Friday, 24 July 2009

The Marmot Review: strategic review of health inequalities

University College London
An interim report on the evidence and emerging themes of the independent strategic review of health inequalities post 2010, led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, has been published for consultation. Comments must be submitted by 5 August 2009.

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Swine flu: UK planning assumptions

Department of Health
This document contains revised planning assumptions in relation to the current swine flu pandemic. The assumptions are intended to assist local planning across all public and private sector organisations. Planning assumptions are for both pan-UK and local areas, to take account of the potential variation in epidemic profile from one local area to another

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Safeguarding disabled children: practice guidance

Department of Children, Schools and Families
This practice guidance makes clear that disabled children have exactly the
same human rights to be safe from abuse and neglect, to be protected from
harm and achieve the Every Child Matters outcomes as non-disabled children.

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First ever national statistics to measure school food uptake

Department of Children, Schools and Families
These new figures, published by the School Food Trust, give for the first time a comprehensive picture of school meal take-up across the country.

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Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Healthy Leeds Newsletter summer 2009

Healthy Leeds
The summer edition of the Healthy Leeds newsletter is available to download now.

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Health needs annual evidence update 2009

NHS Evidence
The 2009 Annual Evidence Update has focused on five key themes relating to the health needs of people with learning disabilities, which are cancer, coronary heart disease, challenging behaviour, epilepsy, and respiratory illness.

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Transforming community services quality framework: guidance for community services

Department of Health
The ambition to make ‘everywhere as good as the best’, delivering real improvements in quality, innovation and productivity is the over-arching goal of the Transforming Community Services (TCS) Programme.

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