Health News Digest
29th September 2023
(covering news from the 22nd September 2023)
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Health News Digest
Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2023 to 2024: quarterly data
Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2022 to 2023: quarterly data
LGA responds to Education Committee report on school absence
Playing with dolls could help a child’s social development
Toys children play with can have an effect on their success in adulthood
More than 1 million children in UK sleep on floor or share bed, study finds
Parents in England urged to ensure children get MMR jab amid uptake drop
University students more at risk of depression than non-students – study
TikTok videos on deadly bodybuilding drugs viewed 89m times by young people in UK
Wealthier children in UK ‘had steepest drop in mental health during pandemic’
Statutory guidance for local authorities on services to improve young people’s well-being
Climate change and public health indicators: scoping review
LGA: Get ready for ban on single use plastics
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2023
The Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) (Amendment) Order 2023
Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in England
New bans and restrictions on polluting single-use plastics come into force
Climate change study puts expiration date on all mammals
How climate change could affect where and when people travel
King’s Fund: Can the NHS manage without AI?
Health Foundation: Voters send unequivocal message to increase funding for the NHS
Nuffield Trust: Waste not, want not: Strategies to improve the supply of clinical staff to the NHS
The Health and Care Act 2022 (Commencement No. 7) Regulations 2023
Write off student loans to stop NHS staff leaving in England, experts say
NHS charging would be hard to run and raise only small sums, thinktank says
NHS only gains one ‘full-time’ GP for every two trainees, report finds
NHS England patients wait up to two-and-a-half years for an MRI
Third of life-or-death 999 ambulance calls in England not attended by paramedic
JRF: What protects people from very deep poverty, and what makes it more likely?
Female students ‘more than twice as likely’ to be affected by poor mental health, research shows
‘Feminist approach’ to cancer could save lives of 800,000 women a year
Wealthier children in UK ‘had steepest drop in mental health during pandemic’
Changes to Covid treatment system in England ‘could lead to postcode lottery’
Health inequalities could reduce in a decade through cross-government targets
Flu and COVID-19 surveillance report published
UKHSA launches new infectious disease data dashboard
UKHSA announces new UK-based vaccine deal
Tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to rise in England in 2023
Health Protection Report volume 17 (2023)
COVID-19: non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce transmission
MRSA, MSSA and Gram-negative bacteraemia and CDI: annual report
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2023
Candidaemia: annual data from voluntary surveillance
COVID-19 vaccine quarterly surveillance reports (September 2021 to June 2023)
Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2023
Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2023 to 2024: quarterly data
Cover of vaccination evaluated rapidly (COVER) programme 2022 to 2023: quarterly data
Parents in England urged to ensure children get MMR jab amid uptake drop
Use of antiviral may be fuelling evolution of Covid, scientists say
Female students ‘more than twice as likely’ to be affected by poor mental health, research shows
University students more at risk of depression than non-students – study
Policy must tackle root causes of England’s record mental ill-health, says report
Wealthier children in UK ‘had steepest drop in mental health during pandemic’
UKHSA launches new infectious disease data dashboard
UKHSA announces new UK-based vaccine deal
Tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to rise in England in 2023
Climate change and public health indicators: scoping review
COVID-19: non-pharmaceutical interventions to reduce transmission
Millions wrongly labelled with penicillin allergy, pharmacists warn
Global survey finds diabetes goes undiagnosed in 40% of cases
Thousands with breathing problems undiagnosed due to lack of tests in England
Number of workers taking sick leave hits 10-year high
Use of antiviral may be fuelling evolution of Covid, scientists say
Heat-related deaths in 2022 hit highest level on record in England
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2023 to 2024
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2023
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2023
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2023
GP in-hours: weekly bulletins for 2023
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2023
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2023
Smokers 2.6 times more likely to give birth prematurely
TikTok videos on deadly bodybuilding drugs viewed 89m times by young people in UK
Glasgow gets go-ahead to open UK’s first drug consumption room
Cannabis brain effects study struggles to attract black UK users
‘Nicotine-free’ vapes sold on Amazon found to contain nicotine
Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation