Health News Digest

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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Latest Health-Related News Links

BBC Health News Online

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

NHS ‘reality check’ for Boris Johnson

HRT: UK faces shortage for menopausal women

Chlamydia sex infection vaccine passes safety test

Deaths by suicide and drugs highest among Generation X

Social-media use ‘disrupting teen sleep and exercise’

Disabled Students’ Allowances: Over half of eligible students miss out

Stop cuts to adult social care, petition urges

Dental surgeons urge England’s schools to go sugar-free

Lyme disease: Older white women ‘at highest risk’

‘Hundreds’ seek private clinics for medical cannabis

Drug deaths soar to highest level on record

Patients who cannot eat food ‘fear for lives’

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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Please note that hyperlinks to some newspaper articles may be withdrawn or amended during the day or following week.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.

Menopausal women facing HRT shortage in UK

Chlamydia vaccine could become reality after successful clinical trial

Typical picnic basket contains ‘dangerous’ levels of salt, health campaigners warn

Schools should become sugar-free to tackle child tooth decay, dental surgeons warn

What is Lyme disease, what are the symptoms and how can it be treated?

Mothercare recalls baby sleeping bags amid fears infants will overheat

© Independent.co.uk 2019

The Guardian

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

‘War on cancer’ metaphors may do harm, research shows

NHS patients waiting over two weeks to see a GP, shows survey

Thousands at risk of type 2 diabetes to be offered wearable tech

Charity highlights ‘worrying’ failure to improve cancer survival in England

Deaf pupils in England struggle at every stage of school, report finds

Labour calls for review into police welfare as suicide figures revealed

Chlamydia vaccine moves a step closer

Half of key UK hospital doctors ‘ill-prepared’ for major incident

Why do so many construction workers kill themselves?

Deaf pupils in England struggle at every stage of school, report finds

Children’s lack of sleep ‘more harmful than social media use’

NHS bill for private out-of-area mental health care rises to £100m

Scientists discover new pain-sensing organ

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2019

Other Sources

National Institute For Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)

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

Nothing to report

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Care Quality Commission (formerly Healthcare Commission)

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

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