).
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By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Type 2 diabetes does not happen overnight
Deputy Chair of The British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy, Sarah Green, says low carbohydrate diets should be the first treatment recommendation for type 2 diabetics.
Fruit juice and smoothies should not be part of your 5 a day Partner content
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
Fruit juice and smoothies should not be part of your 5 a day
The Vice Chair of the British Association of Applied Nutrition and Nutritional Therapy (BANT) supports the call to not include juices in smoothies in recommended 5 a day.
All calories are not equal – labelling alcohol Partner content
By British Association for Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine (BANT)
All calories are not equal – labelling alcohol
BANT supports the labelling of calories in alcohol, but asserts it alone will not go far enough in addressing obesity.
Experts back alcohol calorie labelling Partner content
By Slimming World
Experts back alcohol calorie labelling
Public health experts have said putting calorie information on alcohol “could help the nation's waistlines as well as probably reduce alcohol consumption”.
Healthier workers – carrot vs stick Partner content
By The Work Foundation
Healthier workers – carrot vs stick
Lancaster University's Work Foundation encourages the Government to see implementation of employee health initiatives as an investment, not ‘nannying’.
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By Unite
NHS blueprint prompts questions on funding and private sector involvement, says Unite
Big questions need to be answered on how the new five-year blueprint to provide NHS services will be implemented, Unite, the country’s largest union, said today (Thursday 23 October).
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By Slimming World
NHS cannot work alone: Slimming World responds to new NHS five year plan
Dr Jacquie Lavin, Head of Nutrition and Research at Slimming World says that the organisation welcomes the renewed focus and emphasis on helping, encouraging and incentivising NHS staff and employers to promote healthy lifestyles.
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By Slimming World
Children will die before us unless obesity tackled
Commenting on the report ‘Healthy Patterns for Health Families’ from the APPG for Fit and Healthy Childhood Jenny Caven, Slimming World Head of Public Affairs said:
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By Airbus
Broughton Air Smiles Day lifts young carers
More than 30 young carers from across North Wales took to the skies from Broughton last weekend as part of an Air Smiles Day aimed at giving them a break from their responsibilities.
Mental health 'coming out of the closet' Partner content
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By Mind
Mental health 'coming out of the closet'
"We are at the beginning of a generational change." Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, has seen the latest results of a national survey measuring public attitudes in England towards mental illness.
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By Age International
Despite expansion of social pensions, half of the world’s population goes without
The second Global AgeWatch Index ranking quality of life for older people around the world welcomes the expansion of social pensions but highlights that half of the worlds population faces a bleak future without one.
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By Health & Care Forum
Jeremy Hunt MP: Build a culture of personalised care in health and care system
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt reflected on his first two years in office and called on the NHS to go further in pushing through cultural changes relating to personal care and personal control during the second Health Care Forum on Sunday evening.
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By Health & Care Forum
Andy Burnham MP: 'Ten year plan' for health and care
At the Health Care Forum reception on Sunday shadow health secretary Andy Burnham touched on some of the key themes he would be announcing in his speech on Wednesday. He told the audience of the partys proposal for a ten year plan for the health and care service, as well as touching upon ideas around public health, discussing a report the shadow health team would be publishing later in the year.
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims Partner content
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By General Dental Council
Dentists reject 'fitness to practise' claims
The governing body for UK dentists has hit back at claims that some of its disciplinary procedures are flawed.
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic Partner content
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By Slimming World
No 'quick fix' for obesity epidemic
In response to Keith Vaz's EDM, a leading weight loss organisation agrees that public understanding of the links between sugar, obesity and diabetes must be increased.
The risks of being told to lose weight Partner content
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By Slimming World
The risks of being told to lose weight

Slimming World write about the sensitivities around weight loss and how it can impact the work place.
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By Moat
Moat achieves healthy workplace status
Moat has been commended for demonstrating its commitment to the health and wellbeing of its employees by receiving a Simplyhealth Healthy Workplace award.
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity' Partner content
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By Slimming World
Surgery 'not a quick fix for obesity'

Surgery may not be the best option for obese people, a leading slimming expert has warned.