Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
...2.1 million. Source: Use of electronic cigarettes in Great Britain, ASH, April 2014 http://www.ash.org.uk/files/documents/ASH_891.pdf At the same time, Professor Robert West’s Smoking Toolkit Study shows quit attempts are up, success...
...our staff, as well as access to The Big White Wall – an online community where people can talk openly and anonymously about what’s on their mind. Throughout the week...
...across 40 channels simultaneously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfrnWrpPq54 At the centre of the advert is Gina, a former nurse from Liverpool who is living with dementia; a fantastic character and great advocate for...
...around £5,000. A few key factors influence the cost-effectiveness calculation, and they’re not without their challenges. The first is the time-frame that’s used to measure the impact of public health....
...screening invite comes with information to help a woman decide whether or not to attend and there’s also plenty of information online too. So what is cervical screening? What cervical...
...contributed to reductions in admissions due to falls in the home of 32 per cent, falls in residential institutions of 27 per cent and falls in the street of nearly...
...the international average. And within the country, physical activity and inactivity vary by region, by socio-demographic, by disability and by ethnicity. Physical inactivity levels (key local authority areas - England)...
...a local level is essential. More broadly, to deliver on the opportunities created by the transition in sexual and reproductive health and HIV commissioning arrangements over the last year, real...
The proportion of HIV-positive diagnosed women passing (transmitting) their infection to their babies in the UK is now at its lowest ever level, having dropped four-fold in 10 years. In...
...local government and the NHS on: public health issues (smoking, alcohol, drugs, mental health, physical activity, blood pressure control, diet and obesity, sexual health); health marketing and behavioural change; health...
