Hospital vending machines: helping people make healthier choices

Hospital vending machines: helping people make healthier choices Obesity-related illness costs the NHS around £6.1 billion per year and vending machines in hospitals can support healthy consumption habits amongst NHS staff, patients and visitors. This trial at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust used 17 cold drink and mixed snack vending machines to test whether changing the availability or positioning of products within the vending machines could encourage healthier choices and whether that was economically viable. Public Health England

Addressing inequalities in access to general practice

Addressing inequalities in access to general practice An animation by the University of East Anglia highlights inequalities of access to GP general practice services and offers advice to CCGs on how to tackle the issue. NHS England

UK heatwave: People told to 'stay out of sun' amid warning

UK heatwave: People told to 'stay out of sun' amid warning People are being urged to "stay out of the sun" for most of this week, as a heat health watch alert is issued by the Met Office.

The level 3 or amber alert is in place until 09:00 BST Friday for much of the east and south-east of England.


The level 3 warning is issued when temperatures are predicted to hit 30C during the day, and 15C at night, for at least two consecutive days.

It is the third time the level 3 alert has been reached in England this year. BBC News

Allowing women to take the abortion pill at home would be a great first step for Matt Hancock – and for the NHS

Allowing women to take the abortion pill at home would be a great first step for Matt Hancock – and for the NHS Women, after taking the pill in a clinic, have to race home before their miscarriage starts. They often suffer heavy bleeding and cramping before they get there

Let’s get straight to the point. Women need the new health secretary, Matt Hancock, to act now.

If he wants to reverse the damage caused by his predecessor to women’s health and to the NHS in general, he needs to move quickly. Another cabinet reshuffle is only around the corner. The Independent

Young people’s mental health: we can build a resilient generation​

Young people’s mental health: we can build a resilient generation​ | Paul Burstow Prevention and early intervention could halve the number of people with lifelong mental health problems.

Half of lifelong mental illness starts before the age of 14. What if we could change that? What if we could tackle the causes and reduce the incidence of enduring mental health problems?  Continue reading... The Guardian

New malaria treatment paves way for eradication

New malaria treatment paves way for eradication The US authorities have approved the first new treatment in 60 years for malaria that is endemic in Asia and Latin America.

Experts hope it will play a significant role in eliminating the mosquito-borne disease, which is on the march again after decades of decline.

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug tafenoquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax malaria - a disease causing around 8.5million infections every year in Asia, Latin America and parts of Africa. The Daily Telegraph

See also:

• Single-dose malaria drug eliminates parasite from liver OnMedica

Pay £15,000 to jump the queue for a hip operation on the NHS

Pay £15,000 to jump the queue for a hip operation on the NHS A Daily Mail investigation uncovered how two-thirds of hospitals allow patients to pay out of their pockets for hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery.

Dementia research is '40 years behind cancer advances'

Dementia research is '40 years behind cancer advances' Dementia research is trailing 40 years behind the advances seen in cancer, Professor Nick Fox, director of University College London’s Dementia Research Centre, has warned. The Daily Mail