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18/01/2011
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Inflation Inflates
The UK's inflation rate jumped in December with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rising to 3.7%, up from 3.3% in November. Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation - which includes mortgage interest payments - rose to 4.8% from 4.7%. The recent VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% could further fuel inflation, which has now remained above the 2% target by one percentage point or more for 13 months. Prices rose 1% between November and December - a record change between those two months.
Bradford Bodies Shock
Two bodies have been found after police were called to a house in Bradford. Officers have cordoned off the property in Hallfield Road in the Manningham area of the city after the discovery on Monday night. West Yorkshire Police said one of the bodies was that of a male but have not revealed the gender of the other body. A force spokesman said the deaths were being treated as suspicious and that a major inquiries team was investigating.
Baby Hurt In Fatal Crash
Three people have been killed in a crash on the M4 that has left two others injured, including a six-month-old baby. The single-car accident happened at 11pm on Monday on the westbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 32 and 33, northwest of Cardiff and South Wales Police said a man in his 50s and a woman in her 20s died at the scene. A man in his 20s was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in a critical condition and died soon after. A woman in her 50s and the baby both had less serious injuries and were admitted to hospital. The westbound carriageway was closed throughout the night but has now reopened. Police said the coroner has been informed and liaison officers are supporting the next-of-kin.
Travel Websites 'Should Cover Malaria'
Travel websites, especially those that offer ‘last minute’ deals, should inform people about the risks of malaria and the need to take preventative medication before travelling, say experts in infectious diseases today. Their warning, in a letter to this week’s BMJ, follows three recent cases of malaria in UK citizens returning from ‘winter sun’ holidays to the Gambia, where malaria is highly endemic. They all used the same travel website. Two had made a late booking and all failed to take preventative drugs (chemoprophylaxis). Within two weeks of returning to the UK, they all presented to hospital with severe malaria. Imported cases of malaria remain relatively common in the UK, say the doctors. The majority of malaria in the UK is contracted in West Africa (813 of 1,495 cases in 2009) and a significant proportion occurs in holidaymakers (57 in 2009). They said that this risk could potentially be reduced if travel websites include explicit messages regarding the need for medical advice and effective chemoprophylaxis prior to travelling to malaria endemic areas. "A warning about the need to allow sufficient time to organise these interventions may reduce the particular risk to individuals making late bookings,” they concluded.
David Willets Comments On High Fliers Report
Commenting on the High Fliers annual report on the graduate recruitment market in 2011, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts said: "Whilst we welcome signs of an improvement, the job market remains competitive for new graduates, as it does for everyone, and graduates need to work hard to maximise their chances of success. However, a degree remains a good investment in the long term. Internships are an important way of young people getting into the professional jobs market. This is a route being followed by increasing numbers of graduates and, as part of our programme to get Britain working, we continue to encourage employers to offer work experience and internships to help graduates develop valuable skills and boost their employment chances. Over 28,000 internships vacancies have been advertised by employers on the Graduate Talent Pool website since its launch in July 2009. The Graduate Talent Pool is a free website which brings together employers and graduates. There are currently nearly 1,855 internships available, over half of which are paid."
BMA Respond To Report On NHS Commissioning
Commenting on the Health Committee’s report on NHS Commissioning Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the British Medical Association’s GPs Committee, said: “Like the Health Committee the BMA believes that clinically-led commissioning has the potential to improve both the efficiency of the health service and the care provided to patients. However, we too are very concerned about the scale and pace of these reforms, coming as they do when the NHS also has to find up to £20 billion in efficiency savings. The speed of the reforms means Primary Care Trusts are imploding as staff leave in droves and those managers who are left are focussed on delivering the reforms rather than efficiency savings and the maintenance of patient care. ” He continued: “We would not want to see the potential benefits of clinically-led commissioning lost, and that is a risk at the moment because key components of the Heath and Social Care Bill will make effective collaboration between doctors very difficult. We agree that for commissioning to really benefit patients it must involve all clinicians. Yet the government’s insistence on ratcheting up competition will make it harder for them to work together. GPs must be confident that if they choose to work with consultants from the local hospital because it enables integrated pathways to be developed, rather than a private sector organisation, it won’t be viewed as anti-competitive and therefore subject to a legal challenge. He concluded: “GPs have been getting involved in commissioning at a local level and, even though the Bill hasn’t yet been published, we have encouraged this as we hope clinical involvement early on will help mitigate any potential damage.”
(BMcN/GK)
The UK's inflation rate jumped in December with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rising to 3.7%, up from 3.3% in November. Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation - which includes mortgage interest payments - rose to 4.8% from 4.7%. The recent VAT rise from 17.5% to 20% could further fuel inflation, which has now remained above the 2% target by one percentage point or more for 13 months. Prices rose 1% between November and December - a record change between those two months.
Bradford Bodies Shock
Two bodies have been found after police were called to a house in Bradford. Officers have cordoned off the property in Hallfield Road in the Manningham area of the city after the discovery on Monday night. West Yorkshire Police said one of the bodies was that of a male but have not revealed the gender of the other body. A force spokesman said the deaths were being treated as suspicious and that a major inquiries team was investigating.
Baby Hurt In Fatal Crash
Three people have been killed in a crash on the M4 that has left two others injured, including a six-month-old baby. The single-car accident happened at 11pm on Monday on the westbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 32 and 33, northwest of Cardiff and South Wales Police said a man in his 50s and a woman in her 20s died at the scene. A man in his 20s was taken to the University Hospital of Wales in a critical condition and died soon after. A woman in her 50s and the baby both had less serious injuries and were admitted to hospital. The westbound carriageway was closed throughout the night but has now reopened. Police said the coroner has been informed and liaison officers are supporting the next-of-kin.
Travel Websites 'Should Cover Malaria'
Travel websites, especially those that offer ‘last minute’ deals, should inform people about the risks of malaria and the need to take preventative medication before travelling, say experts in infectious diseases today. Their warning, in a letter to this week’s BMJ, follows three recent cases of malaria in UK citizens returning from ‘winter sun’ holidays to the Gambia, where malaria is highly endemic. They all used the same travel website. Two had made a late booking and all failed to take preventative drugs (chemoprophylaxis). Within two weeks of returning to the UK, they all presented to hospital with severe malaria. Imported cases of malaria remain relatively common in the UK, say the doctors. The majority of malaria in the UK is contracted in West Africa (813 of 1,495 cases in 2009) and a significant proportion occurs in holidaymakers (57 in 2009). They said that this risk could potentially be reduced if travel websites include explicit messages regarding the need for medical advice and effective chemoprophylaxis prior to travelling to malaria endemic areas. "A warning about the need to allow sufficient time to organise these interventions may reduce the particular risk to individuals making late bookings,” they concluded.
David Willets Comments On High Fliers Report
Commenting on the High Fliers annual report on the graduate recruitment market in 2011, Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts said: "Whilst we welcome signs of an improvement, the job market remains competitive for new graduates, as it does for everyone, and graduates need to work hard to maximise their chances of success. However, a degree remains a good investment in the long term. Internships are an important way of young people getting into the professional jobs market. This is a route being followed by increasing numbers of graduates and, as part of our programme to get Britain working, we continue to encourage employers to offer work experience and internships to help graduates develop valuable skills and boost their employment chances. Over 28,000 internships vacancies have been advertised by employers on the Graduate Talent Pool website since its launch in July 2009. The Graduate Talent Pool is a free website which brings together employers and graduates. There are currently nearly 1,855 internships available, over half of which are paid."
BMA Respond To Report On NHS Commissioning
Commenting on the Health Committee’s report on NHS Commissioning Dr Laurence Buckman, Chairman of the British Medical Association’s GPs Committee, said: “Like the Health Committee the BMA believes that clinically-led commissioning has the potential to improve both the efficiency of the health service and the care provided to patients. However, we too are very concerned about the scale and pace of these reforms, coming as they do when the NHS also has to find up to £20 billion in efficiency savings. The speed of the reforms means Primary Care Trusts are imploding as staff leave in droves and those managers who are left are focussed on delivering the reforms rather than efficiency savings and the maintenance of patient care. ” He continued: “We would not want to see the potential benefits of clinically-led commissioning lost, and that is a risk at the moment because key components of the Heath and Social Care Bill will make effective collaboration between doctors very difficult. We agree that for commissioning to really benefit patients it must involve all clinicians. Yet the government’s insistence on ratcheting up competition will make it harder for them to work together. GPs must be confident that if they choose to work with consultants from the local hospital because it enables integrated pathways to be developed, rather than a private sector organisation, it won’t be viewed as anti-competitive and therefore subject to a legal challenge. He concluded: “GPs have been getting involved in commissioning at a local level and, even though the Bill hasn’t yet been published, we have encouraged this as we hope clinical involvement early on will help mitigate any potential damage.”
(BMcN/GK)
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