BACKGROUND WHO has set a goal of 75% vaccination coverage (VC) for seasonal influenza for residents and also recommends immunization for all healthcare workers (HCWs) in nursing homes (NHs). We conducted a cross-sectional study to estimate the VC for seasonal influenza vaccination in Norwegian NHs in 2012/2013 since the VC in NHs and HCWs is unknown. METHODS We gathered information from NHs c...

OBJECTIVE To document the range of web and smartphone apps used and recommended for stress, anxiety or depression by the National Health Service (NHS) in England. DESIGN The study was conducted using Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and systematic website searches. DATA SOURCES Data were collected via FOI requests to NHS services between 13 February 2015 and 31 March 2015, and searches...

The National Health Service (NHS) is the largest employer in the UK and since the late 1990s has gone through a period of unprecedented change in a wide range of areas from introduction of the NHS plan (Department of Health, 2000) designed to help the NHS meet the needs of patients and improve health outcomes; to the establishment of NHS Foundation Trusts in 2004 which have financial freedoms a...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection remains a leading cause of childhood hearing loss. Currently universal CMV screening at birth does not exist in the United States. An alternative approach could be testing infants who do not pass their newborn hearing screening (NHS) for cCMV. This study was undertaken to evaluate whether a targeted approach will identify infa...

The combined therapeutic potential of an immunocytokine designed to deliver IL-12 to the necrotic regions of solid tumors with an anti-PD-L1 antibody that disrupts the immunosuppressive PD-1/PD-L1 axis yielded a combinatorial benefit in multiple murine tumor models. The murine version of the immunocytokine, NHS-muIL12, consists of an antibody (NHS76) recognizing DNA/DNA-histone complexes, fused...

In April 1999 major changes will start to take place in the organisation and delivery of health services in England. 2 For general practitioners, the most important changes will be the formation of primary care groups and the implementation of unified, cash limited budgets for health services. How will current methods of allocating NHS budgets in England change, and what can be learnt from expe...

Hearing deficiencies are a prevalent disease and justify the need for regulation of the Laws and their execution through Hearing Health Care Ordinances. In line with public policies, maternity hospitals that were part of the network began to implement the Newborn Hearing Screening (NHS) service, as had occurred in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The otoacoustic emissions test is used for NHS as it ...