Now available on the Quality Plan Web: Proposed basic educational contents and educational materials for training the National Health System professions in measures to combat Gender Violence, which will be applicable throughout the entire National Health System

Following approval at the Interterritorial Council Meeting held on July 22, 2010, the data is now available concerning Surgery and Outpatient Visit Waiting Lists in the National Health System on December 31, 2009

News in the Primcary Care Information System: An historical and current status analysis has been published of the primary care service portfolios in force in the Autonomous Communities in the document “Primary Care Services Portfolio: Development, Organization, Uses and Contents”. Similarly, the Diagnostic and Treatment Procedures Provided in Primary Care as well as the list of Diagnostic Tests Directly Accessible Through Primary Care in Each Autonomous Community have been updated. Additionally, as part of the Extra-hospital Emergencies Report, the documents Organization of Extra-hospital Emergency Care and the Extra-hospital Emergency Mechanisms Extant in Each Autonomous Community has been updated

Free access to the resource tool “advanced MBDS indicators (icmbd)” eliminating the accessing credentials required to date. This information covers the 2001-2007 period

In June 2010, a new installment of the OECD Health Data 2010 has been published, with health and services indicators affording the possibility of analyzing and comparing the 34 OECD member countries

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Health Authorities Make Agreement with Autonomous Communities to Improve School Lunch Quality (Ministry of Health and Social Policy. Press Office , July 21, 2010)

Respiratory Disease Patient Associations Present a Strategy for the EPOC to the European Parliament (EFA, July 14, 2010)

The Children of Women Smokers Experience More Respiratory Disorders During Their First Four Years of Life

The ON LINE DICE APER Protocol for Providing Care for Patients with Rare Diseases in Primary Care

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• Royal Decree 829/2010 of June 25th, governing the direct granting of subsidies to the Autonomous Communities and to the National Health Management Institute for the implementation of the National Health System strategies in palliative care, patient safety, prevention of gender violence and normal childbirth care in 2010 has been published in the Spanish Official Gazetter (No. 166, June 9, 2010)

• Course: Innovating in Patient Safety: Clinical Simulation (Santander - August 25-27, 2010)

• Virtual Course: Integrating Gendder into Dealing with Health: Conceptual and Methodological Contributions for Enhancing Quality and Equality (September 13 – November 7, 2010) organized by the Women’s Health Monitoring System of Spain’s Ministry of Health and Social Policyl , in conjunction with the Gender, Society and Policies Division of the Latin American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and the  Andalusian Public Health School. Registration until August 13th /September 7th for residents in Spain

• Course: Training Trainers for the Prevention and Care of Gender Violence (Escuela Nacional de Sanidad - National Health School) October 18 – December 14, 2010). Pre-Registration