<?xml version="1.0" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Public Health Wales: Latest News</title><link>http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk</link><description>Latest News</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Copyright NHS Wales 2013</copyright><webMaster>webteam@wales.nhs.uk</webMaster><docs>http://www.infoworld.com/rss/rss_info.html</docs><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:56:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title>Child health scheme celebrates first birthday</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales celebrated the &amp;lsquo;first birthday&amp;rsquo; of a healthy schools initiative in the Vale of Glamorgan on 22 May, with an evening to say thank you to participating nurseries, playgroups and childminders.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27383</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:42:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>US Mental Health 'Bible' DSM-5 Updated</title><description>&lt;div&gt;An update to one of the most important manuals in mental health &amp;ndash; known as the bible of psychiatry &amp;ndash; has been unveiled.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27373</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:50:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Measles vaccinations pass 60,000 as school vaccinations and drop-ins enter final week</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Figures from Public Health Wales show that more than 60,000 people have been vaccinated with MMR in Wales since the beginning of March.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27372</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:49:49 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Influenza activity in Wales: week 20 2013</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The weekly clinical consultation rate for influenza in Wales for week&amp;nbsp;20 2013 is&amp;nbsp;3.6 consultations per 100,000 population. This is below the threshold for normal seasonal activity&amp;nbsp;but has increased&amp;nbsp;compared to the consultation rate for the previous week (2.5 per 100,000).&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27369</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 09:50:18 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Public Health Wales surveys parents on measles vaccination concerns</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales has published the results of a survey of parents in the Swansea area that aimed to find out why they had declined the MMR vaccination for their children.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27353</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:16 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>The Health Foundation launches new online patient safety resource centre</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Staying on top of relevant patient safety developments is essential for healthcare staff. The Health Foundation&amp;#39;s new patient safety resource centre, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.patientsafetynow.org.uk&quot;&gt;www.patientsafetynow.org.uk&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;pulls together existing evidence and new resources to help deliver safe and reliable care.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27351</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 15:20:38 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Online seminars will help doctors to champion change in NHS Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&amp;ldquo;It&amp;rsquo;s hard to change a culture that involves doctors without doctors being involved in change,&amp;rdquo; says world-leading expert, &lt;strong&gt;Dr Jack Silversin&lt;/strong&gt;, who is presenting &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/dcc&quot;&gt;three online seminars &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;hosted by 1000 Lives Plus this summer.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27333</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:24:11 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Measles outbreak cases rise again as school vaccinations enter final week</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Young people and their parents are being urged to take advantage of the final week of school MMR vaccination sessions as cases in the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area rise again.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27327</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:02:43 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Sense and Public Health Wales warn of potential dangers of a rubella outbreak</title><description>&lt;div&gt;National deafblind charity Sense and Public Health Wales have today warned of the potential dangers of a rubella outbreak in Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27266</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:59:40 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>MMR vaccination given to more than 50,000 in Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Efforts to offer MMR vaccination throughout Wales in response to the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area have resulted in more than 50,000 people being vaccinated in the last two months.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27255</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 12:47:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Dementia Diagnosis Rates: 'Shockingly Low'</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The NHS in England has been told to push for a rapid rise in dementia diagnosis rates, so that by 2015, two out of three cases are identified.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27253</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:41 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>People would rather do housework and even go to a Justin Bieber concert than do physical activity</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/publications/awareness-week-2013-report/&quot;&gt;New report from the Mental Health Foundation&lt;/a&gt; highlights how physical activity is beneficial for people&amp;rsquo;s mental health and wellbeing.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27251</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:09:05 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Public Health Development Directorate Director Posts announced</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Following a round of interviews, we are pleased to announce that Dr Pat Riordan has been appointed as the Director of the Health and Healthcare Improvement division, and Professor Mark Bellis OBE has been appointed as the Director of the Policy, Research and Development division.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27244</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 17:10:48 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>New case study highlights importance of being open after serious incidents</title><description>&lt;div&gt;&amp;lsquo;Being Open Following a Serious Clinical Incident&amp;rsquo; is a new publication that looks at how a serious clinical incident was handled in a Welsh health board.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27241</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:31:38 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Urdd Eisteddfod visitors urged to receive MMR vaccination</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is encouraging young people to get vaccinated before they go to the Urdd Eisteddfod.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27240</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Vaccination uptake still not high enough to eliminate measles in Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;As cases in the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area show another increase, Public Health Wales is warning that MMR vaccine uptake remains too low to eliminate measles in Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27207</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 13:21:12 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Bicycle highways help save healthcare costs in Northern Europe</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Bicycle highways, a new transport experiment, are spreading fast across the European Union.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27170</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:55:04 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.planethealthcymru.org/">Planet Health Cymru</source></item><item><title>Further measles outbreaks feared as cases continue to increase</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is warning of its concerns that outbreaks of measles may start to be seen outside of the Swansea area as cases continue to be reported across Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27168</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 13:00:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Play England Launches Fresh Air Campaign</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Fresh Air campaign, supported by Play England, aims to increase the time children throughout the UK spend playing outside through highlighting the issue.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27117</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:13:15 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Vaccination uptake still not high enough across Wales as measles outbreak continues to grow</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is warning that, as cases of measles continue to be reported in the Swansea area and across Wales, not enough children are being vaccinated to prevent further outbreaks.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27109</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 12:36:02 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Towards Children&apos;s Well-Being in Europe: Explainer on Child Poverty in the EU</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Children in Wales, as part of a Task Force through a Eurochild and European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN) partnership, have contributed to the development of an Explainer on Child Poverty in the EU.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27105</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 11:37:20 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications reports</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has published reports on rates of laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications of communicable diseases in Wales for the month of&amp;nbsp;April 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27100</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:24:11 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Deeper understanding of parents' concerns key to combating measles outbreak</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Parents in the Swansea area who haven&amp;rsquo;t provided consent for their children to receive the MMR vaccination have been contacted this week.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27059</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:03:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Call for Abstracts - 13th International HIA Conference, Geneva</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;From local to global &amp;ndash; Health Impact Assessment to face the new challenges.&amp;nbsp; Call for abstracts: Deadline for submission: 31st May 2013.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27049</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 11:05:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk">Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU)</source></item><item><title>Hardest hit age group urged to receive MMR as measles outbreak continues to grow</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales continues to urge MMR vaccination for children and young people aged between 10 and 18 as the measles outbreak centred on the Swansea area continues to grow.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27029</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 12:50:32 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Visit your pharmacy in May to lower your risk of stroke</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;New Health and Social Care Minister, Mark Drakeford, will launch a Wales-wide national community pharmacy public health campaign this week (2 May)&amp;nbsp;to help people lower their risk of stroke.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27023</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 09:40:40 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>First Minister confirmed as registration opens for third Welsh Public Health Conference</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;First Minister for Wales Carwyn Jones and Professor Sir Harry Burns have been announced as keynote speakers at the third Welsh Public Health Conference.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27021</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:30:33 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>MMR vaccine proves 99 per cent effective during outbreak</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Emerging data from the measles outbreak centred around the Swansea area is showing that two doses of the MMR protects in around 99 of 100 cases.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/27010</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:18:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Launch of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening Programme</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Men aged 65 in Wales will be invited to take part in a new screening programme launched today (May 1, 2013) by Public Health Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26994</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:12:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Importance of vaccines discussed at 10th Welsh Immunisation Conference</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Over&amp;nbsp;130 delegates from across Wales&amp;nbsp;met to discuss the latest developments in immunisation programmes across the UK at the tenth Welsh Immunisation conference in Cardiff on Tuesday 30 April 2013.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26993</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 10:03:57 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Four thousand vaccinated in measles outbreak area as cases pass 1,000</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Around 4,000 children and young people aged between 10 and 18 have received the MMR vaccine in the Swansea area in the past month &amp;ndash; but measles cases continue to rise and have now reached 1,011.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26978</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:26 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>GP surveillance of infections in Wales report</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Weekly newsletter which includes clinical consultations rates of 13 diseases, based on returns from 44 sentinel practices in Wales, and a topical news article. This week - World Malaria Day&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26941</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:18:25 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Young people urged to get vaccinated to protect their health before their exams</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is urging young people living in the outbreak area to get the MMR vaccination before their exams begin as cases reach 942.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26910</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:13:30 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Thousands take up MMR vaccine as outbreak hits 886</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is thanking parents who have arranged MMR vaccination for their children in response to the measles outbreak centred on Swansea &amp;ndash; but warns there is an urgent need for more children to be vaccinated as cases hit 886.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26881</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:04:20 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Presentations published from physical activity, nutrition and diabetes research seminar</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The Physical Activity and Nutrition Network Wales has published presentations from their recently organised seminar on physical activity, nutrition and diabetes.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26856</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:45:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Updated statement on a death in a case of measles</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Statement by Dr Marion Lyons, Director of Health Protection, Public Health Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26853</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:34:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Statement on possible death from measles</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Statement by Dr Marion Lyons, Director of Health Protection, Public Health Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26847</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:58:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Dementia Carers National Survey</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Carers Trust is currently undertaking research which will help us understand more about the experiences of carers of people with dementia, the challenges they face and the support and advice they may find helpful at key points.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26842</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:51:20 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Risk to older children highlighted as measles outbreak passes 800 cases</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Parents of children aged between 10 and 18 years are being reminded of the need to arrange MMR vaccination urgently as cases in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area have hit 808.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26833</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:00:47 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Agenda and papers published for twenty fourth Board meeting</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The agenda and papers have been published for the twenty fourth meeting of the Public Health Wales Board.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26806</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:58:04 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Parents urged to act quickly as measles outbreak hits 765 cases</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is urging parents to act quickly to vaccinate their children against measles as the number of cases in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area has increased to 765.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26786</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:46:24 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Come along for a FREE health check with Tenovus!!&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Monday 29th April 2013&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Tenovus Mobile Cancer Support Unit&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Waitrose Car Park&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Abergavenny&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26784</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:07:13 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/bsw">Bowel Screening Wales</source></item><item><title>Advice service for families at pharmacies in North Wales piloted</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;A new pilot project has been launched in North Wales where pharmacy staff will be able to give health promotion advice to families regarding pregnancy and children in the early years of life (0-5 year olds).&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26772</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:16:44 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Raising the international profile of improvements in NHS Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Healthcare professionals from across the world will find out about improvements in the quality of care and patient safety in NHS Wales, at the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in London from 16-19 April.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26756</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:12:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>The Government Must Put Mental Health on a Par with Physical Health, says Charity</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Paul Jenkins, CEO of the charity Rethink Mental Illness, has welcomed a new report from the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mediacentre/pressreleases2013/achievingparityreport.aspx&quot;&gt;Royal College of Psychiatrists&lt;/a&gt; which outlines what the Government needs to do to put mental health on a par with physical health.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26746</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:31:21 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Guidelines to Spot &apos;Problem Behaviour&apos;</title><description>&lt;div&gt;A health watchdog has issued guidelines to help parents distinguish between naughtiness and more worrying behaviour in their children that might need medical intervention.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26745</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:15:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Launch of the Joint Action on Mental Health and Wellbeing, 21 February 2013</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The new Joint Action, funded under the EU Health Programme, will be running from 1 February 2013 till January 2016 and coordinated by Universidade Nova de Lisboa &amp;ndash; Portugal.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26736</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:14:46 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Vaccination plea continues as measles cases in Swansea outbreak at almost 700</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;An extra 73 cases of measles have been reported to Public Health Wales in the last two days &amp;ndash; bringing the total number of cases in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area to 693.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26725</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:44:48 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Smoking and mental health: change is long overdue</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Faculty of Public Health supports a major new report from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) and Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych), which says that smoking in people&amp;nbsp;with mental health conditions&amp;nbsp;is neglected by the NHS.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26706</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:49:52 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Workout at Work Day</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Workout at Work Day (&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:W@WD&quot;&gt;W@WD&lt;/a&gt;) aims to promote physical and mental wellbeing in the work environment.&amp;nbsp; The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is encouraging workplaces to run an event on 12 June 2013 to help employees become more physically active.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26704</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:39:48 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publicmentalhealth.org">All Wales Mental Health Promotion Network</source></item><item><title>Measles cases in Swansea outbreak pass 600</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Cases of measles reported to Public Health Wales in the outbreak centred on the Swansea area have now reached 620.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26683</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:11:19 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>STOP Campaign builds on successful first year</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The STOP Campaign to improve the safety of patient care through better use of catheters and cannulas is making a difference to patients across Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26676</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:30:36 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Date announced for the third Welsh Public Health Conference</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The date for this year&amp;rsquo;s Welsh Public Health Conference has been announced as Thursday 10 and Friday 11 October in Cardiff.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26671</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:42:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Toolkit to tackle obesity in North Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;North Wales Public Health team have joined forces with the Communities First cluster teams to take forward a locally developed toolkit designed to address a systems approach to the prevention of obesity.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26669</link><pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:30:08 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Congratulations to our Champions for Health -- from Lord Coe!</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Lord Coe, Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Ambassador, has sent a special message to NHS Wales staff who have taken part in the Champions for Health campaign.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26640</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:52:59 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Report hails lung campaign success</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;An evaluation into a 2012 community pharmacy public health campaign to raise awareness of respiratory disease found that pharmacists in Wales completed a short breath test questionnaire with over 13,000 members of the public.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26639</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:48:19 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Nearly 600 extra people receive MMR in past week</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales continues to urge parents, carers and communities to ensure children have the MMR jab, as cases in the outbreak centred in the Swansea area reach 588.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26638</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:00:11 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Cancer incidence in Wales 2007-11 report published</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit (WCISU) has published cancer incidence figures in Wales for the diagnosis period from 2007 to 2011.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26632</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:04:34 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>New half-day Brief Intervention training dates released</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Stop Smoking Wales are pleased to announce that they are now offering new &lt;strong&gt;free half-day&lt;/strong&gt; brief intervention training courses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26630</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 12:50:28 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications reports</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has published reports on rates of laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications of communicable diseases in Wales for the month of&amp;nbsp;March 2013.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26622</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:55:20 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>MMR jab protection more vital than ever as measles cases top 500</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is emphasising the critical need for children to have the MMR vaccination as the number of cases in the outbreak centred on Swansea reaches 541.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26616</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:45:49 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Planning Bill</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Welsh Government are working towards a Planning Bill which will provide the opportunity to introduce legislation which helps improve planning in Wales.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26610</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:51:24 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.planethealthcymru.org/">Planet Health Cymru</source></item><item><title>2011 Census indicators published for health board areas</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Public Health Wales Observatory has published a series of profiles for each of the seven health board areas based on the results of the 2011 Census.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26578</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:26:26 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>GP surveillance of infections in Wales report</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Weekly newsletter which includes clinical consultations rates of 13 diseases, based on returns from 44 sentinel practices in Wales, and a topical news article. This week - Tuberculosis.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26565</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:55:14 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>MMR vaccination rates too low to halt epidemic as measles cases in Wales double in three weeks</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is urging parents, carers and communities to ensure that all children are given the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as cases in the outbreak centred on Swansea reach 432.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26536</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:33:56 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Wales top of the table in antenatal detection rates of major congenital heart disease</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Recently published data indicates that in 2011/12 Wales had the highest rates of heart abnormalities detected antenatally in the UK.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26502</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:28:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Director of Nursing announced</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Rhiannon Beaumont-Wood has been appointed to the new role of Director of Nursing for Public Health Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26472</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 10:14:58 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Agenda and papers published for twenty third Board meeting</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The agenda and papers have been published for the twenty third meeting of the Public Health Wales Board.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26458</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:08:39 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>STOP Campaign launched in Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Hospital staff in Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board have been invited to join in the 1000 Lives Plus STOP Campaign to improve the safety of patient care through better use of catheters and cannulas.&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26446</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:31:08 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Measles cases pass 300 as outbreak continues to spread</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is renewing its plea to parents to ensure children are given the three-in-one measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab as cases in the outbreak centred on Swansea reach 316&amp;nbsp;with 64 new cases reported in the last week alone.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26436</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:10:26 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>All the fun of Fair Trade at Cathedral Road</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Public Health Wales offices at 14 Cathedral Road in Cardiff have become a fair trade zone after being awarded a small grant to establish the site as a Fair Trade Workplace.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26435</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:09:06 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>National Oral Health Plan to improve dental health</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Practitioners in Public Health Wales&amp;rsquo; Dental Public Health Team have worked with colleagues in Cardiff University and the Welsh Oral Health Information Unit to support the Welsh Government&amp;#39;s development of a new National Oral Health Plan for Wales.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26434</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:07:25 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>First injecting drug use data report for Wales published</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The report provides data on activity within all 46 statutory and voluntary sector needle and syringe programmes (NSPs) across Wales recorded on the Harm Reduction Database Wales over the period 01/09/2010 to 31/03/2012.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26412</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:56:40 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Analyses published on unscheduled care in Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Public Health Wales Observatory has published a suite of analyses&amp;nbsp; on unscheduled care for each of the six health boards which have emergency departments within their boundaries.&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26377</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:49:34 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Thirty-eight hospitalised as Swansea measles outbreak reaches 252 cases</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is urging parents to make sure their children receive the MMR vaccination as cases in the Swansea area outbreak reach 252, with forty three new cases reported in the past week alone.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26356</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:36:57 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>NEW! International HIA Conference, October 2013 - Geneva</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Save the Date! The&amp;nbsp;13th International Conference on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) will take place in Geneva, Switzerland, from Wednesday 2 to Friday 4 October 2013.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26352</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 11:59:31 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk">Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU)</source></item><item><title>Thank you to everyone who shared their views on Health Improvement in Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The consultation on recommendations made by the National Health Improvement Review has now closed.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26341</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:02:49 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Helping to stamp-out the habit on No Smoking Day</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales has been working with our partners to encourage people to kick the habit on No Smoking Day. Public Health Teams across Wales have been engaging with GP surgeries, pharmacies, dentists, hospitals and ante-natal clinics to provide materials and support for people who want to quit.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26334</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 10:11:33 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Action to improve safety, dignity and quality of care</title><description>&lt;div&gt;New moves to ensure safe, dignified care for patients and drive up quality standards have been announced by Health Minister Lesley Griffiths as part of the Welsh Government&amp;rsquo;s initial response to the Francis Inquiry, which made recommendations following failures in care at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26328</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 09:11:23 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Latest quarterly report for the uptake of routine childhood immunisations in Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The latest COVER report has been published which details the uptake of childhood vaccinations in Wales for the&amp;nbsp;last quarter&amp;nbsp;of 2012 (October-December) and which also includes uptake data for the non-routine BCG and hepatitis B vaccines.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26294</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:49:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Latest hepatitis B vaccination uptake data from Welsh prisons</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Hepatitis B vaccination data reported from HMP Cardiff, HMP Parc, HMP Prescoed, HMP Swansea and HMP Usk for July-December 2012 have been published.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26292</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:22:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>NHS Wales Awards Finalists Announced</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Supporting home births, reducing waiting times for vasectomy patients and improving services for older people are just some of the projects that have made the finals of this year&amp;rsquo;s NHS Wales Awards, announced today (March 11, 2013).&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26285</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:55:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Obesity Guidance for Local Authorities in England</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The National Obesity Observatory has developed an online resource to support local authorities in England to:&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26284</link><pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:53:21 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.planethealthcymru.org/">Planet Health Cymru</source></item><item><title>Statement on cases of hepatitis A in Swansea</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales has been notified of four cases of hepatitis A in children living in Swansea.&amp;nbsp;Three of these children attend the same school.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26271</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:30:12 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Public Health Bill Green Paper Consultation- WHIASU Response</title><description>&lt;div&gt;WHIASU has published its response to the Green Paper Consultation on the need for a Public Health Bill in Wales.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26242</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:49:55 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk">Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU)</source></item><item><title>Laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications reports</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre has published reports on rates of laboratory-confirmed infections and notifications of communicable diseases in Wales for the month of&amp;nbsp;February 2013.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26240</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:20:43 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Influenza activity in Wales: week 09 2013</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The weekly clinical consultation rate for influenza in Wales for week 09 2013 is&amp;nbsp;9.6 consultations per 100,000 population. This is below the threshold for normal seasonal activity&amp;nbsp;and is a decrease&amp;nbsp;compared to the reported consultation rate for the previous week (11.2 per 100,000).&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26239</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:14:58 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Twenty new cases of measles in Swansea area outbreak</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Twenty new cases of measles have been reported to Public Health Wales, as the outbreak in the Swansea area continues.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26221</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:59:45 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>North Wales employers attend workplace health and wellbeing event</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales has worked with North Wales Fire Safety Partnership and Deeside College to deliver a day of health and wellbeing talks to help businesses in North Wales keep their employees healthy and safe.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26214</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 12:41:02 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>Response published to Green Paper</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The Public Health Wales Board has published its response to the Welsh Government&amp;rsquo;s consultation on the need for a Public Health Bill in Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26201</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 12:40:29 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>GP surveillance of infections in Wales report</title><description>&lt;div&gt;Weekly newsletter which includes clinical consultations rates of 13 diseases, based on returns from 44 sentinel practices in Wales, and a topical news article. This week -&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WHO recommendations for influenza virus vaccine composition for 2013-14&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26189</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:15:09 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>A National Approach to Improving Services Across NHS Wales</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&quot;&gt;Staff across NHS Wales are to be equipped with new skills to help them improve the quality of services for their patients and the public.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26172</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:59:20 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Large outbreak of measles prompts MMR reminder for parents</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Public Health Wales is urging parents to make sure their children receive the MMR vaccination as it investigates an outbreak of almost 190 reported cases of measles in Swansea and Neath-Port Talbot.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26162</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:26:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>New! Regeneration HIA Reports published</title><description>&lt;div&gt;WHIASU has recently been working with its partners to support the&amp;nbsp;consideration of health and wellbeing in a number of Strategic Regeneration Areas in North Wales through the use of HIA.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Several new HIA reports have been published which showcase this work.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26147</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 14:21:42 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk">Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU)</source></item><item><title>Update on novel coronavirus infection in UK</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Since the first identification of a novel coronavirus in September 2012, four confirmed cases had been identified in the UK by 19 February 2013. Of these, three are associated with a family cluster.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26079</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:08:43 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>Views sought on changes to Public Health Wales evidence services</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;A consultation paper has been published asking for views on proposed changes to evidence services provided by the Health Intelligence Division.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26071</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 15:16:53 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item><item><title>New blog invites discussion on improving care and delivering quality</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;People interested in improving the quality of healthcare in NHS Wales can comment and discuss key issues on a blog launched by 1000 Lives Plus, the national programme supporting organisations and individuals to deliver the highest quality and safest healthcare for the people of Wales.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26059</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:03:17 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Five Nations Health Protection Conference call for papers opens</title><description>&lt;div&gt;The call for papers is now open for this year&amp;rsquo;s Five Nations Health Protection Conference, which this year takes place in Dublin.&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26057</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:15:01 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.wales.nhs.uk/healthprotection">Public Health Wales Health Protection Division</source></item><item><title>NHS Wales Staff Survey extended for entries until 28 February</title><description>&lt;div&gt;All NHS Wales staff are encouraged to take part in the NHS Wales Staff Survey. The survey has been developed by the Welsh Partnership Forum, which includes representatives of staff organisations as well as Health Boards and Trusts. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26025</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:23:22 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.1000livesplus.wales.nhs.uk/">1000 Lives Plus</source></item><item><title>Agenda and papers published for twenty second Board meeting</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
&lt;div&gt;The agenda and papers have been published for the twenty second meeting of the Public Health Wales Board.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sitesplus/888/news/26019</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:48:30 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk">Public Health Wales</source></item></channel></rss>
		