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Babies, babies, babies

12:31, Thursday 07 April 2011

Babies, babies, babies.  That's what we've been thinking about at NHS local. We've put together a pack of resources on everything from conception through to pregnancy and becoming a new mum or dad.
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Pause, listen and engage? (What we found on the web about Andrew Lansley)

14:34, Tuesday 05 April 2011

We would guess there are many who have wanted to press the pause button when Andrew Lansley has been driving his Health and Social Care Bill to reform the NHS through Parliament.
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EQUIP joins NHS local

16:13, Monday 07 March 2011

Do you need some information on weaning in Romanian? Would it be handy to know when your nearest stop smoking service opens? This is the kind of niche information that will soon be available on NHS local thanks to the award-winning EQUIP data being integrated into the service.
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Breaking the silence - an NHS local blog on mental health

18:19, Thursday 10 February 2011

We are delighted to welcome journalist Linda Jones to the blogging team at NHS local with her award-winning posts on mental health. Linda set up the Breaking the Silence blog in May 2010 as a way of speaking out about mental illness.
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NHS local's free iPhone app finds your nearest GP, A&E, pharmacist, dentist...

17:26, Tuesday 25 January 2011

NHS local has created an iPhone app that can help you find your nearest A&E if you injury yourself on holiday or get to your nearest walk-in centre if your GP's surgery is closed.
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What evidence is there that blogging is a useful tool in healthcare?

19:05, Tuesday 18 January 2011

What evidence is there that blogging is a useful tool in healthcare? That was a question posed by some of our NHS local bloggers who came to a workshop in Birmingham earlier today. It is, of course, an entirely valid question.
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Why's it so difficult for GPs and pharmacists to order enough of the flu vaccine?

18:39, Thursday 13 January 2011

Is it being public-spirited or selfish for parents to try to get their children immunized against swine flu? That is question posed by Joanna Moorhead in the Guardian in response to Dr Clare Gerada, chair of the Royal College of GPs, who said flu jabs for the worried well should be banned.
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Find the health services nearest to you with our free new widget

14:01, Tuesday 11 January 2011

If your child injured himself while you were on holiday, what would be the fastest way of finding your nearest A&E? If you moved to a new town and wanted to sign up with a dentist, how would you find the ones closest to you? If your GP's surgery is closed, and you want to go your nearest walk-in centre, how would you know where it is?
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NHS local wishes you all a very happy and healthy new year

13:01, Friday 31 December 2010

The past year has been a big one for NHS local. We have gone from being nothing but a dream and a highly fought contract with the West Midlands Stragetic Health Authority to an up-and-running digital service packed with information and opportunities to connect with each other on health issues.
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What we learnt about the challenge of being an NHS blogger

13:20, Tuesday 16 November 2010

There are some who suppose that connecting with people online is a substitute for face to face contact. The truth is that the more we chat to people through tools like blogs and Twitter, the more we look forward to actually meeting the people we are getting to know remotely. Today we held a workshop for our NHS local bloggers, which was delightful because we got to share coffee and talk, in the flesh, with some of our talented team.
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