Psychiatrists to get race retraining
Press Review 27 April 2004
Ministers have decided to send the 40,000 NHS psychiatrists and mental health nurses on a compulsory "cultural competence" course.
ChildLine
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NHS Confederation
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Report slams ministers over mental health patients
Press Review 15 April 2004
More than 50,000 people with long-term mental illness are forgotten by the NHS because they do not qualify for emergency psychiatric care, the charity Rethink warned yesterday.
Allergy bill hits £1bn
Press Review 15 April 2004
Treating allergies costs the NHS more than £1 billion a year, according to a study by researchers at Edinburgh university.
Labour MP Julia Drown sets out her views on how to tackle sexually transmitted infections
Topical Comment 15 April 2004
Alison Cox - Founder and chief executive of Cardiac Risk in the Young
Stakeholder Interview 26 March 2004
Alison Cox, founder and chief executive of Cardiac Risk in the Young talks to ePolitix.com about Dari Taylor's private members Cardiac Risk in the Young (Screening) Bill.
Government pledges zero heart disease deaths
Press Review 25 March 2004
Deaths from heart disease should be eradicated among under-65s within the next decade, the government claimed yesterday.
United Response: Mental Health
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United Response: Welcome
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Angela Robinson - President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
Stakeholder Interview 22 March 2004
Angela Robinson, president of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV talks to ePolitix.com about the sexual health issues facing Britain today.
Charity and industry combine for sunbed ban
Press Review 22 March 2004
Leading charity Cancer Research UK and the Sunbed Association have combined forces to call on the government for a ban on under-16s using sunbeds.
Forum Brief: Cardiac disease in young people
Policy Consultation 19 March 2004
Comment from the Department of Health, Cardiac Risk in the Young and BUPA.
Staff shortages hampering cancer care
Press Review 19 March 2004
The government's efforts to tackle cancer rates in England are being hampered by delays, staff shortages and a "postcode lottery" of care.
Cancer 'postcode lottery' revealed
News Article 19 March 2004
The government's efforts to tackle cancer rates in England are hampered by delays, staff shortages and a "postcode lottery" of care.
