Children and young people’s health and wellbeing in changing times

Children and young people’s health and wellbeing in changing times: This report supports implementation of the health reforms to improve children and young people’s health and wellbeing. It makes recommendations and provides support and evidence to national government and bodies, and local organisations and professionals. NHS Confederation

Medical sciences news highlights of 2012

Medical sciences news highlights of 2012: What were the big health research breakthroughs of 2012? BBC News

Foreign doctors face stricter checks for work in Britain

Foreign doctors face stricter checks for work in Britain:
Foreign doctors face tougher checks before working in the UK following the revelation that three-quarters of medics struck off this year were trained abroad. Of the 39 doctors struck off in the year to September, 29 obtained their primary qualification from outside Britain, statistics from the General Medical Council showed. The Independent

See also: 

• Revealed: 3 in 4 of Britain's danger doctors are trained abroad The Daily Telegraph
• Majority of UK doctors struck off have been trained abroad The Guardian
• Training push for foreign doctors BBC News

Prescribe cheaper drugs, GPs told

Prescribe cheaper drugs, GPs told:
Doctors who unnecessarily prescribe expensive branded drugs to patients when cheaper alternatives are available are facing a crackdown as the NHS attempts to reduce its annual £8bn family medicine bill. The Independent

It's been a year of breast implants, 'gaydar' and bad eggs - NHS Choices

It's been a year of breast implants, 'gaydar' and bad eggs - NHS Choices:

NHS Choices

It's been a year of breast implants, 'gaydar' and bad eggs NHS Choices Go to NHS Choices homepage Your health, your choices. Information navigation. Search entire site. Enter a search term: Main navigation. Health A-Z. Hundreds of conditions explained; Arthritis information; Asthma information; Back pain information ...

More die over Christmas holidays and New Year

More die over Christmas holidays and New Year: More people die over the Christmas holidays with deaths at their highest on New Year's Day, it can be revealed, as the NHS festive shutdown is thought to be to blame. The Daily Telegraph

NHS staff 'should consider weight loss surgery to set a better example to patients'

NHS staff 'should consider weight loss surgery to set a better example to patients': Half of NHS staff are overweight or obese and should consider surgery in order to set a better example for patients, a report will say. The Daily Telegraph

Cosmetic surgery firms face ban on giving free advice

Cosmetic surgery firms face ban on giving free advice:
Cosmetic surgery companies face being banned from offering free medical consultations to prospective patients and may be required to obtain a two-stage written consent in a clampdown on the industry in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal. The Independent

HPA update on seasonal norovirus activity: 28 December 2012

HPA update on seasonal norovirus activity: 28 December 2012: Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) show there have been 3,538 laboratory confirmed cases of norovirus this season (from week 27 to week 50 2012), up from 3,046 cases last week. The latest figures are 83 percent higher than the number of cases reported at this point last year (the same increase as was reported last week), when there were 1,934 cases.