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Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Expert working group reviews progress in health financing of TB services
A working group made up of senior managers and experts from national tuberculosis (TB) programmes (NTP), ministries of health and social health insurance agencies held its first face-to-face meeting on 27 October 2014 in Barcelona, Spain,…
Wales' bowel surgery death rate 'higher than expected'
The number of bowel cancer patients dying after surgery in Wales appears to be higher than expected, new figures published on Monday suggest.
The study found that after two years 27.5% of Welsh patients had died, compared to a combined…
Australia: Why the costs of running a medical service will continue to climb
DOCTOR'S BAG POST - The government’s revised co-payment plan is a dog’s breakfast. Here are 9 reasons why the proposal has angered Australian GPs.
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Prime-minister Abbott’s reference to sausage machine medicine is insulting. If the…
The NHS principle in a simple handbook
The NHS principle in a simple handbook. This Handbook is designed to give the public, patients (their carers and families) and NHS staff all the information they need about the NHS Constitution for England.
Control violent situations with a clear head - VIDEO
From EMS1 and AMU - American Military University a useful video to understand how to control a violent situation with clear action and with a complete control of the field. Awareness of your own physical abilities and emotional reactions…
Health and Care Innovation Expo returns to Manchester in 2015
NHS England will today announce Health and Care Innovation Expo is to return to Manchester in 2015.
More than 5,000 people from across NHS, voluntary and community sectors, including local commissioners and providers, CSUs, local…
NHS Devon surgery restriction for smokers and obese plan revealed
Smokers and the morbidly obese in Devon will be denied routine surgery unless they quit smoking or lose weight.
Patients with a BMI of 35 or above will have to shed 5% of their weight while smokers will have to quit eight weeks before…
HIV evolving 'into milder form'
HIV is evolving to become less deadly and less infectious, according to a major scientific study.
The team at the University of Oxford shows the virus is being "watered down" as it adapts to our immune systems.
It said it was taking longer…
Ebola crisis: Obama urges Congress to approve aid
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Congress to approve $6bn (£3.8bn) in emergency aid to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The president made the plea on a visit to the National Institutes of Health, where he…
AVOID: Oxygen Potentially Problematic for Normoxic Patients with STEMI
SOURCE SCANCRIT - We’ve been waiting for the AVOID study, since we mentioned it a few years ago in another post on the harm of excessive oxygen. AVOID (Air Versus Oxygen in Myocardial Infarction). Now, it’s out. As expected, it shows that…