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The social and economic costs of obesity are rising in the East Midlands. In the fight against this rising tide, public health champions in the region have signed a declaration to take action through the establishment of ...
The Department of Health has published 'Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: Two Years On'. This report includes progress made since the Governments Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross-Government Strategy for England was pu ...
An update of 46 measures of regional progress towards sustainable development in England was published on 25 February 2010 by Government statisticians at DEFRA. A formal statistical summary accompanies the indicators but ...
The National Audit Office (NAO) has published 'Tackling problem drug use'. This report into government action to tackle problem drug use has concluded that there has been good progress in a number of areas, including an ...
This discussion paper looks at how the public sector can improve information made available to the public. 'The truth is out there' poses questions such as 'What information will capture the publics imagination?' and 'H ...
CWDC wants to identify the behaviours required by those who work with disabled children and young people to help services become more inclusive and accessible. Application closing date: 29 Apr 2010 at 13:00
This monthly bulletin is designed to provide updates on activities that support the delivery of the Be Healthy outcome for children, young people and families through the Every Child Matters 'Change for Children' agenda. ...
The organisation designed to help make the smartest use of health data across the NHS will celebrate its 10th anniversary today.
Teachers and professionals working with children and young people will have new support and guidance to lead the way in cracking down on violence against women and girls, the Government announced today on International W ...
Junior doctors are missing out on training opportunities because they are working excess hours to plug gaps in services, a BMA survey reveals.
The Spend and Outcome Tool has been updated with the 2008/9 programme budgeting data. This tool was commissioned by Department of Health and produced by Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory on behalf of the As ...
An overview of the latest developments in public health in the South West and nationally.
Frank discussions about the importance of being tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as chlamydia are an important indicator of a lasting relationship, according to a surprising new survey.
DH are consulting on draft regulations which will impose duties on designated bodies, including employers and contractors of health care workers, in all sectors, and regulatory bodies, relating to sharing information abo ...
The 2008/09 Drug and Alcohol Action Team (DAAT) data profiles are two page summary reports for each DAAT in the South East for adults and for young people in drug treatment. The reports contain analysis of data from the ...
The annual report Drug Treatment in the South East: Analysis of the 2008/09 NDTMS dataset can also be downloaded from the DTMU website using the link above. This report contains analysis of the 2008/09 NDTMS dataset for ...