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22 Dec 09
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Swine flu - latest developments
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Swine flu delays 'tragic', MPs told
09 Feb 10
Delays in the Government’s distribution of swine flu vaccine early on in the campaign had a ‘tragic’ effect on uptake, a GP and Labour MP has warned.
Swine flu hotline to close next week
04 Feb 10
GPs are set to be handed responsibility for all swine flu queries after the Government announced that the National Pandemic Flu Service is to shut down next Thursday.
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Poor vaccination take up revealed as CMO declares swine flu outbreak 'virtually concluded'
22 Jan 10
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SHAs stamp on swine flu vaccination deals
11 Jan 10
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GPs missing uptake targets as first phase of swine flu vaccination draws to a close
05 Jan 10
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Two thirds of PCTs have struck swine flu deals
18 Dec 09
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GP leaders win key concessions over swine flu vaccination of under fives
16 Dec 09
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Fury as GPs accused of holding out for more money over swine flu vaccination
14 Dec 09
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Deaths support extension of swine flu vaccination to wider population, says NHS chief
11 Dec 09
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GPs split over rejection of swine flu child vaccination deal
10 Dec 09
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GPs will 'suspend normal services' if swine flu pandemic continues says BMA
09 Dec 09
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Patient survey deals GPs double pay blow
12 Jan 10
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GPC accuses NHS bosses of swine flu 'blackmail'
06 Jan 10
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Under fives swine flu vaccination a 'waste of resources', say most GPs
22 Dec 09
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NHS managers accused of bullying trusts to stop swine flu workload concessions
18 Dec 09
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Thousands more GPs sign up to swine flu child vaccination deals
16 Dec 09
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Darzi centres approached to vaccinate children against swine flu
11 Dec 09
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London GPs agree swine flu vaccination deal for children
11 Dec 09
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LMC leader urges London practices not to sign up to isolated swine flu vaccination deals
09 Dec 09
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Talks collapse over national swine flu vaccination programme for under-fives
09 Dec 09
Swine flu - practical resources
Swine flu advice poster for patients
09 Jun 09
In many areas of the country concern over swine vlu is prompting large numbers of patients to visit or call Gp surgeries unnecessarily. The helpful poster for your surgery, attached below, is designed to give clear information about who...
Swine flu: GPs' questions answered by the HPA
07 May 09
We asked you to send us the questions on swine flu you wanted the Health Protection Agency to answer. Here are the most popular- with the agency's responses.
UPDATED 26/06: Swine flu treatment algorithms and further guidance
26 Jun 09
Download the HPA's algorithms for management of swine flu. UPDATED 26/06: Latest algorithms for the management of returning travellers and suspected cases and updated standard practical advice for investigating people who may be infected.
Swine flu Google map
08 May 09
Check out our Google map of the confirmed swine flu cases reported to date plus local news stories on how the outbreak is being managed.
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Advice for investigating people with possible swine flu
01 May 09
The Health Protection Agency has issued the following guidance on investigating individuals with possible swine influenza infection. You can also print off a pdf version attached.
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Swine flu case definition
01 May 09
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Swine flu FAQs
27 Apr 09
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Swine flu: Joint BMA/RCGP guidance
27 Apr 09
Swine flu - comment
To jab or not to jab?
04 Feb 10
That is the question Pulse's locum blogger GPforhire is wrestling with, when it comes swine flu vaccination for his own children
Over by Christmas? No, this vaccination campaign looks set to run and run...
04 Dec 09
The swine flu vaccination campaign was always going to be a big ask – but now the full scale of the challenge is becoming clear
Early lessons from the swine flu pandemic
22 Jan 10
With the swine flu outbreak now officially all but over, PulseToday editor Steve Nowottny looks at what we’ve learnt from the pandemic that hardly was
A pig's ear of a vaccine campaign
30 Oct 09
Many GPs still have no idea when they will have supplies of swine flu vaccine, and there are real questions over whether the immunisation campaign will do its job
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Finding fault with the system
22 Oct 09
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Interview: Dr Dean Marshall, GPC negotiator
02 Oct 09
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GPs brush aside bonus slurs and brace for second swine flu wave
23 Sep 09
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Should Tamiflu be offered to all patients with swine flu symptoms?
19 Aug 09
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How not to manage an influenza outbreak? Let me count the ways.
07 Aug 09
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Swine flu spin obscures elusive truth
05 Aug 09
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Now even swine flu is GPs' fault
30 Jul 09
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Your swine flu is being held in a queue
20 Jul 09
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Papers should leave it to the experts
05 Oct 09
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Homeopaths and swine flu
01 Oct 09
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Swine flu: counting the cost
26 Aug 09
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Getting Tamiflu for my wife was easy. But should she take it?
12 Aug 09
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Back from holiday to swine flu, heartsinks and the Daily Mail
06 Aug 09
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Don’t waste the calm before the second swine flu wave
05 Aug 09
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Swine flu - box ticked
23 Jul 09
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Treading a fine line between efficiency and disaster
17 Jul 09
