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CMO Update 15
A communication to all doctors from the Chief Medical Officer (August 1997)
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Last modified date:9 February 2007
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Gateway reference:1997
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Series number:CMO Update 15
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
- Influenza immunisation
- Prevention of malaria
- Leprosy Memorandum
- Post-exposure prophylaxis for occupational exposure to HIV in health care workers
- Statins and coronary heart disease
- 'Saventrine' tablets withdrawal
- New variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Primary mental health care toolkit
- Multi-centre research ethics committees
- Recommendations on general clinical training
- Advisory Group on Confidentiality
- Oilseed rape allergenicity and irritancy
- Legal rulings on surgical intervention in pregnancy
- Reporting cases of drug misuse to Regional Drug Misuse Databases
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