In this post Georgia Mannion-Krase (@GeorgiaMKrase) updates us on events at the E-Cigarette (EC) Summit held at the Royal Society on the 14th November 2019.… Read More »Smoking: it’s the end of the word as we know it. Report from the e-Cigarette summit.
Changing burdens of disease When we discuss the burden of disease in regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), our mind immediately jumps to examples such… Read More »Global Perspectives on Screening: Sub-Saharan Africa
Post written by Rosie Rosati, Health Advocate Both the amount of asbestos in UK lungs and the UK mesothelioma rate below age 50 are declining… Read More »Post-Brexit Deregulation Risks Asbestos Crisis
Cancer screening is never straight forward and can be confusing. We discuss some of the key concepts in cancer screening. You’ll find that we refer… Read More »What is cancer screening?
Post written by Daniel Greenberg, Barrister specialising in legislation. Introduction by Peter Sasieni Much of cancer prevention needs to be viewed as a public health activity.… Read More »Maintaining independence in a collaborative government structure
The question of “how often should women go for cervical screening?” has long been controversial. In the past, many countries recommended screening annually whereas in… Read More »Does the quality and type of screening test matter when determining safe intervals between cervical screening tests?
Public health interventions tend to be complex and need a lot of planning and preparation before they can be rolled out successfully. But how much… Read More »How much should we be willing to spend to introduce a public health intervention sooner?
When two government advisers threaten to resign, we should perhaps take notice. Last week a senior government advisor quit, and a second threatened to resign… Read More »‘Drink Free Days’: Should we be Drinkaware aware?
Guest blog post by: Dr Simon Leeson (NHS Wales) On Monday 17th September, Wales will become the first nation in the UK to fully convert its cervical… Read More »Cervical Screening Programme change in Wales: what has Cervical Screening Wales done about it?
A group of doctors and health experts wrote to The Times urging women aged 70-79 who did not undergo routine breast cancer screening because of… Read More »The breast screening scandal: Part 2 – should women accept catch-up invitations?
