Archive: Public Health

MPs demand booze guidelines rethink

Government alcohol guidelines should be revised to recommend two dry days every week, MPs have said.

MPs call for booze promotion ban

PM backs 'local' booze minimum pricing

SNP to press ahead with alcohol minimum pricing

Comment: Taxing meat can solve our ballooning obesity crisis

Yvonne Bishop-Weston is a nutritionist who works with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

Promoting plant-based eating would give us another possible chance at slimming down and enjoying good health.

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Comment: We've got to close the health gap

Andrew Harrop is general secretary of the Fabian Society

It looks like Labour's anti-poverty agenda before the crash was a heroic effort at running up a down escalator.

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MPs doubtful over public health commitment

In the balance? Public health plans questioned by MPs

Plans to create a new body overseeing public health in England will only succeed if the organisation is able to "speak truth unto power", MPs have said.

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Report documents 'persecution' of smokers

Smokers are a new persecuted minority, according to a new report by privacy campaigners.

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Lansley 'responsible for swine flu deaths'

Andrew Lansley is responsible for the increase in deaths from swine flu last winter, Labour has said.

Morning-after pill free in Welsh pharmacies

Wales has some of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the UK,

The morning-after pill will now be offered for free in pharmacies across Wales.

Children 'targets' of alcohol advertising

The bill has been modelled on the French 'loi evin'.

Proposed legislation ensuring that alcohol advertising should not be targeted at children has been backed by medical experts.

Govt 'must combat' spiralling food prices

The SDC recommended the government promote food production of fruits and vegetables in the UK.

The government has failed to lay out a plan to tackle spiralling food prices, a report has said.

Alcohol policy in disarray as health groups pull out on eve of report

The price of a pint? Cost was excluded from the deal.

The government's claims of having secured a deal with the alcohol industry were in disarray today after health groups pulled out.

Govt delays cigarette display ban on No Smoking Day

The government has delayed the implementation of a point-of-sale display ban but pushed ahead with plain packaging proposals.

Cold turkey: Drug addicts may face benefit sanctions

So-called 'legal highs' will face temporary bans

Drug addicts who refuse government support will face losing some of their benefits, under new government plans.

May bottles 24-hour licensing overhaul

24-hour licensing is here to stay - despite Theresa May's rhetoric

Theresa May's pledge to 'tear up' Labour's 24-hour drinking Licensing Act quickly unravelled today after it emerged pubs and clubs would still be able to open 24 hours a day.

Comment: Why we should end the sex education opt-out

Chris Bryant is Labour's MP for the Rhondda

It's difficult to be critical when there's a new baby in the family - but one of the toughest problems facing modern Britain remains the dramatically high figures for teenage pregnancy.

PM backs 'local' booze minimum pricing

Minimum pricing would only affect problem drinkers, campaigners say

David Cameron has indicated his support for local bans on cheap alcohol but refused to implement a national level policy, according to a report.

Milk U-turn 'reflects coalition chaos'

Free milk for under-fives will remain after No 10 intervention

Labour leadership contenders have jumped to criticise Downing Street's intervention on free milk for under-fives, after David Cameron quashed a junior minister's proposal yesterday.

Cloned meat eaten in UK

Experts say there is no evidence cloned meat is harmful

The meat of the offspring of a cloned cow was eaten in the UK last year, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.

Health inequality slumps to Great Depression levels

Poverty through the ages: Life expectancy might drop

The inequality in life expectancy in the UK is as bad as it was in the Great Depression, new research has found.

Parents who allow obesity 'guilty of neglect'

Checking the scales: Experts say consistent failure to tackle a child's obesity shoud trigger state intervention

Parents who consistently fail to address their child's obesity should be prepared for child protection officers to step in, medical experts have argued.

Coalition considers reversing tobacco display ban

Tobacco display ban set to be introduced for larger shops in 2011

The tobacco display plan could be scrapped by the coalition government as part of a wider review of regulation, the government has confirmed.

Anti-obesity plan rubbished

Junk food needs regulation, National Obesity Forum says

The government stood accused of abandoning the public health argument as Andrew Lansley outlined a "non-regulatory approach" to junk food.

The health secretary takes on the Naked Chef

Oliver defended his schools meals agenda

Britain's health secretary has entered into a war of words with Jamie Oliver over his healthy school meals agenda.

Late-night bars face coalition clampdown

Coalition government wants to address drink-fuelled disorder

Measures to roll back Labour's easing of restrictions on late-night drinking in Britain's urban centres are set to be introduced by the Home Office, according to a report.

Nice gets tough on drinkers

Drinkers could face tougher questioning from GPs according to the Nice guidelines

An influential health watchdog has demanded minimum prices on alcohol and tough questions from GPs to patients on their intake as part of a drive to cut down on alcohol-related deaths.