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In 2013, 220,000 doctors in the United Kingdom united to form what they call a 'prescription' for the UK's obesity epidemic. The report presented an action plan for future campaigning activity, setting out 10 recommendations for healthcare professionals, local and national government, industry and schools which it believed would help tackle the ...
Change4Life is a public health programme in England which began in January 2009, [1] run by Public Health England. It was the country's first national social marketing campaign to tackle the causes of obesity. [2] In 2021, it was brought under the "Better Health" brand [3]
NHSX, created in February 2019, has oversight of digital strategy and policy in NHS England. As a budget-holder, NHSX commissions projects from NHS Digital. [7] On 22 November 2021 it was announced that NHS Digital would be merged with NHSX and incorporated into NHS England. [8] The merger was completed on 1 February 2023. [9]
The type 2 diabetes drug Mounjaro has been recommended to help obese people lose weight on the NHS. Mounjaro – also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly – is a glucagon-like peptide-1 ...
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It was widely seen as a failure, and blamed for delaying the implementation of IT in the service. Even in 2020, it appeared most of the 1.38 million NHS computers were still using Windows 7, which was released in 2009, and additional support had to be arranged by Microsoft until 14 January 2021 before the migration to Windows 10 could be completed.
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The NHS App allows patients using the National Health Service in England to book appointments with their GP, order repeat prescriptions and access their GP record. Available since late 2018, the app was developed by NHS Digital and NHS England. [1] The health ministers Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock both stressed their support for the project.