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Funding for New Living Wage could push social care services to breaking point
Council leaders have revealed concerns for the added pressure on social care services that will result from the introduction of the National Living Wage (NLW)…
Although councils support the new NLW, which is due to be introduced at the end of this week, they do believe it will add more...
Derbyshire County Council launches consultation on subsidised buses
Local residents are being asked to have their say on proposals to stop funding for local bus services and community transport…
Derbyshire County Council has launched a new consultation to gain local input on how to address future funding for bus services and community transport.
The county council is facing significant...
The importance of management social-interpersonal skills
In its recent report QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE , The Chartered Management Institute has reported that workplace anxiety, stress and depression is on the increase but that it can be reversed by skilled Line Managers who know what to look for and what to do. But let’s be honest,...
Climate Change: Ignore the ocean at your peril
Niall McDonough, Executive Secretary at the European Marine Board outlines why the ocean should be part of the climate change discussion
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP21 meeting in Paris in December delivered an ambitious agreement on mitigating the effects of climate change. Before Paris, many commentators...
The gender dimensions of climate change and mental health
Recent participatory research from the Canadian North adds nuance to global literature on gender, climate change, and mental wellbeing
Climate change has been identified as the greatest threat to human health this century.
Global Climate Change & Health Impacts
It is anticipated that the impacts will have wide-ranging consequences globally, including increased risk,...
Housing support for an ageing population
Domini Gunn, Director of Health and Wellbeing at CIH Consultancy outlines the potential for the right kind of housing and support to reduce the burden and improve the quality of life of older people
I've often heard it said that we are facing ‘a tsunami of ageing’ – and you...
Transforming healthcare in Scotland
The Scottish Government’s eHealth Division outlines why eHealth is a key enabler for citizen involvement and the transformation of health and social care in Scotland
eHealth is one of the prime enablers for the delivery of The Scottish Government’s overarching vision for health and social care, namely that by 2020...
Assisting people to live well with dementia
Colin Capper, Head of Research Development and Evaluation at Alzheimer’s Society details how assistive technology can help people with dementia lead independent lives…
There are 850,000 people in the UK living with a form of dementia. At Alzheimer’s Society, people with dementia tell us that they would prefer to remain...
Make tackling childhood obesity your new year’s resolution urges royal college
A year on from their last article in AG, Prof Russell Viner, Officer for Health Promotion at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, looks at how childhood obesity has developed in the months that have past...
As we move into 2016 millions of children, young people and their...
Heart & Mind: Research Unit in Behavioural & Complementary Medicine
There is widespread recognition today that lifestyle behaviours play a significant role in health, accounting for upwards of 50% of many diseases. The Heart & Mind Research Unit in Behavioural and Complimentary Medicine at the Montreal Heart Institute seeks to understand what and how psychosocial and psychophysiological factors impact...
Multi-million pound energy efficiency programme for NHS Tayside
Investors have committed £15.4m funding to a new energy efficiency project for NHS Tayside…
Aviva Investors have committed £15.4m to a new energy efficiency project that will benefit NHS Tayside. Investment was made through the REaLM infrastructure funds on behalf of its clients, including the UK Green Investment Bank, which...
Fit-for-work tests takes toll on mental health
A new study has revealed the impact of tougher fit-for-work tests on mental health…
Research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health shows the serious toll of fit-for-work tests on mental health.
The study, which was carried out by scientists at Liverpool University’s public health department, was able to...
A quarter of NI head teachers are “overworked”
Head teachers union warns more than a quarter of school leaders have unmanageable stress levels and do not receive sufficient support…
Last month, teachers reported feeling the strain of workloads. This month, it is the turn of school leaders.
In a survey carried out by the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT)...
Are we prepared for an ageing society?
Dr Mark Britnell, Chairman and Partner of the Global Health Practice at KPMG answers AG’s questions about the impact of an ageing society on the economy and NHS services…
As populations grow and get older and more complex, there is an ever growing pressure on healthcare budgets and services. In the...
Agriculture and climate change
Agriculture both contributes to, and is affected by climate change. The EU needs to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions from agriculture and adapt its food-production system to cope. But, climate change is only one of many pressures on agriculture, The European Environment Agency explains further
Faced with growing global demand and...
Is climate change affecting our minds?
Emerging research indicates that climate change impacts on mental health an increasing global concern
Climate change is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest threats to human health of the 21st Century, with wide-ranging impacts on individuals, communities, and health systems globally. The latest synthesise evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
The Impact of engineering in biology and medicine: the biomedical engineer (BME)
In 2014, WHO stated: “trained and qualified biomedical engineering professionals are required to design, evaluate, regulate, maintain and manage medical devices, and train on their safe use in health systems around the world”1.
In response, the European Economic and Social Committee stated: “Biomedical Engineering is not simply a subset of...
Can we sustain an ageing population?
With people living longer, and health systems under strain, AG looks at the worldwide impact of an ageing population…
Research opportunities in Acute Medicine
Dinesen L1, 2, Poots AJ1, Bell D1, 2. 1.NIHR CLAHRC NW London, Imperial College London 2.Dept. Acute Medicine, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
What is Acute Medicine?
Acute medicine is the part of internal medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients who present to, or from within,...
How Europe should act on childhood obesity
Nikolai Pushkarev, Policy Officer at the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), outlines the importance of tackling obesity in children.
We are drowning in declarations, strategies and action plans dedicated to tackling the problem of obesity. But today, about 40 years after the start of obesity’s spectacular ascent, the World Health Organisation...