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New approach needed to tackle ‘lifestyle diseases’

Stanley Blue By Stanley Blue Filed Under: Featured Posted: February 2, 2015

The Change4Life campaign just launched by NHS England is the latest attempt to persuade people to adopt healthier lifestyles.  But, says Dr Stanley Blue, this type of public health campaign is not enough to tackle fast rising rates of ‘lifestyle diseases’. Current public health policy is focussed on getting people to change their eating, drinking […]

Tagged With: cancer, cardiovascular disease, Change4Life, drinking, exercise, lifestyle diseases, NHS, NHS England, non-communicable diseases, obesity, public health, smoking, type 2 diabetes

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Care.data project tarnished by liberties and assumptions

Jonathan Hammond By Jonathan Hammond Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: February 21, 2014

The potential for Care.data to improve the health of the nation is hard to argue with, writes Jonathan Hammond. But he argues that a lack of patient control, security concerns and a lamentable communications strategy have tarnished the laudable aims of the whole scheme. Let’s start with some facts about Care.data. It is a programme […]

Tagged With: care.data, GPs, health policy, healthcare, NHS England, patient data, patient database, patient trust, primary care, public health

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