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Two matters requiring your input please, plus link to with final version of guidance on Children & the GDPR). ICO: DCMS consults on data protection fee exemptions – (ICO: Blog: Children’s privacy – Call for Evidence |
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GDS: Introducing the GOV.UK Design System Innovate UK: £25m boost for self-driving technology: apply for funding NDA logs in to preserve digital data down the centuries ~ Preserving Digital History |
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In gardening terms, this is a ‘hardy perennial’ issue |
New measures to halve the number of obese children by 2030 have been announced by Health & Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Building on the first chapter of the childhood obesity plan, the new measures include proposals to counter ‘pester power’ by preventing stores from displaying unhealthy food at checkouts or including it in buy-one-get-one-free deals. The DHSC will consult on introducing clear, consistent calorie labelling on menus in restaurants, cafés & takeaways, so parents can make an informed choice about what their families are eating. The department will also consult on banning the sale of harmful, caffeine-laden energy drinks to children – a quarter of 6- to 9-year-olds consume these energy drinks, which can have as much caffeine as a cup of coffee or more. The government is calling on industry to recognise the harm that adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt can cause. It will consult on introducing new TV & online advertising restrictions to prevent children from being targeted by these unhealthy products, and to incentivise companies to reduce the sugar and calories in the products they sell. This could include extending the current advertising watershed and considering limiting the number of unhealthy food adverts shown during children’s programmes up to 9pm. |
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DHSC: New measures announced to halve childhood obesity by 2030 LGA responds to launch of Child Obesity Strategy Civil Service Active Wellbeing Week July 2-6 2018 The King's Fund responds to new government measures to tackle childhood obesity ScotGov: Andy Murray to support Daily Mile initiative King's Fund: Government should do more to improve the public’s health WAG: New guidance to support healthy food & drink provision in childcare settings in Wales DHSC: PHE & Disney UK launch Change4Life Train Like A Jedi programme Will their mental health suffer through bullying as well? Time to put those walking boots on Obesity is increasingly the pathway to diabetes for adults AND children |
It’s not all about more funding for hospitals! |
CQC report shows investment needed in community new models of care. Niall Dickson, CE of the NHS Confederation, which represents organisations across the healthcare sector, has responded to the CQC report about urgent primary care services. “It is shocking that over the past eight years spending on primary care in England has fallen in real terms – indeed from the mid-90s the number of hospital doctors has increased by 72%, whereas in the same period the number of GPs fell by 5%. This was highlighted in the recent research we commissioned from the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Health Foundation. |
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CQC report shows investment needed in community new models of care, says NHS Confederation – (King's Fund: New NHS funding must focus on services outside hospitals UK Space Agency launches multi-£m drive to improve patient care with NHS England WAG: £105m boost to provide more joined-up care closer to home Cost efficient, joined-up services Partial integration will only provide only limited benefits Convenient but not necessarily appropriate/safe care Not surprising so many only want to work part-time Elements of care should not be provided in isolation Cost efficient, joined-up services |
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CQC launches new resources to help health & care providers learn from safety incidents NAO: Developing new care models through NHS vanguards |
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Two North West start-ups will bring their healthcare products to market more quickly, as winners of a 6 month R&D and business support package at STFC’s Daresbury Laboratory. The competition winners each gain six months free access to a self-contained laboratory at the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Daresbury Laboratory, at Sci-Tech Daresbury in the Liverpool City Region. This includes specialist technology & design support, one-to-one business planning advice and investment readiness training, each of which are critical when bringing a new product to market. Delyth Lloyd, business development manager, at STFC, said: “For small companies, turning an innovative idea into a viable commercial reality that can compete successfully with major industrial players is a real challenge. Companies can benefit massively from access to the unique business support and incubation facilities we have here at Daresbury Laboratory, and we are looking forward to supporting our winners all the way to ensure they get the most of their time here with us.” |
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STFC: UK innovation winners will bring life-enhancing healthcare products to market Innovate UK: £25m boost for self-driving technology: apply for funding – (Innovate UK: First innovation loans offered to businesses improving smart cities transport Innovate UK: Support for game-changing ideas: apply for an innovation loan Innovate UK: Improving productivity for businesses: apply for funding |
Editorial commentary: More Brexit ‘pondering’ |
Three items from Briefings for Brexit provide ‘food for thought’ regarding just whose ‘side’ the Civil Service is ‘on’. Also, when it comes to ‘delusions’ in Brexit negotiations, it appears the RoI’s PM cannot do simple subtraction. He was quoted in The Telegraph (& elsewhere) as saying: “Any relationship in the future between the EU and UK isn’t going to be one of absolute equals. We’re 27 member states, the UK is one country, we’re 500 million people, the UK is 60 million, so that basic fact needs to be realised and understood”. (Telegraph: Irish PM warns Theresa May that Britain is outnumbered in Brexit talks) The last time I checked (last weekend), the EU (28 countries) population is around 508m and the population of the UK 66m. Basic maths would suggest that the EU (27) will only be a population of around 442m! He also said; “'If we have a no deal Brexit, which is unlikely but possible, then the UK will essentially crash out of the customs union and single market, will not be able to trade freely anymore with any part of the EU and will be losing access to a market of 500 million people.” This statement was made despite the fact that the USA, China, India and many other countries, appear to trade freely with the EU under WTO rules! It also ignores the reality of the fact that UK trade with the EU has been declining for many years. |
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(Civitas: EU share of UK exports is in dramatic decline, new analysis shows One notes that the Commonwealth population is over 5 times the size of a post Brexit EU! A Brexit plan that Parliament can debate without giving away UK ‘negotiating secrets’!) BfB: Is H M Treasury the Enemy of Brexit? by Graham Gudgin Remain and the Civil Service By Pamela Dow A Very English Coup d’Etat by Gwythian Prins MoD: Over 10,000 troops from nine nations ready to meet global challenges |
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