South West Public Health Observatory
Updates from the Internet  03 October 2002 No. 30

 Department of Health

NHS Immunisation Statistics, England: 2001-02   19 September 2002

NHS Reform Act Part 1 - changes from 1/10/2002 (Changes that are being introduced in the NHS from 1 October 2002 which affect Primary Care Trusts and Strategic Health Authorities). 26 October 2002

 Health Development Agency (HDA)

(453Kb pdf) 01 October 2002

30 September 2002

   October 2002

Summary Information for 2001 - 02 England: Physiotherapy Services ; Chiropody services ; Community Learning Disability Nursing ; Clinical Psychology   25 September 2002

Health Development Today magazine Oct/Nov 2002  Includes: Alcohol misuse; Tackling health inequalities   26 September 2002

Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit quarterly summary statistics - May 2002   Press release 25 September 2002

Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disablement Allowance quarterly summary of statistics - May 2002 Press release 19 September 2002

Opportunity for all - Fourth Annual Report 2002   24 September 2002

 Departmentfor Transport

Road Accidents Great Britain 2001 - The Casualty Report 26 September 2002

 Home Office

  14 August 2002

 Department for Education and Skills

National Curriculum Assessments of 14 Year Olds in England: 2002 (Provisional) 19 September 2002

 National Statistics

Census 2001 reveals UK population is 58,789,194 30 September 2002

Social and Economic Circumstances of Adults with a Mental Disorder 27 September 2002

 NHS Information Authority

2001/2002 Annual Report  01/10/2002

 Somerset Health and Social Needs Analysis Group

Health and social needs in Somerset 2002   (SWPHO links page) October 2002

 Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre ( CDSC) South West

CDSC South West web site   

 The Countryside Agency

Taking the temperature of England's market towns: "health" checks for a fifth of towns - 20 September 2002  

 Selected Journal articles

Mortality and political climate: how suicide rates have risen during periods of Conservative government, 1901–2000 M Shaw, D Dorling and G Davey Smith J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 723-725  Editorial   **

How exactly do politics play a part in determining health? New perspectives on an age old issue C C Kelleher J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 726 [Editorial] **

Political regime and suicide: some relevant variables to be considered S Stack J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 727 [Editorial] **

Surveillance for rare disorders by the BPSU C Verity and M Preece Arch. Dis. Child. 2002;87 269-271 [Abstract] **

Ethics in epidemiology and public health II. Applied terms R E McKeown and D L Weed J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 739-741 [Abstract] **

Short-term effects of particulate air pollution on cardiovascular diseases in eight European cities A Le Tertre, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 773-779 [Abstract] **

Body mass index in young adulthood and cancer mortality: a retrospective cohort study M Okasha, P McCarron, J McEwen, and G Davey Smith J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 780-784 [Abstract] **

Myocardial infarction in an urban population: worse long term prognosis for patients from less affluent residential areas P Tyden, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 785-790 [Abstract] **

Gender differences in the management and outcome of patients with acute coronary artery disease R A Raine, et al. J Epidemiol Community Health 2002;56 791-797 [Abstract] **

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