Government calls time on obesity
A bid to slash five billion calories off the nation’s daily diet was set out as part of the Government’s ambitious new plan to tackle obesity by the Department of Health today. The obesity Call to...
View ArticleConsultation on HIV positive healthcare workers launched
A consultation into relaxing the restrictions placed on the work that can be undertaken by HIV positive healthcare workers was launched today by Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies, following a...
View ArticleChief Medical Officer statement on breast implants
Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies said: “Women with PIP implants should not be unduly worried. We have no evidence of a link to cancer or an increased risk of rupture. If women are concerned they...
View ArticleHealthy New Year’s resolutions – BOGOF
Buy One good habit and Get another One Free this New Year People who make a healthy New Year’s resolution may find they actually get two for the price of one, according to new reports published today....
View ArticlePiP implant ad campaign to advise worried women
Adverts will appear in national newspapers this weekend to advise women what to do if they have PiP breast implants. Adverts will then run on websites read by the target audience. The advert will also...
View ArticleDon’t let drink sneak up on you
People will be warned that they are at risk from serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer if they drink just a little bit more than they should, the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley...
View ArticleAlcohol industry sheds a billion units to cut hospital admissions and 1,000...
A billion units of alcohol will be shed by the alcohol industry through an ambitious plan to help customers drink within guidelines, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. The initiative,...
View ArticleChildren call for smokefree homes
- New national campaign highlights the hidden dangers of secondhand smoke- A new hard-hitting campaign, highlighting the shocking truth behind secondhand smoke will hit our TV screens tonight, Health...
View ArticleProfessor Jonathan Montgomery confirmed as Chair of Health Research Authority
Professor Jonathan Montgomery has today been confirmed as Chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA). Professor Montgomery is currently Professor of Health Care Law at the University of Southampton,...
View ArticleFlu vaccination programme extended to all children
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will today accept recommendations from UK immunisation experts to extend the flu vaccination programme to all children. The UK Government is already recognised to have...
View ArticleGovernment calls time on obesity
A bid to slash five billion calories off the nation’s daily diet was set out as part of the Government’s ambitious new plan to tackle obesity by the Department of Health today. The obesity Call to...
View ArticleConsultation on HIV positive healthcare workers launched
A consultation into relaxing the restrictions placed on the work that can be undertaken by HIV positive healthcare workers was launched today by Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies, following a...
View ArticleChief Medical Officer statement on breast implants
Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies said: “Women with PIP implants should not be unduly worried. We have no evidence of a link to cancer or an increased risk of rupture. If women are concerned they...
View ArticleHealthy New Year’s resolutions – BOGOF
Buy One good habit and Get another One Free this New Year People who make a healthy New Year’s resolution may find they actually get two for the price of one, according to new reports published today....
View ArticlePiP implant ad campaign to advise worried women
Adverts will appear in national newspapers this weekend to advise women what to do if they have PiP breast implants. Adverts will then run on websites read by the target audience. The advert will also...
View ArticleDon’t let drink sneak up on you
People will be warned that they are at risk from serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer if they drink just a little bit more than they should, the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley...
View ArticleAlcohol industry sheds a billion units to cut hospital admissions and 1,000...
A billion units of alcohol will be shed by the alcohol industry through an ambitious plan to help customers drink within guidelines, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today. The initiative,...
View ArticleChildren call for smokefree homes
- New national campaign highlights the hidden dangers of secondhand smoke- A new hard-hitting campaign, highlighting the shocking truth behind secondhand smoke will hit our TV screens tonight, Health...
View ArticleProfessor Jonathan Montgomery confirmed as Chair of Health Research Authority
Professor Jonathan Montgomery has today been confirmed as Chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA). Professor Montgomery is currently Professor of Health Care Law at the University of Southampton,...
View ArticleFlu vaccination programme extended to all children
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley will today accept recommendations from UK immunisation experts to extend the flu vaccination programme to all children. The UK Government is already recognised to have...
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