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Chief Medical Officer statement on breast implants

Chief Medical Officer statement on breast implants

Friday, 23 December 2011

Women with PIP implants should not be unduly worried. We have no evidence of a link to cancer or an increased risk of rupture...

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Statistical press notice: Monthly critical care beds, cancelled urgent operations and delayed transfers of care, England, November 2011

Statistical press notice: Monthly critical care beds, cancelled urgent operations and delayed transfers of care, England, November 2011

Friday, 23 December 2011

Monthly critical care beds, cancelled urgent operations and delayed transfers of care data for November 2011 published ...

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Caring For Our Future engagement

Caring For Our Future engagement

Friday, 23 December 2011

Information about the Caring For Our Future engagement programme. ...

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Message from Chief Medical Officer about breast implants

Message from Chief Medical Officer about breast implants

Friday, 23 December 2011

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is not recommending routine removal of the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) silicone…...

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Consultation on cancer of unknown primary and community skin measures

Consultation on cancer of unknown primary and community skin measures

Friday, 23 December 2011

A draft version of the cancer of unknown primary measures and the community skin cancer measures are being issued today for consultation. ...

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Hip fractures and dementia

Hip fractures and dementia

Friday, 23 December 2011

Professor Alistair Burns's video blog about dementia. ...

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NHS Standard Contract 2012/13 available

NHS Standard Contract 2012/13 available

Friday, 23 December 2011

The NHS Standard Contract for 2012/13 is published today....

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The fourth year of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy service

The fourth year of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy service

Friday, 23 December 2011

Publication of the fourth annual report of the IMCA...

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NHS on track to deliver savings to reinvest in care

NHS on track to deliver savings to reinvest in care

Thursday, 22 December 2011

The official report shows NHS performance is on track to deliver up to £5.9bn savings this financial year ...

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Statistical Press notice: Access to GUM services

Statistical Press notice: Access to GUM services

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Monthly access to GUM services data for October 2011 were released today by the Department of Health...

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Guidance supports the delivery of the NHS Operating Framework 2012/13

Guidance supports the delivery of the NHS Operating Framework 2012/13

Thursday, 22 December 2011

The published planning guidance supports the delivery of the NHS Operating Framework 2012/13....

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Guidance and toolkit for vulnerable adult interventions

Guidance and toolkit for vulnerable adult interventions

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Guidance and a toolkit for both healthcare organisations and frontline healthcare workers working with providing support and interventions for vulnera...

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Children and Young People’s Mental Health – recent developments

Children and Young People’s Mental Health – recent developments

Thursday, 22 December 2011

This letter issued jointly by Prof Dame Sally Davies (Chief Medical Officer); Dame Christine Beasley (Chief Nursing Officer); Dr Keith Ridge…...

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Memorandum of Understanding between Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers

Memorandum of Understanding between Secretary of State and Scottish Ministers

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Guidance on the identification of the ordinary residence published. ...

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Guidance on sharing data on overseas visitors’ debts to the NHS

Guidance on sharing data on overseas visitors’ debts to the NHS

Thursday, 22 December 2011

The guidance on implementing the overseas visitors hospital charging regulations has been updated to advise NHS bodies how, and under what circumstanc...

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Technical guidance for the 2012/13 Operating Framework

Technical guidance for the 2012/13 Operating Framework

Thursday, 22 December 2011

Technical guidance published today lists all the indicators against which the NHS will be accountable nationally during 2012/13. ...

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Genetics/Genomics in Nursing and Midwifery report published

Genetics/Genomics in Nursing and Midwifery report published

Thursday, 22 December 2011

A task and finish group, comprising ten senior nurses and midwives was set up to consider the future of genetics and genomics in relation to nursing a...

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Ciarán Devane confirmed as Non Executive Director of NHS Commissioning Board Authority

Ciarán Devane confirmed as Non Executive Director of NHS Commissioning Board Authority

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Ciaran Devane has been confirmed as Non Executive Director of the NHS Commissioning Board Authority. He will take up post on 1 January 2012...

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Snow wardens, winter workers and community angels to help with shopping and heating homes

Snow wardens, winter workers and community angels to help with shopping and heating homes

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

£20 million government funding to help people in the cold weather to be shared by 163 projects across the country...

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Adult Autism Strategy: next steps in the national self assessment framework exercise

Adult Autism Strategy: next steps in the national self assessment framework exercise

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

The first ever strategy for adults with autism in England, Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives, was published in March 2010. The strategy sets out…...

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Model Agreements

Model Agreements

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

Nationally approved standard agreements help speed up the contracting process for industry-sponsored trials carried out in the NHS by removing…...

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Snow wardens and winter workers to help people keep safe this winter

Snow wardens and winter workers to help people keep safe this winter

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

163 successful applications for a share of £20 million of Government funding to help people in the cold weather. ...

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NHS whistleblowing helpline to be extended to social care staff

NHS whistleblowing helpline to be extended to social care staff

Wednesday, 21 December 2011

The whistle-blowing helpline for NHS staff is being extended to staff and employers in the social care sector from 1 January. ...

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Department of Health moves to life course approach and streamlines its communications agencies

Department of Health moves to life course approach and streamlines its communications agencies

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Department of Health has streamlined its agency operation to improve the communication of public health messages to help people live healthy lives...

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Advice on appointing health care chaplains in hospitals

Advice on appointing health care chaplains in hospitals

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

New arrangements for the appointment of health care chaplains will come into place from 3 January 2012. ...

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Estimating the costs of specialised care: updated analysis for 2009/10

Estimating the costs of specialised care: updated analysis for 2009/10

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

The Centre for Health Economics (CHE) at the University of York was commissioned by the Department to update its analysis of the additional …...

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NHS pensions ‘heads of agreement’ reached

NHS pensions ‘heads of agreement’ reached

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

We are outlining the Heads of Agreement on the proposed scheme design for the NHS Pension Scheme to be introduced in 2015....

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Public health reform updates published

Public health reform updates published

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Government publishes new information about the new public health system. ...

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Cold weather plan: reversion to level 1 alert

Cold weather plan: reversion to level 1 alert

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Following issue of a level 2 alert last week, the Met Office has reported that this has now reverted to level 1 for areas in the North West,…...

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Social Care bulletin: December 2011, issue 19

Social Care bulletin: December 2011, issue 19

Tuesday, 20 December 2011

This month’s edition of the Social Care bulletin is more streamlined....

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