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Chief Medical Officer Warns Prevention Is Key To Future Health Of Wales

December 25, 2009 Health News No Comments

Wales’ Chief Medical Officer has warned that preventing disease and illness is the key to a healthy future generation. Dr Tony Jewell issued the warning as he published his third annual report on the state of health in Wales. Dr Jewell writes about ‘preventing the preventable’ in his 2008 report. The report looks at different methods of prevention to ensure the long-term health of the nation, including immunisation, screening and education. He said that more emphasis needed to be placed on preventing ill-health in the first place…


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Utah’s health department will use $6.3 million in federal dollars to build a “computer pipeline” that will allow doctors and hospitals to share patient information, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. The pipeline is paid for by the federal economic stimulus package, and the state will contract with the nonprofit Utah Health Information Network to build it. With the pipeline, “doctors could … retrieve data from another provider about a patient’s medical history, allergies or prescriptions. … Participating clinics would pay a yearly subscription fee. And no one would have access to a patient’s medical record unless the patient authorized it.”… Continue reading

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Health To Be At The Centre Of The Fight Against Climate Change

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The danger and cost of climate change to the health of Europeans is at the forefront of the debate as the fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health begins today in Parma, Italy. The conference, organised by the World Health Organisation, will include representatives from across Europe and is an important forum on how to tackle cross-cutting environment and health issues such as climate change. Minister for Public Health, Gillian Merron said: “This conference will highlight the risk global warming poses to the health of our communities”…

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New Health Inequalities Tool Allows Local NHS To Focus Their Resources, UK

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A new internet application, which will allow local trusts to monitor and respond to trends in infant mortality and life expectancy to tackle health inequalities, was launched today by Public Health Minister, Gillian Merron. Gillian Merron was speaking at the ‘Marmot and The Third Sector’ conference which was an opportunity for delegates to respond to the Marmot review – entitled ‘Fair Society, Healthy Lives’ – which identified key areas for future action in health inequalities…

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Financial Pressures Must Not Reduce Effectiveness Of Scottish General Practice, Warns GP Leader, Scotland

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The leader of Scotland’s GPs warned that the reduction in health spending will create pressure on the Scottish Government to introduce more effective health policies that deliver services that the public need. Addressing the Annual Conference of Scottish Local Medical Committees (LMCs), Dr Dean Marshall, Chairman of the BMA’s Scottish General Practitioners Committee, said: “I hope that we can work with the Scottish Government to ensure that policies developed for general practice are evidence-based, value for money and most importantly improve patient outcomes…

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