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The UK Government Plans to Make Changes in The Labeling of Medicines Issued Under The NHS
Jul 3, 2015The UK Government plans to make changes in the labeling of medicines issued under the National Health Service (NHS), to let the patients realize that the cost of the medicines and discourage wastage. The new labels will include the ...
Tags: medicines labeling, Packaging
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Tesco Has Committed to Cut The Sugar Content Across All Its Soft Drinks Brands
May 20, 2015British grocer Tesco has committed to cut the sugar content across all its soft drinks brands by 5% year-on-year basis. Tesco is the biggest seller of soft drinks in the UK and controls 30% market. The firm says the move comes in response ...
Tags: Tesco, Soft Drink, Sugar
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UK Smoking Rate Reduced to Lowest Ever Level Since Recording Commenced in The 1940s
Dec 16, 2014UK smoking rate has been reduced to its lowest ever level since the recording commenced in the 1940s. Official figures are suggesting that the smoking prevalence among older than 18 years old users decreased from 19.8% back in 2012 to 18.7% ...
Tags: Smoking Rate, Consumer Electronics
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The Government Announced It Would Press Ahead with Legislation for Plain Tobacco Packaging
Apr 30, 2014According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, Cuba claimed that the law would be "anti-capitalist" and would threaten free trade. The Communist country added that plain packaging would lead to an increase in counterfeit cigarettes, leading ...
Tags: economy, cigarettes, Agriculture
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NHS Will Invest £1bn in Technology Over The Next Three Years in a Bid
Sep 5, 2013The government and NHS will invest £1bn in technology over the next three years in a bid to improve patient care and ease pressure on A&E departments, health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced today. The move is part of ongoing efforts ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Ministers Were Slammed for Putting on Hold a Plan to Impose Plain Packs in England
Jul 25, 2013The research comes from Australia, which was the first country to introduce plain packaging. Australia formally introduced plain brown packaging, accompanies by graphic health warnings taking up three-quarters of the front of the pack, for ...
Tags: Plain Packs, Cigarettes
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt Said That a Decision on Plain Packaging Had Been Postponed
Jul 17, 2013Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Friday (12 July) that a decision on plain packaging had been postponed in order to assess how a similar scheme was operating in Australia. 'Protect jobs' Former managing director of Weidenhammer UK ...
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Tobacco Companies Have Stated That Plain Packs Could Easily Be Copied
Mar 27, 2013Tobacco companies have stated that plain packs could easily be copied, but a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said security features could still be used on standard packs. The group said that public ...
Tags: tobacco packs, packs, packing
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Ross Anderson Has Criticised The Government's Latest Plans to Make NHS Medical Records
Jan 17, 2013Security guru Professor Ross Anderson has criticised the government's latest plans to make NHS medical records all-electronic, shared not just throughout the NHS, but with care homes and social services, too. Under plans unveiled ...
Tags: NHS medical, social service, medical records, Data-Sharing
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NHS Cannot Be The Last Man Standing as The Rest of The Economy Embraces The Revolution
Jan 17, 2013Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has declared that "the NHS cannot be the last man standing as the rest of the economy embraces the technology revolution". Expert predicts government NHS data-sharing plans spell end for patient privacy NHS ...
Tags: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, technology revolution, healthcare
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UCLA's New Study Shous Partners Play a Key Role in Clinical Trials for Alzheimer's Disease
Dec 25, 2012A new study by UCLA has discovered that study partners play a key role in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease. These people provide patients with support while updating researchers about progress, with the new research finding how a ...
Tags: Instruments, Meters, disease trials, UCLA
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Government Provids GBP 100m in Technology for Nurses and Midwives in a Move Designed
Dec 21, 2012The government is providing GBP 100m in technology for nurses and midwives in a move designed to free up time to spend with patients. Organisations will be issued guidelines on how to make bids for the funding, which could include ...
Tags: digital pens, handheld mobile devices, healthcare, technology
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Some 97% of GPS in The UK Claim to Use Electronic Medical Records
Dec 21, 2012Some 97% of GPs in the UK claim to use electronic medical records, according to the 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy survey. The survey of nearly 8,500 primary care doctors across the world found that the UK came top in its ...
Tags: medical records, 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy
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The Department of Health Has Reiterated Its Commitment to Get All Patient Records Online
Nov 14, 2012The Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to get all patient records online by 2015, in its first mandate between the government and the NHS Commissioning Board. The document also states that electronic health records must be ...
Tags: patient records, NHS Commissioning Board, electronic health records