A breakdown of proposals in the Public Health White Paper expected ...
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Freedom for the National Assembly to have its own say on the scale and speed of a smoking ban. In England a ban on smoking in all Government workplaces and NHS buildings will be in place by 2006.
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Pregnant women, babies and toddlers would join doctors, emergency workers and soldiers at the head of the line for scarce vaccine if a super-strain of flu triggers the next pandemic, says a draft government plan to be released Tuesday.
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Public expectations of the NHS are running ahead of what the health service can deliver, research suggests.
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With an ambitious new plan, the city hopes to provide a nationwide model that grants health access to all
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Patients could be offered therapies such as acupuncture on the NHS under plans being considered by the assembly government.
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Englandâs most disadvantaged towns and cities will be the first to benefit from funding for new initiatives set out in this weekâs White Paper, the Government announced today.
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Measures to tackle rising public health problems are being scrapped or postponed due to lack of funds, health chiefs say.
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The UK is drawing up plans to deal with a possible outbreak of blu flu.
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Public health reforms to be piloted in deprived areas in a bid to tackle high levels of poor health.
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Economists are still sorting out the implications of the  broad health-care proposals President Bush unveiled this week, but already some clear winners and losers are emerging.
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State efforts to transform the nationâs health care system appear to be on a collision course with the Bush administrationâs latest budget proposal.
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Social services and ContactPoint included A document produced for London NHS reveals plans for extensive sharing of personal data between the NHS, social services, education and the police. Obtained by William Heath's Ideal Government blog, it says that the "Health and Social Care Integration Project" should fit with "known and future national developments... e.g. ContactPoint for Children, the Common Assessment Framework for Children, the Care Programme Approach, the Single Assessment Process for Older People, the Proposed Common Assessment Framework for Adults and its link with the NHS Connecting for Health National e-SAP Project.â¦
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The government announces proposals to improve patient safety as a study finds current safeguards are failing.
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The New Brunswick Council of Hospital Union has reviewed the proposal given by Premier Bernard Lord last night. âThe proposal by Premier Lord is a further insult to the valuable work performed by the health
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A ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants, and pubs that serve prepared food, is expected to head the list of policy initiatives in the Government&#39;s long awaited White Paper on Public Health.
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The traditional doctor's white coat is to be changed as part of government plans to tackle hospital infections.
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11/1/04- With growing worries about the possibility of a global flu pandemic, the World Health Organization has announced plans to hold a summit to draft emergency response plans.