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A&E Preventable/avoidable STPs

Briefing: Emergency hospital admissions in England: which may be avoidable and how?

By The Health Foundation (2018)

This report looks at trends in emergency admissions over the past decade. It finds that one in three patients admitted to hospital in England as an emergency in 2015/16 had five or more health conditions. This is up from one in ten in 2006/7. It calculates the financial implications for the NHS in England and finds that the cost of emergency admissions in 2016/17 was £17 billion, up £5.5 billion in ten years.

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Cancer Screening

Guidance for the development, production and review of information to support UK population screening programmes

By UK National Screening Committee (2018)

This guidance provides the four UK nations with best practice in terms of developing public information resources such as leaflets to support the national screening programmes. It also provides a definition of ‘personal informed choice’.

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Accident Prevention Community Safety councils gambling Healthy Settings Licensing Local Government Planning

A ‘Whole Council’ Approach to Gambling A guide for public health and other council officers to support the revision of borough statements of policy

By London Councils (2018)

Gambling is often described as a ‘hidden addiction’ and problem gambling is now recognised as a complex public health issue that has an impact on individuals, families, and communities. This guidance outlines the areas in which public health can add value and support local gambling policies.

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