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The Act established Public Health England as an executive body accountable to the Secretary of State for Health. It took over public health activity from the department and from the regional strategic health authorities (which were abolished), and all activities of the Health Protection Agency, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse ...
Pandemics timeline death tolls. This is a list of the largest known epidemics and pandemics caused by an infectious disease in humans. Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included.
On 3 October, Public Health England announced that a 'technical error' had caused the under-reporting of new cases for recent dates and that the missing positive results would be declared over the forthcoming days. The number of new cases declared on 3 October was approximately double the rate prevailing over the preceding few days. [206]
The Genesis of the British National Health Service (2nd edn (Basil Blackwell, 1962). Klein, R. The New Politics of the National Health Service (3rd ed. 1995). Lindsey, A. Socialized Medicine in England and Wales: The National Health Service, 1948–1961 (U. of North Carolina Press, 1962). Loudon, Irvine, John Horder and Charles Webster.
Health in the United Kingdom refers to the overall health of the population of the United Kingdom. This includes overall trends such as life expectancy and mortality rates , mental health of the population and the suicide rate , smoking rates , alcohol consumption , prevalence of diseases within the population and obesity in the United Kingdom.
In 2015/16 health spending was 29.7% of the public services budget. This equated to an average rise in spending of about 4% a year over a 60-year period once inflation has been taken into account. [25] As of 2016, about 10% of GDP was spent on health and was the most spent in the public sector. [27]
Figures released by Public Health England indicate no new coronavirus cases were reported in London over the 24-hour period up to Monday 18 May. [98] 24 May – Samples from blood donors in London during the past week (reported by Public Health England on 4 June) show antibodies indicating exposure to COVID-19 in around 16% of people. [99]
The Public Health Act 1875 [1] (38 & 39 Vict. c. 55) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, one of the Public Health Acts, [2] and a significant step in the advancement of public health in England.