This weekly digest contains details of the latest health-related news/articles in the general media, new publications of interest and press releases from the Department of Health.  The digest has 6 key sections,

•  Public Health England
•  Practice Based Commissioning
•  Legislation
•  Latest Health-related News Links
•  Newspapers
•  ‘Other Sources’ which are less frequently updated

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Commissioning

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/whatsnew.htm

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Latest Health Related News Links

BBC Health News Online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/default.stm

Abortions high ‘shows need for contraception access’

The best and the rest – what we’ve learned from the NHS Tracker

EastEnders star: How award saved my dad

What does personalised medicine mean for you?

Women not aware enough of breast cancer link to alcohol

Vaccines: Low trust in vaccination ‘a global crisis’

Tory leadership: How much has social care been cut?

Early brain ‘signs of Parkinson’s’ found

‘Pigswill. Slop. Not fit for dogs.’ Is hospital food that bad?

Children’s hospices ‘to shut if NHS does not increase funding’

How anti-vaccine movements threaten global health

Long working hours ‘linked to stroke risk’

‘Living drug’ offers hope to terminal blood cancer patients

Campaign girl ‘ineligible’ for muscle wasting drug

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Newspapers

Please note that hyperlinks to some newspaper articles may be withdrawn or amended during the day or following week.  This is outside the Library’s control.

Study charts the age you’re most likely to experience major life events

Despite its popularity, is mindfulness all that it’s cracked up to be?

Facebook posts ‘better at predicting some health conditions’ than demographic data, claim researchers

Fifth of young men who exercise engage in ‘disordered eating’ to gain muscle, study finds

© Independent.co.uk 2019

The Guardian

https//society.guardian.co.uk/health/

Minister orders review into hospital food after more listeria deaths

Blue badge scheme now open to people with invisible disabilities

Cash crisis forces children’s hospices in England to limit respite care

Hancock pledges hospital food overhaul after listeria deaths

Fears for new mothers as Suffolk slashes health visitor numbers

Teachers to be trained to spot mental health issues early

NHS care providers left autistic children at risk of self-harm

Half of Britons socialise with family and friends at most once a month

Heathrow’s planes over Richmond Park would ‘damage mental health’

NHS needs extra £8bn or long-term plan will fail, say hospital bosses

Universal credit is failing military veterans, study finds

NHS needs extra £8bn or long-term plan will fail, say hospital bosses

Reality TV encourages children to drink and smoke, experts warn

Doctors’ failings on eating disorders ‘are costing lives’

Just one day of work a week improves mental health, study suggests

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2019

Other Sources

National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

http://www.nice.org.uk/

Innovative treatment for inflammatory eye condition recommended for use on the NHS

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Care Quality Commission (formerly Healthcare Commission)

https://www.cqc.org.uk/

King’s Fund

https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/

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