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PiP one year on: thousands of women have turned to NHS for help

One year on since serious problems with PiP breast implants emerged, almost 8,000 women, who had their implants put in privately, have turned to the NHS for help. The latest figures published last week...

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Summary of cosmetic interventions call for evidence responses published

The responses to the cosmetic surgery review call for evidence have been published today. The call for evidence was issued to enable the public, cosmetic interventions industry and patient groups to...

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‘Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.’ campaign to help reduce flu infections

A campaign is launching today to encourage the public to adopt good respiratory and hand hygiene practices – to ‘Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.’ – to help stem flu infections. We are being encouraged to...

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Personal health budgets update – Winter 2012

The bumper Winter 2012 edition of ‘Update’, the personal health budgets information sheet, has been published – including all the news about national rollout of the policy across the NHS. This edition...

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Guidance published on registering a vision impairment as a disability

The department has published information on how to register a vision impairment as a disability. Being registered as partially sighted or blind enables that person to access a range of benefits to help...

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Update on flexibility of wording for health claims published

An update providing recommendations for food business operators about flexibility of wording for health claims, was circulated to interested parties on 3 January 2013. Read the update on general...

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Resources to support information sharing to tackle violence

Hospitals are well placed to promote community safety and wellbeing through collecting information about patients who have been assaulted and sharing information appropriately. This can be done without...

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Jeremy Hunt challenges NHS to go paperless by 2018

The NHS should go paperless by 2018 to save billions, improve services and help meet the challenges of an ageing population, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will say today. In a speech to the Policy...

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Sugar and calories reduced in soft drinks

Leading soft drinks brands Lucozade, Ribena and J20 are among the latest brands to sign up to the Responsibility Deal’s calorie reduction pledge as part of the government’s drive to curb obesity...

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Update on nutrition and health claims published

An update regarding the European Commission’s Working Group meeting on nutrition and health claims, 11 January 2013, was issued to interested parties on 17 January 2013. Read the update on the working...

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PiP one year on: thousands of women have turned to NHS for help

One year on since serious problems with PiP breast implants emerged, almost 8,000 women, who had their implants put in privately, have turned to the NHS for help. The latest figures published last week...

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Summary of cosmetic interventions call for evidence responses published

The responses to the cosmetic surgery review call for evidence have been published today. The call for evidence was issued to enable the public, cosmetic interventions industry and patient groups to...

View Article

‘Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.’ campaign to help reduce flu infections

A campaign is launching today to encourage the public to adopt good respiratory and hand hygiene practices – to ‘Catch it. Bin it. Kill it.’ – to help stem flu infections. We are being encouraged to...

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Personal health budgets update – Winter 2012

The bumper Winter 2012 edition of ‘Update’, the personal health budgets information sheet, has been published – including all the news about national rollout of the policy across the NHS. This edition...

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Guidance published on registering a vision impairment as a disability

The department has published information on how to register a vision impairment as a disability. Being registered as partially sighted or blind enables that person to access a range of benefits to help...

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Update on flexibility of wording for health claims published

An update providing recommendations for food business operators about flexibility of wording for health claims, was circulated to interested parties on 3 January 2013. Read the update on general...

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Resources to support information sharing to tackle violence

Hospitals are well placed to promote community safety and wellbeing through collecting information about patients who have been assaulted and sharing information appropriately. This can be done without...

View Article


Jeremy Hunt challenges NHS to go paperless by 2018

The NHS should go paperless by 2018 to save billions, improve services and help meet the challenges of an ageing population, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will say today. In a speech to the Policy...

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Sugar and calories reduced in soft drinks

Leading soft drinks brands Lucozade, Ribena and J20 are among the latest brands to sign up to the Responsibility Deal’s calorie reduction pledge as part of the government’s drive to curb obesity...

View Article

Update on nutrition and health claims published

An update regarding the European Commission’s Working Group meeting on nutrition and health claims, 11 January 2013, was issued to interested parties on 17 January 2013. Read the update on the working...

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