A helpful guide for those of us working in primary care as set out by the recent Choosing Wisely campaign. More info to be found at http://www.choosingwisely.co.uk
1. When patients are particularly…
Recently it feels like air pollution's spread beyond the concern of those who care about public health to become a more mainstream issue. It's getting a lot of press, what with the good work of…
This week NHS England escalated their heatwave warning from a level two to a three. Seems like a good time to flag up the resources that I’m aware of that exist to support NHS staff in planning for…
Eurostat data published online and also discussed in the Lancet sets a staggering prevention challenge for us. One million of the 1.7 million deaths that occured in the under 75s in 2013 might have…
Is Alberta another very sobering 'right now' example of climate change affecting health? See the Canadian Government's assessment of the air quality at Fort McMurray:…
The Health Foundation, an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK, has £1.5 million available for up to 20 teams to test and develop…
UK health services are currently unprepared for the risks posed by climate change, warns a major newhealth alliancelaunching today. In an unprecedented move, the heads of the UK’s leading health…
The health sector is over the first hurdle in the race to reach carbon reduction targets and help limit the effects of climate change.
A report from the Sustainable Development Unit shows the NHS…
In this article, Baroness Martha Lane-Fox says that free wi-fi will allow patients staying in hospital to self-monitor their conditions using apps, maintain contact with social networks that can…
Only just came across this letter by Nick Hopkinson and colleague to the European Respiratory Journal last January, highlighting the importance of paying attention tobreathlessness in midlife - both…