Smokers who undergo a CT scan of their lungs are more likely to quit than those who don’t, concludes a trial led by Cardiff University. The findings of the study, looking at the effect of CT screening on smokers at high-risk of developing lung cancer, dispute the belief that a negative screening result offers a ‘licence to smoke’ and reveal that engaging with lung screening can give smokers an opportunity to access smoking cessation...
A new and improved recipe for nutrition research in the UK
Nutrition research in the UK needs an urgent boost if it is to provide real benefit to the UK and global populations. The Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have responded to a wide-reaching review of nutrition research in the UK with new proposals aimed at revolutionising the field. The Review of Nutrition and Human Health Research, commissioned by the Office of Strategic Coordination for...
RSPH applauds championing of the arts for health and wellbeing in new parliamentary report
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has warmly welcomed the publication of a new report, ‘Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing’, launched today (19 July 2017) by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing (APPGAHW), which illustrates and champions the hugely valuable role the arts can play in supporting health and wellbeing. RSPH provided input and consultation in the delivery of the report, which comes...
RSPH dismayed by JCVI decision not to give HPV vaccinations to boys
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has expressed its disappointment and frustration that the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has today (19 July 2017) announced its decision not to extend human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations to all adolescent boys. This interim decision precedes a six week consultation period, after which time the decision will be made final unless the JCVI can be persuaded to change its mind....
Rathbone Greenbank comments on the WHO tobacco report
Matt Crossman, engagement manager at Rathbone Greenbank Investments, comments: “Ethical investors have long avoided the tobacco sector because of its clear links to premature death and disease. Tobacco companies have consistently demonstrated poor levels of corporate responsibility, often undermining public health bodies through their advertising and messaging. Although tobacco use is a matter of personal choice, and its usage still legal, the...
BMA responds to Commonwealth Fund report
Responding to a report published today by the Commonwealth Fund, which judged the NHS as the best, safest and most affordable healthcare system out of 11 countries analysed, BMA council chair, Dr Chaand Nagpaul, said: “This report provides clear evidence that the NHS is one of the top-performing healthcare systems in the world, and the most cost-effective in this study. “We need to make sure our NHS is protected, invested in and maintained,...
NHS Confederation response to NHS Resolution report on clinical negligence cost
Responding to the publication today of NHS Resolution’s Annual report and accounts 2016/17, which shows the cost of clinical negligence claims increasing by 14%, Niall Dickson, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents health service organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said: “We cannot go on like this with the NHS spending more and more on litigation. We now have fewer claims but we are paying more to...