Measles strategy misses targets

Global efforts to cut the number of deaths from measles have fallen short of World Health Organization (WHO) targets.

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Supervised injectable heroin treatment is expensive but cost effective, report says

Medicinal heroin is being used successfully in several countries as a second line treatment for chronic heroin users previously considered untreatable, says a new report from the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.

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Prentis warns Lansley over ‘attack’ on Agenda for Change

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The government will face widespread industrial action by health workers if it launches an attack on NHS pay and the Agenda for Change agreement, the general secretary of Unison said today

 

Union leaders attack regional pay proposals

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Changing the pay rates of public sector workers, including NHS staff, to reflect regional differences would be an “unworkable, divisive nightmare”, union leaders have warned.

 

A systematic review of the effectiveness of double checking in preventing medication errors

A systematic review of the effectiveness of double checking in preventing medication errors — Alsulami et al. 97 (5): e2 — Archives of Disease in Childhood.

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Abstract

Background Medication errors are unfortunately a constant problem in the medication treatment process. Different interventions are available to reduce or prevent medication errors from reaching the patient. Double checking by two qualified nurses is one intervention that is implemented in many children’s hospitals during the medication treatment process.