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Jump in outpatient waiting lists - BBC News
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Jump in outpatient waiting lists
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... that health trusts had suspended "waiting list work" until he received clarity on how much money he would have to tackle a potential swine flu epidemic.
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Jersey swine flu £4m remains unspent - BBC News
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Jersey swine flu £4m remains unspent
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Millions of pounds set aside to deal with the consequences of an outbreak of swine flu in Jersey has not been spent. The health department had asked for ...
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Poland swine flu threat remains - BBC News
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Poland swine flu threat remains
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Poland has avoided accumulating unused swine flu vaccine, unlike other EU countries, but the vaccine controversy has not gone away. ...
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Swine flu drugs ordering service is closed down - BBC News
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Swine flu drugs ordering service is closed down
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The closure - at 0100 GMT - came after a sharp decline in the number of cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Health officials said the hotline and website ...
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Drop in swine flu cases leads to helpline closure - BBC News
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Drop in swine flu cases leads to helpline closure
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The National Pandemic Flu Service in England is to close because of the sharp decline in cases of the H1N1 swine flu virus. ...
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Two-thirds of swine flu vaccines remain unused in NI - BBC News
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Two-thirds of swine flu vaccines remain unused in NI
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The Department of Health in Northern Ireland still has half a million swine flu vaccines which remain unused. In mid-January, there were more than 60% of ...
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Sunday, 22:32 on BBC World Service - BBC News
Sunday, 22:32 on BBC World Service
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Was the swine flu pandemic overblown by the World Health Organisation? Christophe Fraser, one of the epidemiologists who studied the outbreak in Mexico when ...
West Midlands swine-flu related deaths continue to rise - BBC News
West Midlands swine-flu related deaths continue to rise
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The number of swine-flu related deaths across the West Midlands region has risen to 44, the NHS has said. However, the number of people being admitted to ...
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Papers vent fury at expenses MPs - BBC News
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Papers vent fury at expenses MPs
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Some papers are not amused to learn that the telephone hotline and website set up in the UK to deal with the swine flu pandemic is to be shut down.
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Christian Serbia maintains its faith in folklore - BBC News
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Christian Serbia maintains its faith in folklore
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When swine flu hit Serbia last year, people put their faith in natural remedies and sales of garlic soared - appropriate, perhaps, for a country which saw ...
Tamiflu sales boost Roche profits - BBC News
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Tamiflu sales boost Roche profits
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Swiss drugs firm Roche has reported an 8% rise in annual sales, helped by sales of swine flu drug Tamiflu and cancer treatments, such as Herceptin. ...
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Final warning for West Midlands hospital trust - BBC News
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Final warning for West Midlands hospital trust
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It said there had been a 13.6% increase in the number of patients over the past three years and the area it served had been at the centre of a swine flu ...
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Swine flu: how well did the WHO respond? - BBC News
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Swine flu: how well did the WHO respond?
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As the crisis response is scaled down, and vaccines go unused, a number of people are asking what happened to the swine flu pandemic. ...
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GP's swine flu misdiagnosis was 'reasonable' - BBC News
GP's swine flu misdiagnosis was 'reasonable'
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An out-of-hours GP who misdiagnosed a woman who had blood poisoning with swine flu made a "reasonable" judgement, an inquest has heard. ...
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Inquiry in Widnes as children given adult swine flu jab - BBC News
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Inquiry in Widnes as children given adult swine flu jab
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An investigation is under way after 59 children were given adult doses of the swine flu vaccine by mistake. The children, who were all aged under five, ...
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Woman with swine flu dies in Northern Ireland - BBC News
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Woman with swine flu dies in Northern Ireland
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Her death was announced in the Department of Health's weekly swine flu update. To date, 20 people from Northern Ireland who had swine flu have died. ...
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Swine flu preparations on the Isle of Man stood down - BBC News
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Swine flu preparations on the Isle of Man stood down
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The Isle of Man's Department of Health and Social Security has advised all organisations they can stand down their preparations for swine flu. ...
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WHO defends its swine flu warning - BBC News
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WHO defends its swine flu warning
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has defended its handling of the swine flu pandemic last year, after the Council of Europe cast doubt on its actions. ...
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Iris Robinson said her Assembly outbursts kept people on their toes - BBC News
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Iris Robinson said her Assembly outbursts kept people on their toes
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She had plans for pushing ahead the agenda for cleaner hospitals and she said she would be questioning the Department of Health's spending on swine flu. ...
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Africa tourism 'lifted by Obama and World Cup' - BBC News
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Africa tourism 'lifted by Obama and World Cup'
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That compared to fall of 4% worldwide, attributed to the economic crisis and the swine flu pandemic. However Mr Rifai said Africa's share of the tourist ...
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