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• Are animal products in the COVID vaccines? Are they Halal? January 12, 2021
• The Moonshot mistake November 19, 2020
• Tory dependency argument and free school meals October 27, 2020
• Over 70 health organisations unite to raise serious concerns with Government about plans to reorganise the public health system September 2, 2020
• Plans to “scrap” Public Health England: A Socialist Health Association Response August 18, 2020
• Why the UK failed the pandemic test August 3, 2020
• HIV i-Base publish the sixth COVID-19 supplement to HTB July 30, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 20 July 27, 2020
• Durham health visitor and school nurse job losses ‘incomprehensible’ with Covid-19 still prevalent, says Unite July 24, 2020
• More people need to be encouraged to take up routine vaccinations as we recover from Covid-19, BMA warns July 24, 2020
• TEST, TRACE AND PROTECT IN WALES; A PUBLIC SERVICE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 July 21, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 19 July 20, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 18 July 13, 2020
• Letter to Matt Hancock on profound concern over £5m cut to PrEP in England July 8, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 17 July 6, 2020
• BROMLEY COUNCIL AND HIV – THE FIGHT FOR SOCIAL SERVICES July 1, 2020
• HIV and COVID-19: new publication July 1, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 16 June 29, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 15 June 22, 2020
• Lets not forget prevention (yet again) or measles and flu may come to bite us June 21, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 14 June 15, 2020
• FRONTLINE QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK FOR THE SHADOW TEAM 14 6 20 June 15, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 13 June 8, 2020
• Disastrous UK RECOVERY study stops hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) for COVID-19: more than 1100 deaths question ethics and safety overall June 8, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 12 June 1, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 11 May 25, 2020
• COVID-19 BASHH resources May 23, 2020
• Covid-19: food and health inequalities and the future of public health nutrition May 20, 2020
• May 2020 issue: Sexual Health, Reproductive Health & HIV Policy eBulletin and COVID-19 May 19, 2020
• Studies reporting lack of benefit from hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 May 19, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 10 May 18, 2020
• Sexual and reproductive healthcare for women during COVID-19 – from FSRH May 12, 2020
• UK HAS THE HIGHEST DEATH TOLL IN EUROPE – PUBLIC HEALTH IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH May 7, 2020
• Firefighters slam government and building owners as HCLG committee cladding survey highlights widespread safety failings May 6, 2020
• Sunday Times Response to Government April 27, 2020
• FRONTLINE EXPERIENCE AND TOUGH QUESTIONS 26 4 20 April 27, 2020
• On the calculated death rates from coronavirus. April 24, 2020
• WHO COVID-19 Database launches new search interface April 20, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 6 April 20, 2020
• Covid-19 Mutual Aid UK: Guide for Supporting Migrants During Coronavirus April 20, 2020
• QUESTIONS TO ASK THE SOS FOR HEALTH April 15, 2020
• Potential treatments for COVID-19 could be manufactured for $1 a day or less April 15, 2020
• FIREFIGHTERS TO FIT FACE MASKS AND DELIVER VITAL PPE AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO NHS AND CARE STAFF April 10, 2020
• Why it is important to include HIV status and HIV testing in managing COVID-19 April 10, 2020
• BHIVA message: HTB COVID-19 special issue: 27 March April 9, 2020
• A request from Jeremy Corbyn for Urgent Action on the Corona Virus crisis April 3, 2020
• PROTECT ALL FRONTLINE HEALTHCARE WORKERS April 1, 2020
• Charity sector coronavirus financial support package urgently needed, says Unite March 31, 2020
• Home-visiting health visitors and community nurses need PPE urgently, says Unite March 31, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 3 March 31, 2020
• COVID-19 and the NHS—“a national scandal” March 29, 2020
• PQs to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on contact tracing and testing March 23, 2020
• Joint SHA, KONP and HCT petition – NHS Frontline staff make 6 key demands March 21, 2020
• COVID-19: Fire and rescue services lose hundreds of firefighters to self-isolation, as union calls for priority testing March 20, 2020
• OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER FROM THE SOCIALIST HEALTH ASSOCIATION March 20, 2020
• Call for retired nurses and student nurses to join the fight against coronavirus March 19, 2020
• SHA COVID-19 Blog 1 March 17, 2020
• COVID-19: Firefighters should cease non-essential interactions with the public, union says March 16, 2020
• SHA statement on the 2020 Budget March 12, 2020
• CROI 2020: Special session on COVID-19 March 11, 2020
• New post on Save Liverpool Women’s Hospital February 8, 2020
• 2 papers from Jean Hardiman Smith December 23, 2019
• Fire Brigades Union response to HMICFRS inspections Tranche 3 December 17, 2019
• Brentford Travelodge fire: Fire Brigades Union comment December 5, 2019
• New laws to implement NHSE’s Long Term Plan October 16, 2019
• UK HIV organisations call for urgent review of crisis in sexual health funding September 2, 2019
• ‘The concept of health tourism for HIV treatment is an outdated myth. This suggestion is outrageous.’ August 11, 2019
• SHA responds to Government publication ‘on the quiet’ of the Prevention Green Paper July 26, 2019
• SOCIALIST HEALTH ASSOCIATION (SHA) – Prevention and Public Health policy July 11, 2019
• Patient online consultation requests ‘mirror’ busiest surgery times March 26, 2019
• PUTTING THE BEVAN PRINCIPLE IN PLACE .. March 6, 2019
• The Good Law Project has warned legal challenge to the DHSC over serious shortage medicines protocol February 24, 2019
• JULIAN TUDOR HART — A TRIBUTE BY PROFESSOR GRAHAM WATT. February 12, 2019
• Vote for Cornwall’s children’s services to remain in-house applauded by Unite – press release November 7, 2018
• Government funding cuts leave sexual health and HIV care at ‘breaking point’ October 2, 2018
• Consultation survey for the NHS England Integrated Care Provider Contracts – all answers are here September 24, 2018
• DEVELOPING NARRATIVES August 19, 2018
• NHS contracts and Richard Branson August 14, 2018
• Superbugs: are we returning to an era where bacteria are a major killer without a cure? May 7, 2018
• 70 years of fighting the 5 giants – lessons from the front line April 30, 2018
• NHS Digital still sending patient information to Home Office immigration authorities April 29, 2018
• A new framework for best HIV care: BHIVA Standards of Care revised and updated (2018) April 26, 2018
• Sexual and reproductive health sector call to strengthen the public health framework April 19, 2018
• Speech at Labour North conference March 26, 2018
• Health inequalities – what to “do”. What are the actions or interventions we should implement? March 10, 2018
• Reframing Health inequalities March 9, 2018
• What can Councillors do about health? February 8, 2018
• What can councillors do about health? February 4, 2018
• Public health priorities December 31, 2017
• Prevention priorities December 19, 2017
• Health Inequalities priorities for government December 13, 2017
• Divesting from Fossil Fuels: a public health action December 8, 2017
• Public Health Priorities for Labour December 2, 2017
• Physical activity, Air Pollution and Transport December 1, 2017
• Sharon Hodgson’s speech on Public Health Priorities November 27, 2017
• Faculty of Public Health top five public health priorities November 24, 2017
• Child obesity is a ‘national emergency’ October 12, 2017
• Sharon Hodgson speech to our fringe meeting October 3, 2017
• Public Health And Wellbeing September 12, 2017
• Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis August 17, 2017
• Power, health & wellbeing June 14, 2017
• UK Charter for Health June 7, 2017
• Live Sustainably – Live Well May 24, 2017
• Public Health and Wellbeing proposals May 11, 2017
• Being poor kills April 24, 2017
• First Ten Years of Free Prescriptions in Wales April 20, 2017
• Why we don’t need the alcohol industry for a strong economy February 23, 2017
• Why the state of child health must be taken seriously February 8, 2017
• Health Divides – Where you live can kill you December 30, 2016
• Andy Burnham: Transport and the environment December 8, 2016
• Why GPs should become involved in ‘health creation’ November 26, 2016
• Smokers in deprived area put off by cost and faff of electronic cigarettes November 8, 2016
• A False Economy September 30, 2016
• Should we classify obesity as a disease? September 12, 2016
• Health Creation … tell us your Trojan Mouse success story! September 7, 2016
• Childhood Obesity September 5, 2016
• Peter Draper – An Appreciation August 31, 2016
• Prevention of mental illness July 15, 2016
• Health inequalities today July 2, 2016
• Infrastructure for Health and Public Health June 29, 2016
• Tackling the hazards to health posed by air pollution June 28, 2016
• Public Transport and Public Health June 19, 2016
• Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis June 11, 2016
• Fair Society Healthy Air June 10, 2016
• Why England could get knocked out in the quarter finals May 24, 2016
• Cut the horse manure! Where’s the evidence? May 8, 2016
• The Health-Related Consequences of Brexit April 13, 2016
• Government U-turns on HIV game changer PrEP March 23, 2016
• NHS England will not pay for new HIV prevention treatment March 22, 2016
• Avoiding Air Pollution March 16, 2016
• The government’s own numbers show that alcohol is under-taxed March 13, 2016
• Tobacco, alcohol and processed food industries February 24, 2016
• The Sugar Tax Debate February 23, 2016
• Fizzy drink companies spell out sugar content in teaspoons February 20, 2016
• Public Health Grant allocations February 11, 2016
• Cure over prevention December 15, 2015
• Is this Europe? December 2, 2015
• What has the Immigration Bill got to do with public health? November 27, 2015
• Speech to National Voices Annual Members’ Conference 2015 November 13, 2015
• Public Health policy review October 31, 2015
• Patients Know Best October 27, 2015
• The need for a ‘sugar tax’ October 25, 2015
• Prevention is better than cure October 23, 2015
• Car smoking ban – landmark moment for public health October 2, 2015
• DICKENSIAN PUBLIC HEALTH CUTS September 30, 2015
• Chancellor Slashes Public Health services to the bone September 9, 2015
• Paradise Regained and Paradise Lost? July 5, 2015
• Obesity: How Thatcherism made us fat June 9, 2015
• Councils are fighting with one hand behind their backs on public health April 8, 2015
• Is the NHS wrongly named? April 4, 2015
• Cold Homes March 29, 2015
• The protective effects of social democratic welfare states during recessions March 20, 2015
• Halt the care.data roll-out March 19, 2015
• TTIP ‘threat to people’s health in UK and across Europe’ March 13, 2015
• Food safety in crisis February 13, 2015
• The first city in the UK to ban smoking in outdoor public places February 2, 2015
• Using Information to Challenge Health Inequalities January 22, 2015
• Food crime—why should doctors care? January 21, 2015
• Protecting Children, Empowering All January 19, 2015
• Labour must be convincing about the NHS November 20, 2014
• National Child Obesity Epidemic November 12, 2014
• Trading health? November 4, 2014
• An NHS for the whole person and whole community September 9, 2014
• Does a Spoonful of Sugar Help the Medicine Go Down? September 3, 2014
• Charter for Community Development in Health August 14, 2014
• National Policy Forum Report July 20, 2014
• Top Ten for Number Ten July 1, 2014
• Healthier Scotland June 24, 2014
• Round up : public health in the news June 17, 2014
• Amendments to Labour Policies June 9, 2014
• Proposed amendments to Labour Public Health Policy May 11, 2014
• Proposed amendments to Britain’s Global Role May 10, 2014
• Labour’s public health policies May 4, 2014
• Labour’s nanny state plan for drinkers May 4, 2014
• Labour policies to tackle the social determinants of health? April 15, 2014
• Ideas for Labour Public Health Policy April 7, 2014
• Welsh Public Health White Paper consultation April 4, 2014
• Has pollution been air-brushed from public health policy? April 3, 2014
• Rights involve responsibilities for patients March 5, 2014
• Andy Burnham on Public Health February 7, 2014
• Cycle Helmets – Compulsory? February 3, 2014
• Policy submission on Public Health January 23, 2014
• Towards a policy submission on Public Health January 1, 2014
• Public Opinion on the NHS December 17, 2013
• Public Health Policy discussion November 16, 2013
• Public Health Possibilities November 8, 2013
• In place of growth: The case for pursuing a steady state economy October 31, 2013
• Austerity kills – we must invest October 31, 2013
• Why being part of the European Union is good for our health October 28, 2013
• European Union Health Policy October 12, 2013
• Modelling a Healthy Economy – the next task for health care? October 6, 2013
• New ideas in public health September 8, 2013
• What should local councillors be doing with and for their NHS? September 2, 2013
• Health Checks July 22, 2013
• Deaths from Heart Attack in England July 18, 2013
• Health and Wellbeing Boards for a new public health July 3, 2013
• A Fence or an Ambulance? July 1, 2013
• Expenditure on health June 28, 2013
• Is the Longer Lives website useful to local communities? June 21, 2013
• Deprivation and mortality – Where’s the connection? June 19, 2013
• Austerity and Health – Economics of a Plan B May 29, 2013
• Public health must lead a public system May 12, 2013
• Public Health for 2015 election May 10, 2013
• The case for making health inequalities a top priority May 8, 2013
• This is not just care, this is NHS ‘Whole Person Care’! April 30, 2013
• Can we leave industry to lead efforts to improve population health ? April 30, 2013
• Tobacco and Health Inequality April 10, 2013
• The need to tackle Health Inequalities April 9, 2013
• A National Health Service March 7, 2013
• Health Education and nanny statism February 2, 2013
• How To Fund Research To Enhance Your Organisation’s Role And Function? January 14, 2013
• Taxing Sugar January 9, 2013
• The Coalition Mid-term Agreement on health January 7, 2013
• Cycling safer than driving for young people December 6, 2012
• Doing Research on a Budget ? – the Health Voluntary Sector November 27, 2012
• What Sort of NHS Do We Want? November 5, 2012
• Improving the Health of the Nation; a policy for the NHS and its partners 2012 November 4, 2012
• Life Expectancy England & Wales since 1701 October 28, 2012
• How much sugar do Americans consume? September 9, 2012
• Improving the Health of the Nation August 23, 2012
• The dangers of cycling August 18, 2012
• Labour Health Policy Consultation August 2, 2012
• The Health Effects of Unemployment August 1, 2012
• Legal status of Public Health Under the Health and Social Care Act 2012 May 18, 2012
• NHS Restoration and Public Health Bill May 18, 2012
• A new health policy for Labour March 29, 2012
• THE CHARTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH November 19, 1992
• A New Kind of Doctor 8 Accountability For And To Groups October 17, 1988
• The time to hesitate is through November 7, 1980
• Peckham and Architecture a drama of building and people September 21, 1949
• A National Service for Health September 11, 1948
• The Pioneer Health Centre October 20, 1946

See also our pages on Obesity, Transport, Food policy and Community Development and Health

• • Afternow
  • American College of Epidemiology
  • Burden of Lung Disease 2006
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Centre for History in Public Health
  • Choosing Health? A consultation on improving people’s health Choosing Health: making healthier choices easier
  • Climate and Health Council
  • Collection of materials on Public Health in Britain 1691-1991 (This is a Japanese site. The texts are reproduced as pictures in PDF files, but there is some wonderful material – particularly relating to the work of Edwin Chadwick)
  • Combined Impact of Health Behaviours and Mortality in Men and Women: The EPIC-Norfolk Prospective Population Study
  • Commission on living standards
  • Community Health Profiles
  • Compendium of Public Health Indicators
  • Consultation starts on Public Health Bill in Scotland 2006
  • Contemporary Resolution: Public Health and Inequality 2005
  • Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School
  • Dr Foster Commissioning to Reduce health inequalities 2009
  • Dr John Snow
  • Sir Edwin Chadwick
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • European Public Health Alliance
  • European Commission Public Health Directorate
  • Faculty of Public Health
  • Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health
  • Happiness Formula
  • Health Canada
  • Health England (archive site)
  • Health Matters
  • Health profiles for English Local Authorities
  • Healthy living centres – Fit to Drop Guardian September 2005 Scottish evaluation Northern Ireland evaluation
  • Human Liberty and Human Health – Steve Watkins October 2004
  • Improving health and well-being – Audit Commission
  • In it for the long haul: The challenge for public health IPPR 2011
  • Incentives for Prevention 2009
  • Informed choice’ is no choice at all – Spiked 2004
  • Institute of Public Health in Ireland
  • Is Health a Consumer Good?
  • Jerry Morris 1910-2009
  • John Reid – consultation on Public Health 2004
  • Journal of Public Health
  • Lalonde Report 1974 (Canada)
  • Measuring National Well-being
  • Measuring well-being since the 17th century   Roy Carr-Hill, Centre for Health Economics, University of York 2012:

• National Heart Forum
• National Statistics
• NHS Screening
• Our Healthier Nation
• Paradigmatic obstacles to improving the health of populations -Implications for health policy John McKinlay
• Partnerships (talk to Greater Manchester SHA 2001)
• Pioneers of Public Health speech by Nye Bevan 7 May 1948
• Public Health and Social Justice
• Public Health Briefing 2011
• Public Health Observatories
• Public Health through Partnership SHA Conference 1st June 2001, Cardiff
• Realizing The Potential Of Health In All Policies: Lessons From Finland
• Reflections on the Development of Health Inequalities Policy in England – Adam Oliver April 2010

• Royal Commission on the NHS 1979

• Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
• Screening – Wilson’s criteria
• Securing Good Health for the Whole Population: Population Health Trends (Wanless)
• SHA response to the Choosing Health? consultation May 2004
• Shaping the future of public health: Promoting health in the NHS
• Smoking Bans
• Social exclusion and health
• Social marketing in practice
• Social-medicine.com A source of information and contact point for research into health inequality
• Social Medicine Portal Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• Society for Social Medicine
• Solutions for Public Health
• Treatise of the Scurvy, James Lind 1753
• UK Health Watch 2005 (PDF file)
• Unnatural Causes
• Vaccine Safety
• Vaccination Panic – Geof Rayner March 2002
• Well-being – nef
• Well-being – Richard Layard’s work
• What is Social Medicine? – Matthew R. Anderson, Lanny Smith, and Victor W. Sidel 2005
• Without Walls – Towards Health and Well-being in the Twenty-first Century
• World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health
• World Wide Web Virtual Library: Public Health

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