Dept of Health

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28 July 2009

Lords question flu response

Members of the House of Lords have told the government they have “significant concerns” about the delay in the launch
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24 July 2009

Swine flu website crashes on launch day

The National Pandemic Flu Service website crashed on the day it was launched after the site recorded more than 9.3m
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23 July 2009

Flu Pandemic Service launches

The National Pandemic Flu Service has been launched in England offering the public the chance to check their symptoms online
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23 July 2009

Stop the clot

Dr Maureen Baker CBE, clinical director for patient safety at NHS Connecting for Health, talks about developing a risk assessment
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17 July 2009

NHS flu line to go live next week

The interim National Pandemic Flu Service is to go live in England from the end of next week, the Department
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14 July 2009

Public asked for views on HealthSpace

Patients are being invited to give their views on the future development of the Department of Health’s personal health record
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9 July 2009

Ofcom launches 111 consultation

Ofcom has launched a consultation on the use of a national 111 non-emergency number for healthcare. Following the consultation, the
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3 July 2009

MPs back technology for patient safety

MPs have criticised the Department of Health for failing to collect data on whether a decade of policies to improve
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3 July 2009

DH to review hand-held devices

The Department of Health is to review the market for hand-held devices for community-based staff, with a view to issuing
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30 June 2009

Community quality indicators launched

The Department of Health has launched more than 70 proposed quality indicators for community services alongside six guides to transforming
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