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Guidance on sickness certification in response to the swine flu pandemic
This document clarifies that the existing arrangements for provision of medical certificates or self-certification have not changed in light of the swine flu pandemic.
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - preparing to deliver the vaccination programme
In his weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses what is being done to prepare for the upcoming swine flu vaccination programme
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Authorisation of antiviral medicines - Guidance on the use of FP10SS forms and Antiviral Authorisation Vouchers during the H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic in England
This is a new guidance document on the use of Antiviral Authorisation Vouchers.
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - preparing for a possible second wave
In his weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses what is being done to ensure the NHS is prepared for a possible second wave of swine flu
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Managing influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes during the current influenza pandemic
The latest guidance from the Department of Health and Health Protection Agency, covering management of influenza-like illness in nursing and residential homes
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - vaccination strategy
In his weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses how the swine flu vaccine will be delivered
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - critical care can cope with increased capacity
In his fifth weekly update for Nursing Times and HSJ, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses increasing critical care during the second wave of swine flu
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Patient Safety Awards 2010: spreading the learning
Welcome to the Patient Safety Awards 2010. Delivered by Nursing Times and Health Service Journal, these awards will reward your hard work, innovation and best practice in all areas of patient safety.
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HSJ Special Issue: Responding to the Cost-Cutting Challenge
This week’s HSJ presents an in-depth examination of the future of the health service in light of looming spending cuts.
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - revised planning assumptions
In his fourth weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the revised planning assumptions for the pandemic
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Swine flu: UK planning assumptions
These planning assumptions relate to the current A(H1N1) epidemic and are appropriate for the first wave. They provide a common agreed basis for planning across all public and private sector organisations. Working to this common set of assumptions will avoid confusion and facilitate preparedness across the UK.
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - critical care capacity under review
In his third weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the expected autumn swine flu surge
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Fast-tracked research to fight swine flu - DH press release
Fourteen projects costing £2.25m have been fast tracked by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on behalf of the Department of Health for urgent national swine flu research. The priority studies will be launched this week and will provide vital clinical and scientific evidence that will inform ...
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Ian Dalton's swine flu update - NHS must prepare for autumn surge
In his second weekly update for HSJ and Nursing Times, national director for NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses the expected autumn swine flu surge
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Swine Flu: Authorisation of the supply of antivirals
Ian Dalton, National Director for NHS Flu Resilience, has today written out jointly with the Royal College of GPs and the BMA’s General Practitioners Committee to all GPs to confirm the revised procedure for authorising the supply of antivirals from antiviral collection points.
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Pandemic flu: planning and responding to primary care capacity challenges
New guidance has been published for PCTs on how to deliver primary care services whilst potentially short staffed and how to cope with increased patient demand during the pandemic and the anticipated seasonal flu.
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Advice concerning organ donation and H1N1
As the incidence of Swine Flu increases in the population, there is a risk that organ donors may be infected, or have infection suspected. In general, organs from potential donors should be offered. The decision to accept and use an organ for transplantation lies with the implanting surgeon with local ...
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20 August 2009 swine flu update
This week there has been a further reduction in the rates of flu-like illness and related activity.
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Weekly swine flu update from the Department of Health
In the first of a regular weekly update from the Department of Health, exclusive to HSJ and Nursing Times, national director of NHS flu resilience Ian Dalton discusses what health managers and nurses need to know about the swine flu pandemic
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Pandemic influenza: guidance for infection control in hospitals and primary care settings
Acute trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) will form the vanguard of the NHS response to an influenza pandemic. This document has been developed to facilitate planning by NHS trusts and provides guidance on infection control and tools for local public health and healthcare officials who are at the front ...