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CMO Update 47
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Last modified date:13 May 2008
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CMO Update is a newsletter sent by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health to all doctors in England. It incorporates topics that might otherwise have required an individual letter or progress report, as well as information from the Chief Medical Officer that is of interest to practising doctors.
Contents
- Reinvigorating clinical audit
- Improving the quality of medical expert evidence
- Guidelines aid identification of community-associated MRSA
- Reforming the process of death certification
- Reducing antibiotic prescribing
- Increasing diagnosis of hepatitis C
- Priority treatment for war veterans
- Identifying barriers to organ donation
- Online checks to assess babies' health
- Safer patient care through technology
- Health trainers help tackle inequalities
- News in brief (electronic drug safety bulletin; improving care of transgender people; easier access to clinical knowledge; support for smoking cessation; online ethical guidance launched)
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