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£20m health data project in the north

A multi-million-pound data project to improve health care across the north of England has been unveiled, giving academics new access
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‘Significant problems’ with data access in public health

Public health services have been denied access to health data vital to doing their job, a report from the Commons
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Newborn screening tech covers England

An IT system to keep track of newborn babies screened for serious genetic conditions has expanded to cover the entirety
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‘Longer Lives’ launched

Public Health England has launched a new website showing great variation in early death rates across the country.
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Cards could link exercise and benefits

Councils could use smartcards to link prescribed exercise packages to benefits, a think-tank report on the role of local authorities
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DH sets out public health data tasks

The Department of Health has set out the tasks local authorities need to address to meet their new obligations on
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Handful of CSSs to host data centres

All commissioning support services have the opportunity to become one of eight to ten new data management integration centres being
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Scots docs: life shouldn’t begin at 40

A scheme to invite all adults over the age of 40 to complete a health check online or over the
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DH to stay with new public health arm

Health secretary Andrew Lansley has quietly dropped his pre-election pledge to rename the Department of Health the Department of Public
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DH launches World Cup fitness app

The Department of Health has launched an online World Cup fitness tool to get football fanatics off the sofa and
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