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• Fatal human case of H5N1 infection in mainland China retrospectively confirmed from November 2003
• Report of the review of NHS pathology services in England

Fatal human case of H5N1 infection in mainland China retrospectively confirmed from November 2003

On 8 August 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the Ministry of Health in China has retrospectively confirmed a fatal human case of H5N1 infection from November 2003. The case occurred in a member of the military service based in Beijing, aged 24 years. This case is the earliest known instance of human H5N1 infection in mainland China. It is now the first confirmed case in the present outbreak, occurring prior to the cases in Viet Nam in December 2003 which were previously thought to signal the start of this outbreak. Further details can be obtained from the WHO situation report: <http://www.who.int/csr/don/2006_08_08/en/index.html>.

Report of the review of NHS pathology services in England

The report of the independent review of NHS pathology services was published recently [1]. The Review, chaired by Lord Carter of Coles, was set up in September 2005. Its purpose was “To advise Ministers, in the context of current resource constraints, on the timeliness, reliability, capacity and efficiency of current pathology services in England, benchmarked against international standards and the feasibility of and benefits arising from wide-scale service reconfiguration, innovation and modernisation and involvement of the independent sector.” In its report, the Review Panel sets out its findings and conclusions, and makes recommendations for the development and improvement of pathology services.

References

1. Report of the review of NHS pathology services in England. London: Department of Health, 2006. Available at <http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/13/76/07/04137607.pdf>.