On the State of Public Health: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2005

The Chief Medical Officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, has published his Annual Report for 2005. The report highlights the health challenges facing the UK and outlines progress made against key actions identified in his Annual Report 2004.

Five main topic areas are covered as follows: inappropriate variation in clinical practice, the protection of public health budgets and infrastructure, patient safety, Kernicterus - a rare but devastating disease affecting babies, and planning for a possible flu pandemic.

The report and the associated press release for the North East region can be downloaded here.

• Health Inequalities

• Capacity Building
• Child Health
• Clinical Governance
• Flu
• Health, Public Health, Health Promotion
• National Health Service (gcl)
• Patient Safety
• Public Health DH
• Public Health organisations