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Department of Health statement on breast implants and response to expert group report

Department of Health statement on breast implants and response to expert group report

Friday, 06 January 2012

Expert group on breat implants led by Professor Sir Bruce Keogh has concluded that the advice given by the MHRA still stands ...

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Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

Statistical press notice: Ambulance Quality Indicators – monthly update for England

Friday, 06 January 2012

Monthly update Ambulance Systems Indicators for November 2011 and Ambulance Clinical Outcomes for August 2011 released today...

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Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – November Release

Statistical press notice: NHS 111 Minimum Data Set – November Release

Friday, 06 January 2012

Monthly call statistics to the NHS 111 service up to and including November 2011 were released today by the Department of Health...

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PIP Breast Implants: letters to professionals from David Nicholson and Chief Medical Officer

PIP Breast Implants: letters to professionals from David Nicholson and Chief Medical Officer

Friday, 06 January 2012

A letter to health professionals with updates on PIP Breast Implants, 6 January 2012....

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PIP Breast Implants: Interim Report of the Expert Group

PIP Breast Implants: Interim Report of the Expert Group

Friday, 06 January 2012

Interim report of the expert group brought together in relation to breast implants from the French company Poly Implant Prostheses (PIP)....

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Webchat on personalisation

Webchat on personalisation

Friday, 06 January 2012

What are the priorities for a truly personalised approach to care? Talk to David Behan in a live webchat on Thursday at 2pm. Register to receive…...

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Improving dementia services

Improving dementia services

Thursday, 05 January 2012

A video blog by David Behan on the importance of improving dementia care services. ...

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Building the NHS Trust Development Authority

Building the NHS Trust Development Authority

Thursday, 05 January 2012

The Department of Health (DH) has outlined initial proposals about how the planned NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA) will operate. ...

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Advice on appointment of directors of public health

Advice on appointment of directors of public health

Thursday, 05 January 2012

Advice on the appointment of directors of public health and on transferring those already in post from the NHS has been issued by the Department…...

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Supermeals campaign offers money off healthy ingredients

Supermeals campaign offers money off healthy ingredients

Thursday, 05 January 2012

A nation-wide campaign to help us plan affordable healthier meals was launched this week by Change4Life....

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Bowel cancer awareness factsheet to support GPs available

Bowel cancer awareness factsheet to support GPs available

Wednesday, 04 January 2012

A short factsheet to support GPs in the first NHS national bowel cancer symptom awareness campaign in England is available. ...

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1st Director of Nursing for public health announced

1st Director of Nursing for public health announced

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

Professor Viv Bennett appointed Director of Nursing in the Department of Health and the Government's Principal Advisor on Public Health Nursing ...

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Extra money to help people leaving hospital

Extra money to help people leaving hospital

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

The Department of Health is making an extra £150 million available to local authorities to help people leave hospital more quickly ...

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Patient champions receive funding boost

Patient champions receive funding boost

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

The future local champions for patients and the public have been given a £3.5m funding boost, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced...

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Extra money to help people leaving hospital

Extra money to help people leaving hospital

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

£150 million allocated for investment in social care services that benefit the health system. ...

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New start date and more funding announced for local HealthWatch bodies

New start date and more funding announced for local HealthWatch bodies

Tuesday, 03 January 2012

Further details on the local HealthWatch bodies, including a new start date and extra funding, have been set out by Andrew Lansley. ...

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Super deals for healthier meals

Super deals for healthier meals

Monday, 02 January 2012

A nationwide campaign to help us all plan affordable healthier meals was launched today by Anne Milton and TV chef Ainsley Harriott...

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Smokers get help to quit

Smokers get help to quit

Sunday, 01 January 2012

A national TV and radio advertising campaign has been launched today to encourage smokers to quit....

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Half of all smokers underestimate the health and financial impacts of smoking

Half of all smokers underestimate the health and financial impacts of smoking

Sunday, 01 January 2012

New NHS Smokefree research reveals that many smokers are largely underestimating how damaging smoking is to their personal health and finances...

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Winter surge in patients going online for trusted health information

Winter surge in patients going online for trusted health information

Saturday, 31 December 2011

There has been a record surge in people going online for trusted health information and advice over the winter period, according to new figures...

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Choose the best GP for you

Choose the best GP for you

Friday, 30 December 2011

Patients in parts of London, Manchester and Nottingham will be able to register or receive a consultation with a GP practice of their choice...

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Lansley launches free whistleblowing helpline service

Lansley launches free whistleblowing helpline service

Friday, 30 December 2011

NHS and social care staff who have concerns about patient care will be able to access a new, free whistleblowing helpline from the 1 January...

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Register with a GP practice of your choice – pilot announced

Register with a GP practice of your choice – pilot announced

Friday, 30 December 2011

The announcement today aims to make it easier for commuters in the pilot areas, who are often away from their local area during the working …...

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Health Visitor Implementation Progress Report

Health Visitor Implementation Progress Report

Friday, 30 December 2011

The Health Visitor Implementation report published today, sets out progress on key areas of the Health Visitor Implementation programme, which…...

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Latest Government Procurement Card transactions and departmental spending

Latest Government Procurement Card transactions and departmental spending

Friday, 30 December 2011

The latest spending information on the government procurement card (GPC) is published for transactions over £500. Data is published monthly,…...

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Third annual report of National Oversight Group published

Third annual report of National Oversight Group published

Friday, 30 December 2011

The third annual report of the National Oversight Group (NOG) for high secure psychiatric services is available.  The NOG for high secure services bri...

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Healthy New Year’s resolutions – BOGOF

Healthy New Year’s resolutions – BOGOF

Thursday, 29 December 2011

People who make a healthy new year's resolution may find they actually get two for the price of one, according to new reports published today...

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Tobacco displays in supermarkets to be removed by 6 April

Tobacco displays in supermarkets to be removed by 6 April

Thursday, 29 December 2011

Large shops will no longer be able to display tobacco products to the public from 6 April 2012....

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100 days until end of tobacco displays

100 days until end of tobacco displays

Wednesday, 28 December 2011

With just 100 days to go before tobacco displays in supermarkets must be removed, retailers are today reminded to start getting ready...

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Less haste, less waste and a smaller waist

Less haste, less waste and a smaller waist

Tuesday, 27 December 2011

UK households can be healthier and could save up to £1,500 a year by planning their weekly food shop, a new Change4Life survey has revealed ...

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