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Statistical Press Notice: National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Headline Results from Years 1 and 2 (combined) of the Rolling Programme 2008/09 – 2009/10 Supplementary report: Blood Analytes

Statistical Press Notice: National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Headline Results from Years 1 and 2 (combined) of the Rolling Programme 2008/09 – 2009/10 Supplementary report: Blood Analytes

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Supplementary report on Blood Analytes from the first two years of the National Diet and Nutrition Survey Rolling Programme published...

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Statistical press notice – Mortality Monitoring bulletin: Life expectancy and all age all cause mortality, and mortality from selected causes, overall and inequalities

Statistical press notice – Mortality Monitoring bulletin: Life expectancy and all age all cause mortality, and mortality from selected causes, overall and inequalities

Thursday, 27 October 2011

The Department of Health has today published an updated version of its annual mortality monitoring bulletin ...

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Thousands of lives to be saved in biggest roll out of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening

Thousands of lives to be saved in biggest roll out of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Implementation of a screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), which will save the lives of thousands of older men was launched today...

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Commissioning of prison based substance misuse services from April 2013

Commissioning of prison based substance misuse services from April 2013

Thursday, 27 October 2011

A joint letter from Richard Bradshaw, the DH Director of Offender Health, and Rosanna O'Connor, the Director of Delivery for the National Treatment Ag...

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Response to Lords Committee on HIV and AIDS

Response to Lords Committee on HIV and AIDS

Thursday, 27 October 2011

The Government today published its repsonse to the House of Lords Select Committee report, 'No vaccine, no cure: HIV and AIDS in the United Kingdom'....

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Influenza vaccine uptake among frontline healthcare workers data collection

Influenza vaccine uptake among frontline healthcare workers data collection

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Guidance to organisations involved in gathering data on influenza vaccines. ...

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Research study into attitudes towards long term health conditions 2011

Research study into attitudes towards long term health conditions 2011

Thursday, 27 October 2011

This report presents the results of the third and final wave of a three-wave tracking study commissioned by the Department of Health with Ipsos MORI. ...

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Estates and Facilities Alert: Machine roomless lifts

Estates and Facilities Alert: Machine roomless lifts

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Estates and Facilities Alert in order to clarify requirements for Machine roomless lifts installations....

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Mortality Monitoring Bulletin: an update

Mortality Monitoring Bulletin: an update

Thursday, 27 October 2011

An update to the Mortality Monitoring Bulletin will include data for 2010....

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National Diet and Nutrition Survey

National Diet and Nutrition Survey

Thursday, 27 October 2011

Today the Department published the National Diet and Nutrition Survey supplementary report on Blood analytes. This includes headline results…...

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Publication of new Summary Hospital level Mortality Indicator

Publication of new Summary Hospital level Mortality Indicator

Thursday, 27 October 2011

The NHS Information Centre has today published a new Summary Hospital-level Mortality indicator (SHMI). ...

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Speech: 19/10/2011, Paul Burstow, NCAS 2011

Speech: 19/10/2011, Paul Burstow, NCAS 2011

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Paul Burstow speaks at NCAS 2011....

Outcome definitions agreed for drugs recovery pilot bids

Outcome definitions agreed for drugs recovery pilot bids

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Detailed definitions that should be used in measuring outcomes from pilots relating to the Drug and Alcohol Payment by Results initiative have been ag...

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New discretionary payments for people infected with hepatitis C

New discretionary payments for people infected with hepatitis C

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

A new charity has been established by the Department to provide financial assistance for those people who were infected with hepatitis C before…...

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Consultation on regulations to transpose Organ Directive 2010/53/EU into UK legislation

Consultation on regulations to transpose Organ Directive 2010/53/EU into UK legislation

Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Comments are invited as part of a consultation that will run from 26 October to 21 December 2011 on draft regulations for Quality and Safety…...

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Children and teenagers to benefit from successful adult mental health therapy

Children and teenagers to benefit from successful adult mental health therapy

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The government is investing £32 million in psychological therapies...

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PAC report on buying equipment

PAC report on buying equipment

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Department of Health responds to Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report on buying equipment ...

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Improved mental health therapies for children

Improved mental health therapies for children

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

One in ten children aged 5-16 years has a clinically diagnosable mental health problem. At any one time, more than a million children will have a diag...

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Modernising Scientific Careers

Modernising Scientific Careers

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

A presentation by Chief Scientific Officer Sue Hill on Modernising Scientific Careers in the divisions of Physical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering...

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National Child Measurement Programme – publication of legal Directions

National Child Measurement Programme – publication of legal Directions

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) provides high-quality, reliable data on child overweight and obesity levels and trends. The …...

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VIE (Vacuum insulated evaporator) main storage vessel for bulk medical oxygen supply

VIE (Vacuum insulated evaporator) main storage vessel for bulk medical oxygen supply

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

The Department has issued an Estates and Facilities Alert relating to an uncontrolled release of liquid oxygen from a VIE device, installed …...

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BMA GP opinion survey

BMA GP opinion survey

Monday, 24 October 2011

Department of Health responds to the British Medical Association (BMA) GP survey ...

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Transparency in the NHS: Good for patients, good for doctors

Transparency in the NHS: Good for patients, good for doctors

Monday, 24 October 2011

Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announces 11 new areas of medicine whose outcomes for patients will be audited, monitored and regularly published...

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Public Health Responsibility Deal Bulletin October 2011

Public Health Responsibility Deal Bulletin October 2011

Monday, 24 October 2011

The bulletin keeps partners and interested parties informed about work on the Deal and highlights interesting developments....

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Speech: 22 October 2011, Andrew Lansley, RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference

Speech: 22 October 2011, Andrew Lansley, RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference

Saturday, 22 October 2011

Andrew Lansley speaks at the RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference....

Speech: 21 October 2011, Andrew Lansley, NCAS 2011: Tough Times, Good Decisions

Speech: 21 October 2011, Andrew Lansley, NCAS 2011: Tough Times, Good Decisions

Friday, 21 October 2011

Andrew Lansley speaks at NCAS 2011....

New NHS treatment centres for military heroes

New NHS treatment centres for military heroes

Friday, 21 October 2011

Prime Minister David Cameron announces investment of up to £15 million following Murrison review into prosthetics services ...

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Statistical press notice: Critical care and delayed transfers of care statistics – September 2011 data

Statistical press notice: Critical care and delayed transfers of care statistics – September 2011 data

Friday, 21 October 2011

Monthly situation reports on critical care beds, cancelled operations and delayed transfers of care published today...

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Improved prosthetics services for military veterans

Improved prosthetics services for military veterans

Friday, 21 October 2011

Prime Minister David Cameron announced the Government is investing up to £15 million to improve prosthetics services for military veterans...

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Offender personality disorder – consultation response

Offender personality disorder – consultation response

Friday, 21 October 2011

The response to the offender personality disorder consultation has now been published. The consultation asked for people’s views about a new…...

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