General News (Archive)

Army Reserve Centre undergoes £1.275m refurbishment – (Military support to the fight against Ebola comes to a close ~  MoD:  UK & Turkey to discuss working together to target ISIL leaders ~ British warship set to support French carrier group on ISIL mission ~ UK provides further support to Ukrainian Armed Forces ~ MoD:  Defence investment boost for Northern Powerhouse ~ MoD:  Portsmouth prepares for harbour dredge ~ MoD:   £1.3Bn contract awarded for latest attack submarine)

DCMS:  Nationwide vigils to remember The Somme

ScotGov:  Veterans Training Programme

NHS England:  New quick guides can help us through winter – (Tackling the threat to world health posed by antibiotic resistance ~ DH:  ESPAUR report reveals continued rise in antibiotic resistant infections ~ NHS England:  More than 400 pharmacists to be recruited to GP surgeries by next year ~ Stars & celebrities back NHS winter campaign ~ NHS England:  Inaction on social isolation will hit frontline NHS ~ The threat posed by antibiotic resistant bacteria is all too real ~ Helping the elderly can also help the NHS this winter ~ NHS England:  Antimicrobial resistance: a real threat to the future of healthcare  ~ NHS England & NICE ask for views on the future direction of the Cancer Drugs Fund ~  NHS managers must lead new drive to stamp out discrimination of health workers)

DH/PHE:  Reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning over winter – (DH:  $200m investment brings best of British healthcare to Dubai ~ DH/PHE:  Make your pledge today & join over 17,000 Antibiotic Guardians ~ DH:  Free HIV home sampling launched to increase HIV testing ~ Healthcare worker flu vaccination figures published ~ PHE:  Weather warnings issued for northern England ~ DH:  Inequalities in health & life expectancies persist)

Monitor:  Patients, staff & NHS organisations to have their say on first national whistleblowing policy – (Monitor:  Challenging environment for NHS providers)

NHS Confed:  NHS waiting lists are too long and not enough is being done reveals new poll ahead of winter – (NHS Confederation responds to HFMA briefing about NHS finances)

NICE: Kadcyla price still too high

ESRC:  Children from poorer backgrounds more likely to have mental health problems – (ESRC:  Patient knowledge is critical for solving hospital bed crisis)

ScotGov:  Early detection of lung cancer increases – (Support for NHS whistleblowers ~ ScotGov:  Tackling antibiotic resistance)

WAG:  New £4.7m EU-backed programme to support 4,000 people with health problems stay in work – (WAG:  Wales’ Health Minister says to junior doctors: “make your future part of our future here in Wales” ~ Welsh Government investment to make care home prescribing safer)

ONS:  Cancer Survival in England: adults diagnosed in 2009 to 2013, followed up to 2014

DfE:  Bullying in school plummets – (DfE:   Priority school building programme - Rugby star reopens school)

Environment Agency:  Thrill-seekers taking ‘storm selfies’ are risking lives – (EA:  Massive fines for illegal tipping offences)

Defra:  EU dairy support payments come early for UK farmers – (Force Crag mine water treatment scheme opens in Cumbria)

ScotGov:  Farm payments timetable – (ScotGov:  National Improvement Framework)

WAG:  Bullying is everyone’s business says Minister – (WAG:  Vice Chancellors committed to rapid improvement of initial teacher training)

Ofcom:  Digital Natives lack online nous

Planning Inspectorate:  Mynydd y Gwynt wind farm refused development consent

Natural England:  Confirmation of Bolton Fell & Walton Mosses Site of Special Scientific Interest – (NE:  New report highlights changing fortunes of grasshoppers, crickets and allied species

TUC:  Nearly a third of people are bullied at work – New guidance – (Tax credit cuts will hit poorest UK regions hardest, TUC research reveals)

Unicef:  Cold threatens some 700,000 children in eastern Ukraine this winter – (Unicef:  Stars come together to exhibit 20 years of life changing work with children ~ Unicef - Maternal deaths fell 44% since 1990 – UN ~ Unicef:  Tech companies & governments pledge to protect millions of children from sexual exploitation online ~ Unicef:  Children’s futures being compromised as violence escalates in Burundi)

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority:  Special delivery at Sellafield to aid clean-up

It’s all about prevention, says RoSPA chief executive

TfL:  Record number of rogue drivers prosecuted for TPH violations – (TfL's property development programme advances ~ TfL:  Mayor & TfL unveil ‘eye-catching’ design for Crossrail trains)

STFC High Performance Computing facility honoured as a Leader by the Global HPC community

National Archives:  Committee announces newly accredited archive services – (NA:  Year in Archives 2014-15 ~ NA:  Celebrating Shakespeare’s life & legacy in 2016)

Arts Council England:  Public investment in theatre 'supports £2.27bn of private sector activity'

Sodexo and WWF pilot Green & Lean meals – (WWF:  UK Government taken to court over failure to protect precious rivers & wetlands)

MMO - Under 10m sampling project

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