News
This page lists news from the North East PHO
New Chief to Lead North East Health Services - 19th July 2007
Ian Dalton has been appointed as the new chief executive of the North East Strategic Health Authority (SHA)....
Department of Health - Additional Services for Patients in the North East
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p> The Department of Health today announced the details of a new partnership, which will see NHS patients in the North East benefit from reduced waiting times and more choice about where they can be treated....
No injustice greater than inequality
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p>The Information Centre for health and social care funds the Health Poverty Index (HPI)
...Commissioning Framework for Health and Well-being
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p> The Department of Health has this week launched the Commissioning Framework for Health and Well-being....
No ifs no buts: Improving services for Tobacco Control
Smoking is the single most preventable cause of death and ill health in England. Half of all smokers will die prematurely as a result of smoking and this year alone several hundred non-smoking adults will die from breathing in second hand smoke....
Food Standards Agency 2006 English Regions survey reveals consumers are taking a healthy interest in healthy eating
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p> The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is today publishing its seventh UK wide Consumer Attitudes to Food Survey....
All Change at Gateshead "In 2 Change" for help and support to stop substance misuse
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p> A new approach to helping people in Gateshead with drug misuse problems change their lives has just been launched in Gateshead....
The State of Public Health in the North East
The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, today published his Annual Report, On the State of Public Health, which highlights major regional and national public health issues....
North East Strategic Health Authority Well-Being Programme
"The North East is an area of great need". The North East Strategic health Authority application to the Well-being programme was submitted 28 July. The proposed portfolio of projects and programmes totalling more than £20 million takes account of the extent of that need and our position as the English region with the worst health, poorest well-being and most challenging underlying problems.
Public Health Observatories in England launch 386 local authority "Health Profiles"
Public Health Observatories in England have launched Local Authority Health Profiles designed to show the health of people in local authorities across England. The Health Profiles are designed to show where there are important problems with health or health inequalities.
