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14 May 19
The time is right for a “system-wide rethink” on public health investment, CIPFA has said.
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9 May 19
Charities, mayors, think-tanks and umbrella groups have called on the health and communities secretaries to increase investment in public health.
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11 Mar 19
Health minister Nicola Blackwood has announced up to £56m of funding for research into climate change, calling it “one of the biggest challenges” facing public health.
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21 Dec 18
Cutting public health grant will heap pressure on the NHS, councils leaders and a health think-tank have said.
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15 Nov 18
Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
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6 Sep 18
Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
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20 Aug 18
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
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30 May 18
MPs and a local government umbrella-body have called for greater funding and powers for councils to tackle childhood obesity.
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23 May 18
Northamptonshire County Council could face a 60% higher bill than expected for misspend public health grants, an independent audit report has found.
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4 May 18
Funding cuts have left the alcohol treatment sector in England in “crisis”, a report by a charity has said.
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12 Mar 18
Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has been told to explain to Public Health England how grants of some £10m were used.
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23 Jan 18
Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
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17 Jan 18
Local authority-funded smoking cessation services in England have been “dramatically reduced” following cuts to public health budgets, according to health campaigners.
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9 Aug 17
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.
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28 Jul 17
Councils have accused the government of “hijacking” the soft drinks levy to plug the hole in education budgets.
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20 Mar 17
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.
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14 Mar 17
Community and public health services in England have been worst hit by financial pressures on the NHS, says a King’s Fund report out today.
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30 Sep 16
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
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1 Sep 16
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...
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2 Aug 16
NHS England has said it intends to appeal against a judgment that ruled it can commission and fund a treatment that prevents the transmission of HIV among high-risk men.
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25 Apr 16
There is barely an area of health services provision entirely untouched by EU law, but it is necessary to look behind the generalisations to get to the details.
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18 Apr 16
The government has called on local authorities to submit proposals for service responsibilities to be devolved to councils as part of business rates localisation from 2020.
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23 Mar 16
The sugar levy has been a victory for public health campaigners but other measures in the Budget may not be so sweet
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18 Mar 16
The NHS will continue to need huge cash injections until the UK adopts a longer-term approach to health and wellness
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12 Feb 16
Government figures have confirmed that allocations of public health grants to councils will be cut by more than £160m in the next two years, prompting the Local Government Association to warn...
14 May 19The time is right for a “system-wide rethink” on public health investment, CIPFA has said.
9 May 19Charities, mayors, think-tanks and umbrella groups have called on the health and communities secretaries to increase investment in public health.
11 Mar 19Health minister Nicola Blackwood has announced up to £56m of funding for research into climate change, calling it “one of the biggest challenges” facing public health.
21 Dec 18Cutting public health grant will heap pressure on the NHS, councils leaders and a health think-tank have said.
15 Nov 18Social care was the largest area of increased expenditure for local authorities in the last financial year, government figures have revealed.
6 Sep 18Personal debt is costing the UK economy £900m every year, the public spending watchdog has warned today.
20 Aug 18The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
4 May 18Funding cuts have left the alcohol treatment sector in England in “crisis”, a report by a charity has said.
12 Mar 18Troubled Northamptonshire County Council has been told to explain to Public Health England how grants of some £10m were used.
23 Jan 18Continued reductions in local authorities’ public health grant is disproportionately hitting children’s services, according to the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health.
9 Aug 17Alcohol 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.
28 Jul 17Councils have accused the government of “hijacking” the soft drinks levy to plug the hole in education budgets.
20 Mar 17The 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.
14 Mar 17Community and public health services in England have been worst hit by financial pressures on the NHS, says a King’s Fund report out today.
30 Sep 16Facts and figures from the October 2016 edition of Public Finance magazine, our international special, on global life expectancy, government health spending and fat taxes
2 Aug 16NHS England has said it intends to appeal against a judgment that ruled it can commission and fund a treatment that prevents the transmission of HIV among high-risk men.
25 Apr 16There is barely an area of health services provision entirely untouched by EU law, but it is necessary to look behind the generalisations to get to the details.
18 Apr 16The government has called on local authorities to submit proposals for service responsibilities to be devolved to councils as part of business rates localisation from 2020.
23 Mar 16The sugar levy has been a victory for public health campaigners but other measures in the Budget may not be so sweet
18 Mar 16The NHS will continue to need huge cash injections until the UK adopts a longer-term approach to health and wellness
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