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Two health organisations have joined forces to champion clinical commissioning and the groups tasked with carrying it out.
Source: DH: Clinical senates will not ‘interfere with or constrain’ CCGs | News | Health Service Journal.
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The Department of Health has confirmed clinical senates – proposed new networks of clinicians – will not “interfere with or constrain clinical commissioning groups”.
The General Medical Council says some overseas doctors come to the NHS with “little or no preparation” for working in the UK.
via BBC News – GMC says more support needed for overseas doctors in UK.
Source: Clinical commissioners talk mergers in Pennine Lancashire | HSJ Local | Health Service Journal.
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Clinical commissioning groups across Pennine Lancashire are discussing potential mergers, the primary care trust’s chief executive has reported.
A campaign encouraging women in China to give birth in hospital has cut newborn deaths by half, says a study in The Lancet.
via BBC News – Hospital births move has halved newborn deaths in China.
Eating lots of fruit and vegetables with white flesh may help to protect against strokes, says a study in the journal Stroke.
Source: Fish oils may interfere with chemotherapy – Health News – NHS Choices.
NHS Choices examines the science behind the newspaper headlines.
Fish oils block chemotherapy drug. BBC News, September 12 2011
Fish oil inhibits chemotherapy, claim researchers. The Daily Telegraph, September 12 2011
Roodhart JML, Daenen LGM, Stigter ECA et al. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induce Resistance to Chemotherapy through the Release of Platinum-Induced Fatty Acids. Cancer Cell, Volume 20, Issue 3, 370-383, 13 September 2011
The number of children under five who die each year has plummeted from 12 million in 1990, to 7.6 million last year, the UN says.The reasons for the change include better access to health care and immunisation, says a report by Unicef and the World Health Organization.
Source: BBC News – Big drop in children under five dying, says UN report.
Source: DH launches ‘engagement exercise’ on social care policy | News | Health Service Journal.
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The government has embarked on a major consultation designed to involve patients, providers and professionals in re-designing social care.
Source: Lansley: QIPP savings ‘on track’ | News | Health Service Journal.
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The health secretary has said the NHS is “on track” to make the efficiency savings required over the next four years.
Encouraging smokers to switch to smokeless “fake” cigarettes could save tens of thousands of lives, according to a government-backed report
via BBC News – ‘Nudge unit’ urges use of smokeless cigarettes.
Source: Deaths from work related illness are rising, show latest figures — Zarocostas 343 — bmj.com.
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Although the number of fatal work related accidents worldwide continues to fall, more people are dying from work related diseases, says a report by the International Labour Organization.
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Men and women in the world’s poorest countries are around three times more likely to die under the age of 60 from non-communicable diseases than those in rich countries, says a report from the World Health Organization.
Source:Government and MPs are united in their support for Francis Crick Institute — Watts 343 — bmj.com.
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The government has welcomed the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee’s report on the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, now renamed the Francis Crick Institute.
The number of hospital patients in England waiting over the 18-week guarantee has jumped by a third in the past year, figures show.
via BBC News – Patients waiting beyond 18 weeks rise by a third.
The number of hospital patients in England waiting over the 18-week guarantee has jumped by a third in the past year, figures show.
via BBC News – Patients waiting beyond 18 weeks rise by a third.
Dark chocolate and fitness – Health News – NHS Choices.
NHS Choices examines the science behind the newspaper headlines.
How dark chocolate ‘boosts fitness in the same way as jogging’. Daily Mail, September 15 2011
Dark chocolate ‘as good for your health as exercise’. Daily Mirror, September 15 2011
Chocolate gives you a workout. Daily express, September 15 2011
Chocolate ‘as good for you as exercise’. The Daily Telegraph, September 15 2011
Nogueira L, Ramirez-Sanchez I, Perkins GA, et al. (-)-Epicatechin enhances fatigue resistance and oxidative capacity in mouse muscle. The Journal of Physiology 2011, Published online before print July 25
