Suicide prevention: policy and strategy
House of Commons Library - This briefing examines suicide prevention policies and strategies throughout the UK. It outlines national and local approaches to prevention policy in England, as well as Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It does so by considering the strategies of the UK Government, as well as the devolved administrations, through the lens of various policy perspectives.BriefingCommons Library publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 6, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
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LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 224.
Question 1
Which children’s author wrote “The Pocket Book of Boners”?
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Dr Seuss
It was one of the bestselling b...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 2, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five boners coffee cups Dr Seuss Dr Thomas Neill Cream faecal matter mazzotti reaction onchocerciasis penile injury Zippers Source Type: blogs
Oral health improvement plan
Scottish Government - This policy sets the direction of travel for oral health improvement and NHS dentistry for the next generation. It has a strong focus on preventing oral health disease, meeting the needs of the ageing population and reducing oral health inequalities.Guidance (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 26, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Is Bank Deregulation Dangerous?
Among last week ’s news items that had colleagues asking me, “What’s your answer tothis?, ” wasa piece byQuartz’s John Detrixhe, telling its readers that, according to “300 years of financial history,” rolling back bank regulations is a good way to trigger a financial meltdown.Though you may be surprised to hear me say it, there ’s some truth to Mr. Detrixhe’s thesis. While government intervention in banking typically does more harm than good, it’s also true that, unless it’s done carefully, deregulation can itself lead to trouble. As I put it some years ago inaCato Journal article (reprinted recently...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - January 23, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Proposed minimum unit price for alcohol would lead to large price rises
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - This briefing finds that the proposed Scottish 50p minimum unit price for alcohol would increase retail prices of alcohol for the majority of products by an average of 35 per cent. The analysis argues that a reform of alcohol duties might be more beneficial and effective than minimum pricing.BriefingPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 15, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
The role of walking and cycling in solving the UK's air quality crisis
This report estimates that more than 12,000 premature deaths from air pollution would be prevented over ten years, if both England and Scotland reached their respective official goals to get more people to walk and cycle. In addition, there would be £9.31 billion worth of benefits to the economy over the same time period. The report provides a air quality measurement model that aims to support local authorities in making the case for investment in walking and cycling and estimates the contribution of active travel in reducing air pollution – and the subsequent benefits to public health.ReportPress release (S...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 5, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
The real reason why the National Health Service survives
When Aneurin Bevan was asked how he convinced doctors to come on board the National Health Service (NHS) he allegedly replied, “I stuffed their mouths full of gold.” Bevan recognized that to conscript doctors to the largest socialist experiment in health care in the world he had to appeal not so much to their morals, but their pockets.
There is much piety about the NHS. It is the envy of the world, though oddly Saudi oil barons still favor Cleveland Clinic and Texas Heart Institute over quaint little hospitals in rural Scotland. The NHS featured in Britain’s 2012 Olympic parade along with Mr. Bean and the human right...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/dr-saurabh-jha" rel="tag" > Dr. Saurabh Jha < /a > Tags: Policy Public Health & Washington Watch Source Type: blogs
Erin ’s Things: November 28
You're reading Erin’s Things: November 28, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
This week I've discovered some cool light installations, a way to cook with one of the best and as always a little art and music to inspire. What made you a little happier last week? Leave a message in the comments below!
MIKE KELLEY – One of the most ambitious and influential artists of our time, the late Mike Kelley’s work ‘Mike Kelley: Kandors 1999-2011’ is organized in collaboration with the Mike Kelley Foundation...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Falconer Tags: Erin's Things featured self improvement alice waters amir's garden descanso gardens erin falconer karine polwart mike kelley pickthebrain Source Type: blogs
Surgeon grows vegetables across from his hospital to cope with stress and burnout
From thisReuters/Yahoo article:"Dr. Brian Halloran, a vascular surgeon at St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor, starts planning his garden long before spring arrives in southeast Michigan. His tiny plot, located in the shadow of the 537-bed teaching hospital, helps Halloran cope with burnout from long hours and the stress of surgery on gravely ill patients. "You really have to find the balance to put it a little more in perspective," he said.Hospitals such as St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor have been investing in programs ranging from yoga classes to personal coaches designed to help doctors become more resilient. But national burnout ra...
Source: Clinical Cases and Images - Blog - November 22, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Burnout Physician Psychology Stress Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 13th 2017
In conclusion, we have developed an effective PILs strategy to deliver the AUF1 plasmid to a specific target, and this system may be useful for the development of new anti-aging drugs.
Considering the Evidence for Vascular Amyloidosis as a Cause of Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2017/11/considering-the-evidence-for-vascular-amyloidosis-as-a-cause-of-aging/
The balance of evidence for the aging of the cardiovascular system suggests the following view. It starts off in the blood vessels, with the accumulation of senescent cells and cross-links. Cross-links directly stiffen these tissues, while...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 12, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Two Studies Showing Exercise to Correlate with Reduced Mortality in Old Age
This study is one of the first investigations of PA and a clinical outcome using newer-generation accelerometers capable of measuring activity along 3 planes. Using triaxial instead of uniaxial data increases the sensitivity for recognizing PA, detecting more time in LPA and less time in sedentary behavior. This study provides support for the 2008 federal guideline recommendation of MVPA, but it does not support either increasing LPA or decreasing sedentary behavior for mortality risk reduction.
Does strength promoting exercise confer unique health benefits? A pooled analysis of eleven population cohorts with a...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 10, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: General Health Source Type: blogs
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LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
Just when you thought your brain could unwind on a Friday, you realise that it would rather be challenged with some good old fashioned medical trivia FFFF…introducing Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 213.
Question 1
What is this piece of equipment?
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An ETT for an Elephant! Anyone know what the catheter would look like?
The el...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - November 9, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Frivolous Friday Five ACL rupture Archibald Cochrane asthma Cochrane library Elephant Elephant ETT intubation knee trauma Lelli's test Lever test Rigor mortis Salt seminal vesicles Source Type: blogs
Census 2017: workforce figures for consultants and specialty doctor psychiatrists
This report outlines the findings of this year's census of psychiatric workforce across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. It finds that there is an ongoing rise in the reported number of vacant or unfilled consultant posts across the UK and an increase in the use of locum specialty doctors. ReportSummaryFurther information (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 6, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Sorry To Harp But We Really Need To Rethink The myHR – It’s Just Plain Stupid Not To!
This appeared just a few days ago:3 November 2017First the rugby, now national e-health recordsGovernment Technology Posted by Jeremy Knibbs What is it about small countries that are cold, wind beaten, have highlands, and lots of woolly hooved livestock? Both New Zealand and Scotland punch well above their weight in sport, especially rugby. And both do the same in digital health.If you ’d like a few answers to the digital health side of this strange cultural phenomenon Dr Libby Morris, clinical lead on Scotland’s SPIRE program, the pragmatic and so far successful equivalent to our My Health Record saga, might have...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - November 5, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
A Monetary Policy Primer, Part 12: Monetary Alternatives
This primer is supposed to introduce readers to the workings of the present U.S. monetary system. So it ’s only natural that it should take established monetary arrangements for granted, including an official, “fiat” dollar currency managed by the Federal Reserve System.And while I haven ’t hesitated to point out shortcomings in the Fed’s management of the dollar, and have even dared to suggest some ways in which that management might be improved upon, I haven’t questioned the fact that, whether it does so competently or not, the Fed is indeed ultimately “in charge” of the U.S. monetary system. That is, I...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - October 31, 2017 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
