This publication presents a study of how the news media cover health issues. It tests the premise that television news programmes and newspaper stories distort perceptions of risk to health by under reporting serious public health issues that kill many people, such as obesity and smoking, focusing instead on 'scare' ...
The NHS is the largest single organisation in the UK. Its potential impact on the environment, the health of the public and the fabric of their lives is huge, whether as employer, purchaser of goods and services, cause of travel, producer of waste, consumer of energy or commissioner of building ...
Based on six King's College London debates, this book explores the moral dilemmas raised by modern medicine. The public debates tackled issues such as health and poverty, bioengineering, euthanasia and mental health. In each of the six topics, two speakers exchanged views and their talks are published in this volume, ...
This publication is a comprehensive review of health care policy issues. This edition takes London as its theme. It contains a calendar of events from February to May 2001 and articles on areas of health policy such as: public health; mental health services; refugees and asylum seekers' health experience; public ...
The fundamental questions about the role of primary care in public health are: how can primary care develop its input into public health while also remaining focused on meeting the health care needs of individual patients and their families, and, how can GPs and others in the primary health care ...
This paper analyses the experiences of other city-wide authorities in the UK and internationally in improving health. It sets out which cities were studied and why, outlines the different ways in which Mayors work to affect change, identifies the available evidence of action to improve health in selected cities, and ...
This discussion paper sets out the key points which have emerged from the King's Fund's participation in the public health evidence debate. It addresses four central issues: the need for change (how adequate is the existing public health evidence base?; what issues need to be addressed?; what are the consequences ...
The Greater London Authority, which provides London with its first directly elected Mayor, has important strategic powers and responsibilities that include a duty to improve the health of Londoners. This report considers how the GLA can best contribute to health improvement and to reducing health inequalities across the capital. It ...
This publication summarises the key points from the publication 'Improving Health at Local Level : the role of primary care' by Ros Levenson and Lucy Johnson. The fundamental questions about the role of primary care in public health are: how can primary care develop its input into public health while ...
This publication is a comprehensive review of health care and policy issues. It contains a calendar of events for the months June to August 2000 as well as discussion of key policy issues. Specific areas dealt with in this issue include: the NHS Plan; public attitudes towards the NHS between ...