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Further health bill delay risks confusion for social workers

May 26, 2011   Carers, social workers

Further health bill delay risks confusion for social workers

Mithran Samuel

Thursday 26 May 2011 14:22

The government’s health legislation faces being further delayed until the autumn risking confusion for social workers set to re-register next year by putting back the abolition of the GSCC.

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said today that the Health and Social Care Bill would be sent back to a committee of MPs for a line-by-line examination in light of government plans to make substantial changes in response to heavy criticisms.

There is unlikely to be sufficient time for MPs to scrutinise the bill before the summer recess, meaning it would be pushed back to at least October, reports The Guardian.

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Please stop targeted violence and harassment against disabled people

May 26, 2011   Carers, disability, mental health

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Winter flu death toll topped 600

May 25, 2011   Carers, family, health

Winter flu death toll topped 600

By Nick Triggle Health Correspondent, BBC News

Swine flu cell culture
The elderly have some resistance to swine flu

The Flu Season

Last winter’s flu outbreak claimed 602 lives in the UK, with more than 70% of the deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds, Health Protection Agency figures show.

Flu normally hits older people, but last winter it acted differently as the main strain was swine flu, which the elderly have some resistance to.

The HPA figures also show just 50% of under-65s in at-risk groups in England and Wales were immunised against flu.

Officials said the vaccination uptake figures were “very concerning”.

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