CMO Annual report 2007

Was was published yesterday focussing on teenage health, surgical safety, vaccine development, oesophageal cancer and racial equality in medicine. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/AnnualReports/DH_086176?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=168807&Rendition=Web

Also technical report on drinking and driving for 17-20 year olds. http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/AnnualReports/DH_086176?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=168947&Rendition=Web

“Are We Choosing Health?”

The Healthcare Commission published a report today called “Are We Choosing Health?”
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New East of England public health tartan rug

Erpho has just released an update of the tartan rug, which compares different public health indicators at PCT level with the regional and national average. Five indicators on topics including GUM attendances and drug treatment retention have been updated from the last release in April 2008.
Tartan rug

Health Profiles 2008

Health Profiles for every local authority and region across England were published last week by the Department of Health and the Association of Public Health Observatories.

From the same source comes a companion "Health inequalities Intervention tool", that enables every English local authority to model the effect of four high impact interventions on their life expectancy gap. The four interventions are: smoking cessation, treating undiagnosed high blood pressure, statin prescribing to reduce blood cholesterol and reducing infant mortality.

Find your local profile on the erpho map of the region

Find profiles for the whole of England on the APHO website and use the interactive map to compare indicators and areas

Click here for press release about what the health profiles show in this region

Find out about the new Health Inequalities Intervention Tool here