Health Policy
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| Originally published | 1994 |
| Authors | Gillian Walt |
| Music groups | Making Health Policy |
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| ID | 2909952 |
About Health Policy
Providing an introduction to the way health policies are made and who influences them, this book combines a comparative analytical framework for understanding health policy with a wide range of examples of actual policy choices from North and South. . . .
How can the UK's inactivity crisis be tackled?
... " It says: " In Health Policy, the Tackling Obesity strategy rightly places a strong focus on food and nutrition, but lacks sufficient acknowledgement of the important role of physical activity...
Angela Rayner handed new role as Keir Starmer reshuffles top team
... But in a letter marking her exit from the shadow cabinet, Rosena Allin-Khan pointedly remarked that Sir Keir did " not see a space" for her specific shadow cabinet role with responsibility for mental Health Policy...
London mayor Sadiq hails Ulez expansion ruling by High Court
... Dr Anna Moore, a respiratory doctor working at a London hospital, called Ulez a Health Policy which was " going to improve the health of millions of Londoners"...
Number struggling to pay bills soars by 40%, FCA finds
... Stop aggressive debt collection But Helen Undy, chief executive of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, said the regulator needed to do more by cracking down on " aggressive" debt collection practices and limiting the number of times lenders could contact people who had missed a payment...
How taking it slow could help protect our money
... Retailers could do more to help people like Emma, according to Conor D Arcy, head of research and policy at the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute...
Twitter Files spark debate about ‘blacklisting'
... One name on the Twitter files list that has drawn attention is Dr Jay Bhattacharya - a Health Policy professor at Stanford University - who vocally opposed coronavirus lockdowns, and whose tweets were reportedly prevented from trending...
China Covid: Hospitals under strain in wave of infections
... A Chinese professor specialising in Health Policy has been monitoring the crisis in his home country from Yale University in the United States...
Rishi Sunak: What might the new Tory leader do as PM?
... What did he say about the NHS and healthcare? Health Policy was not a key battleground during the summer campaign, but saw Mr Sunak make a number of important commitments...
Number struggling to pay bills soars by 40%, FCA finds
By Michael RaceBusiness reporter, BBC News
The Number of people struggling to pay their bills and debts has risen by nearly 40%, the UK's financial regulator has said.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said 10. 9 million adults were struggling in this way in January - 3. 1 million more people than in May 2022.
An FCA survey found 11% of adults missed a bill or loan payment in at least three of the previous six months.
The regulator has encouraged people struggling to ask lenders for help.
" Our research highlights The Real impact The Rising cost of living is having on people's ability to keep up with their bills, although We Are pleased to see that people have been accessing help and advice, " said Sheldon Mills, Executive Director of consumers and competition at the FCA.
" We've told lenders that they should provide support tailored to your needs, " he added.
The Rising cost of living has been biting into household budgets for months, with energy, food and fuel prices putting pressure on Personal Finances .
Prices for most things have been rising and inflation, the rate at which prices go up, is at 10. 1%, meaning goods are More Than 10% more expensive on average than they were a year ago.
Researchers found that 29% of adults with a mortgage and 34% of renters had seen their payments increase in the six months to January this year.
The Team also saw signs that Some People had reduced or cancelled their insurance policies as a way of easing the pressure on their budgets.
The FCA said it had repeatedly reminded firms of the importance of supporting their customers and working with them to solve problems with payments and bills.
'Stop aggressive debt collection'But Helen Undy, chief executive of The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, said the regulator needed to do more by cracking down on " aggressive" debt collection practices and limiting The Number of times lenders could contact people who had missed a payment.
" Those actions would go a long way in mitigating the Mental Health impacts of The Crisis , and could even save lives, " She Said .
The FCA said its survey suggested around half of UK adults (about 28. 4 million people) felt more anxious or stressed due to The Rising cost of living in January than they did six months earlier.
The Body said it had reminded 3,500 lenders of how they should support borrowers in financial difficulty and added it had told 32 lenders to " make changes to The Way they treat customers".
The FCA said this work had led to £29 million in compensation being secured for over 80,000 customers.
Uk Finance , the Trade Association for the UK banking and finance industry, said lenders were contacting customers and would " always work with them to find The Right solution for their particular needs and circumstances".
It urged people worried about their finances to contact their lender, and said discussing options would not affect a person's credit rating.
The FCA released its latest figures after gathering More Than 5,000 responses as part of a UK-wide survey of people aged 18 and over.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com