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Long-term Health And Social Outcomes For Neuroblastoma Survivors
Survivors of the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are eight times more likely to have chronic health conditions, less likely to be married, and more likely to have lower incomes than their siblings, according to a study published online July 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Revealed: Priority Groups For Swine Flu Vaccination, UK
NHS staff will be vaccinated first in the Government"s swine flu vaccination campaign, followed by pregnant women, young children and adults with chronic illnesses, Pulse can exclusively reveal. Pulse has learned from a senior Government adviser that a "pecking order" has been drawn up for vaccination.
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Preventing Toxic Shock Syndrome And Other Severe Diseases
A researcher at The University of Western Ontario has received over $603,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to investigate how and why a group of bacterial toxins leads to the development of toxic shock syndrome and other serious diseases. John McCormick is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and a scientist with the Lawson Health Research Institute. His research is one of 18 projects at Western and Lawson to receive new CIHR operating grants totaling more than $9.55 million.
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NPA Offers Private PGD Opportunity To Members - Seasonal Flu Vaccination

The NPA has launched an exciting new service enabling members to offer seasonal flu vaccinations to customers under a private Patient Group Direction (PGD) that the NPA is facilitating for its members, in line with our objective to provide additional business opportunities. Currently regulators require registration with the Health Care Commission and the involvement of a medical agency before a private PGD service can be set up. Members can now set up new services under private PGD without having to undertake this bureaucratic burden themselves. For this flu vaccination service the NPA is working with an established flu vaccination provider, The Health Station. A single fee of ÷£370 plus VAT (÷£425.50) provides all the training and support necessary for a 2009/10 seasonal flu vaccination service. The fee covers: - A comprehensive 1 day training course, specially prepared for pharmacists, practising the delivery of vaccinations, the management of anaphylaxis and resuscitation, and the use of PGDs - An Operations Manual - PGDs, supporting material, instructions on how to set up and deliver the service. - Window posters and patient leaflets for your pharmacy promoting the service. - A Clinical Governance programme supporting you and your customers. - A pharmacist support telephone help line available 7 days a week, from 8am until 10pm. Medical colleagues will answer any questions that you may have about any customer or clinical issues - A patient telephone helpline for any customer who needs support, available 24/7 following their vaccination. Importantly, there is no commitment to purchase a particular brand of flu vaccine; members can any brand and volume of vaccines that suits them. Raj Nutan, NPA Head of Business Development, comments: "Members were telling us that the burden of regulation was frustrating them if they wished to supply prescription medicines via private patient group directions. So we have embarked on developing a series of PGD opportunities that will provide them with a means of clearing the regulatory hurdle effortlessly. A bonus for NPA members is that they won"t need additional insurance - NPA Insurance already covers the pharmacist for providing flu vaccinations." "The NHS offers free seasonal flu vaccinations for all individuals in the at-risk groups, including people over the age of 65. That amounts to about 15 million vaccinations a year. Of those, only about 70% take them up . there are still over 6 million people who miss their free vaccination. Together with the 28 million in the working population below the age of 65, the market is very broad."


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