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Chief Nursing Officer Christine Beasley responds to Royal College of Nursing call for longer hospital visiting hours
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
The Department has published its second Statement of New Regulation.
A letter from Professor D M Salisbury, Director of Immunisation, advises clinicians to avoid use of Viroflu vaccine in children aged under five years because of an increased risk of fever.
Monthly situation reports on critical care beds, cancelled operations and delayed transfers of care published
Following the success of this year's Quit Kit campaign, the Department would like to invite pharmacies across England to distribute Quit Kits to smokers between January and March 2012.
The lates Access to GUM services statistics were released today by the Department of Health.
The government today announced an acceleration of the dismantling of the National Programme for IT.
Department of Health announces Flu jabs available from GPs from Monday 3 October.
The second edition of ‘Transforming Public Health’ bulletin.
NHS Chief Executive Sir David Nicholson has written to all NHS chief executives about the National Programme for IT and the latest steps to no longer run it as a centralised programme.
A BBC Panorama programme on 31 May 2011 featured systemic abuse of patients within Winterbourne View, an independent hospital run by Castlebeck…
The Department has been made aware that not all GPs receive important communications, particularly sessional or locum GPs. This letter from …
Letter from David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive.
Letter offering a solution to the problem of GPs not receiving important communications.
This letter alerts NHS bodies and local authorities to the action needed in response to the Care Quality Commission’s forthcoming inspection.
In a speech at the United Nations, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has called for governments across the world to work collectively to tackle the rising tide of lifestyle-related diseases.
Alistair Burns' latest video blog.
Andrew Lansley speaks at the United Nations High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases.
Andrew Lansley speaks at the Summary of Round Table discussion, UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases.
A set of guidance on clinical governance is being developed for clinical governance practitioners.
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