Department of Health 

27 February 2003

Breast Screening Programme, England: 2001-02 27 February 2003

South West Cancer Services Collaborative Phase II  24 February 2003

Statistics on smoking cessation services in England, April to September 2002 Press release. 20 February 2003

Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition. Maternal and Child Nutrition Sub-Group.
Meeting 22 January 2003   03 March 2003

The NHS Plan - a progress report. The NHS Modernisation Board's Annual Report 2003 10 March 2003

Annual Report of the CJD Incidents Panel 2001 - 2002   25 February 2003

General Ophthalmic Services: Activity Statistics April - September 2002  27 February 2003

 National Statistics 

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New Deal for Young People and Long-Term Unemployed People aged 25+, statistics to December 2002   27 February 2003

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 Home Office 

25 February 2003

 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister 

Mental Health and Social Exclusion: Scoping note   05 February 2003

Evaluation of Local Strategic Partnerships   20 February 2003

 British Heart Foundation 

New Research To Ask If Couch Potatoes Are Victims Of Their Environment  (...a new research project to investigate whether improving environmental factors, such as cycle paths, will help get people out of their cars and on to their bikes)  Press Release] 24 February 2003

 Department for Education and Skills 

Youth Cohort Study: Activities and Experiences of 18 Year Olds: England and Wales 2002   20 February 2003

Youth Cohort Study: Activities and Experiences of 16 Year Olds: England and Wales 2002   20 February 2003

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 Health Development Agency

Teenage pregnancy and parenthood: a review of reviews.    also   26 February 2003

Social Capital and Health: Investigating the links between social capital and health using the British Household Panel Survey   10 March 2003


 Sustainable Development

Achieving a better quality of life: review of progress towards sustainable development. Government annual report 2002    26 February 2003

 Sport England

  26 February 2003

 Scottish NHS

Cancer incidence (up to 1999) and cancer mortality (up to 2001) data are now available   04 March 2003

 Joseph Rowntree Foundation Findings

Multiple disadvantage in employment March 2003

 The UK Fuel Poverty Strategy

March 2003

 Journal articles 

Validity and interpretation of mortality, health service and survey data on COPD and asthma in England. Hansell A, et al. Eur Respir J 2003 Feb;21(2):279-86 [Abstract]

Can traffic calming measures achieve the Children's Fund objective of reducing inequalities in child health? Report by Kristin Liabo, et al. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2003;88:238-239    [Full text]   **

Accessibility, acceptability, and effectiveness in primary care of routine telephone review of asthma: pragmatic, randomised controlled trial. Hilary Pinnock et al. BMJ 2003; 326: 477-479. [Abstract] [Full text]

WHO challenges food industry in report on diet and health. Fiona Fleck. BMJ 2003; 326: 515. [Full text]

Viral encephalitis in England, 1989-1998: what did we miss? Davison KL, et al. Emerg Infect Dis 2003 Feb;9(2):234-40  [Abstract]

Long term study shows no increase in mortality or cancer in UK nuclear weapon test veterans News item. Susan Mayor BMJ 2003; 326: 468d. [Full text]

Tetanus in England and Wales, 1984-2000. Epidemiol Infect 2003 Feb;130(1):71-7 [Abstract]

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