News and Events
National immunisation programme: planned changes for 2013 to 2014
June 2013
A letter has been published setting out planned changes to the national immunisation programme, with details of the specific programme for rotavirus for babies at 2 and 3 months.
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Update on Novel Coronavirus Infection
June 2013
A message from The Chief Medical Officer provides the latest information and guidance in light of the 2 clusters of severe human cases of the novel coronavirus infection, which were reported in May...
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Instructions for approving registered medical practitioners under the Mental Health Act 1983
June 2013
A document has been published containing instructions that lay out the function of approving registered medical practitioners and of approving individuals to act as approved clinicians under the...
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National framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care
June 2013
Guidance has been published which sets out the principles and processes of the National Framework for NHS continuing healthcare and NHS funded nursing care.
The national framework for NHS...
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Creating better access for patients needing scans
June 2013
Patients needing diagnostic imaging on the NHS should receive better, more efficient access after being referred by their GP, according to new guidance launched recently.
The new...
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New framework to support and develop General Practice Nurses launched
June 2013
A new framework to support general practice nurses in achieving and maintaining the necessary levels of competency across all areas of their generalist role has been published by the General...
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Information sharing guidance offered to GPs
June 2013
GPs can now access guidance on a new way of using anonymised patient record data to help commissioners improve NHS services.
Care.data is a new system being developed by NHS England, which...
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Maternity and Child Health Datasets will drive improvements in the provision of services
June 2013
How many children across England are seen by NHS child and adolescent mental health services? How many of these are young carers? How many women who are obese in their first pregnancy continue to...
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Safeguarding children and adults – revised guidance
June 2013
The Department for Education has published revised inter-agency statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children. It sets out how organisations and individuals should work together to...
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Pharmaceutical Needs Information Pack
June 2013
A new publication supports local authority health and wellbeing boards to develop and update pharmaceutical needs assessments (PNAs).
Each health and wellbeing board (HWB) must assess needs...
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NICE issues updated guidance for GPs, health visitors, midwives, pharmacists and practice nurses
June 2013
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is advising GPs and practice nurses to do more to identify adults who are not active enough and to encourage them to get...
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