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    <title>Glutafin News | Bringing you the best in gluten-free - delicious food | Glutafin.co.uk</title> 
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    <description>Glutafin offer the widest range of gluten free prescription foods for people diagnosed with Coeliac Disease. Glutafin's extensive selection of delicious everyday gluten free products range from Fresh Bread and Pasta to Flour Mixes and Biscuits.</description> 
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      <title>Allergy Alerts</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/allergy-alerts/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Lately there has been some allergy alerts we wanted to make you aware of. The cereal products affected last year have been sorted but in February we have seen flours having gluten present in some of their batches. Please ensure you do not cook with these

Natco Foods Limited and Virani Food products withdraws one batch of Gram Flour due to elevated levels of gluten present in the product.

Natco Gluten Free Gram Flour, 2kg
Best before: October 2012 Batch code:...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten free labelling</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-labelling/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['New labelling laws will be a great help for coelaics!

From January 2012 new EC legislation on gluten free labelling will come into force, and will apply to all food packaging and even restaurant and cafe menus. 

Therefore from January 2012 you may be seeing these new terms on your food purchases:

    gluten free
    very low gluten
   ...']]></description> 
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      <title>restrictions update</title> 
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      <description><![CDATA['Find out more about why your may be told by your GP or pharmacist that you can no longer gain certain gluten free foods on your prescription.&nbsp;

Why are certain gluten free foods being restricted on prescription?
This is because the NHS is trying to reduce its costs and save money.&nbsp;Gluten free items being restricted in some areas include pasta, sweet biscuits and cake mix.&nbsp;Pasta is a staple food in the UK...']]></description> 
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      <title>Toolkit</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/toolkit/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['
Pharmacy-led Supply Toolkit - The way forward?
Coeliac UK are fully promoting the Pharmacy-led supply Toolkit for gluten free foods to PCTs, Health Boards and GP clinical commissioning groups across the NHS.

Pharmacy-led supply schemes allow patients to get gluten free products directly from their local pharmacy rather than having to go through the GP surgery.  The schemes provide patients with a greater choice of products, a more flexible service...']]></description> 
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      <title>Product recall</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/product-recall/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Lately their has been many allergy alerts where gluten free products are being recalled back to supermarkets as they contain gluten. The &nbsp;products below has detected gluten (wheat) through internal quality control testing in oat museli products. Therefore, this is a potential health risk for individuals who are allergic or intolerant to wheat or gluten!

Please look below to see if you have any of the following products:

ALLERGY ALERT: ...']]></description> 
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      <title>Welsh Health Minister states the claims are incorrect</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/welsh-health-minister-states-the-claims-are-incorrect/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Following articles in the media about the cost of gluten-free bread to the NHS which incorrectly stated inflated costs, the Welsh Health Minister has issued a statement.

Welsh Health Minister Lesley Griffiths said:
&quot;This claim is inaccurate. The actual cost for the single loaf of gluten-free bread in question is around &pound;2.82, not the &pound;32 claimed. The &pound;32 cost quoted is for an average prescription on which several loaves are ordered at a time....']]></description> 
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      <title>CUK online petition</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/cuk-online-petition/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Recently the South East Coast Alliance, which represents all PCT's in Surrey, Sussex and Kent has implemented a new gluten free prescribing policy which severely restricts gluten free prescriptions.

Coeliac UK is strongly opposing this policy and has set up a campaign web page which provides updates on their activities and encourages the coeliac community to lend their support, including signing up to their on-line...']]></description> 
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      <title>PCT restrictions</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/pct-restrictions/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['The recent PCT budget cutting policies are affecting prescriptions of gluten free food across the country, and even though some PCTs are complying with the new Coeliac UK policy regarding cake mixes and sweet biscuits, some are also restricting other products. 

Glutafin shares concerns about the impact of too restrictive policies on patients and their ability to comply with a nutritionally adequate gluten free diet....']]></description> 
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      <title>Michael McCamley</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/michael-mccamley/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Glutafin, the expert in gluten free foods, has announced an exclusive deal with an award winning chef, who will become its new Expert Chef in the UK.

Michael McCamley, who was crowned &lsquo;Gluten Free Chef of the Year&rsquo; by Phil Vickery at the Coeliac UK ceremony last month, will be working with Glutafin to develop new recipes and give practical cookery demonstrations and tips to gluten free consumers across the UK.

The chef, who also has coeliac disease,...']]></description> 
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      <title>David Sanders</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/david-sanders/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Professor David Sanders was awarded the Healthcare Professional Award for 2010 by Coeliac UK at the Charity&rsquo;s annual conference held in Edinburgh on Saturday, 26th June.

Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, presents a series of awards to recognise the hard work and extraordinary commitment of people across the UK who provide outstanding assistance and help to those with the condition.

The winners of all the awards are chosen...']]></description> 
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      <title>Diagnosis Of Coeliac Disease</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/diagnosis-of-coeliac-disease/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Early Day Motion that this House recognises that people with coeliac disease have an autoimmune disease for which the only treatment is a lifelong adherence to a gluten-free diet; acknowledges that one in 100 people have the condition but that only 12 to 15 per cent. of these people are diagnosed; urges the medical profession to improve diagnosis rates to reduce the time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis; and supports Coeliac UK and its campaign to help the half a million undiagnosed get a...']]></description> 
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      <title>Quality of Life Survey</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/coeliac-disease/news/quality-of-life-survey/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Overview
A survey carried out in 2007 focused on quality of life (QOL) comparisons before and after diagnosis of Coeliac Disease (CD). A representative sample of 2000 individuals from the Coeliac UK (CUK) membership was used. A short questionnaire designed using the EQ-5D instrument was used for the survey asking questions about QOL before and after diagnosis. 788 of 2000 questionnaires returned (just under 40% response rate).


Results

    93%...']]></description> 
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      <title>Pharmacy Fresh Bread Ordering</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/pharmacy-fresh-bread-ordering/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Pharmacists can now order Glutafin Select Fresh White and Brown Loaves for their customers online. Fast, convenient &amp; reliable, this service enables you to access latest news, check delivery dates &amp; receive e-mail order confirmations. 

Click here to be taken through to the UDG Glutafin Fresh Bread ordering service. 

Alternatively you can still order Glutafin Select Fresh Bread on...']]></description> 
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      <title>Meet The New Face Of Glutafin!</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/meet-the-new-face-of-glutafin/</link> 
      <description><![CDATA['Meet Chloe Hines, our new face of Glutafin! A few weeks ago, we launched a competition to find real coeliacs to feature in upcoming Glutafin advertising campaigns. The response we received was fantastic- with lots of people from all age groups taking part.

But ultimately we could only pick one winner - and that is Chloe!

Chloe who is 10 years old (nearly 11!) and from Hampshire was diagnosed 2 years ago with Coeliac Disease. Her favourite food is Glutafin Pizza...']]></description> 
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