Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
Sustainability and transformation partnerships need more funding and to be better implemented, the Healthcare Financial Management Association/CIPFA health and social care conference heard today.
Alcohol and smoking are not a drain on public finances and actually provide a net benefit of £22.8bn, according to a study by the Institute of Economic Affairs.
An increasing rate of drug-related deaths is a major public health concern that could end up costing public finances £700m, council leaders have warned.
Faith in the effectiveness of Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships to help transform services and re-balance NHS finances has improved significantly, according to the Healthcare Financial...
Talks between the Democratic Unionist Party and the Conservatives could be postponed because of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire, which has claimed at least six lives.
Most medical treatments are designed for the ‘average’ patient, so vary in effectiveness. Advances in data analytics will allow a more tailored approach
The government must improve the way it collates information on the health of people who live in rural areas, according to the Local Government Association and Public Health England.
Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes
Improvements in national health will only be achieved if the government embeds health considerations into every aspect of policy making, instead of overly focusing on frontline providers, the Commons...
The government has started consulting on the introduction of a tax on sugary drink manufacturers, which it hopes will help bring down childhood obesity rates.
Scotland’s notoriously lethal love affair with unhealthy food could be targeted with a special junk food tax under plans published today by a new Scottish Government agency, Food Standards Scotland.