Health News Digest
17th March 2023
(covering news from the 10th March 2023)
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Health News Digest
UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep
LGA: ‘Doing it together’- closing the gap on speech, language and communication in the early years
LGA: Norfolk County Council’s high-performing Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children team
JRF: Reimaging early years through a childcare guarantee
New attendance figures for academic year 2021/22
Exercise can boost pre-teen mental health and reduce behavioural problems
Sensors reduce student vaping, Kidderminster school says
UK life expectancy growing at slower rate than rest of G7, research shows
Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests
The battle to boost our deep sleep – and help stop dementia
Sport England: Maintaining an active life as we get older
Scientists unravel secret to enhancing muscle function in older adults
LGA: Stuck in neutral: A call for partnership working on river quality and water quantity
LGA: Building of 20,000 homes left in limbo due to pollution concerns, councils say
The Ozone-Depleting Substances (Grant of Halon Derogations) Regulations 2023
UK ministers under pressure to tighten laws on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Calls for a treaty to tackle space pollution in Earth's orbit
Why many of the UK’s rivers are more polluted today than they were during the industrial revolution
Cutting pollution could slow the spread of superbugs
London’s low emissions zone has reduced pollution levels by more than a quarter, new study finds
Why heat is a challenge in the fight against climate change, and what we can do about it
COVID-19 Health Inequalities Monitoring in England tool (CHIME)
Health Inequalities Dashboard: March 2023 data update
LGA Behavioural Insights programme: tackling post pandemic challenges and the cost-of-living
Thousands with learning disabilities trapped in hospital, some for years
Disability the 'stark' face of England and Wales suicide statistics
UKHSA update on scarlet fever and invasive group A strep
COVID-19 variants identified in the UK – latest updates
Group A streptococcal infections: activity during the 2022 to 2023 season
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2023
Diphtheria: cases among asylum seekers in England, 2022 and 2023
Notifiable diseases: causative agents reports for 2023
Less than six hours’ sleep cuts immune response to vaccines, data shows
Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series
Scheme putting police in mental health teams must end, says NHS England
Parliament is leading the way in building a workplace culture that prioritises mental health
Art and technology together can help tackle urban mental health
What could a mental health first aid law look like… and do we need one?
Exercise can boost pre-teen mental health and reduce behavioural problems
The Food Additives, Food Flavourings and Novel Foods (Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2023
Caffeine may reduce body fat and risk of type 2 diabetes, study suggests
Mediterranean diet may lower dementia risk by a quarter, study suggests
Seaweed, sardines and sauerkraut: the best diet for your brain at every stage of life
‘Orchestrated PR campaign’: how skinny jab drug firm sought to shape obesity debate
Hybrid workers are exercising more, sleeping longer and eating better
Soft Drinks Industry Levy - concentrates mixed with added sugar when dispensed
The Medicines (Products for Human Use) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Cough medicines containing pholcodine withdrawn over safety fears
Firm behind Wegovy slimming jab suspended from UK trade association
Less than six hours’ sleep cuts immune response to vaccines, data shows
‘Profiteering’ of Covid pandemic must never be repeated, world figures warn
Sensors reduce student vaping, Kidderminster school says
LGA statement on Budget funding for swimming pools
Dementia risk higher for outfield players than goalkeepers - study
England has lost almost 400 swimming pools since 2010
Sport England: Maintaining an active life as we get older
Mental fatigue can impair physical performance - study
Exercise can boost pre-teen mental health and reduce behavioural problems
Hybrid workers are exercising more, sleeping longer and eating better
Public health ring-fenced grant 2023 to 2024: local authority circular
Wider impacts of COVID-19 on health monitoring tool
Significant challenges remain for public health services – LGA on public health settlement
LGA Behavioural Insights programme: tackling post pandemic challenges and the cost-of-living
LGA: Hertfordshire County Council: Partnership action to prevent hospital admissions
King’s Fund: When is a death an excess death? Getting behind the numbers
Sleep quality – not quantity – more important for healthy and happy life
UK ministers under pressure to tighten laws on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
UK life expectancy growing at slower rate than rest of G7, research shows
Less than six hours’ sleep cuts immune response to vaccines, data shows
The battle to boost our deep sleep – and help stop dementia
Hybrid workers are exercising more, sleeping longer and eating better
UKHSA urges those with new or multiple sexual partners to get tested after gonorrhoea cases resurge
Mpox in people with advanced HIV infection: a global case series
Postcode lottery for FGM provision in largest UK study of survivor experiences of healthcare
LGA: Improving Access to Contraceptive Services
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2022 to 2023
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
Health visitor service delivery metrics experimental statistics: quarterly data for 2022 to 2023