Approved work: Winter mortality
This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.

This POSTnote examines recent trends in food poisoning and some of the underlying factors and related issues. POSTnote 27. POST. 1991.
Microbes in food (1 MB , PDF)
Concern over the increasing number of food poisoning cases due to microorganisms was a major factor behind the establishment of the Richmond Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food1 in 1989, and the Food Safety Act in 1990.
This POSTnote examines recent trends in food poisoning and some of the underlying factors and related issues.
Microbes in food (1 MB , PDF)
This POSTnote will summarise the factors that affect winter mortality. It will outline evidence for policies to prevent excess winter deaths.
This POSTnote will assess the evidence on interventions for increasing healthy life expectancy, and reducing regional differences across England.
Virtual wards aim to provide hospital level healthcare in patients' homes. What are the opportunities and risks for patients, carers and the NHS?