Craig Ritchie: “Dementia is a crisis of our own making”
The psychiatrist and renowned brain health expert on changing perceptions around the UK’s biggest killer.
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Will banning cigarettes create a smoke-free generation?
Health experts discuss whether gradually raising the age of sale is the only way to stop young people smoking.
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Future proofing the NHS
Prevention and innovation are key to ensuring the survival of the health service.
The Research Brief: the economic benefits of investing in “active travel”
Your weekly dose of policy thinking.
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The government must not bow to industry pressure on smoking and vaping
Big Tobacco will try its hardest to prevent the ban on disposable vapes and the reduction of the legal smoking…
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The Parliament Brief: Is the government taking a risk with its cancer strategy?
MPs have questioned whether bringing cancer within the scope of the Major Conditions Strategy is wise.
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Is Labour’s Child Health Action Plan fit for purpose?
Public health experts discuss Keir Starmer’s proposals to improve children’s health and well-being.
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Parkrun founder: “It’s everybody’s right to be active and healthy”
Paul Sinton-Hewitt on why running with other people is an under-rated form of medicine.
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We need to look beyond economics on smoking, drinking and obesity
The tension between supporting big business and tackling the harm it causes bedevils public health policy.
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Can Labour’s ten-year NHS plan revolutionise long-term healthcare?
A renewed focus on prevention will be crucial in helping individuals, society and the health service.
Exclusive: Half of Conservative councillors think the NHS has worsened since 2010
Forty-eight per cent of Tory local leaders say health services have deteriorated since their party came to power.
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Can Keir Starmer transform the sickness service?
To fix the NHS, Labour must prioritise prevention, retention and capacity issues, say healthcare policy experts.
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The problem with Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to get people “fit for work”
The Chancellor wants to push more sick people into being economically productive but offers little to make them well in…
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The UK must prepare for a fentanyl crisis
Synthetic opioids cause 70,000 drug overdose deaths a year in the US – we need to prevent a similar epidemic…
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“The ‘nanny state’ has given us a lot of freedom,” says England’s leading public health director
Greg Fell on Rishi Sunak’s cigarette ban, redefining good health, and individual responsibility.
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Keeping people healthy should be at the top of the political agenda
For decades, politicians have talked about preventing illness – now they need to do something about it.
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