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Sir Liam Donaldson

Type: Person

Name: Sir Liam Donaldson (Liam Donaldson)

Title: Chief Medical Officer

Organization: Department of Health

Date of Birth: 1949

Nationality: United Kingdom

Fact Sheet: Biography for Sir Liam Donaldson

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 11 Documents (in Medicine)

Girl in Britain dies of Swine flu

A five year old girl in Britain has died after contracting swine flu.The girl, from Slough, Berkshire, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, and was treated at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London.She died there on November 11.She was in the reception ... [Sky News Australia - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Government, Sir Liam Donaldson

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 19 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Health)

Healthy under-fives to get swine flu jab

Babies And Children* Young People * Healthy LivingMost at risk of being hospitalisedHealthy children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years will be vaccinated against swine flu starting from next month, the Department of Health has announced.The vaccine ... [Family GP - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Virus, Vaccine

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

UK expands flu programme

prprprogramme to all children between six months and five years old, some 2.7 million people, the government's health chief said on Thursday.Although infection rates of swine flu are dropping and worst-case forecasts have been sharply revised down, Chief ... [IOL - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Sir Liam Donaldson, United Kingdom, Virus

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 4 Documents (in Medicine)

Swine flu death toll up by seven

THE north west's swine flu death toll has risen to 21.A further seven people died from the H1N1 virus since the end of October.More than 215,000 people have had the condition in the north west and 2,153 have needed hospital treatment and a quarter of ... [Manchester Evening News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu Vaccine, Swine Flu, Ruth Hussey

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

Five-Year-Old Swine Flu Victim Dies

Jon di Paolo, Sky News OnlineA five-year-old girl has died after contracting swine flu, it has emerged.The girl, from Slough, Berkshire, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, and was treated at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London.She died there on ... [Sky News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Sir Liam Donaldson, England, Medical Officer

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 3 Documents (in Politics)

Gordon Brown

Free care; swine flu; youth unemployment; social enterprise

Gordon Brown's bid to defuse youth unemployment timebombFear of youth unemployment rising above 1 million in the new year yesterday prompted Gordon Brown to use the last Queen's speech of the parliament to promise more money to ease the impact of the ... [Communitycare.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu, Unemployment, Gordon Brown

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Health)

Swine flu vaccines to be given to healthy children

Department of Health expected to extend innoculation programme to include children aged six months to five yearsA doctor shows how the H1N1 vaccine is administered. Photograph: Thomas Lohnes/AFP/ Healthy children aged between six months and five years ... [Guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Swine Flu Vaccine, Sir Liam Donaldson, UK Department of Health, Medical Officer

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents

Swine flu deaths up while new cases fall

The number of swine flu deaths has risen to 142 in England, 21 in Wales, 38 in Scotland and 13 in Northern Ireland, bringing the UK total to 214.Meanwhile, the number of new cases in England and Wales fell from 64,000 to 53,000, and from 21,500 to 21,200 ... [Nursing Times - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Wales, Scotland

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Under-5s next for flu vaccine

Young children will be the next group to be given priority in receiving the swine flu vaccine, says Sir Liam Donaldson, the UK's chief medical officer ... [FT.com - UK News - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Sir Liam Donaldson, Medical Officer, Swine Flu Vaccine

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents

Carers to be "priority group" for swine flu jab

Carers UK has welcomed the announcement by the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, that carers would a priority group for vaccinations against swine flu.The Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisations (JCVI) has advised that, 'main carers ... [CarersUK - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Vaccine, Gillian Merron, Sir Liam Donaldson

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)

Vaccination sees H1N1 cases fall

The rate of swine flu infection has fallen by around 9,000 cases in the last week, figures report.Around 53,000 people fell foul of the virus in the last seven days - down from 64,000 the week before.The total number of deaths caused by H1N1 in the UK ... [Nursing In Practice - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Influenza A H1N1 Virus, Sir Liam Donaldson, England, Medical Officer

First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Health)

Children next to receive swine flu vaccination

Children aged over 6 months and under 5 years old offered vaccine after the clinical risk groups vaccines are completed.Children under five years old are more likely than other groups to be hospitalised if they become ill with swine flu and young children ... [Health Business - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Swine Flu, Vaccine, Sir Liam Donaldson, Medical Officer

Quotes

Chief Medical Officer, Professor Liam Donaldson, said: "vaccination remains a personal choice, but i urge everyone who is offered the vaccine to accept it and protect themselves."

Children next to receive swine flu vaccination [Health Business - 9 hours ago]

"whilst we are seeing these relatively high numbers of people, particularly children, in hospital and intensive care, i think we are not taking so much interest in the overall trend, we are more interested in continuing to fight the disease" Donaldson told a news conference. He declined to say if the virus was now definitively in decline...

UK expands flu programme [IOL - 11/20/2009]

More Content

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WHO: Concerns voiced over IMPACT, Secretariat's... [Third World Network - 2 hours ago]
Seven lives lost to swine flu in North East [Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 5 hours ago]
Children next to receive swine flu vaccination [Health Business - 9 hours ago]
Child H1N1 vaccination plan remains unclear [British Medical Association - 17 hours ago]
Five-Year-Old Swine Flu Victim Dies [Sky News - 17 hours ago]
Vaccination sees H1N1 cases fall [Nursing In Practice - 18 hours ago]
Carers to be "priority group" for swi... [CarersUK - 18 hours ago]
Swine flu jab for all under 5s [Mirror.co.uk - 18 hours ago]
Healthy under-fives to get swine flu jab [Family GP - 19 hours ago]
Under fives next to be offered swine flu vaccine [PJ Online - 19 hours ago]
Swine flu deaths up while new cases fall [Nursing Times - 23 hours ago]
H1N1: NHS To Extend Vaccination Especially For ... [eGov Monitor - 11/20/2009]
Call for Govt to Act over Antibiotic Resistance [The Beef Site - 11/20/2009]
Girl in Britain dies of Swine flu [Sky News Australia - 11/20/2009]
Under-fives get swine flu jabs [FT.com - Health - 11/20/2009]
Swine flu vaccine to be given to children [The Independent - 11/20/2009]
All children under five to be offered swine flu... [Healthcare Republic - 11/20/2009]
UK expands flu programme [IOL - 11/20/2009]
SWINE FLU: Healthy children under five to get jab [Daily Express - 11/20/2009]
Under-fives to get swine flu vaccine [Directgov - 11/20/2009]
Under-fives will have swine flu jab - PA [Guardian.co.uk - 11/19/2009]
Under-fives will have swine flu jab [MSN UK - 11/19/2009]
More Swine Flu Jabs As Five-Year-Old Dies [Sky News - 11/19/2009]
UK & World News: Under-fives will have swin... [Newcastle Evening Chronicle - 11/19/2009]
Britain to vaccinate all under fives against H1N1 [Interactive Investor International - 11/19/2009]
All children under five to get H1N1 flu jab [Reuters UK - 11/19/2009]
Under-5s next for flu vaccine [FT.com - UK News - 11/19/2009]
Under-fives will have swine flu jab [Ananova - 11/19/2009]
Swine flu death toll up by seven [Manchester Evening News - 11/19/2009]
Swine Flu vaccination: NHS prepares next step [UK Department of Health - 11/19/2009]

Blogs

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UK: A shortage of ICU beds for children? [H5N1 - 11/19/2009] Via the Guardian: Surge in swine flu among UK children may lead to shortage of intensive care beds. Excerpt:The UK could run out of intensive care beds for children ...
UK: Let down by the reality of swine flu [H5N1 - 11/17/2009] Via The Independent, an oddly cynical commentary by the paper's health editor, Jeremy Laurance: Let down by the reality of swine flu. Excerpt:I have great sympathy ...
UK: Swine flu cases drop in England [H5N1 - 11/12/2009] Via BBC News: Swine flu cases drop in England. Excerpt:The number of new swine flu cases in the past week fell by nearly a quarter to 64,000 in England, figures ...
UK: Severe swine flu cases snowballing [H5N1 - 11/05/2009] Via Reuters: Severe swine flu cases snowballing. Excerpt:The number of people needing hospital treatment for the H1N1 virus in England is "snowballing," although ...
UK: More swine flu patients in intensive care [H5N1 - 10/30/2009] Via the Guardian: More swine flu patients in intensive care, figures show. Excerpt:The number of swine flu patients being treated on intensive care wards rose ...

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