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Students at risk of hepatitis C
Half of British students could be exposing themselves to the hepatitis C virus by engaging in 'risky' activities such as getting tattoos and sharing razors and toothbrushes, according to a new survey.Two in three respondents also admitted to being ignorant about the virus or to having no idea what the ...
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Guides aim to help arthritis sufferers stay in work
The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society has launched two new guides to help people living with the disease stay in work for longer.
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Planned care for older prisoners
The Department of Health has published new guidance on delivering individually planned care for older prisoners.
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health spend burden
A new report from the think tank Reform claims that the government has treated young people in the UK with 'indifference', 'inaction' and 'neglect'.
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Improving nutritional care
New guidance on improving nutritional care has been published by the Department of Health and the Nutrition Summit stakeholder group.
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Night-time accidents total 140,000
Last year, 140,000 cases of slips, trips and medical errors happened at night to patients receiving NHS care, a new survey claims.
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Mediawatch
Hospitals'swamped by out-of-hours care failure'read the Daily Telegraph's headline earlier this week after it told readers that hospital accident and emergency departments are being'inundated'by patients with minor ailments because the out-of-hours service provided by GPs is'so poor'. The broadsheet published findings from a study by the Royal College of ...
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Out-of-hours care 'inflexible'
Out-of-hours care for acutely ill people is largely inadequate and inflexible, according to a new report from the Royal College of Physicians.
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GPs back practice-based commissioning
New data on practice-based commissioning from the Department of Health claims that 57 per cent of GPs are supportive of PBC as a policy. A further 22 per cent are neutral and 8 per cent strongly oppose the policy.The results of the survey also show that 31 per cent said ...
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New contract for industry-sponsored trials
The Department of Health has introduced a new single research contract called the contract research organisation model clinical trial agreement. It is designed to speed up the contracting process for industry-sponsored trials.
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Increased infection risk for homeless drug users
A report from the Health Protection Agency shows that around three-quarters of injecting drug users have been homeless at some point.
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HPV immunisation programme announced
A human papilloma virus (HPV) immunisation programme to routinely vaccinate girls aged 12-13 against cervical cancer will begin in September 2008.
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Young and elderly least likely to get best diabetes care
There is room for inprovement in the care of people with diabetes, according to a report from the Information Centre for health and social care.The National Diabetes Audit, carried out by the Information Centre on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, is an ongoing audit designed to monitor care and help ...
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The Men and Pharmacy project
Postmen are to be the first to benefit from a project launched by the Men’s Health Forum to encourage men to visit their local pharmacy.The Men and Pharmacy project aims to find out why men make only limited use of pharmacy services and how this might be improved.As part of ...
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National Association of Primary Care
The new head of the National Association of Primary Care has called for GPs to be more accountable for their decisions.Mike Ramsden said 'GPs should be accountable for the cost effectiveness of the decisions they make' when referring patients to hospitals.Mr Ramsden, who has worked in the NHS for ...
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diabetes
There is 'room for improvement' in the uptake of key diabetes control tests according to a report from The Information Centre for health and social care.The National Diabetes Audit, carried out by The IC on behalf of the Healthcare Commission, for 2005-2006 shows only 30 per cent of people are ...
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Scotland updates public health bill
A bill to modernise Scotland's public health legislation has been published.
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Keep warm campaign launched
A map published by the Department of Health showing the country’s cold spots is hoped to trigger people into preparing for winter.
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Regulator makes public health plea
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency is urging researchers to use data from the general practice research database and the Yellow Card scheme to help protect public health.
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NHS London's got talent
The capital's health authority is setting up a talent spotting programme to groom would-be chief executives.NHS London is setting about seeking and training those who have the potential to become chief executives of hospital and primary care trusts.NHS London chief executive Ruth Carnall said the authority wanted to develop the ...