Tag: Health

Alan Johnson hits back at David Cameron on obesity

sunderkatwala Wed Jul 23, 2008 at 09:32:16 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

"Reading David Cameron’s Glasgow speech, I was struck not by how much the Tories have changed, but by how little. He delivered Tebbit’s “Get on your bike” speech, refined by PR experts. Chingford meets Notting Hill", says Health Secretary in a Fabian speech.



Wake up people!

cybamonk Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 04:33:44 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

What we choose to eat is one of the most significant factors in the personal impact we have on the environment and the fastest path to climate change. A recent study, examining the impact of a typical week's eating, showed that plant-based diets are better for the environment than those based on meat. A vegan, organic diet had the smallest environmental impact. The single most damaging foodstuff was beef and all non-vegetarian diets, which require significantly greater amounts of environmental resources such as land and water.

It is noteworthy that the United Nations and many leading environmental organizations-including the National Audubon Society, the WorldWatch Institute, the Sierra Club, and the Union of Concerned Scientists-have recognized that raising animals for food damages the environment more than just about anything else that we do. Whether it's unchecked air or water pollution, soil erosion, or the overuse of resources, raising animals for food is wreaking havoc on the Earth.

By going vegetarian an individual can help to...




Autism Awareness Day Yesterday - did you know?

renton Thu Apr 03, 2008 at 11:41:06 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

THE UNITED NATIONS and Autism Syndrome Disorder (ASD) organizations around the world yesterday observed the first World Autism Awareness Day.

Why would a community of nations usually concerned with issues relating to peace, poverty and pollution and politics want to drum up international attention for a disability like ASD?

The answer is simple. ASD has become a global epidemic.




Machines, markets and morals: debate announced on future of the NHS and the democratic state

compassoffice Wed Jan 30, 2008 at 04:21:12 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Following the launch of the pamphlet Machines, markets and morals: the new politics of a democratic NHS we can announce a major debate in the House of Commons at 6pm on Thursday 28 February with Compass Chair Neal Lawson, Professor Julian Le Grand, UNISON's Head of Health Karen Jennings, Anna Coote from the Healthcare Commission and chaired by The Observer's Mary Riddell.



Eathlings

cybamonk Fri Jan 11, 2008 at 03:52:20 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

A friend from Canada sent me a link to watch this  increadable free Earthling movie.



Pulling the Teeth of the Dentist Story

TimSwift Mon Oct 15, 2007 at 05:06:51 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Much of today's radio and television news has been dominated by the latest dental care horror story. But the story is not all it is cracked up to be - isn't it time Labour as a party and a Government got better at responding to this kind of story?




The enviroment ,Health and our Eating habbits.

cybamonk Mon Oct 01, 2007 at 09:00:30 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Dear prime minister Brown Please promote the findings of this U.N report and the many other of the worlds leading scientists and actively promote the many preventative benefits of the vegetarian-lifestyle as a way we can save our planet and also save the suffering of the brittish people from all the terrible illnesses related to eating the flesh of dead animals (cancer,diabetes,heart disease) adopting a vegetarian diet solves so many of the world problems in one hit .




Progress event - First 100 Days: Labour's priorities for health and social care

tbp Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 05:09:16 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Tuesday, 12 June - 1800-1930 

With Andy Burnham MP, Minister of State, Department of Health; Stephen Burke, CEO, Counsel and Care; David Walker, Editor, Guardian Public; and Jane Roberts, former leader of Camden Council. Delyth Morgan, Vice-Chair of Progress, will chair.

Committee Room 11, House of Commons 

To register, send your name and email address to Tom Brooks Pollock (tom@progressives.org.uk; 0203 008 8180).




Progress event - First 100 Days: Labour's priorities for health and social care

tbp Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 12:49:49 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Tuesday, 12 June - 1800-1930 

With Andy Burnham MP, Minister of State, Department of Health; Stephen Burke, CEO, Counsel and Care; David Walker, Editor, Guardian Public; and Jane Roberts, former leader of Camden Council. Delyth Morgan, Vice-Chair of Progress, will chair.

Committee Room 11, House of Commons

To register, please submit your name and email address to Tom Brooks Pollock (tom@progressives.org.uk; 0203 008 8180).

http://www.progressonline.org.uk/100



Progress event - First 100 Days: Labour's priorities for health and social care

tbp Mon Jun 04, 2007 at 11:39:41 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Tuesday, 12 June - 1800-1930 

With Andy Burnham MP, Minister of State, Department of Health; Stephen Burke, CEO, Counsel and Care; David Walker, Editor, Guardian Public; and Jane Roberts, former leader of Camden Council; and Delyth Morgan, Vice-Chair of Progress, in the chair.

Committee Room 11, House of Commons 

To register, send your name and email address to Tom Brooks Pollock (tom@progressives.org.uk; 0203 008 8180). 

 




Closer to equality? report published by Compass assessing New Labour's record on equality

compassoffice Wed May 30, 2007 at 05:00:42 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

In 1997, Peter Mandelson said “I say to the doubters, judge us after ten years in office. For one of the fruits of that success will be that Britain has become a more equal society. However, we will have achieved that result by many different routes, not just the redistribution of cash from rich to poor, which others choose as their own limited version of egalitarianism…” (Peter Mandelson, Labour’s Next Steps: Tackling Social Exclusion, Fabian Society 1997)



A health policy we can all agree with

alexanderbaker Mon Jan 01, 2007 at 11:29:18 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

New Year is a time to make changes for the better. The government's decision to raise the legal age of buying tobacco to 18 should be a welcome New Year's resolution.



Influenza... Prepared for an outbreak?

HOWLERMONKEY Wed Nov 22, 2006 at 06:25:59 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

In the news recently there's been a  recent report from the Royal Society and the Academy of Medical Sciences  that warns that ministers need to reconsider the plan to stockpile just one antiviral drug (Tamiflu.) and calls for closer cooperation with scientists to prepare  to combat the H5N1  bird flu virus. Thay say they fail to take into account the latest technological developments.   Also thay recommend the appointment of an independent scientific advisor to work on  a possible outbreak of Bird flu.



Is the NHS safe with Labour?

Rathfelder Mon Nov 06, 2006 at 07:26:57 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

The Tories seem to have a political lead on the NHS for the first time since 1944.  Where exactly is Labour health policy going?



Closing Hospitals in Tory Seats?

TimSwift Mon Oct 16, 2006 at 10:30:16 AM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Iain Dale has picked up on a story in the Times which purports to prove that the Government is targeting hospital closures on Tory and Lib Dem seats.



Save (insert name of local hospital here)

Juvenal Tue Sep 19, 2006 at 02:11:02 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Closing a hospital is like drowning a kitten - it's just not something that the public are ever going to thank you for.  But is it sufficient reason alone to stand for Parliament?  Is it a helpful way of rallying support for a worthy cause, or does it distort the `market' in favour of those who are most eloquent and well-organised enough to run a campaign?  And is this sort of single issue politics good for the political health of the nation?



Public Sector Reform

redpants Wed Jun 28, 2006 at 07:01:58 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Yesterday, 27th June, there was major rally and lobby of Parliament by PCS and other trade unions under the "Public Services not Private Profit" banner.



Gordon to de-nationalise the NHS?

Dr John Crippen Tue Jun 27, 2006 at 07:20:52 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

Gordon to de-nationalise the NHS as soon as he is anointed leader?



Why the US government's shock tactics will not increase breastfeeding rates

emT Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 07:00:35 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

The Department of Health wants new mums to breastfeed but the support in post-natal wards and at home is laughable. Pregnant with my second child, I've asked what support I can get this time to help breastfeed after a disasterous time in 2003 with my first child, to be told "It depends who is on duty and how busy they are."

Despite trying to get advice - that didn't include being mauled by midwives who had no idea what they were doing when showing me breastfeeding positions and damaging me severely within 12 hours of giving birth - none was forthcoming and I ended up relying on formula. I was cold-shouldered by my health visitor from that moment on.




Big Brother Is Watching You And Your Children?

Shinga Mon Jun 26, 2006 at 03:57:28 PM GMT Print-friendly version Facebook

With an unerring eye for PR disasters and the hot buttons of surveillance and attacks on family life, The Telegraph is trumpeting the latest scheme for Big Brother monitoring of children that sounds like it was designed on the back of an envelope. Reluctant as I am to agree with The Telegraph, since when have bureacracy and databases been synonyms for a 'solution'?



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