Public-health - Page 3

By Adam Briggs | 10 October 2024

The public health grant to local authorities has been significantly slashed in the past 12 years,...

FINANCE

Betting on a bold Budget

By Mike Short | 18 September 2024

Unison’s report showing councils’ record £4.3bn funding gap highlights the need for chancellor Ra...

PREVENTION

Integrated Care Systems should be a Petri dish of preventative experimentation

By By Abdool Kara | 17 September 2024

Of course, we need to prevent accidents and injuries, writes Abdool Kara, 'but might there be a r...

HEALTH

Lord Darzi in public health call

By Ellie Ames | 12 September 2024

The Government must invest in public health to ease pressure on a health service ‘in critical con...

PUBLIC HEALTH

City and Hackney's COVID response: Every action mattered

By Dr Sandra Husbands | 23 August 2024

A new paper explores how the City & Hackney set up an effective COVID contact tracing and outbrea...

PUBLIC HEALTH

The first steps to healthier lives

By Greg Fell | 09 August 2024

Directors of public health have a responsibility to cut rates of non-communicable diseases, and b...

PUBLIC HEALTH

Vaccine uptake: Give councils the power and cash to deliver

By Florence Conway | 01 August 2024

Pockets of lower vaccine uptake drive inequalities in outcomes, yet we’re not turning to the prof...

KING'S SPEECH

King's Speech: Waiting lists, prevention and mental health top health agenda

By Lee Peart | 17 July 2024

Reducing waiting times, prevention and improving mental health provision topped Labour’s agenda i...

HEALTH

Removing poverty's toll on health

By Greg Fell | 11 June 2024

As well as tackling the current poverty crisis, the next government must take a long-term, preven...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Lib Dems in public health cuts reversal pledge

By Dan Peters | 03 June 2024

The Lib Dems have pledged a £1bn-a-year investment to reverse cuts to the public health grant.

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