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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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The Vast Majority of NHS Trust Heads Are Expecting Additional Funding
Nov 22, 2013The vast majority (82 per cent) of NHS Trust heads are expecting additional funding from the government in order to become paperless, and over half (60 per cent) expect Whitehall to foot the entire bill. The Secretary of State for Health, ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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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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Issues with Sharing Confidential Patient Information Needs to Be Tackled
Apr 11, 2013The issues with sharing confidential patient information needs to be tackled before the NHS attempts to go paperless, according to Dr Jonathan Richardson, clinical director of informatics at the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation ...
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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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Food & Drink Federation Has Released a Report Praising Achievements on Health
Jan 23, 2013The Food & Drink Federation has released a report praising achievements by the industry to cut salt, fat and sugar from products, as its Responsibility Deal with government comes under renewed pressure. There has been an average 10% cut ...
Tags: Food industry, Food, Drink, Food producers
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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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Ofcom's Decision Means Everything Everywhere
Dec 26, 2012Ofcom today gave the go-ahead for Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum allocation for 4G mobile services in the UK. Ofcom's decision means Everything Everywhere – formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile – ...
Tags: Ofcom, 4G mobile services, mobile operator, digital television switchover
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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