PHE have announced a new alcohol campaign. They are partnering with the educational charity Drinkaware to encourage middle-aged regular drinkers to take more drink free days to help reduce their risk of developing serious health problems. The campaign, Drink Free Days, … Read more
Interesting article by Brian Ferguson starts to make the case for public health spending being economically sensible. Read the full article here with links to important cost saving tools. One of the issues we encounter when arguing that you need to … Read more
As featured in April 2018 edition of Environmental Health
Nudge theory (or nudge) is a concept in behavioural science, political theory and economics which proposes positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to try to achieve non-forced compliance to influence the motives, incentives and decision making of groups and individuals. It doesn’t sound that exciting … Read more
The Aftermath The law came into force on the 1st July. On the second of July Paul received a complaint about smokers smoking outside. One of the most important messages was that secondhand smoke affected the health of non-smokers … Read more
The BBC Radio 4 broadcast 25 April ‘The Life Scientific’ is worth a listen. Graham MacGregor has spent much of his career campaigning tirelessly to persuade the food industry to reduce the demons in our diet – firstly salt, and now … Read more
7 March 2017 A team of Fuse researchers from Newcastle and Teesside Universities published the findings from the babyClear study in the North East in ‘Tobacco Control’ a few weeks ago (see our earlier posting for the research paper). Sue Jones, … Read more
27 February 2017 iPiP welcomes the statement made by PHE. Hilary Wareing, who was a topic expert adviser with NICE Quality Standards says, “It is over three years since the NICE guidance was published. It is not just about banning smoking … Read more
21 February 2017 Today, 21 February, Improving Performance in Practice (iPiP), formally launches the Environmental Health Collaborating Centre (EHCC) which builds upon the successful model of our long-established Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre. The EHCC will be working across the full … Read more
16 February 2017 We are delighted that babyClear has now been evaluated and the results of the study that was undertaken across the North East region has appeared in ‘Tobacco Control’. Please find the link to the paper below: http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2017/02/10/tobaccocontrol-2016-053476 … Read more