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Beyond opinion polls: a citizens’ jury’s verdict on alcohol policy
People want to live in thriving communities, where young people can grow up free from pervasive marketing, and policy decisions prioritise our health and wellbeing. Our recent Citizens’ Juries on Health and Harmful Products suggest there is strong public support for actions that can help create this future. The juries brought together 35 residents from Yorkshire and Humber, broadly representative of the region’s population.
Chapter 5: Seeking better outcomes through data
NHS data is only useful if it can be turned into intelligence from which smart decisions on healthcare provision can be actioned. In this chapter academics and experts look at the pitfalls, potential and practicalities of working with healthcare data analysis.
Opinion | You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Know How Much Trouble the N.H.S. Is In
On Dec. 15, nurses walked out and began the largest nurses’ strike in the history of Britain’s National Health Service. They were protesting working conditions that have left them burned out and stretched thin — and compromised patient safety — and wages that fell in the last decade in real terms. Ambulance workers joined them. This week, thousands of junior doctors went on strike for three consecutive days. “I come to work and can see that there’s a patient waiting eight hours to see a doctor.
How to turn NHS data into intelligence - part 2
Data analysis and intelligence-driven decisions by ICBs are a must in modern healthcare. So how can GP practice data be used to get the best outcomes? Dr Cornelia Junghans, Dr James Crick, Dr Peter Roderick and Dr Kathrin Thomas explain in this second article of a two-part series. GP practice data is rich and large enough to provide great insights into whole populations. That’s of enormous value when making intelligence-driven decisions for an area.
How to turn NHS data into intelligence - part 1
NHS data can help make smart decisions on healthcare provision. But there are pitfalls when it comes to data analysis. Dr Cornelia Junghans, Dr James Crick, Dr Peter Roderick and Dr Kathrin Thomas explain what they are in this first article of a two-part series. Roy Lilley said it best when it comes to NHS data. He says there is a Goldilocks zone for data because ‘without data, the NHS is flying blind.
Regulating new drugs in India needs to be improved
The results and conclusions of the study by Koya and colleagues on antibiotic consumption in India in 2019 1 Koya S.F. Ganesh S. Selvaraj S. Wirtz V.W. Galea S. Rockers P.C. Consumption of systemic antibiotics in India in 2019. have important implications for policy makers in the country, which I hope they will heed.
If you believe in a public NHS, the new health and care bill should set off alarm bells
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The government is easing the way for the privatisation of the health service – where is the opposition to their plans? Ten years ago, Andrew Lansley’s health and social care bill to reorganise the NHS in England faced enormous opposition. The current health and care bill, which has its second reading in the House of Lords today, has received far less attention. But it is no less significant.
If you believe in a public NHS, the new health and care bill should set off alarm bells
Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The government is easing the way for the privatisation of the health service – where is the opposition to their plans? Ten years ago, Andrew Lansley’s health and social care bill to reorganise the NHS in England faced enormous opposition. The current health and care bill, which has its second reading in the House of Lords today, has received far less attention. But it is no less significant.
Re: The EMA covid-19 data leak, and what it tells us about mRNA instability
Dear Editor Reading this important article has reminded me of a concern I had when reading what the MHRA's Public Assessment Report [1] on the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine said about the lipid nanoparticles used as excipients - ALC-0315 and ALC-0159.
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Threats to global antimicrobial resistance control: Centrally approved and unapproved antibiotic formulations sold in India
What is Already Known about this Subject India has among the highest rates globally of antimicrobial resistance and of antibiotic consumption. Prescription medicines must have central regulatory approval before they can be sold. Indian government reports claim extensive use of unapproved fixed-dose combination (FDC) formulations of antibiotics. What this Study Adds There were 118 antibiotic FDC formulations on the market in India (2007–2012) compared with four in the UK and/or US.
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Abstract Aims Rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis. India has among the highest resistance rates and antibiotic consumption internationally. Extensive use of fixed‐dose combination (FDC) antibiotics and of unapproved formulations are claimed contributory factors but there has been no systematic examination of formulations or volumes sold.
The global prevalence of tobacco use in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis
To view the full text, please login as a subscribed user or purchase a subscription. Click here to view the full text on ScienceDirect. Abstract Background A multi-layered association between tobacco use and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is well-established. However, global epidemiological patterns of tobacco use among T2DM patients are not well documented; this review thus aims to estimate the overall global burden of tobacco use in T2DM.
The UK must protect economic and social rights with a new law – here's what should change
Like many other countries, the UK has voluntarily subscribed to a number of international treaties which say that everyone living in the country is entitled to the right to adequate housing, the right to health, the right to social security and other socio-economic rights. But unlike other countries, by and large these rights have not been incorporated in domestic law, which means that people living in the UK do not have an effective legal way to claim their rights. The UK is an outlier.
Rights that protect against socioeconomic disadvantage are long overdue - the UK is already paying the price
Credit: Peter Gudella/Shutterstock In 2018, two anniversaries and a crucial decision loom large in the UK. We saw in the 70th anniversary of the NHS in July, while December 10 marks the 70th birthday of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. On December 11, the UK parliament will also vote on the prime minister's EU withdrawal deal. The coming together of health, human rights and Brexit, raises questions of huge practical and constitutional significance.
Rights that protect against socioeconomic disadvantage are long overdue - the UK is already paying the price
In 2018, two anniversaries and a crucial decision loom large in the UK. We saw in the 70th anniversary of the NHS in July, while December 10 marks the 70th birthday of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. On December 11, the UK parliament will also vote on the prime minister’s EU withdrawal deal. The coming together of health, human rights and Brexit, raises questions of huge practical and constitutional significance.
Why we should be concerned about accountable care organisations in England’s NHS
The introduction of accountable care organisations (ACOs) into the English NHS signals a major reorganisation of the health and adult social care system. Plans for ACOs were proceeding without the usual public consultation followed by an act of parliament.
Jeremy Hunt is poised to flog the last of the NHS
I write with a sense of urgency. Between now and the end of March, Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Health and Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England, plan to put in place the regulations and contractual details to allow private companies from 1st April to run NHS and adult social services and have “full responsibility for provision and integration of care” for 10 or 15 years.
Jeremy Hunt must consult properly on accountable care organisations
The Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, intends to change secondary legislation to enable US-style accountable care organisations (ACOs) to operate in England. He has consulted on technical changes to 12 regulations which would define ACOs and let them operate under contract. But so far there has been no public consultation about whether the law and the NHS should undergo this major change.
Access, Watch, and Reserve antibiotics in India: challenges for WHO stewardship
In its most recent Model List of Essential Medicines, WHO adopted a new classification for antibiotics.
Are radical changes to health and social care paving the way for fewer services and new user charges?
Seismic changes in the organisation, delivery, and funding of health and social care services have been underway since the secretary of state’s duty to provide key services throughout England was abolished by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.
Disclosure of patients’ data to the UK Home Office must stop
The BMA’s annual representative meeting in June called for the NHS to stop handing over non-clinical details of patients, including their addresses, to the UK Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes without consent of patients and knowledge of their GP.1 The motion brings into sharp focus the undermining of doctor-patient confidentiality and the insufficient attention to evidence in policy making.
Why civil and political rights have been easier to secure than social and economic ones
The British government has said that the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union will not be converted into UK law in the “great repeal bill”. The Labour party in turn promised to replace the great repeal bill with an EU Rights and Protections bill. Reports say this means keeping the charter. The charter provides modest but real social protections.
Brexit’s Great Repeal Bill will axe the right to health
The fundamental right to health in the UK will be lost if the government proceeds with its plan not to convert the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights1 into UK law, as announced in the white paper on the Great Repeal Bill.2 The value of this charter was shown last year, in both EU3 and UK4 courts, when the tobacco industry unsuccessfully challenged the new rules on plain packaging of cigarettes.5 6 One of the industry’s arguments was that the rules violated its rights.
PLOS Medicine: Use of Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) Drugs in India: Central Regulatory Approval and Sales of FDCs Containing Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs), Metformin, or Psychotropic Drugs
Patricia McGettigan * E-mail: p.mcgettigan@qmul.ac.uk Affiliation William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, United Kingdom Peter Roderick Affiliation Global Health, Policy and Innovation Unit, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom Rushikesh Mahajan Affiliation Foundation for Research in Community Health, Mumbai, India Abhay Kadam Affiliation Foundation for Research in Community Health, Mumbai, India Allyson M.
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