The Department for Culture Media and Sport has launched a consultation on proposals to reduce bureaucracy and costs for community centres and village halls that sell alcohol.

Currently every licensed premises must have a named premises supervisor, who has responsibility for authorising all sales of alcohol and she or he must complete a training course. Community groups have difficulty in finding a volunteer to act as premises supervisor and the cost of training stretches budgets.

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NHS North West has completed two telemedicine trials in conjunction with Lancashire & South Cumbria and Greater Manchester & Cheshire Cardiac Networks, using Broomwell’s telemedical heart monitoring service. The six month long trials have shown just how effective cardiac telemedicine can be within primary care.

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By Bob Matha and Macy Boehm.

Improve your leadership skills, even if you aren’t a “natural” communicator, with a specific communication strategy that anyone can use. Authors Matha and Boehm present research showing that all managers can improve performance by using the principles outlined in Beyond the Babble.

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