In the UK approximately half of women drink alcohol during pregnancy, 8% drink above recommended safe limits (1 or 2 units once or twice a week), and a quarter receive no health advice on safe levels of consumption.1,2 It is widely accepted that high alcohol consumption or regular binge drinking …
Point-of-sale marketing of tobacco, including tobacco display racks and sales incentives for retailers, has grown in importance to tobacco companies as other …
The Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) programme is a large-scale programme developed by the Department of Health to drive forward quality …
Britain’s poorest families are set to miss out on support with their energy bills, putting the well-being and health of children at …
The coalition government remains committed to extending the role of competition in the NHS. It is hoped that market reforms encouraging competition …
Evidence based medicine is here to stay and has revolutionised the way clinicians around the world manage patients. At a recent surgical …
Fuel poverty is defined as the need for a household to spend over 10% of its income to achieve temperatures required for …
The Department of Health (DH) has again been forced to deny that a measure in the NHS Operating Framework for 2012-13, published …
Vaccination1 works by exposing an individual to a killed or weakened infectious organism or part of an organism, usually via injection. This …
On coming into office last year the Coalition government launched their ‘Big Society’ initiative. The encouragement of social action and volunteering were …