Government changes are jeopardising public health

Digital Government and Public Health

Digital government is typically defined as the production and delivery of information and services inside government and between government and the public using a range of information and communication technologies. Two types of government relationships with other entities are government-to-citizen and government-to-government relationships. Both offer opportunities and challenges. Assessment o...

Nanny or steward? The role of government in public health.

The past year has witnessed contentious debates about public health in England around smoking bans, alcohol licencing, food labelling and junk food advertising. Some people argue that any government intervention in these areas is 'nanny statist'--an unnecessary intrusion into people's lives and what they do, eat and drink. Others argue that only the state can alter the environment that shapes p...

Re-Conceptualising Public Health Interventions in Government: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Public health changes over my career.

Clinical Medicine Vol 9 No 1 February 2009 59 © Royal College of Physicians, 2009. All rights reserved. In 1968 the world changed: students occupied Paris, Prague, and my university; I had my appendix removed; and Martin Luther King Jr and Robert Kennedy were killed. By the end of the year the tanks were in Prague and Nixon was elected president. My appendicitis meant that I was convalescing wh...

Public Spending, Public Deficits and Government Coalitions

This study examines the relationship between types of government and level of public spending. There are two competing perspectives about the consequences of coalition governments for the size of public expenditures. The most common argument is that government spending increases under coalition governments, compared with one-party governments. Another line of thought contends that coalition gov...