Health News Digest
16th May 2025
(covering news from the 9th May 2025)
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Health News Digest
Measles, mumps and rubella: lab-confirmed cases in England 2024
Child obesity clinics seeing BMIs over 50
‘Much-needed grit’ to be fostered in England’s schoolchildren, say ministers
Early air pollution exposure affects health in adolescence, study finds
Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says
Being overweight as a young child could double risk of adult obesity, research shows
Children eat more after seeing just five minutes of junk food ads, study finds
Almost million more pupils get access to mental health support
Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence
Excess belly fat ‘impairs learning, memory and emotion control in teenagers’
Low emission zones are successful in cutting air pollution, study finds
Early air pollution exposure affects health in adolescence, study finds
Starch-based bioplastic may be as toxic as petroleum-based plastic, study finds
Exposure to air pollution in childhood linked to poorer health in late adolescence
Democracies appear greener by outsourcing pollution to autocratic nations, study finds
World’s favourite fruit at risk of being wiped out by climate crisis, study warns
King's Fund - Will the ‘model ICB’ strengthen or undermine system working?
Health Foundation - Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35
Health Foundation - Can incentive schemes improve and transform NHS services?
Health Foundation - Priorities, trade-offs and power: where will the 10-year health plan land?
Health Foundation - A recipe for reform: a commission to drive long-term NHS productivity growth
Nuffield Trust response to latest NHS performance stats
Nuffield Trust response to the government's immigration white paper
Health inequalities in health protection report
King's Fund - Health inequalities: impatient for change from a government committed to tackling them
JRF - How the Employment Rights Bill can make jobs work
Asthma figures show ‘shocking’ health inequalities in England, charity says
Escherichia coli bacteraemia: annual data
Klebsiella species bacteraemia: annual data
Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteraemia: annual data
Clostridioides difficile (C difficile) infection (CDI): annual data
Carbapenemase-producing Gram-negative organisms: laboratory surveillance
MRSA, MSSA, Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI: quarterly report
MRSA, MSSA, Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI: 30-day all-cause fatality
MRSA, MSSA, Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI – independent sector (annual)
Streptococcal bacteraemia: annual data from voluntary surveillance
Group A streptococcal infections: seasonal activity in England, 2024 to 2025
Surveillance of bloodstream infections in critical care, England
Laboratory surveillance of paediatric bacteraemia in England
Surgical site infections (SSI) surveillance: NHS hospitals in England
English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report
Fungaemia (including candidaemia): annual data from voluntary surveillance
Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157: annual totals
Enterococcus spp. bacteraemia: voluntary surveillance 2023
High consequence infectious diseases: monthly summaries
Health inequalities in health protection report
Measles, mumps and rubella: lab-confirmed cases in England 2024
English Housing Survey 2023 to 2024: health and housing - fact sheet
English Housing Survey 2023 to 2024: low carbon technologies in English homes - fact sheet
Institute for Government - A smarter approach to homelessness
Rise in disabled people facing homelessness in England
People with more nature in their neighbourhood smoke and drink less, study finds
‘Much-needed grit’ to be fostered in England’s schoolchildren, say ministers
People in mental health crisis waiting up to three days in A&E in England
Weight-loss jabs may be good for mental health, research shows
Almost million more pupils get access to mental health support
Oxford University - Mental health and the world around us
Supporting refugees and asylum seekers to build good mental health through community
Can AI make mental health care smarter, faster, and fairer for children?
People who stop weight loss drugs return to original weight within year, analysis finds
NHS must accelerate use of weight-loss jabs, say obesity experts
Weight loss jabs in obese children can help avoid mealtime rows, study says
Becoming obese under age of 30 ‘raises risk of early death by at least 75%’
English surveillance programme for antimicrobial utilisation and resistance (ESPAUR) report
NICE - Deal agreed for continued access to life-changing treatment for rare inherited disease
People who stop weight loss drugs return to original weight within year, analysis finds
NHS must accelerate use of weight-loss jabs, say obesity experts
‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases
Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds
Becoming obese under age of 30 ‘raises risk of early death by at least 75%’
Asthma figures show ‘shocking’ health inequalities in England, charity says
Weight-loss jabs could halve risk of obesity-related cancers, study finds
Being overweight as a young child could double risk of adult obesity, research shows
GP in-hours: weekly bulletins for 2025
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2025
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2025
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2024 to 2025
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2025
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2025
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2025
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