03 Jan 2012
A daily tipple could help to keep your bones healthy
28 Mar 2012
| by Jane Haywood, Dr Tania Ahern and Richard Jones
There are many sources of support for doctors who feel they need help with mental health...With the continuing pressures of general practice and the added uncertainty related to the Health ...
ill. Poor health in a doctor can adversely affect the care of patients, healthcare costs, the lives ...
health and wellbeing put it: 'Healthier staff, teams that are not disrupted by sickness, or where staff ...
GPs with an interest (GPSIs) in occupational health are being invited to join a specialist group...an interest in developing the health and wellbeing of the working age population within the context of primary ...
signed off sick.
Click here to find out more about the occupational health group ...
26 Mar 2012
The Health Bill is set to receive royal assent and become law by Easter after completing its...GP leaders reiterated fears about the impact of rising competition in the NHS and urged health ...
Board will become fully operational and PCTs and strategic health authorities will be formally scrapped ...
to try to temper some of the worst potential consequences of the legislation and keep a health service ...
GPs who signed up to an ambitious NHS Health Check local enhanced service (LES) are on track to far...the NHS in England to assess the vascular health of 16m people aged 40 to 74 over five years.
But a ...
Heart of Birmin gham were invited to sign up to the LES when the NHS Health Checks scheme began in April ...
15 Feb 2012
that 46% were 'emotionally exhausted'.
GPs in London can self refer to the Practitioner Health Programme (PHP), a confidential service for doctors and dentists suffering from mental health and addiction ...
London's lead and commission services to support GPs.
The 2009 Boorman review into the health of NHS ...
18 Apr 2012
's response to the second year of the pandemic in 2010/11. The new health secretary Andrew Lansley scrapped ...
in the season could have made some difference.
This government has scaled back national public health advertising. What's more, under NHS reforms, more decisions, including public health, will be taken locally ...
29 Feb 2012
to the latest Number 10 health summit this month as Health Bill opposition grows. Guests reportedly still aired ...
quietly convince more GP bodies of his Bill values.
Read about the BMA's reaction to the Health ...
18 Jan 2012
| by Dr Martin Lindsay
for mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression, and the demand continues to grow.
The root ...
regarding mental health, such as family disharmony, homelessness, overcrowding and stress in and outside ...
months for IAPT assistance.
A large amount of research shows how poor mental health affects physical ...
14 Feb 2012
| by Tom Moberly
Health select committee hits out at potential negative impact of plans to tackle health inequality....MPs' claims that proposed public health reforms will undermine service improvements and widen health inequalities have been rejected by the government.
Last November, a report by the House of Commons health select committee warned that DH plans for a 'health premium' posed a significant risk ...