"Before we succumb to the oracles of doom, we should formulate a new scientific law: small fluctuations in scientific data produce disproportionate panic in the populace. Climate scares have become like health scares: there is a new one almost every week, and they get less persuasive as they multiply. " So writes Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, in the Independent on Sunday of all places, speculating abo...
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EUReferendum on 27th Apr 2009 (via eureferendum.blogspot.com)
Health services across Europe will come under increasing pressure during the financial crisis, according to European Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou, who is urging health ministers not to slash public spending on health care.
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EurActiv on 6th Oct 2009 (via euractiv.com)
The health ministry will be renamed the department for public health if the Conservatives win the election, with earmarked budgets for illness prevention and health improvement
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FT on 13th Jan 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Independent providers claim victory in a dispute with Andy Burnham, health secretary, over whether National Health Service organisations should be the health service's 'preferred provider' of care
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FT on 26th Mar 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
Unnecessary EU health and safety regulations are harming UK business, writes Ragnar Lofstedt.
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Telegraph on 30th Nov 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
A three-year investigation into public health published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has discovered large health inequalities in Britain.
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ePolitix on 28th Aug 2008 (via epolitix.com)
Stephen Dorrell, chair of the Health Select Committee and former Health Secretary, defends the government health reform plans but admits he may have done things differently.
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BBCPolitics on 17th Jan 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
At last, an opportunity to get out on record some of the issue around the health team's part in the Baby P tragedy. The health issues involved in Baby P are huge and in my view the health side has got off lightly thus far. I have previously posted some bits about the Baby P health issues on my blog, but so far this aspect has got relatively little attention from the media. Therefore for the health...
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LynneFeatherstone on 12th Dec 2008 (via lynnefeatherstone.org)
French food group Danone withdrew health claim applications on two of its bestselling yoghurts on Thursday (15 April), citing confusion about what scientific evidence was required from the company under the process to validate the claims.
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EurActiv on 16th Apr 2010 (via euractiv.com)
Don't panic, says health secretary, after 'significant increases' in recent days People "should not panic" about pandemic flu, the health secretary said today as he announced there were now 909 cases of swine flu in the UK. Andy Burnham said 28 people in the UK had been admitted to hospital but the majority had made a "full and fast" recovery. He told MPs there had been "significant...
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Guardian on 12th Jun 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Our perception is the first obstacle to overcome in a health and safety review, says David Young.
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Telegraph on 22nd Jun 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
