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Dedicated Local Pages:

• A Tribute to Dr Kieran Sweeney - 3 Feb
• Devon Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB)   - Updated 22 Jan
• HPU (Health Protection Unit - & H1N1 Flu Guidance)  - Updated 22 Jan
• Devon and Exeter Medical Society - Updated  22 Jan
• Domestic Violence and Abuse in Devon - ADVA and Men Safe
• LMC Buying Groups Federation website

BMA/GPC/RCGP/Local

• BMA calls for action to eliminate child labour and dangerous working conditions in the production of NHS supplies - 27 Jan 10 - Link
• BMA sets out its proposal for how to reform general practice boundaries - 26 Jan - Link
• Direct payments for NHS services could undermine equality, BMA warns - 22 Jan 10 - Link
• BMA/RCN Humanitarian Fund announces - £25,000 for health projects in the developing world - 22 Jan 10 - Link
• NHS Devon: Safeguarding children training for GPs and their employed staff  - Link
• BMA - Healthcare in London heading towards financial crisis, say doctors - 20 Jan - Link
• BMAtv - Medical Electives - a guide to planning it right! - 19 Jan - Link
• BMA - How to help in Haiti - 19 Jan - Link
• GPC News Page... and RCGP News Page

DH/NHS Confed/C4H/NAO:

• DH - New NHS campaign reveals unseen alcohol damage - 28 Jan - Link
• DH - First Doctors to Undergo Strengthened Assessments - 26 Jan - Link
• DH - Public strongly advised it is still important to have the Swine Flu jab - 21 Jan - Link
• DH - Improving the process of death certification in England and Wales: overview of programme - 19 Jan - Link

Kings Fund:

• KF: Getting the measure of quality: Opportunities and challenges - 21 Jan - Link
• KF responds to the NHS Operating Framework 2010/11 - Link
• KF: Health leaders must be honest about financial challenges ahead - Link
• KF: How cold will it be? Prospects for NHS funding: 2011-2017 - Link

Conferences and Events:

• Conference: Psychiatry Links with Primary Care 10 Feb 10
• RCGP South West Event - Achieving a responsive practice 11 Feb 10 Exeter
• 3rd Sports and Exercise (SEM) Conference - Plymouth 12 March 2010
• BASPCAN - Understanding Fabricated & Induced Illness - Fri 12 Mar 10  - New 19 Jan...
• Royal Society of Medicine: Peninsula Allergy Conference - 23 Apr - Dartington Hall
• RCGP Tamar Faculty Annual Study Day - The Patient Experience - 28 Apr - New 19 Jan...
• 10th Peninsula Cancer Research Network Symposium - 7 May - Dartington Hall
• Conference: 10th Annual Plymouth Symposium - Thursday 20 May 2010