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《英国医生杂志》
NHS banned from using expensive phone lines: The Department of Health for England has announced a ban on NHS organisations using expensive national telephone numbers that cost patients more than a standard phone call. From April, only freephone numbers or those that offer patients a guaranteed low rate call, such as those starting with 0845 or 0844, will be allowed.
NICE issues guidance on pacemakers: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that dual chamber pacemakers should generally be used to treat symptomatic bradycardia in patients with sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block, or both. See www.nice.org.uk
African countries vaccinate against polio: A further attempt to eradicate poliomyelitis—by vaccinating more than 100 million children—is underway in 22 African countries. The move comes following a report of a child with the disease in Ethiopia, where no case had been reported in four years.
Nurse prescribing powers may be extended: England's Department of Health and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency will be consulting over the next three months on how best to expand the existing powers for nurses and pharmacists to prescribe drugs, freeing doctors to deal with the most serious conditions. See www.dh.gov.uk/consultations
Tobacco control framework comes into force: The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, to which 168 countries have signed up, came into force on 27 February. Signatories have three years to get strong health warnings on to tobacco packaging, and five years to establish comprehensive bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. See www.who.int/en/
NICE issues guidance on pacemakers: The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has recommended that dual chamber pacemakers should generally be used to treat symptomatic bradycardia in patients with sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular block, or both. See www.nice.org.uk
African countries vaccinate against polio: A further attempt to eradicate poliomyelitis—by vaccinating more than 100 million children—is underway in 22 African countries. The move comes following a report of a child with the disease in Ethiopia, where no case had been reported in four years.
Nurse prescribing powers may be extended: England's Department of Health and the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency will be consulting over the next three months on how best to expand the existing powers for nurses and pharmacists to prescribe drugs, freeing doctors to deal with the most serious conditions. See www.dh.gov.uk/consultations
Tobacco control framework comes into force: The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, to which 168 countries have signed up, came into force on 27 February. Signatories have three years to get strong health warnings on to tobacco packaging, and five years to establish comprehensive bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship. See www.who.int/en/