Bite Back 2030: ‘The food system is rigged against us’
The young campaigners of Bite Back 2030 are calling for more to be done to protect children from diet-related ill-health. Here, they tell Health...
Tackling obesity in children
With record numbers of overweight and obesity in children, Health Europa Quarterly discusses the key risk factors and challenges around policy and care delivery...
Children’s hospital waiting lists hit 350,000 for the first time
New data reveals that children’s hospital waiting lists have surpassed more than 350,000 children and young people waiting for treatment and care.
Figures released by...
Removing barriers to create digital healthcare services that work for everyone
Trilly Chatterjee of NHS Digital outlines the benefits of digital healthcare services in improving delivery of care.
For several years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic, and...
How can we optimise emergency preparedness and response?
Preparing for major medical emergencies is integral to protecting populations and optimising collaboration between response teams. Mariano Votta of the Cittadinanzattiva NGO discusses initiatives...
UK and Argentina vow to enhance pandemic preparedness
The UK and Argentina have revealed a groundbreaking resolution at the World Health Assembly (WHA) to ensure more robust pandemic preparedness globally, especially in...
NICE outlines further updates to the menopause guidelines
Further research will be carried out to identify whether new recommendations or updates to existing ones are needed within menopause guidelines.
The ‘scope’ of the...
Review outlines how to improve access to UK primary care services
A new review performed by Dr Claire Fuller provides recommendations on optimising primary care access in the UK.
NHS England revealed that new Integrated Care...
43 million health workers required to achieve universal health coverage
A new peer-reviewed study has stated that more than 43 million additional health workers are needed globally to meet universal health coverage targets.
An investigation...
New guidelines for improving AI in medicine
New reporting guidelines will ensure early studies on AI in medicine will provide the relevant data needed.
Artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine is the use...
UK Government announce 10-year plan to improve dementia care
Sajid Javid, the UK Health and Social Care Secretary, has announced that a new 10-year plan to tackle dementia will be published later this...
How can we improve young people’s mental health?
As we approach the culmination of 2022 European Mental Health Week, Mental Health Europe has outlined policy recommendations to safeguard and enhance young people’s...
New midwives recruited to boost NHS maternity care
Up to 500 new international midwives are set to join maternity units across England under a new NHS England initiative.
In a 2020 survey from...
A voice for nurses worldwide
HEQ spoke to Howard Catton, CEO of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) about the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing...
How the MEP Interest Group on AMR is tackling antimicrobial resistance
Cristina Pricop and Jean-Yves Stenuick outline the key objectives of the MEP Interest Group on AMR whose remit is centred on driving forward the...
Study finds menstrual cycle education is inadequate in UK schools
Swansea University led a UK-wide study and discovered that menstrual cycle education is inconsistent and insufficient.
The menstrual cycle is the process of ovulation and...
Working together to enhance patient safety
Professor Eberhard Kochs, vice-president of the European Patient Safety Foundation discusses the reasons behind safety failures in healthcare and the impact of the COVID-19...
Mitigating medication errors
HEQ spoke to Mike Isles, executive director of the European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines (EAASM) about the urgent need to tackle medication...
European Patients’ Rights Day: Championing civic participation in health
Mariano Votta, the Director of the Active Citizenship Network, the organisers of European Patients' Rights Day, explores the importance of civic engagement in safeguarding...
Huge disparities in access to fertility preservation treatment in the UK
An extensive UK study has revealed that people needing fertility preservation treatment on the NHS face a 'postcode lottery' to receive the therapy.
Fertility preservation...
