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Statistical Bulletin: In-patients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, England - 1993-94 to 2003-04
Date Submitted 23.12.04
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Community Care Statistics 2003-04: Referrals, assessments and packages of care
- England national summary

Date Submitted 23.12.04
     

     
CG22 Anxiety: management of anxiety (panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, and generalised anxiety disorder) in adults in primary, secondary and community care
Date Submitted 23.12.04
     

     
Interagency co-operation to improve the wellbeing of children: children's trusts
Date Submitted 23.12.04
     

     
HIV and AIDS in African communities: A framework for better prevention and care
Date Submitted 22.12.04
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Heart Disease and South Asians: Delivering the National Service Framework for coronary heart disease
Date Submitted 22.12.04
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Department of Health Resource Accounts: 2003-04
Date Submitted 22.12.04
     

     
The National Service Framework for Mental Health: Five years on
Date Submitted 22.12.04
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Better Information, Better Choices, Better Health: Putting information at the centre of health
Date Submitted 22.12.04

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207Kb

     
Government Response to the Health Select Committee's Report on Obesity
Date Submitted 22.12.04

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224Kb

     
Health Survey for England 2003
Date Submitted 22.12.04

     

     
GC Forum: December 2004
Date Submitted 21.12.04

     

     
Need for improvement in long-term financial planning in the NHS
Date Submitted 20.12.04

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Safer Management of Controlled Drugs: The Government's response to the fourth report of the Shipman Inquiry
Date Submitted 20.12.04

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553Kb

     
Making the Best Use of the Pharmacy Workforce: A consultation paper
Date Submitted 20.12.04

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381Kb

     
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalopathy: National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services
Date Submitted 20.12.04

     

     
Department of Health: Autumn performance report 2004
Date Submitted 20.12.04

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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Grant Guidance 2005-06
Date Submitted 17.12.04

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211Kb

     
National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Supporting local delivery
Date Submitted 17.12.04

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Creating the Future: Modernising careers for salaried dentists in Primary Care
Date Submitted 17.12.04

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179Kb

     
Government Response to the Health Select Committee’s Report on Obesity
Date Submitted 17.12.04

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179Kb

     
Health Survey for England 2003 - trends
Date Submitted 17.12.04

     

     
Heart disease and South Asians: Delivering the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease
Date Submitted 17.12.04

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Speech by Alun Michael to the Health Protection Agency International Conference on Childhood Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Date Submitted 15.12.04

     

     
National service framework for children, young people and maternity services: Supporting local delivery
Date Submitted 15.12.04

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Efficiency News: November 2004
Date Submitted 13.12.04

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791Kb

     
The Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee Annual Report 2004
Date Submitted 13.12.04

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699Kb

     
The Health and Safety Executive/Local Authority Enforcement Liaison Committee Supplementary Report 2004: Health and safety offences and penalties in local authority enforced sectors
Date Submitted 13.12.04

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Reconfiguring the Department of Health's Arm's Length Bodies: National human resources framework
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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It's Your NHS: Developing a more personal service
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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159Kb

     
Better Regulation Task Force Report: Bridging the gap – Participation in social care regulation – Government response
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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96Kb

     
Chief Executive's Report to the NHS: December 2004
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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455Kb

     
NICE guideline - anxiety
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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206Kb

     
NICE guidance - depression
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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891Kb

     
Allocations for Personal Administration for Non Dispensing General Medical Services Doctors
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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86Kb

     
Heart Disease Choice at the Point of Referral by the Cardiologist
Date Submitted 9.12.04

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470Kb

     
Safer management of controlled drugs: The Government’s response to the Fourth report of the Shipman Inquiry
Date Submitted 9.12.04

   

     
Civil Contingencies Act 2004: A short guide
Date Submitted 8.12.04

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Pre-Budget Report 2004 Summary Opportunity for all: The strength to take the long-term decisions for Britain
Date Submitted 2.12.04

     

     
Health Development Today: December 2004 to January 2005
Date Submitted 1.12.04
     

     
Department of Health - Reforming NHS Dentistry: ensuring effective management of risks
Date Submitted 25.11.04
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Health and Safety/Local Authority Liaison Committee National Picture 2004: Health and safety in local authority enforced sectors
Date Submitted 25.11.04
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511Kb

     
Tackling Health Inequalities: The Spearhead Group of Local Authorities and Primary Care Trusts
Date Submitted 23.11.04
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300Kb

     
30 Years on and Looking Forward: The development and future of the health and safety system in Great Britain
Date Submitted 23.11.04
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214Kb

     
Guidelines for NHS Employers: Induction programmes for consultants and GPs recruited from abroad
Date Submitted 23.11.04
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60Kb

     
Health and Safety Statistics Highlights 2003-04
Date Submitted 19.11.04
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650Kb

     
Choosing Health: Booklet about plans for improving people's health - Easy read summary
Date Submitted 19.11.04
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Better health through partnership: a programme for action
Date Submitted 18.11.04
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525Kb

     
Unconscious Effects of Prototypes on Young People's Health and Social Behaviour
Date Submitted 17.11.04
     

     
Forty-seventh report: the management of suspensions of clinical staff in NHS hospitals and ambulance trusts in England
Date Submitted 16.11.04
     

     
A Guide to Defective Medicinal Products
Date Submitted 16.11.04
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196Kb

     
Wood Review
Date Submitted 16.11.04
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Delivering Housing Adaptations for Disabled People: A good practice guide

Date Submitted 9.11.04

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394Kb

     
Single Tier and County Councils: Reporting the outcomes of Comprehensive Performance Assessment - November 2004

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Recovery of NHS Hospital Treatment Costs and NHS Ambulance Service Costs in Cases Involving Personal Injury Compensation

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Language Testing for General Dental Practitioners Seeking Admission to Primary Care Trust Dental Lists

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Summary of the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2005

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2005: Letter

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Children in need and bloodborne viruses: HIV and hepatitis

Date Submitted 9.11.04

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NHS IM&T Baseline Investment Survey: Annual Return

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
The Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme 2005-10

Date Submitted 9.11.04

     

     
Commissioning service close to home: Note of clarification for commissioners and regulation and inspection authorities

Date Submitted 4.11.04

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Mental Health Supported Capital Expenditure (Revenue) 2004-05: Local authority social services letter (2004)22

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
The NHS Cancer Plan and the New NHS: Providing a patient-centred service

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
Department of Health: Efficiency technical note

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
Better Health in Old Age

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
Better Health in Old Age: Report from Professor Ian Philp

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
The Emergency Care Practitioner Report: Right skill, right time, right place

Date Submitted 3.11.04

     

     
Improving patient access - leaflet

Date Submitted 2.11.04

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GC Forum newsletter - October

Date Submitted 2.11.04
     

     
National designation and funding of the service for patients with lysosomal storage disorders

Date Submitted 29.10.04

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The new contractual framework for community pharmacy

Date Submitted 28.10.04

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441Kb

     
Transforming Emergency Care in England A report by Professor Sir George Alberti

Date Submitted 27.10.04

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601Kb

     
Tackling Domestic Violence: Exploring the health service contribution

Date Submitted 27.10.04

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559Kb

     
Tackling Domestic Violence: The role of health professionals

Date Submitted 27.10.04

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113Kb

     
Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration Review for 2005

Date Submitted 27.10.04

     

     
Welsh Language Awareness in Healthcare Provision in Wales

Date Submitted 25.10.04

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Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration

Date Submitted 22.10.04

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671Kb

     
Performance Action Teams Supporting improvement in social care services

Date Submitted 20.10.04

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272Kb

     
A Matron’s Charter: An Action Plan for Cleaner Hospitals

Date Submitted 20.10.04

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Managing risks with delivery partners

Date Submitted 20.10.04

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757Kb

     
The ‘Experimental’ NHS Cost Efficiency Growth Measure

Date Submitted 20.10.04

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143Kb

     
Resource and Cash Limit Adjustment in Respect of the Working Time Directive Strategic Change Fund

Date Submitted 15.10.04

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131Kb

     
Government Response to the House of Commons Health Committee Report on GP Out-of-Hours Services: Fifth report of session 2003-04

Date Submitted 15.10.04

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110Kb

     
Supporting People

Date Submitted 14.10.04

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112Kb

     
Accessibility Planning: An Introduction for the NHS

Date Submitted 14.10.04

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156Kb

     
Saving Lives, Valuing Donors – A Transplant Framework for England- One Year On

Date Submitted 12.10.04

     

     

Developing and Sustaining Services for People with Personality Disorder
Date Submitted 12.10.04

     

     

Stopping Tuberculosis in England: An action plan from the Chief Medical Officer
Date Submitted 12.10.04

     

     

TB Action Plan
Date Submitted 11.10.04

     

     

GP bulletin
Date Submitted 05.10.04

     

     

Moving from need to know to right to know
Date Submitted 01.10.04

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NHS LIFT: Enabling social regeneration
Date Submitted 01.10.04

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86Kb

     

Further Directions to Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts in England Concerning Arrangements for the Funding of Technology Appraisal Guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Date Submitted 01.10.04

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95Kb

     

Breastfeeding Leaflet: Foreign language versions
Date Submitted 01.10.04

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86Kb

     

Bottle Feeding Leaflet: Foreign language versions
Date Submitted 01.10.04

     

     

Access to Healthcare
Date Submitted 01.10.04

     

     

MHRA Annual Report and Accounts 2003/04: 'Continuity and change'
Date Submitted 30.09.04

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You Can Make a Difference: Improving primary care services for disabled people - Leaflet

Date Submitted 29.09.04

     

     

Fatalities Reported to the Health and Safety Executive and Local Authorities: 1 April 2004 to 30 June 2004
Date Submitted 29.09.04

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Audit Reporting of NHS Financial Performance: September 2004
Date Submitted 29.09.04

     

     

Contraception and Sexual Health, 2003
Date Submitted 29.09.04

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368Kb

     

Making Partnership Work for Patients, Carers and Service Users: A strategic agreement between the Department of Health, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector
Date Submitted 28.09.04

     

     

HIV and Infant Feeding: Guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS
Date Submitted 28.09.04

     

     

The Recovery of NHS Costs in all Cases Involving Personal Injury Compensation: A consultation on the draft regulations
Date Submitted 28.09.04

     

     

Dental Practitioners' Formulary/British National Formulary
Date Submitted 28.09.04

     

     

Mentoring for Doctors: Signposts to current practice for career grade doctors - Guidance from the Doctors' Forum
Date Submitted 28.09.04

     

     

Releasing the potential for the public’s health
Date Submitted 27.09.04

     

     

10 High Impact Changes for Service Improvement and Delivery
Date Submitted 24.09.04

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National Health Service Act 1977: Family Health Services Appeal Authority (Special Health Authority) and Primary Care Trust Directions 2004
Date Submitted 22.09.04

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117Kb

     

Open Letter to Psychiatrists on the Draft Mental Health Bill
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Open Letter to Social Workers on the Draft Mental Health Bill
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Open Letter to Psychologists on the Draft Mental Health Bill
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Open Letter to Nurses on the Draft Mental Health Bill
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Open Letter to Hospital Managers on the Draft Mental Health Bill
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Government Response to House of Commons Health Committee Report on Palliative Care: Fourth report of session 2003-04
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Early Days Yet: The Primary Care Cancer Lead Clinician initiative - Final report
Date Submitted 22.09.04

     

     

Making partnership work for patients, carers and service users: A strategic agreement between the Department of Health, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector
Date Submitted 21.09.04

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159Kb

     

'Early Days Yet’: the Primary Care Cancer Lead Clinician (PCCL) Initiative: Final Report
Date Submitted 20.09.04

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1.9Mb

     

You can make a difference - Improving primary care services for disabled people
Date Submitted 20.09.04

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256Kb

     

You can make a difference - Improving primary care services for disabled people - Good practice guide For Primary Care Service Providers
Date Submitted 20.09.04

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817Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Core Standards
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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1.3Mb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Executive Summary
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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507Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Disabled child
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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496Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS)
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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828Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Medicines
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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522Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Maternity
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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622Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: key issues for primary care
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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587Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Children's Version
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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435Kb

     

The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Young Persons’ Version: Getting it right for you
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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778Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Parent's easy read version
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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1.3Mb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Leaflet for parents
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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425Kb

     

The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: For parents
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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882Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, young people and maternity services: Asthma
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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211Kb

     

National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services: Autism
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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468Kb

     

Children's and maternity services information strategy
Date Submitted 16.09.04

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370Kb

     

Statistics from the Northern Ireland Needle and Syringe Exchange Scheme: 1 April 2003 – 31 March 2004
Date Submitted 14.09.04

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341Kb

     

The Paddington Health Campus Scheme Report of the Steering Group
Date Submitted 13.09.04

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46Kb

     

Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983: England 2004
Date Submitted 13.09.04

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385Kb

     

Committee of Inquiry: Independent investigation into how the NHS handled allegations about the conduct of Clifford Ayling
Date Submitted 13.09.04

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824Kb

     

NHS Oral Health Surveys 2004-05
Date Submitted 13.09.04

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105Kb

     

Management of Medicines
Date Submitted 07.09.04

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161Kb

     

Yardstick Day Surgery Benchmarking Tool: Version 1.0
Date Submitted 07.09.04

     

     

Code of Practice for NHS Employers Involved in the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals: Draft second edition
Date Submitted 07.09.04

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161Kb

     

Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services, and Alternative Provider Medical Services code of practice
Date Submitted 06.09.04

     

     

The Profile of Patients' Occupational Health in Primary Care
Date Submitted 06.09.04

     

     

The Confidentiality and Disclosure of Information: General Medical Services, Personal Medical Services and Alternative Provider Medical Services Directions 2004
Date Submitted 03.09.04

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86Kb

     

Council for the Regulation of Health Care Professionals Account 2002-2003
Date Submitted 01.09.04

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96Kb

     

Link-Age: Delivering services to our older people
Date Submitted 31.08.04

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182Kb

     

Education, Training and the Take-Up of Preventative Health Care
Date Submitted 31.08.04

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548Kb

     

Occupational Health Statistics Bulletin 2003-04
Date Submitted 31.08.04

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587Kb

     

Guardianship under the Mental Health Act 1983, England 2003-04
Date Submitted 27.08.04

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385Kb

     

Statistics on young people & drug misuse, England 2003
Date Submitted 27.08.04

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278Kb

     

Summary Abortion Statistics
Date Submitted 27.08.04

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533Kb

     

Buying green! A handbook on environmental public procurement
Date Submitted 26.08.04

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545Kb

     

Reconfiguring the Department of Health’s Arm’s Length Bodies
Date Submitted 26.08.04

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236Kb

     

Achieving timely ‘simple’ discharge from hospital
Date Submitted 26.08.04

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635Kb

     

Hypertension
Date Submitted 25.08.04

     

     

Choose and Book: Patient's choice of hospital and booked appointment
Date Submitted 25.08.04

     

     

Health and Safety Executive: Successful interventions with hard to reach groups
Date Submitted 25.08.04

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562Kb

     

Government Response to the Egan Review: Skills for sustainable communities
Date Submitted 24.08.04

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628Kb

     

Making it work brochure
Date Submitted 23.08.04

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635Kb

     

Value for Money Appraisal Guidance
Date Submitted 20.08.04

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365Kb

     

Implementation of the Government's Response to the Office of Fair Trading Report on the Control of Entry Regulations and Retail Pharmacy Services in the UK
Date Submitted 18.08.04

     

     

Proposals for the Introduction of the European Health Insurance Card
Date Submitted 17.08.04

     

     

Local improvement targets for the joint future agenda
Date Submitted 17.08.04

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Report of a Review of Department of Health Central Funding of Hospital Chaplaincy
Date Submitted 13.08.04

     

     

The New Vision for Adult Social Care: Responses to a survey conducted by the Social Care Institute for Excellence
Date Submitted 12.08.04

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A New Geography of Health: Transforming heart disease in the new genetics era
Date Submitted 12.08.04

     

     

National minimum standards for adult placement schemes
Date Submitted 11.08.04

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348Kb

     

National Protocol: Inter-authority arrangements for negotiating support for care leavers resident outside their responsible authority
Date Submitted 11.08.04

     

     

GPs with a Special Interest in Genetics
Date Submitted 11.08.04

     

     

National Evaluation of the Wraparound Care Pilot Project
Date Submitted 11.08.04

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93Kb

     

Health and Safety Commission's Business Plan: 2004-05
Date Submitted 11.08.04

     

     

Update on the Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunisation Programmes
Date Submitted 11.08.04

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55Kb

     

New Vaccinations for the Childhood Immunisation Programme
Date Submitted 11.08.04

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59Kb

     

Local Services Inspectorate Forum: Newsletter number 23 - July 2004
Date Submitted 11.08.04

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94Kb

     

New vaccinations for the childhood immunisation programme
Date Submitted 09.08.04

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59Kb

     

The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities – A Framework for the whole of the Mental Health Workforce
Date Submitted 06.08.04

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159Kb

     

Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide
Date Submitted 06.08.04

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221Kb

     

Mental Health Policy Implementation Guide – Developing Positive Practice to Support the Safe and Therapeutic Management of Aggression and Violence in Mental Health Inpatient Settings
Date Submitted 06.08.04

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115Kb

     

Department of Health: Welcome to the team 2004
Date Submitted 05.08.04

     

     
2004-05 and 2005-06 Primary Care Premises Funding
Date Submitted 05.08.04
     

     

Guidance for Partnerships and Primary Care Trusts: Commencement of primary care trusts as responsible authorities from 30 April 2004
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

CMO Update 39
Date Submitted 04.08.04

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339Kb

     

The Chief Nursing Officer’s review of the nursing, midwifery and health visiting contribution to vulnerable children and young people
Date Submitted 04.08.04

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2.2Mb

     

Hepatitis B Infected Health Care Workers and Oral Antiviral Therapy: Consultation on implementing expert advice about a limited relaxation of restrictions on Hepatitis B infected health care workers
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Tackling Mental Health Issues through Enterprise
Date Submitted 04.08.04

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879Kb

     

Heatwave: Plan for England - Protecting health and reducing harm from extreme heat and heatwaves
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Heatwave: A guide to looking after yourself and others during hot weather
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Caring for Patients During a Heatwave: Advice for health and social care professionals
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Caring for Patients During a Heatwave: Advice for residential and nursing home managers and staff
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Strengthening the General Dental Council: A paper for consultation
Date Submitted 04.08.04

     

     

Department Of Health And Home Office Guidance For Partnerships And Primary Care Trusts (PCTS) Commencement Of PCTS As Responsible Authorities From 30 April 2004

Date Submitted 03.08.04

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2.2Mb

     

2004/05 and 2005/06 Primary Care Premises Funding
Date Submitted 03.08.04

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98Kb