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The U.K.'s early approach to pandemic cost thousands of …

(4 days ago) WEBThe U.K.'s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic ranks among the worst public health failures in the country's history, causing "many thousands" of avoidable deaths, a new report says.

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/10/12/1045219737/the-u-k-s-early-approach-to-pandemic-cost-thousands-of-lives-a-new-report-says

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What went wrong with the UK’s handling of the Covid pandemic?

(Just Now) WEBA parliamentary report says the initial handling of the coronavirus outbreak was one of the worst public health failures in UK history. Could tens of thousands of deaths have been avoided – and

https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/oct/13/what-went-wrong-with-the-uks-handling-of-the-covid-pandemic

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Covid: Early failures were stark - lessons must be learnt

(2 days ago) WEBThe handling of the pandemic by the UK in the early months was, according to a cross-party group of MPs, one of the worst-ever public health failures. Many of the headline findings will be

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58890472

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Pandemic response ‘one of the UK’s worst public health …

(5 days ago) WEBCovid pandemic response ‘one of the UK’s worst public health failures’, damning report finds. UK’s planning was too ‘narrowly and inflexibly based on a flu model’ Close.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/covid-pandemic-mps-report-public-health-failure-b959949.html

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UK’s early herd immunity strategy was ‘public health …

(3 days ago) WEBThe 150-page report draws on 400 written submissions and evidence from 50 witnesses, ranging from chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Chris Whitty to Johnson

https://www.ft.com/content/20e6bf0b-853c-46cf-9f9b-e1d4351368be

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Tuesday briefing: Covid response ‘one of UK’s worst ever failures’

(6 days ago) WEBBritain’s early handling of the coronavirus pandemic was one of the UK’s worst public health failures, a landmark inquiry has found. The “fatalistic” approach of ministers and scientists

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/12/tuesday-briefing-covid-pandemic-response

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COVID response one of UK’s worst ever ‘public health failures’

(3 days ago) WEB12 Oct 2021. The United Kingdom government’s early response to COVID-19 and the delay in imposing a lockdown early last year was “one of the most important public health failures” in the

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/12/covid-response-one-of-worst-ever-public-health-failures-in-uk

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Tackling population health challenges as we build back …

(7 days ago) WEBGerry McCartney and colleagues argue for a new model of equitable, holistic, and sustainable public health should be central to recovery plans No amount of positive spin can detract from the …

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-066232

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Covid in Wales: Sorry for early mistakes, says health minister

(3 days ago) WEBWales' Health Minister Eluned Morgan has apologised for the mistakes made by the Welsh government in its initial handling of the pandemic. She was responding to a report by MPs which said the UK's

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-58883469

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Why is Britain’s treasured health service falling apart? CNN

(1 days ago) WEBAccording to analysis by health charity the Health Foundation, average day-to-day health spending in the UK between 2010 and 2019 was £3,005 ($3,715) per person per year – 18% below the EU14

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/23/uk/uk-nhs-crisis-falling-apart-gbr-intl/index.html

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Public inquiry finds U.K. government’s handling of coronavirus …

(7 days ago) WEBBritish government’s early pandemic response was a historic public health failure, lawmakers say. “despite the UK counting on some of the best expertise available anywhere in the world

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/10/12/uk-coronavirus-pandemic-response-historic-mistakes-inquiry/

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11 key findings of report into UK government’s handling of Covid

(2 days ago) WEBTaxi driver wearing a PPE mask Credit: PA. 10. Government failures led to thousands of elderly people dying in care homes. Thousands of care home residents died during the first wave of the

https://www.itv.com/news/2021-10-12/11-key-findings-of-hugely-critical-report-into-governments-handling-of-covid

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Where England's pandemic response to COVID-19 went wrong

(3 days ago) WEBWeakening of public health. The last decade has seen significant disinvestment in public health in England. PHE saw its operational budget cut by 40% between 2013 and 2019. 3 Other public health departments also sustained cuts. The Andrew Lansley reforms leading to the Health and Social Care Act 2012 transferred …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680038/

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The medical establishment is failing the UK public on covid-19

(Just Now) WEBThe mainstream medical profession is chronically acquiescent on public health failures In the UK, we are currently bathing in vaccine euphoria, but our remarkable rollout sits on broken public health foundations. The government seems immune to criticism of its overall response to the covid-19 pandemic, and the mainstream medical …

https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n775

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The public health response by UK governments to COVID-19

(6 days ago) WEBThis failure to place public health specialists at the heart of the UK-wide and nation-specific responses to COVID-19 has never truly been resolved and, ultimately, is the consequence of the way in which pre-pandemic public health services were structured and underfunded across the UK.

https://www.bma.org.uk/media/5980/bma-covid-review-report-4-28-july-2022.pdf

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Reforming the public health system in England

(3 days ago) WEBThe abolition of Public Health England (PHE) during the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns about the future of the public health system in the UK, particularly in England. The two new bodies established in haste to replace PHE prompt reflection on the executive agency's fate and the need to identify any lessons to ensure that a public health system …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpub/article/PIIS2468-2667(22)00199-2/fulltext

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The UK’s public health response to covid-19 The BMJ

(1 days ago) WEBThe UK government and its advisers were confident that they were “well prepared” when covid-19 swept East Asia. The four-pronged plan of 3 March to contain, delay, research, and mitigate was supported by all UK countries and backed, they claimed, by science.1 With over 30 000 hospital and community deaths by 12 May, where did the …

https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1932

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Decaying hospitals highlight government failure to invest in the NHS

(3 days ago) WEBThe writer is chief executive of NHS Providers. Vital parts of the National Health Service are falling to bits. Literally. When I was in charge of a big NHS trust in Leeds, on my desk I kept a

https://www.ft.com/content/3add9160-2aa5-461c-a6c9-e8e007c2bc28

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Infected blood: UK reckons with its worst health scandal

(8 days ago) WEBLONDON — It’s been called the worst treatment disaster in the history of the National Health Service. Thousands of people in the U.K. died — with many more falling ill — after being treated with unsafe blood products between 1970 and 1991. But, decades after they were let down by the state

https://www.politico.eu/article/infected-blood-uk-reckons-with-its-worst-health-scandal/

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Public Health Outcomes Framework: August 2024 data update

(1 days ago) WEBThe Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) examines indicators that help us understand trends in public health. The data are presented in an interactive tool that allows users to view them in a

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements/public-health-outcomes-framework-august-2024-data-update

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Public health in the UK: success or failure? - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBPublic health has come under criticism in recent times in some quarters, charged with failing to tackle important health problems over the last 30 years in the UK. This criticism has come most notably from Derek Wanless in his influential report, Securing Good Health for the Whole Population. He alleges for example that `the major drivers of

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1383753/

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Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle

(1 days ago) WEBProfessor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Institute of Health Equity) calls for government cuts to be reversed as a fund backed by Legal & General and his research institute opens to support local initiatives. Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle inequality launches . 14 May 2024

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlines/2024/may/public-health-expert-lambasts-uk-government-fund-tackle-inequality-launches

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Kidney disease is a public health emergency that threatens to …

(9 days ago) WEBKidney disease is a public health emergency that threatens to overwhelm the NHS, major new report reveals 05 June 2023 Kidney disease has become a public health emergency in the UK, with cases of the health condition growing so rapidly it risks costing the UK economy £13.9billion annually by 2033 without significant government intervention, a

https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/2023/06/05/kidney-disease-is-a-public-health-emergency-that-threatens-to-overwhelm-the-nhs-major-new-report-reveals/

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What happened in the UK's infected blood scandal? Inquiry report …

(5 days ago) WEBWhat happened in the UK’s infected blood scandal? Inquiry report will be revealed on Monday The scandal is widely seen as the deadliest to afflict Britain’s state-run National Health Service since its inception in 1948, with around 3,000 people believed to have died as a result of being infected with the HIV virus and hepatitis, an

https://apnews.com/article/uk-infected-blood-inquiry-report-compensation-a01ca275febabf5b7d1d183b92857dbc

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Covid: UK's early response worst public health failure ever, MPs …

(Just Now) WEBThe UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says. The government approach - backed by its

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58876089

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Strengthening the basics: public health responses to prevent the …

(7 days ago) WEBPublic health responses to pandemics must be people centred, include core public health functions with effective systems, and have complementary public policies and social supports able to rapidly scale up. Public health must strengthen the basics and acknowledge that current failures are the result of broken and underfunded …

https://www.bmj.com/content/375/bmj-2021-067510

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Don’t ignore the real threat of the WHO pandemic treaty - The …

(9 days ago) WEBThe crunch is coming. Later this month, global health ministers will decide in Geneva whether to endorse the proposed new World Health Organisation (WHO) pandemic treaty.. This treaty actually

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/16/dont-ignore-the-real-threat-of-the-who-pandemic-treaty/

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Public health expert lambasts UK government as fund to tackle

(7 days ago) WEBSir Michael Marmot wants cuts reversed as fund backed by L&G and his research institute opens to support local initiatives One of the UK’s leading public health experts has attacked the

https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/article/2024/may/14/michael-marmot-legal-general-public-health-fund-inequality

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What to Know About COVID FLiRT Variants Johns Hopkins

(3 days ago) WEBAt the end of March, the KP.2 variant was causing about 4% of infections in the U.S., according to the CDC, while its parental strain, JN.1, was causing over 50% of infections at that time. As of early May, KP.2 makes up about 28% of infections, overtaking JN.1 as the dominant variant. KP.2 is one

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/what-to-know-about-covid-flirt-variants

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Labour market overview, UK - Office for National Statistics

(1 days ago) WEBThe UK employment rate (for people aged 16 to 64 years) was estimated at 74.5% in January to March 2024, below estimates of a year ago, and decreased in the latest quarter. The UK unemployment rate (for people aged 16 years and over) was estimated at 4.3% in January to March 2024, above estimates of a year ago, and increased in the latest quarter.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/may2024

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FDA's vape regulation failures jeopardize public health

(Just Now) WEBRight now, America is facing a public health crisis as misinformation around nicotine and the government’s failure to effectively regulate the market are creating a perfect storm.

https://www.jsonline.com/story/sponsor-story/consumer-action-for-a-strong-economy/2024/05/13/fdas-vape-regulation-failures-jeopardize-public-health/73612139007/

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The giant solar storm is having measurable effects on Earth : NPR

(8 days ago) WEBThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says there have been measurable effects and impacts from the biggest geomagnetic storm in decades.

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1250515730/solar-storm-geomagnetic-g4

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Contraception Reproductive Health CDC

(4 days ago) WEBThese methods are prescribed by a health care provider. Typical use failure rate for the diaphragm: 17%. 1 Typical use failure rate for the cervical cap: 22%. 1. Sponge—The contraceptive sponge contains spermicide and is placed in the vagina where it fits over the cervix. The sponge works for up to 24 hours and must be left in the vagina …

https://www.cdc.gov/reproductive-health/contraception/index.html

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Atrial fibrillation is becoming more common and can lead to heart …

(8 days ago) WEBAtrial fibrillation (AF), a condition often characterised by an irregular heartbeat, is increasingly becoming a significant public health concern.Currently affecting more than 37 million people globally and rising at exponential rates annually with many not even aware that they have developed the condition, AF could soon become of the leading …

https://thethaiger.com/guides/best-of/health/atrial-fibrillation-is-becoming-more-common-and-can-lead-to-heart-failure

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Whooping cough cases continue to rise - GOV.UK

(2 days ago) WEBNew data published today by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) shows cases of whooping cough continue to increase with 1,319 cases confirmed in March. This follows 556 cases in January and 918

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/whooping-cough-cases-continue-to-rise

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