Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) welcomes the Government's call for more people across the country to sign up to the NHS Organ Donor Register. This call from Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, came in response to publication today of the Organ Donation Taskforce report recommending that an opt-out system for organ donation should not be introduced in the UK at this time.
Department for Children, Schools and Families (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
Children’s mental health services will be radically improved by a package of measures including a National Advisory Council and the roll-out of extra support for children in schools, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Health Secretary ... (2008/0260)
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
LONDON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- British Health Secretary Alan Johnson said Monday he supports an organ donor task force recommendation against an opt-out system for organ donation. The report by the Organ Donation Taskforce Group said an opt-out or 'presumed consent' system may not increase donation rates and might cause significant complications. Johnson announced an organ donation awareness campaign designed...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Alan Johnson calls for 25 million people on the organ donor register by 2013. An organ donation awareness campaign that will see nearly half the population recruited on the organ donor register was announced today by Health Secretary Alan Johnson.
Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Labour’s health Secretary, Alan Johnson, has launched a £4.5m campaign to raise awareness of organ donation and help with recruiting nearly half the population to the organ donor register. The Secretary of State also welcomed the report on this subject by the Organ Donations Taskforce Group which recommended against a 'presumed consent' system in the UK. The campaign aims to help raise donor rates...
LA Times (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Tony Schumacher and crew chief Alan Johnson have already clinched another season title. Johnson is starting his own team next year. Tony Schumacher is the Tiger Woods of drag racing, having recently clinched his fifth consecutive title, and sixth overall, in the sport's premier top-fuel class.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
The government will today be accused of double standards after new figures showed that senior civil servants are awarding themselves bumper pay rises while endorsing modest, below inflation, rises to staff on lower grades. Alan Johnson, the health secretary, will be called on to explain the discrepancy, which has seen the most senior NHS civil servant receiving a pay award of up to 13%, while nurses...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
The Health Professions Council (HPC) has made a formal recommendation to the Secretary of State for Health advising that Medical Herbalists, Acupuncturists and traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners should be regulated.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The secretary of state for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Malick Njie, has said that his department of state is doing everything to ensure that no child die of diabetes in this country.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
The Healthcare Commission confirmed that it would examine concerns about services at Birmingham Children's Hospital at the request of the Secretary of State for Health. Nigel Ellis, the Commission's Head of Investigations, said: "We cannot comment in detail at this stage, however we are taking the concerns raised very seriously.
The Sun (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
ALAN Johnson wants everybody to be aware of the Change4Life drive to beat obesity
The Sun (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
HEALTH Secretary Alan Johnson outlines the campaign to reduce obesity in kids in UK
Beebleblog - Fitness, Diet & Health (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
By the middle of this century 9 out of 10 British adults and two thirds of children will be overweight or obese, according to the Health Secretary, Alan Johnson, this will have a serious effect on the health of the nation and it will put a huge burden on the Health Service. Change4Life The Government is planning [...] This is just a summary of the article please visit www.beebleblog.com for the full...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
We all need to be more active and eat more healthily to halt the rising tide of obesity. If we do nothing, by 2050 90 per cent of today's children will be overweight and at risk from serious diseases - that's the message issued today by Health Secretary Alan Johnson as he launched the Change4Life coalition.
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
A massive effort is required to wake up parents to the risk of their children growing up obese, Health Secretary Alan Johnson warned as he announced plans for a nationwide "lifestyle revolution".
