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Five hits, five misses: public and population health and the main party manifestos

Health is about more than the NHS and social care. Here, David Buck looks at the parties’ wider commitments that will affect the population’s health.
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By David Buck - 4 December 2019
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Genomic medicine: a tool for population health?

Genomic medicine has been hailed as the magic bullet for prevention, diagnosis and personalised treatment. But what can we really expect from this field? Cecilia Price looks at the impact of the 100,000 Genomes Project to better understand the future role of genomics in health and care.
By Cecilia Price, NHS graduate management trainee - 7 November 2019
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Making local government finance even more local

How might prospective changes to local government finance impact on health and wellbeing? Sally Warren considers how two changes will affect how local authorities are able to raise funds and meet the needs of their populations.
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By Sally Warren - 16 August 2019
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Public health spending: where prevention rhetoric meets reality

As the government publishes its Green Paper on prevention, Dave Buck considers the impact of cuts to local government budgets on public health spending and the funding needed to ensure the commitments made can become a reality.
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By David Buck - 23 July 2019
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'We will back you': a positive approach to risk

In order to deliver personalised care to people using council services in Wigan, the council has adopted a fundamentally different approach to risk. Dan Wellings highlights how training staff to have ‘different conversations’ with people using their services and backing them to act on what they hear has allowed this transformation to take place.
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By Dan Wellings - 12 July 2019
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The prevention Green Paper: the right time to put it in its place?

David Buck considers what is likely to be in the government’s Green Paper on prevention – and what should be in it.
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By David Buck - 24 May 2019
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Understanding urban health: Thinking large and small

Improving population health in towns and cities requires both an overarching city-wide strategy, as well as a granular understanding of the needs of local neighbourhoods, as Chris Naylor and Kieron Boyle explain.
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By Chris Naylor, Kieron Boyle - 8 May 2019
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Hitting the sweet spot? multi-morbidity, the NHS long-term plan and population health

With its long list of commitments on specific clinical issues, did the NHS long-term plan miss a vital opportunity to address health inequalities? David Buck takes a look at what the plan could achieve for people with multi-morbidities, in a guest blog for the Richmond Group.
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By David Buck - 15 April 2019
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Primary care networks and the NHS long-term plan: the new player on the pitch

Richard Murray considers the role primary care networks are meant to play in alleviating workforce pressures, linking general practice with integrated care systems and improving population health.
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By Richard Murray - 3 April 2019
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What’s the role of general practice in addressing population health?

Tom Beaney and Luke Allen explore the unique role GPs have to play in improving population health, but warn that a lack of capacity and resources limits the influence they can have.
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By Dr Tom Beaney, Luke Allen - 15 January 2019
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Overcoming the challenges to improve health and wellbeing in care homes

David Oliver considers the role of care homes in the social care sector, and the challenges that need to be tackled while seeking to improve the health and wellbeing of care home residents.
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By David Oliver - 21 October 2016
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End-of-life care: getting it right for more people, more of the time

David Oliver considers some of the positive steps being made towards improving end-of-life care.
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By David Oliver - 18 July 2016
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