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Tag Archives: Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England
Lower Than Expected Take-Up of NHS Health Check (BBC News / NHS England)
Summary Persons aged between 40 and 74 are eligible for a free NHS Health Check, with a view to early identification and / or prevention of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease etc. In practice, statistics show that roughly 7.15 … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS England, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A-B-C Conditions: Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol, Ageing Population, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Dementia, Alistair Burns: NHS England’s National Clinical Director for Older People’s Mental Health, Atrial Fibrillation High Blood Pressure and High Cholesterol (A-B-C) Conditions, Behavioural Risk Factors, Behavioural Risk Factors and Dementia, Blood Pressure Testing Outside of General Practice, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk Factors (CVRF), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Champs Public Health Collaborative, Champs Public Health Collaborative: Cheshire and Merseyside, Cheshire and Merseyside Pharmacy Local Professional Network, Cholesterol Reduction, CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum (CVDSLF), CVD Return on Investment Tool (PHE), CVDSLF: National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, Dementia Screening, Diabetes, Diabetes Prevention, Dr Keith Ridge: Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), Health Matters: Preventing Cardiovascular Disease (PHE), Healthy Living Pharmacies (HLPs), Healthy Living Pharmacies in Lancashire, Heart Age, Heart Age Test, Heart Age Tool (HAT), Heart Attack or Stroke, High Blood Pressure Quality Improvement in Cheshire and Merseyside, High CVD Risk, High Street Heart Checks (Pharmacies), Identification of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in Primary Care, Juliet Bouverie: Chief Executive of Stroke Association, Lambeth and Southwark, Lambeth and Southwark Clinical Commissioning Groups, Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group, Lifestyle Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Matt Hancock: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Medway Clinical Commissioning Group, Midlife Obesity, Modifiable Risk Factors, Mortality Risk Factors, National CVD Prevention System Leadership Forum, NHS England’s RightCare CVD Prevention Pathway, NHS Health Check, NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Health Checks, NHS Health Checks in England: Lower Than Expected Take-Up, NHS Health Checks Programme, NHS OneYou, Obesity, Obesity and Diabetes, Obesity Risk Factor, One You Campaign (PHE), Pharmacies Offer High Street Heart Checks, Pharmacist-Led Virtual Clinics to Optimise Anticoagulation in AF, PHE: Public Health England, PHE’s CVD Primary Care Intelligence Packs, PHE’s CVD Return on Investment Tool, Preventing Cardiovascular Disease: Health Matters (PHE), Prevention, Prevention & Early Diagnosis, Prevention Agenda, Prevention and Control of NCDs, Prevention Better Than Cure: NHS Health Checks, Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), Professor Jamie Waterall: Chair of CVD Prevention Forum, Professor Jamie Waterall: National Lead for Cardiovascular Disease at Public Health England, Professor Stephen Powis: NHS England's National Medical Director, Public Health, Public Health England (PHE), Raised Cholesterol, Reducing Health Inequalities, Referrals to Behavioural Support, Renal and Urologic Disorders, Risk Factors, Screening, Screening for Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Disease, Simon Gillespie: Chief Executive of British Heart Foundation, Virtual Clinics to Improve Blood Pressure in Poorly Controlled Patients
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Health Profile for England: a Contribution Towards the NHS Ten Year Plan (BBC News / PHE)
Summary Public Health England (PHE) have published their second “Health Profile for England” report. This attempts to give a comprehensive and up-to-date summary of the population’s health in England, with projections for the future. Evidence in this annual report is … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Mental Health, National, NHS, NHS England, Public Health England, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absolute and Relative Measures of Inequality, Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) in England, Affluence and Health Inequalities, Age-Standardised Mortality Rates (ASMRs), Age-Standardised Years of Life Lost (SYLL), Ageing Population, BBC Health News, Causes of Death, Child Health, Cross-Country Comparisons, Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Leading Cause of Death in 2015, Dental Decay in Children, Deprivation and Leading Causes of Death, Developing the Long Term Plan for the NHS. September 2018 Consultation (NHS England), Diabetes, Duncan Selbie: Chief Executive of Public Health England, Early Life, Emerging Health Protection Issues, English Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), English Indices of Deprivation, European Comparisons, Excess Weight in Children, Female Life Expectancy, Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD), Good Level of Development in Children, GP Patient Survey (GPPS), Health and Care Suitable for an Ageing Population, Health Care Workforce, Health Inequalities, Health Inequalities and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Health, Health Inequalities in England, Health of Children in Early Years: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Health Profile for England (2018), Health Profile for England (PHE), Health Profile for England - 2018: Current and Emerging Health Protection Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Health of Children in Early Years, Health Profile for England - 2018: Inequalities in Health, Health Profile for England - 2018: Methods Data and Definitions Issues, Health Profile for England - 2018: Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors, Health Profile for England - 2018: Trends in Mortality, Health Profile for England - 2018: Wider Determinants of Health, Health Profile for England: 2017, Health Protection, Health Protection Issues, Healthy Life Expectancy, Healthy Life Expectancy and Years Lived in Poor Health, Hearing Loss, Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), Inequalities in Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Inequalities in Life Expectancy, Innovation, Innovation for an Ageing Population, Innovation in the NHS, International Comparisons, John Newton: Director of Health Improvement at Public Health England, Life Expectancy, Life Expectancy and Causes of Death, Life Expectancy at Birth: Female (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy at Birth: Male (Life Expectancy and Causes of Death), Life Expectancy Projections, Low Birthweight at Term, Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs), Lower Super Output Areas (LSOAs) Within England, Male Life Expectancy, Mean Deviation (Measure of Inequality), Methods Data and Definitions Issues: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Minimum Income Standard (MIS), Morbidity and Risk Factors, Mortality Trends, Muscle and Joint Problems, Musculoskeletal Disorders, National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP), National Population Projections, Neurological Conditions, NHS 10 Year Plan, Obesity, PHE Forecasts (ForecastPro), PHE: Public Health England, Population Change and Trends in Life Expectancy: Health Profile for England - 2018, Population Projections, Proportion of Life Spent in Poor Health, Public Health England (PHE), Quality of Life Score (EQ-5D), Relative Index of Inequality, Relative Index of Inequality (RII), Serious Mental Illness (SMI), Sight Loss, Slope Index of Inequality, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Any Indicator, Slope Index of Inequality (SII) for Life Expectancy and Healthy Life Expectancy in England, Slope Index of Inequality in Life Expectancy, Smoking, Smoking at Time of Booking, Smoking Prevalence, Smoking Status At Time of Delivery, Smoking Status at Time of Delivery (Children’s and Young People’s Health), Social Determinants of Health, Social Determinants of Health (SDH), Social Determinants of Health Inequalities, State of Nation’s Health Revealed (PHE), Teenage Conceptions, Ten Year Plan for NHS, Trends in Morbidity and Risk Factors: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Trends in Mortality: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Wellbeing in an Ageing Population, Wider Determinants of Health, Wider Determinants of Health: Health Profile for England - 2018 (PHE), Workforce Challenges, Workforce Issues, Years Lived in Poor Health, Years Lived With Disability (YLD)
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NHS World Class Cancer Care Aim: Four Week Cancer Waiting Time for Testing and Treatment (BBC News / NHS England / Department of Health)
Summary NHS England’s Cancer Taskforce has ambitious plans to improve performance and quality in cancer care. The new 2020 target involves patients receiving results from cancer tests within four weeks of referral by a GP. Older radiotherapy machines are to … Continue reading
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Tagged Aarhus University, Achieving World-Class Cancer Outcomes: Strategy for England 2015-2020, Ageing Population, Airedale National Health Service Foundation Trust, American Cancer Society, Australia, Bangor University, Cally Palmer: Chief Executive of The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cally Palmer: NHS England’s NHS National Cancer Director, Canada, Cancer, Cancer Alliances, Cancer Alliances Network, Cancer Care, Cancer Care Waits, Cancer Dashboard, Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF), Cancer Early Diagnosis, Cancer Incidence, Cancer Mortality Profiles, Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Airedale General Hospital (West Yorkshire), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Churchill Hospital (Oxford), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: North Middlesex Hospital (London), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Queens Hospital (Romford), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Royal Free Hospital (London), Cancer One-Stop Shop Pilot Centre: Royal Oldham Hospital (Greater Manchester), Cancer One-Stop 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