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Selected daily news [http://www.doctors.net.uk/News/ DNUK]

UK momentary [http://news.google.co.uk/?ned=uk&topic=m Google Health]

BMA news [http://www.bma.org.uk/ap.nsf/Content/Hubnewsviewsandevents BMA]

Government [http://www.dh.gov.uk/NewsHome/fs/en DoH News]

Medical News [http://my.onexamination.com/Community/NewsPopular.aspx O/E]

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== 2010 ==
=== July ===
The UK Government announced a further and more extensive than expected redesign of [[NHS]] structures in its first health [http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_117353 white paper] 
=== March ===
Major USA [[Comparative healthcare|healthcare]] reform is enabled by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its amendment the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 of 30th March.

There is more [[tuberculosis]] in Britain than there was for a while.  Much of the increase is from migration.  In Devon people are no longer routinely immunised against Tb, although badgers are to be.

The UK Health Protection Agency says London and the West Midlands continue to have the highest incidence.
HPA shows 9,153 cases of TB reported in the UK last year, an increase of some 5.5 per cent on 2008, when 8,679 cases were reported.  Of these cases 3,476 were in London and 1,035 in the West Midlands region. 

The World Health Organisation warns about drug-resistant TB. In some countries this affects as many as 25 per cent of patients.

===February===
*Marmot review on [[health inequalities]] released
*Another [[:Category:Anti-obesity drugs|obesity drug]] bites the dust

===January===
*The UK government announces £20M funding for care of the Thalidomiders (the term preferred for themselves by the people affected by the [[Thalidomide]] disaster which led to better surveillance of drugs and adverse drug reactions.

*The NHS looks set to be a political football in the coming British election.  This is probably the thing least needed for healthcare.

More ... [[2010]]

== 2009 ==
===US [[healthcare reform]]===
As of Christmas 2009 it appeared that a more equitable system with mechanisms for cost containment would appear in the [[USA]] early in [[2010]].

more ... [[2009]], [[2010]]
== The Year ==
[[2010]], [[2009|Last year]]
[[Category:Society]]

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