Flash back to June 2007: Implementing the smoking ban in England will cost taxpayers, restaurateurs and pub landlords at least £100 million more than the Government originally budgeted. The Department of Health estimated that the bill for the ban, that comes into force in a month's time, would run to £1.6 billion. While this takes into account paying for advertising, falling tobacco duty and hir...
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MrEugenides on 9th Jun 2010 (via mreugenides.blogspot.com)
The NHS Information Centre for health and social care - The 2007 Health Survey for England results focussing on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour on key aspects of lifestyle - smoking, drinking, eating and physical activity.
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UKStatistics on 16th Dec 2008 (via ic.nhs.uk)
Welsh Assembly Government - These statistics on the health and health-related lifestyle of people living in Wales are based on data from the Welsh Health Survey 2007.
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UKStatistics on 18th Sep 2008 (via new.wales.gov.uk)
…the NHS in England is set to run up a substantial surplus, for the second year running. Public health campaigners say it represents a fantastic opportunity for the health service to invest in innovative services to improve health. November 2008-the NHS has returned to financial balance, delivering a surplus of £510 million in 2006/07, and is on course to achieve a surplus in 2007/08.' June 200...
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NHSBlogDoctor on 10th Jun 2009 (via nhsblogdoc.blogspot.com)
The new leadership team to take forward theConnecting for Health NHS IT programme has been announced by the Department of Health.
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PublicTechnology on 8th Aug 2008 (via publictechnology.net)
Andy Burnham MP, Labour’s Shadow Health Secretary, said in response to the Government's defeat in the House of Lords on the first Health Bill vote:
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LabourParty 7 hours ago (via labour.org.uk)
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)
Last week we debated in the Lords the decision of the Government to appeal against the decision by the Information Commissioner that the Department of Health should release the so-called Risk Register on the Health and Social Care Bill. Together with my colleague Shirley Williams, I argued that it is right that the Department appealed
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 12th Dec 2011 (via libdemvoice.org)
There is a classic example of government waste and arrogance in today’s Observer. The Department of Health has taken to paying celebrities to appear in public health announcements. The thinking (and it is rather dubious if you ask me) being that a celebrity is more likely than anyone else to persuade us to eat five pieces of fruit a day and the like. The Observer put in a Freedom of Informat...
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Spectator on 4th Jan 2009 (via spectator.co.uk)
The big freeze has left council taxpayers with a bill of at least £100 million for gritting and repairing their local road network, the leader of Scotland's local authorities has said.
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Telegraph on 12th Jan 2011 (via telegraph.co.uk)
The Tories, it's being reported, proposed changing the name of the Department of Health to the Department of Public Health. Wrong. The state must experience austerity. If we are all in this together (as rich senior ministers keep telling us), don't spend a penny of taxpayers' money on departmental rebrands. Set an example. Start as you mean to go on.
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PurpleScorpion on 13th May 2010 (via thepurplescorpion.blogspot.com)
