3 April 2025

ADPH in the news 2024/25

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2024/25 was a busy year for ADPH with widespread interest from the media about the DPH role. Here is a summary of some of the articles where our members’ were reported:

England urged to bring in minimum unit price on alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year

The Food Programme, Lessons from Leeds and Amsterdam on childhood obesity

BBC News – Wes Streeting’s NHS Consultation

Radio 4 Today programme – Christmas eve special on the importance of reading

MMR uptake in England quadruples in 2024

King’s speech: Health leaders laud commitments on public and mental health as “game changing”

Junk food TV adverts to be banned before 9 pm in bid to tackle childhood obesity

Seven days in medicine- eCigarettes

Seven Days in medicine – Opiod Deaths

Calorie labelling has quite a modest effect on choice, says review – print only

Ending gambling adverts could prevent harm to millions of adults and children in the UK

McDonalds triumphs in legal row over health concerns

We need to counter industry promotion of harmful products to protect public health

Addressing the political determinants of health

Keir Starmer to crack down on smokers with total ban announced in King’s Speech

McDonald’s: Our stores encourage healthier lifestyle

Why Rishi Sunak’s ‘mad’ smoking ban is destined to fail

Teens and pensioners fuel surge in STIs with alarming 22 per cent spike in syphilis and gonorrhoea hitting record levels – with easy access to porn, divorces and the rise of dating apps blamed

Labour revives plans to phase out smoking with Tobacco and Vapes Bill

Water Fluoridation scheme expands in the northeast

Government promises to tackle tobacco in the king’s speech

Alcohol abuse costing £27bn a year in England

Health leaders hail Labour’s plans to phase out smoking as ‘gamechanging’

UK in ‘worse state’ to deal with pandemic than before Covid, say experts

England urged to bring in minimum unit price on alcohol as deaths rise 10% a year

Rise in NICs will endanger public health services

Biggest ever fall in maternal smoking after NHS prevention scheme expanded

London overtakes West Midlands in measles cases as fears of an outbreak grow

Water fluoridation expansion given green light

Water fluoridation ‘less effective’ than in the past – study

The UK Government’s mandate for change must prioritise transformation of the public’s health

Public Health directors call for better regulation of private rented sector

Tobacco bill ‘to save £1.9bn per year’

Greg Fell: Five years on – learning lessons from covid

Call for better rules on private rented housing

Removing poverty’s toll on health

The case for a new Public Health Act

Councils braced for £9.3bn funding shortfall

Will banning cigarettes create a smoke-free generation?

How should Government tackle heath inequalities

Drug and alcohol workforce plan highlights ‘essential’ nurse role

Death toll from cheap alcohol prompts call for minimum price

Public health funding cuts criticised as cases of gonorrhoea and syphilis rise

Strategy to tackle alcohol harm is needed NOW

Is banning smoking ‘unconservative’?

Politics latest: UK needs Iron Dome to protect London, MP argues; Rwanda plan dealt another Lords defeat

Measles outbreak fear as London overtakes Midlands in cases

Measles on the march as jab cash is cut

Greg fell – BMJ investigation into how McDonald’s is pitching itself as a healthy option

ADPH in the news 2024/25

AOL UK

BBC Radio 4

BMJ

British Journal of General Practice

Daily Express

Daily Mail

The Dentist

The Guardian

The Health Service Journal

The Independent

The Lancet

Local Gov

Local Government Chronicle

The MJ

The New Statesman

Nursing Times

The Observer

Pulse

The QT

Sky news

The Times

The Times Radio

Third Sector

UK Times