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Daily Archives: October 25, 2011

Guidance ‘misconstrued’ as commissioners restrict drugs

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Source: Guidance ‘misconstrued’ as commissioners restrict drugs | News | Health Service Journal.

This article is solely the work of the HSJ. For a full copy of the article please contact the library.

Primary care trusts are “misconstruing” official drugs guidance in order to restrict access to treatments, a coalition of patient bodies has warned.

 

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Audits of clinical outcomes to cover new areas

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Source: Audits of clinical outcomes to cover new areas | News | Health Service Journal.

This article is solely the work of the HSJ. For a full copy of the article please contact the library.

Plans to extend the monitoring of the results of healthcare in the NHS have been set out by health secretary Andrew Lansley

 

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Military veterans’ care to get £15m investment

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Source: Military veterans’ care to get £15m investment | News | Health Service Journal.

This article is solely the work of the HSJ. For a full copy of the article please contact the library.

The prime minister David Cameron has promised investment of up to £15m to improve NHS care for injured British military veterans.

 

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Consumers ‘don’t pay attention to nutrition labels’

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Nutrition labels should be placed in the centre of food packaging, rather than in one corner, if shoppers are going to read them, says a US study.

via BBC News – Consumers ‘don’t pay attention to nutrition labels’.

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