The European Council of the Regions hosted an international conference at their HQ in Brussels, on 24th June 2008. The subject was "Climate Change and the Challenges for Public Health". Co-sponsors were the European Regional and Local Health Authorities (EUREGHA) and the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL).
A campaign against a new import tax on mobility scooters for disabled and older people may have been given a lifeline by a Dutch court ruling.
The powerful Commons Defence Committee published a report in February which supports a number of the demands of the 'Honour the Covenant' campaign. There is more to do, however.
There is "worrying" variation in the number of children admitted to hospital for asthma attacks in different areas of England, a charity has warned.
For the first time the government is to calculate the number of adults with autism in England.
A decision to close three residential centres in East Sussex will see 10 disabled people having to move home, the county council has said. Social care spokesman Keith Glazier said the residents would "no doubt find this a difficult time" but the authority would support them.
