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Chief Secretary’s Office publishes ‘Pandemic Flu Plan’ but advice remains ‘no need to worry’

The Government finally published, on Friday (24th July), ‘A Strategic Plan for Preparing, Coping with and Recovering from an Influenza Pandemic in the Isle of
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DHSS launches yet another ‘consultation’ but is the department already too ‘sick’ to save?

As Onchan MHK, Peter Karran told Manx Radio this morning (Tue 12th May) “…there is not a lack of money in the health services it is the way it is run” and added the consultation is, “an excuse for not addressing bad governance”....
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WHO ‘pandemic’ alert now at level 5 – but IOM Gov still at level 4 on its website

In essence WHO does not know how it will develop but suggests “the international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response.”...
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Natural or Not – Does it matter to you?

This is the question being posed at a free presentation tomorrow evening, Wednesday 29th April, at Ballakermeen Studio Theatre, starting at 7:30pm, hosted by Greeba ...
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Irish dioxin scare - is Manx meat any safer?

The recent announcement that pigs in Eire, and 21 beef cattle farms, have been fed on PCB contaminated feed, resulting in the withdrawal from stores ...
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Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB fears for ‘macho’ men’s health

The RPSGB has issued a press release highlighting the dangers of men’s macho attitude to health stating that it could account for 40,000 preventable deaths ...
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Another nick taken out of IOM’s umbilical cord to UK

The announcement, by DHSS Minister Eddie Teare MHK, that the UK is to cease treating IOM residents for free, if they are admitted to hospital ...
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Chlamydia treatment could be made available without prescription

A decision by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) toapprove the reclassification of Azithromycin, for the treatment of Chlamydia infection, has been claimed, ...
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DHSS marks 60th Anniversary with plaque unveiling at new Palatine Health Centre

The DHSS Minister, Eddie Teare MHK, accompanied by his Chief Executive, David Killip recently marked the 60th Anniversary of the commencement of the National Health ...
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Douglas DHSS road show meeting produces lively debate

The DHSS travelling road show arrived in Douglas yesterday evening (Thursday) and triggered a lively debate between DHSS Minister, Eddie Teare MHK, his accompanying team, ...
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