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On the state of public health: Annual report of the Chief Medical Office 2009 (15th March 2010)
The Chief Medical Officer today published his annual report 2009. The report draws attention to major health challenges requiring immediate action and details progress made in key areas identified in previous annual reports. The annual report addresses the benefits of physical activity, preparation for cold weather to reduce health risks, treatment for rare diseases, grandparenting and health, and the link between climate change and health.
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National Quality Board annual report (8th February 2010)
The annual report sets out the many ways in which the Board has worked over the last year to support frontline staff to improve quality and to ensure the health system is aligned around quality.
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MENTAL HEALTH

The second year of the Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service: 2008/09 (23rd December 2009)
The Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy Service was created under the Mental Capacity Act 2005. It started in 2007 and this is the annual report of its second year in operation.
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY

The Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG): Sixth Annual Report 2008/09 (15th December 2009)
The Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG) monitors the implementation of the Government’s Teenage Pregnancy Strategy and advises ministers.

This is TPIAG’s sixth annual report. It contains recommendations to accelerate and progress the Teenage Pregnancy
Strategy which has two strands:

• To halve the number of under-18 conceptions by 2010 (and to establish a firm downward trend in the rate of under-16 conceptions)
• To increase the participation of young mothers aged 16-19 in education, employment and training to reduce the risk of long-term social exclusion, with a target of 60% participation by 2010.

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DH International annual report 2008-09 (3rd December 2009)
DH International is the specialist team supporting health initiatives overseas, working in partnership with all major stakeholders. DH International sits within the Department of Health's International Division, which has overall responsibility for the strategic direction of the Department's global and EU business.
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Cancer reform strategy: achieving local implementation - second annual report (1st December 2009)
In the second annual report of the Cancer Reform Strategy, Professor Mike Richards, the National Cancer Director, sets out the progress made in implementing the strategy since its publication in December 2007. As with the first annual report, this report covers a wide range of actions that were set out in the strategy, highlighting areas of particular progress and setting out a range of priorities for the future. This report also provides detailed information on meeting local progress, especially regarding standards which should now have been met.
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DRUGS

Injection Drug Use and Related Risk Behaviors (29th October 2009)
Combined 2006 to 2008 data, from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, indicate that an annual average of 425,000 persons aged 12 or older (0.17 percent) used a needle to inject heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, or other stimulants during the past year. 13.0 percent of past year injection drug users had used a needle that they knew or suspected someone else had used before them the last time they used a needle to inject drugs, and less than one third (29.0 percent) of them cleaned the needle with bleach prior to their last injection. More than one half (52.8 percent) of past year injection drug users purchased the last needle they used from a pharmacy, and 12.4 percent obtained the needle through a needle exchange program.
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Estimating drug harms: a risky business? (October 2009)
Taking a drug is not currently illegal in the UK, and while there have been attempts to make it so, the most reasoned arguments suggest this is not a particularly useful way of reducing harm.

In this edited transcript of the 2009 Eve Saville lecture Professor Nutt discusses drug regulation and control, drugs politics and suggests a way forward on the drugs debate.
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2009 Annual report: the state of the drugs problem in Europe (November 2009)
The report on the state of the drugs problem in Europe presents the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addictions (EMCDDA's) yearly overview of the drug phenomenon. This is an essential reference book for policymakers, specialists and practitioners in the drugs field or indeed anyone seeking the latest findings on drugs in Europe. Published every autumn, the report contains non-confidential data supported by an extensive range of figures.
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Working together to save lives: the Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programme's annual report, 2008/09 (8th October 2009)
The first annual report of the Organ Donation Taskforce Implementation Programme highlights the progress that has been made in the first year of the Implementation Programme, particularly the changes in structures and arrangements in the NHS with the move to a centrally managed, and enlarged, network of Donor Transplant Coordinators and the appointment of Clinical Leads for Organ Donation within hospital trusts.
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National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) Annual Report 2008-09 (October 2009)
This is the annual report of the NTA.
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HOUSING

Building Better Lives Case Studies (28th September 2009)
The case studies to the Better Lives report, published on 9th September 2009 by the Audit Commission, are now available to download
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Housing in England 2007-2008 (29th September 2009)
This is the last report published under the Survey of English Housing. The survey was merged with the English House Condition Survey into the English Housing Survey in 2008. Headline findings from the EHS will be published early 2010.
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Fifteen years of the Survey of English Housing: 1993-1994 to 2007-08 (29th September 2009)
A short report presenting some initial outputs from the SEH15 dataset, a new dataset which combines key household level data from each of the fifteen annual SEH datasets from 1993-94 to 2007-08. Its purpose is to bring the dataset to the attention of the research community and to highlight the type of analysis that can be undertaken.
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English House Condition Survey - 2007 Annual Report (29th September 2009)
The report presents detailed findings from the 2007 survey on the housing conditions and energy performance of the stock. The report included the following highlights:

• The energy efficiency of the housing stock has steadily improved from 42 SAP points in 1996 to 50 in 2007.
• In 2007, 41 per cent of homes were in the more efficient Energy Efficient Rating Bands A-D compared with only 19 per cent of homes in 1996. The proportion of homes in the least energy efficient Bands F and G nearly halved over this period (from 36 per cent to 19 per cent).
• Social sector homes were more energy efficient with a SAP rating of 58 compared with 48 for the private sector and the rate of energy efficiency improvement since 1996 has been greater in the social sector.

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National Poisons Information Service - Annual Report 2008/09 (10th September 2009)
In 2008/9, NPIS received more than 625,000 poisons-related telephone and online enquiries from health care professionals - up 19% from 2007/8. There were in excess of 570,000 online enquiries, up 20%. NPIS has encouraged the use of online enquiries as a first point of call for information while its telephone service is devoted to more complex cases. More than 57,000 telephone enquiries were answered in 2008/09, an increase of around 9%.
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CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

Swine flu pandemic advice (12th August 2009)
The Care Quality Commission have developed advice for care providers during the swine flu pandemic. They have also specific questions and answers.
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The safer management of controlled drugs - Annual Report 2008 (27th August 2009)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) today (Thursday) published a report detailing significant progress in implementing regulations introduced in response to the Shipman Inquiry, to monitor controlled drugs.

The Shipman Inquiry found that ineffective monitoring had allowed Dr Harold Shipman to obtain large quantities of diamorphine, which he used to kill at least 15 and possibly up to 200 patients.

The Controlled Drugs (Supervision of Management and Use) Regulations 2006 were introduced in January 2007. This is the second report on implementation of the regulations and covers progress made during 2008.
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Health Protection Agency - Annual Report and Accounts 2009 (7th August 2009)
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2009.

The report highlights HPA's involvement in a widening range of activities, by laying out the key aims of its main health protection priorities and providing detailed updates on achievements in these areas.
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The Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG) Annual Report 2007-2008 (3rd August 2009)
This is the sixth annual report of the Patient Information Advisory Group.
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National Clinical Audit Advisory Group annual report 2008-09 (28th July 2009)
The report summarises the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group's (NCAAG's) key achievements over the last year and outlines its forward plan for 2009/10. It is a succinct and straightforward report about the practical action NCAAG has taken to improve and reinvigorate clinical audit.
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National Oversight Group annual report 2008-09 (27th July 2009)
First annual report of the National Oversight Group for High Secure Services, which brings together significant stakeholders to provide oversight for the high secure services on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health.
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Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) Annual Report 2008-09 (28th July 2009)
The increasing availability and potential harm of 'legal highs' are one of the key priorities of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

The ACMD annual report also looks at the work of the council between April 2008 and March 2009. During this time the ACMD carried out many reviews and gave advice on classification of cannabis, MDMA (ecstasy), GBL, BZP and 24 various steroids.
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NICE Annual Report 2008/09 (July 2009)
The publication of the NICE 2008/09 Annual Report and annual accounts marks the Institute’s 10th anniversary year.

The report includes sections on NICE’s clinical guidelines, technology appraisals, interventional procedures and public health guidance. Each is illustrated with case studies highlighting the key issues tackled or how the guidance will be put into practice.
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CARE QUALITY COMMISSION

Annual Reports and Accounts 2008-09 (20th July 2009)
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) was formed following the merger of three previous health and social care commissions:

• The Commission for Social Care Inspection
• The Healthcare Commission
• The Mental Health Act Commission

These reports show the work of the organisations to improve health and social care over their final year in operation. Also published is the CQC six month report and accounts.
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End of life care strategy: first annual report (14th July 2009)
In July 2008 the Department of Health published the End of life care strategy - promoting high quality care for all adults at the end of life. This report sets out progress over the first year.
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The National Suicide Prevention Annual Report of progress in 2008 (10th July 2009)
The report highlights progress made on a number of specific initiatives during 2008 as well as outlining some key issues for 2009. The suicide rate continues to fall and is now the lowest rate on record. In addition, there has bee a further fall in the rate of suicide amongst young men under the age of 35. There has also been a further reduction in suicides amongst mental health in-patients and in prisons. We cannot afford to be complacent however. Previously periods of high unemployment or severe economic problems have had an adverse effect on the mental health of the population and have been associated with higher rates of suicide. PCTs and other front-line agencies are aware of the situation and continue to identify and support vulnerable individuals wha are at risk.
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Department of Health: Departmental Report 2009 (11th June 2009)
This report, the Department of Health’s nineteenth annual report, plays a key role in the Department’s accountability to Parliament for its management of the public money invested in health and social care.

It provides a comprehensive overview of spending and investment programmes and of the system reforms accompanying this investment. It focuses on the continuous improvements being delivered for people using health and social care services and on the Department’s progress against its Departmental Strategic Objectives (DSOs) and Public Service Agreements (PSAs).
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Department of Health: Departmental Board Annual Report 2008-09 (18th June 2009)
2008-09 annual report of the Departmental Board
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Expert Advisory Group on AIDS Annual Report 2008 (28th May 2009)
This report from the Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA) covers the period 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008.
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National Audit Office Annual Report 2009 (4th June 2009)
The work of the National Audit Office, together with the Committee of Public Accounts, has led to savings and other gains for the taxpayer of £768 million.
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The Year 2008/09 (20th May 2009)
The Year 2008/09 was launched on Wednesday 20 May 2009 at the annual NHS Chief Executives' Conference.

The report sets out key achievements over the year like reducing healthcare associated infections, achieving 18 weeks referral to treatment and extending GP opening hours. It also sets out plans for making quality the organising principle of the NHS, responding to the recommendations of the Next Stage Review, and reflects on the challenges facing the NHS going forward.
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The Faculty of Public Health Annual Report 2008 (May 2009)

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150 years of the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: On the state of public health 2008 (16th March 2009)
The Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2008 draws attention to major health challenges requiring immediate action, and details progress made in key areas identified in previous annual reports.

The report calls for a new focus on 'passive drinking', and that it should be taken seriously. It also draws attention to the quality of advice and support given to men diagnosed with prostate cancer. Additionally, it highlights the extent of chronic pain, antimicrobial resistance and the use of simulation to prepare doctors for the real world.
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NHS London Annual Report 2007/2008 (February 2009)
This report notes key achievements and statistics as well as giving the annual report and accounts for NHS London
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Opportunities for Volunteering scheme: 2008 annual report (4th February 2009)

For 26 years, the Opportunities for Volunteering Scheme has provided resources and expertise to support volunteering in health and social settings. In 2007/2008, over 27,800 volunteering opportunities were created in 314 projects in all parts of England.
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