At its meeting on 10 May 2012 the Council reviewed the responses to its recent consultation on the most effective way of assuring the fitness to practise of students across all its professions, including the registration of social work students in England.

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The Department of Healths Transition Risk Register from November 2010, which was a statement of potential risks of NHS changes, will not be published, following Cabinet agreement and a final decision made by the Secretary of State for Health.

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Hospitals are owed as much as 40m GBP in outstanding fees for the treatment of foreign nationals, a Pulse investigation reveals.

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DOE Guide to Help Hospitals Achieve 50% Energy Savings Environmental Leader LED surgery lights, HVAC systems and improved facility design, among other technologies, can cut large hospitals' energy costs in half, according to a Department of Energy Guide. The Advanced Energy Design Guide for Large Hospitals, the fourth and …

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As the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) launches its second anti-counterfeiting strategy, the UK medicines regulator reveals it has seized more than £25 million of counterfeit and stolen medicines in the last five years. This has contributed to a marked reduction in known incidents of counterfeit medical products entering the regulated UK supply chain.

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A scientist who has found a potential new target to treat fungal infections responsible for a growing number of health problems in people with low immune system from thrush to blood infections and for many diseases in crops and animals has been awarded a prestigious grant of nearly GBP 400,000 to try and discover how to fight it.

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Scientists are investigating if a burger can be made healthier by adding beetroot to its ingredients.

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We have three slots available and are seeking contact from clinical managers and perioperative health professionals who would be willing to speak at the above planned event. Although it is envisaged the primary target audience will be health professionals, associated managers and workforce planners we are keen to hear from all who have a working and managerial interest in this area.

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Up to 100,000 members of Unite, working for the NHS will be staging protests and industrial action on Thursday, 10 May over attacks to their pensions which could see them working until they are 68.

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