Swine flu

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12 August 2009

One in three don’t collect anti-virals

More than one in three people have failed to collect their anti-viral medicine after being issued with an authorisation number
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6 August 2009

Flu service ‘misses other conditions’

Nine out of 10 GPs believe that diagnosing swine flu over the phone will mean that other diseases may be
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4 August 2009

Major chain offers Tamiflu online

Pharmacy giant Lloydspharmacy has begun selling Tamiflu online to patients who do not have swine flu. The pharmacy giant said
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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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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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20 July 2009

Swine Flu tracking on Qsurveillance

Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS is encouraging its GPs practices to sign up to its primary care tracking database QSurveillance
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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

Problems at flagship urgent care service

A flagship urgent care service covering five primary care trusts generated dozens of complaints from patients and doctors in its
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8 July 2009

Swine flu QoF negotiations ongoing

Agreement to suspend the Quality and Outcomes Framework because of the impact of swine flu cases looks likely to be
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7 July 2009

Interim flu line for 100,000 cases a day

The Department of Health’s interim flu line service is expected to be operational by next week, as the government predicts
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