Dr Dipti Patel summarises the current advice on hepatitis B for UK travellers...of vaccine is not required unless the traveller remains at risk. Dr Patel is an occupational health ... -defined risk groups. Risk for travellers The risk of HBV infection for travellers is low, with estimated incidence of one case in 2,000 10,000 per month in short-term travellers, and one case in 1,000 per month ...
Health promotion is about giving patients advice that encourages them to stay healthy. It can come ... programmes. The RCGP s GP curriculum statements say that GPs have a crucial role to play in promoting health . Effective health promotion in primary care can help prevent the onset or delay the progression of diseases ...
Adolescent health now has its own curriculum, but what does this mean for primary care? asks Dr...Improving adolescent health makes sense on many levels. Adolescence is a time of momentous bodily ... is a long-term investment in the doctor- patient relationship. Improving adolescent health will bring long-term health benefits, providing a golden opportunity to modify chronic disease risk factors ...
The health gap between the most affluent and deprived areas in England remains 'unacceptable', says...The statement follows publication of health profiles of every SHA in the country, reiterating ... in the north east. Meanwhile, an online tool developed by the Association of Public Health Observatories allows health organisations to use the data to assess the effectiveness of a range of health ...
Employers have a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 to take reasonable measures to ensure the health, safety and welfare of their employees at work, including those with disabilities. They also have ... and implement your health-and-safety policies. You should cover health and safety in the induction training ...
completed the two medical recommendations having agreed it was necessary for George's health and safety ... was detained under the Mental Health Act 1983. History of schizophrenia In view of George's history ... under the Mental Health Act. Once the antipsychotic medication had taken effect, he was calmer and lucid ...
suffering financial hardship. Failing to do so will result in increasing physical and mental health problems ... and appetite. Her Patient Health Questionnaire 9 score and Generalised Anxiety Disorder Assessment 7 were consistent with moderate depression and anxiety. She had no previous history of mental health problems ...
GPs already approved under the Mental Health Act can now play an extra role. By Dr Jeremy Phipps....Health Act 2007, many primary care organisations (PCOs) are looking to recruit and train GPs ... the Mental Health Act 1983. DoLS assessors will usually already be approved under Section 12 of the 1983 Act ... assessors are contacted. One will be a non-medical approved mental health professional (AMHP), formerly ...
Contributed by Professor Terence Stephenson, professor of child health and consultant paediatrician..., and recent travel abroad. Food poisoning is often from undercooked or inadequately reheated food: Salmonella ... will usually have resolved by the time the report is available. In prolonged diarrhoea or after travelling ... to be food poisoning, stool cultures should always be sent as there may be public health issues relating ...
The internet health revolution poses medico-legal dilemmas, warns the MDU's Dr Emma Cuzner....travelled to northern England from his south coast home to stay for a week's holiday, but that he had ...
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