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• Nasal MRSA associated with SSI
  21 May 2012
  Patients with MRSA nasal colonisation more likely to experience SSI, according to new research.

• Hospital staff 'need better diabetes training'
  18 May 2012
  A third of diabetes patients received errors in their care, according to a new audit.

• MRSA rates fall
  4 May 2012
  The amount of superbug infections in UK hospitals has fallen significantly.

• DoH issues new cancer drugs guidelines
  24 April 2012
  New guidelines for the Cancer Drugs Fund should help speed up access to medicines.

• MRSA gene discovery could lead to new drugs
  23 April 2012
  Private healthcare could reduce the risks associated with MRSA.

• Doctors need to prove English skills
  20 April 2012
  Doctors will need to speak fluent English to practise medicine in England, according to the DoH.

• NHS patients 'removed from their beds in the middle of the night'
  13 April 2012
  Reports suggest that thousands of NHS patients have been sent home in the middle of the night.

• Dental X-rays 'may have lead to tumours'
  10 April 2012
  Bitewing dental procedures could have lead to an increased risk of brain tumours, according to a new report.

• Patients offered GP choice
  5 April 2012
  Patients in some of the UK's largest cities will be offered an improve choice of GPs by the end of the month.

• Cancer survivors 'need comprehensive care'
  4 April 2012
  Healthcare providers often neglect the overall health of cancer survivors, new research suggests.