Health News Digest
24th September 2021
(covering news from the 17th September 2021)
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Health News Digest
COVID-19: provision of immunisation sessions for outbreaks in schools
Promoting children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing
LGA responds to Royal College of Psychiatrists report on children’s mental health
LGA responds to Children Commissioner’s Big Ask survey
Childhood obesity trailblazer assembly
Young people not in education or employment risk missing out on levelling up
Children’s NHS mental health referrals double in pandemic
Chris Whitty warns MPs it is ‘inevitable’ unvaccinated children will catch Covid
Young cancer patients in UK face ‘inequality of fertility provision’
Autism therapy aimed at infants may reduce likelihood of later diagnosis
Appeal court overturns UK puberty blockers ruling for under-16s
The pandemic has undone a decade of improvement in life expectancy
The health and care levy: what does it mean for social care?
The recovery challenges for NHS hospital services
Covid: Cancer backlog could take a decade to clear
National insurance hike to hit NHS and care staff with £900m tax bill
Most NHS staff vote to oppose 3% pay rise as union warns workers ‘fed up’
Private hospitals profit from NHS waiting lists as people without insurance pay out
NHS population screening: identifying and reducing inequalities
Breast screening: identifying and reducing inequalities
Severe mental illness: inequalities in cancer screening uptake
LGA: Building more gender equal workplaces
The health of people from ethnic minority groups in England
Holiday homes for disabled people face closure due to England’s vaccines mandate
Health ‘levelling up’ will flop if cuts are not reversed, Javid told
COVID-19: provision of immunisation sessions for outbreaks in schools
Notifiable diseases: last 52 weeks
Notifiable diseases: weekly reports for 2021
Notifiable diseases: causative agents report for 2021
Health Protection Report volume 15 (2021)
Covid: How can missing five million be persuaded to have the jab?
England’s Covid travel rules spark outrage around the world
People with chronic conditions among most at risk from Covid even after jabs
Case of BSE found on farm in Somerset but ‘no risk to food safety’
Population screening: access for people with severe mental illness
Severe mental illness: inequalities in cancer screening uptake
LGA responds to Royal College of Psychiatrists report on children’s mental health
NICE and PHE recommend all employers give mental health training for managers
One in five UK eating disorder patients forced to pay for private care
Children’s NHS mental health referrals double in pandemic
Autism therapy aimed at infants may reduce likelihood of later diagnosis
UK psychiatry chief urges funds to tackle mental health backlog
National Diet and Nutrition Survey
NDNS: Diet and physical activity – a follow-up study during COVID-19
Evaluation of change in dietary methodology in NDNS rolling programme: Stage 1
Childhood obesity trailblazer assembly
Folic acid to be added to non-wholemeal flour under new UK rules
Study: focus on fitness, not weight loss, to cut dangers of obesity
Health Profile for England: 2021
Health Protection Report volume 15 (2021)
Supporting rough sleepers at a time of national crisis
LGA responds to Kerslake Commission report on ending rough sleeping
LGA responds to HMICFRS report on violence against women and girls
LGA response to "Build Back Better: Our plan for health and social care"
Directors of public health and the Covid-19 pandemic: ‘A year like no other’
The pandemic has undone a decade of improvement in life expectancy
Excess deaths in August show heavy burden of pandemic remains for many families
Supporting patients to manage their long-term condition(s)
Covid: Cancer backlog could take a decade to clear
Covid: How can missing five million be persuaded to have the jab?
Covid-19: Life expectancy is down but what does this mean?
Fluoride will be added to UK drinking water to cut tooth decay
Private hospitals profit from NHS waiting lists as people without insurance pay out
People with chronic conditions among most at risk from Covid even after jabs
GP in hours: weekly bulletins for 2021
National flu and COVID-19 surveillance reports: 2021 to 2022 season
Weekly all-cause mortality surveillance: 2021 to 2022
National ambulance syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins 2021
Remote health advice: weekly bulletins for 2021
GP out-of-hours syndromic surveillance: weekly bulletins for 2021
Syndromic surveillance: weekly summaries for 2021
Emergency department: weekly bulletins for 2021
Child and maternal health statistics
Breast screening: identifying and reducing inequalities
Characteristics of women who stop smoking in pregnancy
How many women in prison in England give birth each year?
Woman with Down’s syndrome loses UK abortion law case
Troubled maternity wards still jeopardising patients, watchdog warns
‘Highly effective’ ovarian cancer treatment could help thousands of women