99 result(s)
  • ASA System response to the Private (non-NHS) prescribing call for evidence

    • Public Affairs paper

    Download to read the ASA response to the Private (non-NHS) prescribing call for evidence.

  • Public Affairs papers

    • Webpage

    ASA System response to the Private (non-NHS) prescribing call for

  • ASA Council

    • Webpage

    -Executive Director of NHS Lothian Health Board, a Trustee of NHS Lothian Charity and a Board Member of … provider of NHS dentistry in Edinburgh and prior to that, Elizabeth was a Solicitor in a leading Scottish

  • Post-conception advice services consultation and regulatory statement (BCAP)

    • Consultations

    appropriate local authority or NHS approval. BCAP noted that non NHS-accredited organisations might not

  • Harm and Offence: Disability

    • AdviceOnline

    ruled that any distress caused by an charity ad highlighting a mental health crisis in NHS staff was … justified and that the ad, which featured scenes of NHS workers in various states of distress … , including a paramedic washing blood from their gloves and then the aftermath of an NHS worker’s

  • Mobile phones and radiation

    • AdviceOnline

    Board issued an updated statement reasserting that conclusion. In 2011, the NHS published a … between the ages of 9 and 11.  However, in 2011 the NHS reiterated advice from the UK’s … set out in the NHS leaflet noted above. UKHSA Guidance (last updated in February 2020) also advises

  • Hand sanitisers and face masks

    • AdviceOnline

    will not have an impact on the NHS supply chain.  Whilst we understand the intention of such … claims may be to reassure consumers that the products are not the same as those used by the NHS and … would therefore not prevent the NHS from receiving vital equipment, depending on presentation, such

  • FL19 CIC t/a Frontline 19

    • Ruling
    • Not upheld
    • 17 July 2024

    A cinema ad for Frontline19, a support service for NHS and frontline workers, seen April 2024 … , featured scenes of NHS workers in various states of distress, including a doctor delivering bad news … ;With over half suffering from poor mental health many NHS workers are sicker than the patients

    organisation that offered a free, independent, confidential service to help frontline NHS workers seek … provided statistics to show the level of mental health concerns impacting NHS workers and frontline … reality NHS workers faced when they went to work. They said the reference to suicide was also

  • 10 Prohibited categories

    • Broadcast code

    bodies” means Public Health England, NHS Health Scotland, Public Health Wales and the Public Health … service commissioned by a local authority or the NHS to provide clinical services to support smokers

  • Mental Health: References to suicide

    • AdviceOnline

    ). In 2024, the ASA considered a cinema ad for a support service for NHS frontline workers. Amongst … staff within the NHS who were suffering from poor mental health. In its consideration of the

  • Coronavirus and COVID-19

    • AdviceOnline

    purchase of the advertised face-mask/face-covering products will not have an impact on the NHS … the products are not the same as those used by the NHS and would therefore not prevent the NHS from … were of a type that were certified suitable for NHS use but had been sourced separately, which is

  • BetterHelp, Inc t/a BetterHelp.com

    • Ruling
    • Upheld
    • 10 August 2022

    Health Service (NHS) therapy for mental health conditions was up to 12 months; and 2. was … support from the NHS. BetterHelp, Inc. explained that the ad had been shown on Facebook in the UK … . BetterHelp said the ad made no direct reference to the NHS, and that as it had been used in several

  • New ad rules on unplanned pregnancy advice

    • CAP News

    women for a termination to make that fact clear in their advertisements. Drawing on NHS guidance

  • Health: Homeopathy

    • AdviceOnline

    alongside them. What happens during a therapy session. That some NHS hospitals use homeopathy and … that there are homeopathic hospitals funded by the NHS (if that is still the case) That … sleeplessness”  “Some NHS hospitals use homeopathy when all other conventional

  • Food: 5 A DAY claims

    • AdviceOnline

    DAY'). Information on what constitutes a portion can be found on the NHS website here

  • Health: Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

    • AdviceOnline

    emitted light between 3,000 and 10,000 lux.  However, since that time the NHS has published

  • Fear and distress

    • AdviceOnline

    against an ad for health insurance that stated "There are more patients for the NHS to treat than … medical conditions and also included absolute claims about the NHS such as “the system is at … breaking point” and “The NHS is struggling” without providing further detail or

  • Health: Phototherapy

    • AdviceOnline

    NHS has published its own advice on treatments for SAD, suggesting there was mixed evidence with

  • Pelham Health Ltd

    • Ruling
    • Upheld
    • 09 November 2022

    ;Advertorial”. Text stated “There has been a 55% increase in people waiting for NHS surgery … for the NHS to treat than ever before, and the system is at breaking point. This means you simply can … , you might be fine, but what if you become seriously ill in three months? Will the NHS be able

    the public, challenged whether the claims in ad (b) that the NHS could not quickly provide treatment … ) included various claims that the NHS could not provide medical care or a treatment for serious … the present, you might be fine, but what if you become seriously ill in three months? Will the NHS be

  • Our experts

    • Webpage

    of Allergy at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, the … and Radiation Head of Radiation and Laser Safety at Guy’s and St Thomas NHS … Commission). He is Head of Radiation and Laser Safety at Guy’s and St Thomas NHS