The Department of Health is publishing new guidance to help the NHS improve the care provided for premature and sick babies during their first days. The NHS has made great progress in caring for babies with the lowest infant mortality rates and NHS neonatal services now care for over 60,000 babies a year. Babies who are born prematurely, or have a low birth weight, require very spec
New Guide To Improve Neonatal Care, UK
Posted by jeni 18 days ago (http://www.medicalnewstoday.com)UK swine flu vaccine 'approved'
Posted by donny_blitz 59 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The European drugs regulator has given the go-ahead for one of the UK's swine flu vaccines.
Maternity professionals are doing more to ensure safe care is delivered reliably to mothers and babies, but there are still significant barriers impeding their progress, according to a new report published today by The King's Fund.
The Guardian examines British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's offer "to help some of the world's poorest countries to make healthcare free - starting with pregnant women and children - in a push to widen access to doctors across Africa and Asia.
Two leaflets from Britain's National Health Service have provoked controversy over government messages on sexuality among teenagers and the elderly, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, the leaflet for teens, titled "Pleasure," says that daily sex "keeps the doctor away.
Ninth UK pupil in China 'has flu'
Posted by donny_blitz 126 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
British officials say they are trying to confirm reports that a ninth British teenager is in hospital in Beijing with swine flu.
Brazil demands return of UK waste
Posted by donny_blitz 127 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
Brazilian officials demand that more than 1,400 tonnes of hazardous UK waste found in three ports be returned.
UK children quarantined in China
Posted by donny_blitz 128 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
More than 50 UK schoolchildren are quarantined in Beijing after four tested positive for swine flu, the BBC learns.
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