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HIV and AIDS statistics: UK

Thursday, 25 October, 2012

HIV and AIDS statistics: UK. By Rachael Harker. SN/SG/2210. This note summarises recent statistics on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and also includes a POSTBOX on HIV Infection and Treatment. Section 1 describes how the numbers of those diagnosed with and those dying from HIV/AIDS in the UK have changed over time. The characteristics that put people most at risk of HIV are considered in Sections 2 and the manner and place in which individuals with HIV acquire their infection in examined in Section 3. The general prevalence of HIV, and levels of awareness of infection, are examined in Section 4. International statistics on HIV and AIDS are briefly considered in Section 5, while Section 6 looks at public knowledge and attitudes to the disease.
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EU bibliographies: Directive on cross-border health care

Wednesday, 19 September, 2012

This Note brings together documents relevant to the draft directive on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare (EC Draft 11307/2008).
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Homeopathy and the consolidation of UK medicines legislation

Tuesday, 18 September, 2012

In August 2012 UK medicines legislation (including for homeopathy) was consolidated through the Human Medical Regulations. The law was not changed.
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Mental Health (Discrimination) (No 2) Bill

Monday, 10 September, 2012

This briefing has been prepared for the Second Reading of the Mental Health (Discrimination) (No 2) Bill on 14 September 2012. The Bill is sponsored by Gavin Barwell MP, who was fourth in the 2012-13 ballot for Private Members’ Bills.
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Social Care (Local Sufficiency) and Identification of Carers Bill

Thursday, 06 September, 2012

This Private Members' Bill would impose a duty on local authorities to ensure there were sufficient social care services for carers and disabled people, and require health bodies, schools, and further and higher education insitutions to identify carers.
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Food Advertising on Television

Wednesday, 23 May, 2012

This note discusses the effects of the Ofcom ban on junk food advertising aimed at children and future policy options
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Use of non-geographic telephone numbers (e.g. 0845) by the NHS and GPs’ practices

Friday, 11 May, 2012

Under current rules, NHS bodies and GPs’ practices are not prohibited from using non-geographic phone numbers, such as 0845 numbers, although the Department of Health has issued guidance about their use.
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Health and Social Care Bill: summary of Lords Committee and Report stages

Tuesday, 27 March, 2012

This note provides a summary of the key amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill made during the House of Lords Committee and Report stages.
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Fluoridation

Monday, 05 March, 2012

This notes sets out the positions of various groups regarding the effects of fluoridation of drinking water. It also sets out the Government's position.
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Food labelling nutrition – voluntary schemes

Thursday, 05 January, 2012

This note covers the Food Standards Agency's voluntary system of nutritional labelling and the alternative system favoured by manufacturers
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Health and Social Care (Re-committed) Bill: the NHS Future Forum and the Committee Stage Report

Tuesday, 30 August, 2011

On 21 June 2011 the House agreed a motion re-committing certain clauses of the Health and Social Care Bill to the Public Bill Committee that had previously considered the Bill. The Committee met between 28 June and 14 July 2011 and agreed a number of Government amendments, introduced in response to the recommendations the ‘NHS Future Forum’. Key changes are intended to clarify the Secretary of State for Health’s overall responsibility for the NHS, to ensure good governance for the new groups that will be responsible for commissioning NHS-funded services, to strengthen duties to involve the public and health professionals in decision making, and to amend duties in relation to the role of competition and integration in the health service. The Bill is due to have its Report stage and Third Reading on 6 and 7 September 2011.
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Tax relief for private medical insurance

Monday, 18 July, 2011

In 1990 a new tax relief for private medical insurance, paid for those aged 60 and over, was introduced. In 1997 the then Labour Government abolished this relief on the grounds of cost, and the view that it had failed to encourage take-up. This note discusses the short life of this tax relief, and recent debate as to whether it should be reintroduced.
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HIV and Hepatitis C infection from contaminated blood and blood products

Wednesday, 13 July, 2011

This Note summarises the background and current areas of debate relating to an episode of HIV and Hepatitis C infection from contaminated blood and blood products during the 1970s and 1980s. This includes existing support for those affected, the recommendations of an independent inquiry on this matter (the Archer Inquiry), and ongoing debate relating to levels of support in comparison with other countries.
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Overview of new regulations to ban tobacco displays in shops and tobacco vending machines

Wednesday, 15 June, 2011
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Healthcare for veterans

Friday, 10 June, 2011

This note covers the current policies on healthcare services for ex-service personnel, including priority access to NHS services and the provision of dedicated mental health services for veterans. The note also provides a list of useful links and contacts.
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