Helping the vulnerable: why we need integrated pharmacy services for the homeless Additional funding and joined-up collaboration between different sectors of healthcare are needed to help address the health needs of the growing homeless population in the UK.…
A history of HIV survival in the UK Treatment for HIV has radically improved since the beginning of the epidemic in 1981. HIV-infected people in the UK are now surviving for decades, rather than months or years.…
E-cigarettes get backing from UK public health body The Royal Society of Public Health is calling for wider adoption of electronic cigarettes by smoking cessation services and better education so that people understand the difference between nicotine addiction and the harmful effects of smoking. …
WHO calls for increased taxes on tobacco products The World Health Organization has called on governments globally to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products in the fight to curb the global smoking epidemic.…
