Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
There are around 550,000 dementia carers in the UK. And it is estimated that 1 in 3 people will care for someone with dementia in their lifetime. Dementia carers are the single most important player in the dementia world. They …
Sport has the ability to inspire and engage people from all walks of life at every age. Whether playing, participating or supporting from the side lines, the evangelical passion for sport rides the highs and lows of success and failure …
It has long been accepted that successful recovery from alcohol and drug dependence is a long-term journey and not something that can be achieved alone. Support networks across communities and among those in treatment and recovery are an essential cornerstone …
This week the Mental Health Taskforce published its engagement report, highlighting what 20,000 people think the priorities for the country’s mental health are. The report underlines the importance of mental health nationally and the chance we now have to make …
In November last year we helped launch ‘A day in the life’, a project which asks people with a mental health problem to blog about a day in their life - on four set days across the year - providing …
Recently the Centre for Workforce Intelligence and Royal Society for Public Health published reports highlighting the importance of engaging the wider public health workforce to support improvement in population health. They identified several workforces such as the allied health professions …
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection is easily prevented, yet despite remarkable advances in our understanding of the condition, the number of people who are acquiring HIV in the UK remains stubbornly high. In 2013 around 108,000 people were estimated to …
Ensuring children are able to get the best from school is vital; not enough children are starting school with the range of skills they need to succeed – two in every five children in the capital are not ready for …
We make choices every day of our lives. Some are minor, while others, such as those relating to our health, could have significant long-term implications. In this country health screening is not mandatory; each type of screening is a choice. …
In recent years our understanding of drugs and the harms they can cause has been challenged - as has the health system response. Where once we were reasonably confident that we had a good understanding of drugs, we cannot confidently …
