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Tackling the UK's obesity crisis: better housing is essential

The places where people live and work influence the success of other public health measures to improve exercise and diet, says Justine Womack
Patient involvement is still a minority sport in the NHS

It gives people a voice and saves money – so including patients in treatment decisions should not be an optional extra, says Richard Vize

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NHS reforms will affect public health data collection

Experts warn that Health and Social Care Act will make it more difficult to monitor health inequalities
Workforce planning and community skills are long term agendas

If community skills are to be conveyed to carers and volunteers, then care and health practitioners will benefit from skills development in adult education, leadership and business planning
Will directors of public health sink or swim?

Debate at our first Public Health Dialogue focused on the evolving role of directors of public health, as well as commissioning, accountability and inequality
Local government faces cultural battles with clinicians over public health

Conference hears councils will inherit historic difficulties when staff are transferred from the NHS to the town hall. Hannah Fearn reports
BMA calls for flexible roll out of NHS 111

British Medical Association urges health secretary to slow down implementation of non-emergency number

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St John Ambulance calls on football fans to learn first aid skills

In the campaign film Celebrate Like a Hero, the charity encourages supporters to learn life-saving skills vital to helping others
Spirulina: a luxury health food and a panacea for malnutrition

In the West spirulina is a niche healthfood product, but it can be used to fight malnutrition and empower the farmers in developing countries
Superbugs meet their match in rapid genome sequencing

Close to real-time tracking of deadly superbugs such as MRSA promises to close down outbreaks faster and save lives
The world's first visually-impaired ukulele band? What next for a school with dreams?

St Vincent’s School in Liverpool (our ninth in the series) helps blind or partially-sighted children gain new skills - and is now part of the Solar Schools project, reports Joanne O’Connell
Ebola crisis prompts desperate plea by WHO for more resources

Director general calls for up to 600 more doctors to travel to west Africa, where the disease has killed at least 2,400 people
Nigeria’s air ambulance firm is a leap forward for healthcare

Company set up by young British-Nigerian medic boosts healthcare with its 20 aircraft and ‘flying doctors’, writes Reni Eddo-Lodge
Many in the private sector would balk at the challenges NHS staff face

Rachael Heenan, an employment law and governance specialist, thinks the pressure healthcare professionals face is immense

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The next government must deliver a people-powered NHS

Instead of reforming structures, policymakers should try to put patients and communities at the heart of the health service, says Don Redding
From law suits to e-cigarettes, how big tobacco is fighting back

Measures exist to cut smoking, a bigger killer than Aids, yet tobacco companies evolve. William Savedoff considers the public health response
NHS leaders and politicians have yet to convince patients of need for reforms

A big debate is needed ahead of the 2015 general election about how to fund a health service fit for the future, writes Dick Vinegar
Why we should be concerned about the return of Victorian diseases

Official figures showing a rise in diseases linked to poverty, such as gout, TB, measles, malnutrition and whooping cough are a barometer of failure and neglect, says John Middleton
Black men face inequalities in cancer care

Report highlights that black men are more likely to get cancer at a younger age and calls for action to improve screening and detection, writes Patrick Vernon
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Public health dialogue

Public Health Dialogue on policy: an evidence based future?

How can evidence-based policy making be implemented in public health? One roundtable discussed this challenge – here are the main points they made
Public health dialogue on policy: food and inequality

One roundtable at our latest Public Health Dialogue discussed how to incentivise people to eat healthier
Public Health Dialogue on policy: whose job is public health?

Public Health England has a huge role to play in the future, argued attendees at one roundtable at our public health event
Public Health Dialogue on policy: do we have the manpower?

There is a lack of discussion about the development of the public health workforce concluded one roundtable at the fourth Public Health Dialogue
Healthcare comes to the community

In April 2013, responsibility for public health will transfer from the NHS to local authorities – but what are the implications and potential benefits of these changes?
Will directors of public health sink or swim?

Debate at our first Public Health Dialogue focused on the evolving role of directors of public health, as well as commissioning, accountability and inequality

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From the public health hub

Tackling the UK's obesity crisis: better housing is essential

Patient involvement is still a minority sport in the NHS

Public health news

NHS reforms will affect public health data collection

Workforce planning and community skills are long term agendas

Will directors of public health sink or swim?

Local government faces cultural battles with clinicians over public health

BMA calls for flexible roll out of NHS 111

Elsewhere on the Guardian

St John Ambulance calls on football fans to learn first aid skills

Spirulina: a luxury health food and a panacea for malnutrition

Superbugs meet their match in rapid genome sequencing

The world's first visually-impaired ukulele band? What next for a school with dreams?

Ebola crisis prompts desperate plea by WHO for more resources

Nigeria’s air ambulance firm is a leap forward for healthcare

Many in the private sector would balk at the challenges NHS staff face

Public health blog

The next government must deliver a people-powered NHS

From law suits to e-cigarettes, how big tobacco is fighting back

NHS leaders and politicians have yet to convince patients of need for reforms

Why we should be concerned about the return of Victorian diseases

Black men face inequalities in cancer care

Public health dialogue

Public Health Dialogue on policy: an evidence based future?

Public health dialogue on policy: food and inequality

Public Health Dialogue on policy: whose job is public health?

Public Health Dialogue on policy: do we have the manpower?

Healthcare comes to the community

Will directors of public health sink or swim?

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