By: EITHNE DONNELLAN, Health Correspondent 10 January 2011 FAMILY DOCTORS will be advised this week to save remaining limited stocks of seasonal flu vaccine for two patient groups – pregnant women and at-risk children. The advice, to be sent to all GPs by the Health Service Executive, will also say they should give leftover supplies […]
HPV testing to be included in the NHS Cervical Screening
By Tim Locke WebMD Health News 13th January 2011 – HPV testing is to be included in the NHS Cervical Screening Programme from April. The NHS hopes it means screening can be better targeted and the number of unnecessary procedures will be reduced. HPV testing will be used for ‘HPV triage’ of women with borderline […]
UK to boost vaccination rates by pumping babies with six vaccines at once
By: Jonathan Benson, Natural News 25 November 2010 Apparently drug companies are no longer satisfied with a tiered vaccine schedule, and would rather have babies receive their shots all at the same time in order to ensure full compliance. A recent announcement by the U.K. Department of Health insists that babies should receive a six-in-one […]
Toddlers will have jabs for SIX diseases at once
By: David Derbyshire 22 November 2010 Toddlers are to be inoculated against six diseases at once in a bid to boost vaccination rates, the Government revealed yesterday.The chief medical officer has told GPs to give the vaccines – including the MMR jab – during a single surgery visit once a baby has passed his or […]
NHS screening change 'would cut smears
By: Michelle Roberts, Health Reporter, BBC News 09 November 2010 Women would need far fewer smears if the NHS switched to a new way of screening for cervical cancer, a Cancer Research UK scientist has said. Good uptake of the HPV vaccine that can prevent the cancer means we can now start to move away […]
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