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CMO Update 32

  • Last modified date:
    9 February 2007
  • Gateway reference:
    2001
  • Series number:
    CMO Update 32

CMO's Update is a newsletter sent by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health to all doctors in England. It will incorporate some topics that might otherwise have required an individual letter, progress reports on earlier letters, and other information from the Department of Health that should be of interest to practising doctors.

Contents

  • Emergency preparedness
  • Chief Medical Officer's Annual Report 2001
  • Flexible Careers Scheme - Improving Working Lives
  • Report suggests some health services do not address the needs of young men
  • Possible exposure to CJD through medical procedures: Consultation launched
  • The Renal National Service Framework - contributions invited
  • National Guidance on the Safe Administration of Intrathecal Chemotherapy
  • Free nursing care - new guidance
  • Consultation on NHS screening standards for infectious diseases in pregnancy
  • New information leaflets for the NHS Breast and Cervical Screening programmes
  • Health information for overseas travel
  • Leaflets for patients on MMR vaccine
  • Conference to be held on physical activity and the national service frameworks
  • Making the best use of IT in healthcare: An Information Strategy for CHD
  • Air travel related Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)

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