Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has written to primary care trusts to ask them to offer the MMR vaccine to all under-18s who have not been vaccinated.
London trusts will get an additional£60,000 and others£30,000 in their annual settlement to pay for the campaign, prompted by a rise in cases of measles.
Download the CMO's letter at www.dh.gov.uk
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Public Health England will have a new medical director and director of health protection in May, the agency announced today.
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Financial penalties are being lifted from high-profile standards including cancer and elective waiting times, so far without attracting much attention. How is this happening? And will it work, asks Rob Findlay
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