Hawthorn Drive GP Practice in Ipswich rated ?inadequate? by CCQ after identifying legionella and hepatitis shortfalls

An Ipswich GP practice has been rated "inadequate" by health inspectors after they found patients were at risk of harm due to failures to act on safety assessme...

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Faltec Legionnaires' Disease and explosion cases to be heard next month

Charges against a Boldon company relating to an outbreak of potentially deadly Legionnaires Disease and a fire in which an employee was injured will be heard ne...

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Laboratory reports of respiratory infections in England and Wales: weeks 1 to 4, 2017

Laboratory reports of respiratory infections in England and Wales: weeks 1 to 4, 2017 ? READ MORE......

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NEW HSE Guidance for Spa Pools

NEW HSE Guidance for Spa Pools. Control of legionella and other infectious agents in spa-pool systems is now available to download from the HSE website. ? REA...

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Man dies in new Legionnaire's outbreak

A man who was among seven people infected in a fresh outbreak of Legionnaires' disease died today, health officials said. ? READ MORE......

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SA Health urges air conditioning clean-out after spike of legionnaires' disease in Adelaide

Hundreds of air conditioning units across buildings in Adelaides CBD and inner-city suburbs are being checked, after a spate of legionnaires' disease cases in t...

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