Behind the Headlines

2012 Quiz of the Year

Monday Dec 31 2012

Have you been paying attention to the health news during 2012? If so, why not try our quiz of the year…

Calls for cosmetic surgery shake-up

Monday Dec 31 2012

Public calls for tighter regulation of the cosmetic surgery sector in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal have been widely reported in the media.

The year in headlines: 2012

Friday Dec 28 2012

Here are our favourite, most popular, most controversial and most diverting stories that we've delved into over the course of 2012...

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The Behind the Headlines' Top Five of Top Fives

Thursday Dec 27 2012

As we move towards the end of the year, like all news sources, we fall back on that classic space filler – the list story. So without further ado, here is the official Behind the Headlines' Top Five of Top Fives stories of the year...

The 'news in numbers' – a 'statistical snapshot' of a week's news

Monday Dec 24 2012

We love numbers at Behind the Headlines – statistics are our stock-in-trade. So as a fun experiment we decided to take a look at an average week of health news, break it all down, stick in a spreadsheet and see what patterns emerged…

New NHS planning guidance puts patient first

Tuesday Dec 18 2012

Many of the newspapers are reporting on the publication of new planning guidance for the NHS, released by the NHS Commissioning Board, which they say will "drive a revolution for patients…giving them greater control of their health"...

One primary school child in three 'too fat'

Thursday Dec 13 2012

Obesity in children was in the headlines today, with most papers reporting that, among children in their final year at primary school, one child in three is overweight or obese. The stories come from the latest figures on children’s weight…

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Winterbourne View failures lead to care system review

Tuesday Dec 11 2012

“Fine and ban care home abuse bosses,” the Daily Mirror demands, while the Daily Mail says that “there must be a complete culture change in treatment” for care centres. Both headlines are in response to a Department of Health report...

Diabetes increases heart attack risk by 48%

Monday Dec 10 2012

'People with diabetes 48% more likely to suffer heart attack' The Guardian reports and the Daily Mail adds 'people with diabetes also 65% more likely to have heart failure'. The stories are prompted by an audit into diabetes-related complications…

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Parents 'need to drink less' in front of their kids

Monday Dec 10 2012

A study into the impact of parental drinking habits was in the papers today, with the Independent reporting that parents “should drink alcohol less in front of the children” and the Daily Mail claiming that women drinkers “pass on bad habits...