Articles by Professor Jim McManus
Councils need support to save local lives
By Professor Jim McManus | 27 September 2023
The Government’s new suicide prevention strategy, while welcome, underplays the vital work being ...
The importance of the local
By Professor Jim McManus | 31 July 2023
The local levers to achieve preventative change have often been badly understood by Governments a...
Minding the health gap
By Julia Weldon | 10 July 2023
National and local governments can help drive the change needed to start narrowing the unacceptab...
The drugs won't work
By Professor Jim McManus | 12 June 2023
Short-term strategies like the latest drugs pilot to tackle obesity won’t fix the problem, says P...
Health creation for our nation
By Professor Jim McManus | 06 February 2023
Largely preventable disease will always be an issue if the underlying determinants of health aren...
The heat is on
By Professor Jim McManus | 08 August 2022
Professor Jim McManus sets out the tasks ahead for directors of public health in response to chan...
How councils keep public health top of the agenda
By Professor Jim McManus | 25 May 2022
It’s 175 years since England’s first municipal public health official was appointed, so how are l...
Our residents are real self-isolation heroes – and leading our county's recovery
By Professor Jim McManus | 01 April 2021
Hertfordshire’s recent Self-Isolation Support Day showed a very high proportion of residents clea...
The value of local leadership
By Professor Jim McManus | 12 June 2020
Local outbreak plans are due to be in place by the end of June. Professor Jim McManus asks how ar...
LGBT plus Allies Scheme proving to be a vital lifeline
By Professor Jim McManus | 14 February 2020
A growing network of ‘rainbow allies’ are part of ensuring Hertfordshire CC creates a safe, diver...
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