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NHS must do more to help people with mental illness to stop smoking, says Rethink

Paul Jenkins, CEO of Rethink Mental Illness, has called on the NHS to do more to help people with mental illness stop smoking, as a new report reveals that health professionals are failing to support smokers with mental illness to quit.

DHT calls for help to save thousands of rabbits this Easter

National humane research charity the Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT) is calling for help this Easter to save thousands of rabbits from painful and distressing experiments. Experiments involving rabbits range from chemicals being applied to their skin through to invasive surgical manipulation.

MRSA Action UK: Resistant bacteria - the biggest threat to human health

We hope that the Government and the Health Secretary will take heed of the warnings in the Chief Medical Officer’s report, and calls from Dame Sally Davies to place more emphasis on prevention of bacterial infections, and on research into the bacteria and how resistance to antimicrobials can be tackled.

ESRC: A picture of health in schools

Feeling comfortable and confident in sport, health, or PE can be very difficult for some young people who can be seen as a 'risk' of becoming obese. Young people from ethnic minorities, especially girls, are more likely to be physically inactive and unhealthy.

bpas response to cross-party inquiry into unplanned pregnancy

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas) welcomes the findings of The Morning After: A Cross-Party Inquiry Into Unplanned Pregnancy. Bpas is particularly pleased that the report emphasises the needs of older women and their partners who are trying to avoid unplanned pregnancy in addition to recommendations to support younger women and men.

Pilot projects to improve severe mental illness services are a step in right direction, says Rethink Mental Illness

Wednesday 19 December - Responding to the announcement of a government pilot programme to improve access to psychological therapies for people with severe mental illnesses, Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness said:

New report shows scandalous lack of physical health support for people with schizophrenia, says Rethink

Nearly three quarters of people with schizophrenia are missing out on vital support for their physical health, according to the first ever national audit for people with severe mental illness.

ESRC: Group interaction among elderly is the key to significant health outcomes

The health benefits of 'water clubs' in care homes for the elderly, where residents gather together regularly to drink water , owe as least as much to the social nature of the activity as to the value of drinking water itself, an investigation by psychologists has shown.

bpas: "Doctors in Ireland need clarity on when they can provide abortions and they need it now"

An investigation is to be carried out following the death of a woman in an Irish hospital after she was denied an abortion. Doctors apparently refused to perform a termination on the woman, who was suffering a miscarriage, because a foetal heartbeat was still present. She subsequently developed septicaemia and died.

bpas: Cutting back on the snip

Sexual health charity bpas calls for more research into male contraception amid decline in vasectomies

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The government has been accused of abandoning its commitment to public health as Andrew Lansley outlined a "non-regulatory approach" to junk food.

The health secretary told a public health conference yesterday that the private sector could effectively buy its way out of being regulated by backing public health schemes.

The announcement coincides with the halting of funding for the £75 million Change4Life campaign.

Critics have slammed the moves for enabling the private sector to continue irresponsible practices in return for propping up the ailing public initiative.

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MRSA Action UK Annual Memorial Event

Families will pay tribute and remember those lost to MRSA and healthcare associated infections at Westminster Abbey on Thursday 13th June 2013

BSIA: Information Destruction Exhibition & Conference 2013

Following the great success of the BSIA's Information Destruction Conference and Exhibition in May 2012, we are pleased to annouce that the event is returning again in June 2013. This one-day conference and exhibition is aimed at key decision makers in organisations that carry out the secure destruction of confidential material.