Letter

UKPHA bounces back

Dear healthmatters – The normally well-oiled machine which is the healthmatters newsdesk seems to have thrown a cog.

In a report on environmental and public health in the current issue the UKPHA is referred to as the UK Public Health Alliance, when this organisation closed down in 1999. Similarly, in interviewing UKPHA Chief Executive Ian MacArthur, already in post for six months, the UKPHA is referred to as ‘troubled’.

Yes, the UKPHA is troubled – particularly by mounting health inequalities, the dire need for sustainable, ecological public health action, and by the continued sway of anti-health forces active in the UK and world-wide. As for the management difficulties we experienced over a year ago, under Ian’s able leadership they are thankfully no more.

Apart from that, congratulations on the continued strength and vitality of your magazine on the occasion of your fiftieth issue!