The Ministry of Health supports the work being done by FEAFES in its fight to raise awareness of mental illness. Minister’s address (Text | Audio)

Resolution of 25 July 2007, of the Carlos III Health Institute, offering aid for supplementary projects in research methodology in health services and social and gender equality in health services, under the Biomedical Research Development and Health Sciences Programme of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs, within the framework of the 2004-07 Spanish R&D&I programme.

Vacancies for Spanish experts for the European Commission (deadline: 16 November).

The role of the Spanish NHS Quality Agency in Patient Safety Research. Shaping the European Agenda (Oporto, 24-26 September).

1st Technical Conference organized by the Spanish NHS Quality Agency on "Ischemic Heart Disease Strategy in the Spanish NHS" (Madrid, 25-26 October). Registration now open.

The Ministry of Health, is to host the IV Forum Women, Health and Gender: Health in midle age" (Madrid, 13-14 December 2007). Registration now open.

The Ministry of Health, through the Spanish NHS Quality Agency, is to host the IIIrd International Conference on Patient Safety (Madrid, 13-14 December 2007). Registration now open.

At the beginning of October an Auditing Course was held in Oviedo (Asturias), funded by the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs. This completes the training required for auditors linked to the Quality Agency’s Audit Program. The photograph depicts those taking part in the course.

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Half of all hospital-acquired infections could be prevented (Heraldo de Aragón, 23/08/07)

Short sleeves in UK hospitals (El Mundo, 17/09/07)

World Health Organization And Its Partners Call For Intensified Research To Improve Patient Safety (Medical News Today, 18/09/07)

Basic surgery training to save lives and prevent disability (OMS, 25/09/07)

The National Strategy for the Management of Normal Labor favours woman´s active participation and a harmonious and natural delivery process (MSC, 10/10/2007)

The Spanish Council of Central and Regional Ministers of Health approves a common electronic clinical history for the National Health System (MSC, 10/10/2007)

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