All Swine flu articles – Page 9
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News
Fears grow over flu pandemic stockpiles
Concerns are growing over whether primary care trusts will be able to avoid running out of flu pandemic equipment amid confusion over who should be stockpiling supplies.
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Community
Pig deal
It’s hard enough to take swine flu seriously since it sounds like an illness affecting nasty people, but endless viral emails and text messages aren’t doing much to improve its image. So far we’ve had people carted off in “hambulances”, victims breaking out in “rashers” and “farmacists” selling patients the ...
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News
Swine flu stockpiles could compromise NHS, pharmacists warned
The Department of Health has warned pharmacists not to stockpile swine flu medicines because this could undermine the NHS’s ability to cope with a pandemic.
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Blogs
NHS news blog: SHA chief appointed as national flu director
North East strategic health authority chief executive Ian Dalton has been appointed to the new position of national director for NHS flu resilience.The appointment is a secondment from his position at the SHA, which will be temporarily filled by its director of finance and communications David Stout.Mr Dalton will report ...
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Blogs
Is 'Just-in-time' the best way for pandemic flu planning?
We’ve had a Pandemic Flu Plan since 2007 - and on paper are well prepared! Rhetoric and reality are different! All I can say is, many thanks for sending swine flu - instead of avian flu - this time!
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Comment
Michael White on swine flu and leadership
This column’s established policy is not to panic over either swine flu or Labour leadership flu. Outbreaks of both occur from time to time and are easily spread by modern life, notably by air travel and 24-hour TV news channels. The authorities do their best.
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Comment
Cally Bann on the swine flu outbreak
An acute trust chief executive, “Cally Bann”, casts a jaundiced eye over the swine flu outbreak…
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Comment
Media Watch: Alan Johnson for prime minister
“How Johnson became the model Labour candidate for the top job,” was The Independent on Sunday’s headline on coverage of the party’s most recent leadership dilemmas.
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News
SHA chief appointed as national flu director
North East strategic health authority chief executive Ian Dalton has been appointed to the new position of national director for NHS flu resilience.
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News
Swine flu prompts patient colour coding guidance
The Royal College of Physicians has published draft guidance for NHS strategic planners and clinicians on dealing with a flu pandemic.
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News
Swine flu fears increase as WHO ups alert level for second time
The World Health Organisation has raised its pandemic flu alert level for the second time in the space of a week, increasing fears that a global outbreak is inevitable.
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Comment
Media Watch: swine flu
The Department of Health was quick to offer reassurance at the start of this week after warnings of a pandemic of a new killer flu virus.
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Comment
Michael White on the Budget crisis
A shadow Cabinet heavyweight summed up the Budget crisis with brutal clarity: “We have been paying nurses by taxing bankers’ bonuses. It’s unsustainable,” the MP observed with some sadness.
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News
PCT poll backs Alan Johnson on swine flu pandemic
NHS organisations are backing up health secretary Alan Johnson’s assertion this week that the UK is one of the countries most prepared to deal with a flu pandemic.
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Blogs
NHS news blog: PCT poll backs Alan Johnson on swine flu pandemic
NHS organisations are backing up health secretary Alan Johnson’s assertion this week that the UK is one of the countries most prepared to deal with a flu pandemic.As cases of swine flu were confirmed in the UK, an HSJ straw poll of 15 primary care trusts this week revealed that, ...
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News
Scotland calls off pandemic flu practice as swine flu worries grow
A four-week emergency exercise to test Scotland’s resilience against pandemic flu has been suspended in light of the threat of an actual pandemic.
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News
WHO raises alert level as UK swine flu cases confirmed
The World Health Organisation has raised its threat level to indicate increased risk of a flu pandemic in the wake of confirmed swine flu cases in several countries.
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News
Alan Johnson: UK among best prepared for swine flu outbreak
Health secretary Alan Johnson has attempted to calm fears over an outbreak of a new strain of flu called swine influenza.