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  • Independent reviewing officers must make more difference

    Independent reviewing officers are responsible for ensuring the care plans for looked after children set out the required help and support.

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  • Partners issue joint statement 2 years after Winterbourne View

    The Department of Health, NHS England, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Care Quality Commission and the National Forum of People with Learning Disabilities have issued a statem…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Health Minister Anna Soubry on female GPs

    To clarify discussion on female GPs in a recent parliamentary debate, Health Minister Anna Soubry said:

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Video: Professor David Salisbury talks about the MMR catch-up vaccination programme

    Professor David Salisbury, Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, describes the MMR catch-up vaccination programme in England.

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  • Radon tests available soon for 2,000 homes across central Scotland

    The radioactive gas occurs naturally and is present in all buildings all over the UK. It cannot be seen, smelled or tasted - but each year is believed to lead to over 1,000 lung cancer deaths.

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  • Nearly half a million new sexual infections in 2012

    New sexually transmitted infection diagnoses rose 5% in 2012 according to PHE data, mostly due to improved data collection.

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  • New appointments made at the Care Quality Commission

    The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed five senior figures with a wide variety of professional experience to become new Non-Executive Directors, Care and Support Minister, Norman Lamb, announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • PHE coronavirus conference: 9 July 2013

    PHE is hosting a conference to update attendees on the global and UK situation on Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

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  • 'NBOMe' and 'Benzofury' banned

    The government has banned 'NBOMe' and 'Benzofury', two groups of 'legal highs'.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Temporary class drug order on benzofury and NBOMe compounds - letter from ACMD

    This ACMD letter to the Home Secretary advises on a TCDO on 2 groups of novel psychoactive substances (5-6APB and NBOMe compounds).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Temporary class drug order for benzofury and NBOMe compounds - letter to ACMD

    Jeremy Browne writes to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) accepting recommendations on a TCDO for 5-6APB and NBOMe compounds.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New Chairman for NHS Blood and Transplant

    John Pattullo has been named as the new chairman of NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Current vacancies at the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation

    The Department of Health is seeking to appoint a Chair and 7 members to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Swimming in the River Thames can carry a risk of gastrointestinal illness

    A new report published today by Public Health England (PHE) shows that swimming in the River Thames can carry a risk of gastrointestinal illness.

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  • PHE Bulletin: 30 April 2013

    The first edition of PHE Bulletin includes news of Public Health England’s 7 priorities and a toolkit for local authorities and businesses.

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  • PHE Bulletin: 29 May 2013

    Highlights include PHE’s Heatwave Plan for England, new vaccination programmes, ‘tick aware’ leaflets and the public health workforce strategy.

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  • Action to tackle drug cutting agents

    A consultation on strengthening powers to seize drug cutting agents has been launched by the Home Office.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New era of education and training for NHS staff

    Measures to improve the training, values and education of all NHS staff.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Expansion of groundbreaking scheme to support NHS staff

    Schwartz Center Rounds allows NHS staff to get together once a month to reflect on the stresses and dilemmas that they have faced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Care and support minister encourages all hospitals to become dementia-friendly

    Working with Dementia Action Alliance, the Department of Health is supporting a call for NHS trusts to make all hospitals dementia-friendly.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government