British stillbirth rates remain high
Britain has a higher rate of stillbirth and neonatal death than many other countries in Europe – in 2016 one in every 139 births ended...
Tag: palliative care
Paul Cosford: Meeting my palliative care team
Professor Paul Cosford, medical director of Public Health England, continues his occasional series on his experience as a patient with cancer and describes his first...
Colours of your mood
We often talk about our moods in term of colours of the rainbow. Feeling blue, or green with envy? Or has a red mist come...
Shocking findings of Bishop Jones’s review
It is deeply shocking to read the conclusions of Bishop James Jones’s review, that the lives of hundreds of people were cut short by one...
Alternative ways to manage long-term pain
When managing long-term pain in the pain clinic, we rely on all our skills as doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and so on. We use our...
Fish oil does reduce joint pain
Taking fish oil supplements could help reduce the pain of patients with osteoarthritis, a new study in Rheumatology reports. In the largest, most up to...
Opioid addiction fuelled by painkillers
Opioid addiction, fuelled by OTC medication and prescription pain killers, has reached epidemic proportions in the US but is becoming a growing problem in the...
Muddled memories help dementia patients
Should we always challenge the distorted beliefs of someone with dementia or do inaccurate memories play an important role in helping them to retain key...
Our Great Daffodil Appeal
This month, Marie Curie holds our annual Great Daffodil Appeal and millions of people will wear a daffodil pin and make a donation in support...
My incurable lung cancer by PHE director
I'm happy to be open about the fact that I have incurable lung cancer and I'm also the medical director of Public Health England. I...
