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Porters to help shape the NHS: A task force to involve frontline staff in improving efficiency in the NHS will include non-professionals such as porters and cooks as well as doctors, nurses, and managers, the health secretary, Frank Dobson, announced this week. The task force aims to spread good practice in the NHS.

Iceland enforces cycle helmet law: Everyone aged 15 years and under must wear a cycle helmet when cycling, the Icelandic parliament has ruled. The health department had been fighting for a change in the law since 1983.

Community care to be reviewed in England: The health secretary, Frank Dobson, said that the capacity of care in the community to cope with the most vulnerable people discharged from large institutions had been over-estimated, and the government is now thinking of providing more small, secure units providing 24 hour care, together with a review of the law.

New scientific misconduct procedures published: The Medical Research Council has updated its policy and procedure for inquiring into allegations of scientific misconduct. Copies are available from the council's publications office (tel: 0171 636 5422).

Three people die from rabies in Israel: Israeli veterinary and health authorities will now require pet cats, in addition to dogs, to be vaccinated against rabies, after the death of the third person from rabies in the past 13 months. There had been no Israeli deaths from rabies during the previous three decades.

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