CMO Update

November 26, 2007 at 11:51 am | In Prescribing Extra - Other | Print Print | No Comments

The Department of Health has published the winter issue of the Chief Medical Officer’s (CMO) Update (PDF).

This issue covers many topics including:

  • A New Vision for the NHS – discussion of the report into the NHS compiled by Lord Darzi
  • Alcohol related harm – summary of a recent public health report into alcohol consumption and harm
  • Tackling TB – sign post to a commissioning framework for specialist tuberculosis centres and to raise awareness of TB among the public and healthcare professionals
  • Hand hygiene – announcing the extension of the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) campaign to improve hand hygiene to combat healthcare-associated infection
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning – raising awareness among healthcare professionals and sign post information compiled by the Health Protection Agency

Action: Clinicians will find some useful content in this issue of the CMO Update. Readers can opt to be notified by e-mail when future issues are published.

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