Sugar tax news: research shows staggering support for sugar reduction
New survey from Public Health England (PHE) shows overwhelming public support for decreasing sugar and calories in everyday foods, bringing a positive wave of...
UK Government immigration plan causes major concern for NHS
Focusing on getting the UK Government immigration plan right, NHS Employers chief executive voices his concern regarding the Prime Minister’s speech at the CBI...
Fill That Gap makes healthcare possible whenever, wherever
Fill That Gap is a small organisation with a big vision: to ensure qualified and experienced healthcare professionals are accessible to all.
Several years ago,...
Relaxed air targets are tormenting northern China with smog air pollution
Northern China is now suffering with increased smog air pollution after the authorities relaxed air targets to encourage economic growth.
Smog air pollution made a...
What do you know about the advantages of oligomerisation?
Semra Ince and Christian Herrmann of Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, discuss the role of oligomerisation in proteins.
Throughout known life there are 20 standard amino acids...
Hepatitis C in the UK – the path to elimination
Following an 11% fall in hepatitis C-related deaths between 2016 and 2017, Rachel Halford makes the case for a national strategy to eliminate hepatitis...
Let’s talk about the taboo topic that is menstrual hygiene
WHO/Europe have been working together with Member States to develop policies to tackle the taboo topic of menstrual hygiene and develop better educational support...
Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation announce backing for EU’s Plan-S
Plan-S is the controversial initiative demanding immediate open access to scientific literature, and now two of the biggest medical research funders are in support...
NHS to be short of 51,000 nurses by the end of the Brexit transition...
New report reveals the NHS could be short of 51,000 nurses, enough to staff 45 hospitals, by the end of the Brexit transition period.
The...
It’s time for the UK to rethink its approach to medical cannabis
Producing and exporting the most amount of medical cannabis in the world - why is medical cannabis still being denied to patients in the...
The Netherlands’ journey towards more sustainable healthcare
Speaking at CleanMed Europe 2018, the Dutch Minister for Medical Care and Sport, Bruno Bruins, set out the Netherlands’ efforts to achieve sustainable healthcare.
In...
The gender agenda: WHO Europe’s new men’s health strategy
WHO Europe’s men’s health strategy is undoubtedly a milestone in men’s health, but how far does it go to address the neglected health needs...
Is there a role for emergency medicine in climate change mitigation & response?
Emergency medicine must play a leading role in mitigating against and responding to climate change. Speaking at CleanMed Europe 2018, Jonathan E Slutzman, MD...
United Nations agencies call for ban on virginity testing
A global call to eradicate virginity testing, which is medically unnecessary & often painful, has been announced by United Nations agencies.
Virginity testing, a gynaecological...
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: time to accelerate progress
Global health organisations committed to collaboratively accelerate the growth of achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Orchestrated by the World Health Organization, the initiative...
Reform is required: older adults that self-harm need care too
According to a UK study, the majority of over 65s who self-harm are not referred for specialist help.
Published in The Lancet Psychiatry Journal, adults...
Prescription cannabis in UK: have the law and the drug become best buds?
The UK government has announced that patients can receive prescription cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018.
Health Europa previously reported upon the review...
The digital challenge: achieving a paperless NHS by 2020
Despite calls for a paperless NHS back in 2013, the service is far from completing its paperless journey. Qlik’s David Bolton sets out how...
Time for change: EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets
An urgent call for more ambitious EU energy efficiency and renewable energy targets is set by Leading European Healthcare Institutions.
The European Health Care Climate...
New WHO guidelines aim to reduce high caesarean section rates
First ever guidelines created regarding non-clinical interventions designed to reduce worldwide increase in caesarean section rates.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has designed new guidelines...