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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>Gluten Free Fresh Bread is back on prescription</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-fresh-bread-is-back-on-prescription/</link> 
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	More Primary Care Trusts (PCT&rsquo;s) are putting Gluten Free Fresh Bread back on prescription formularies, meaning you can have Glutafin&rsquo;s fresh brown or white bread again.&nbsp;

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	We are happy to hear West Sussex PCT has added fresh bread back on prescription for coeliacs in their...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten Free Product update</title> 
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	In the upcoming months our sister brand&nbsp;DS-gluten free (also known as Dietary Specials) products will be labelled they are to be discontinued this June 2013. To help ease your transition we have listed alternative products with the same recipe available from ourselves!&nbsp;

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	Using the&nbsp;Glutafin name and Pharmacy Ordering Code (PIP code) it provides you with the same recipe as Dietary...']]></description> 
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      <title>DS-gluten free products in healthcare will begin to be delisted in 2013.</title> 
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	From June the DS-gluten free (also known as Dietary Specials) Pizza Base, Crackerbread and White Loaf will no longer be available.

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	The Pharmacy Ordering code (also known as PIP code) your doctor or pharmacy may use for these are:

	- Dietary Specials Pizza Base: 317-6088

	- Dietary...']]></description> 
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      <title>New ordering times over Easter</title> 
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	Please be advised of the following changes to the&nbsp;Glutafin&nbsp;fresh bread service and&nbsp;ordering schedules over Easter.
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      <title>New Healthcare News</title> 
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	From beginning of February the DS-gluten&nbsp;free (also known as Dietary Specials) White Multigrain loaf will no longer be available. 

	The Pharmacy Ordering code (also known as PIP code) your doctor or pharmacy may use for this is 306-8541.

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	Once this product runs out of stock it will not be...']]></description> 
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      <title>Product Update</title> 
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	In the last few days we have heard from some of our customers that they are having problems ordering the Glutafin Gluten Free Wheat Free White and Fibre Rolls and that some GPs and pharmacies are saying that they have been discontinued. 

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	This is not the truth and we have checked with these pharmacists and GPs and found that the NHS database was incorrectly stating them as...']]></description> 
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      <title>New gluten free Food Fair announced</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/new-gluten-free-food-fair-announced/</link> 
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	Glutafin will be attending Leeds Food Fair. We will be attending with our retail sister brand DS-gluten free to offer you a choice of staple foods such as fresh bread, flour mixes and those delicious mini crackers as well as allowing you to taste DS-gluten free frozen and ambient range. You can also get a free goody bag from us!

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	Find out more of when and where on our ...']]></description> 
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      <title>ASDA's Allergy Alert</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/asda-s-allergy-alert/</link> 
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	ASDA &lsquo;Great Stuff&rsquo; Minced Beef Hotpot 200g. All batch codes

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	The presence of wheat (gluten) is declared in the ingredients list but has been omitted in the allergen advice box. 

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	The conflicting allergen information poses a public health risk...']]></description> 
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      <title>Baking Competition Winner Announced</title> 
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	So it was that time again... time to choose the winner of Glutafin&#39;s&nbsp;Annual Baking Competition.

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	The entries were all of extremely high quality and there was a wide range of products from elaborate gluten free celebration cakes to perfect little gluten free quiches and delightful gluten free mini mince pies.

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	Katie Parson&#39;s Gluten Free Profiteroles, made using ...']]></description> 
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      <title>Eat, travel and shop gluten free safely worldwide!</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/eat-travel-and-shop-gluten-free-safely-worldwide/</link> 
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	Travel around the world, and still eat gluten free!&nbsp;

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	GlutenfreeRoads.com is a website for anyone on a gluten free diet that wants to eat out, travel and shop without compromising their gluten free diet, wherever they are in the world. It has the biggest...']]></description> 
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      <title>Prescription Restrictions removed</title> 
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	Glutafin has heard some Great News about prescription restrictions lately!&nbsp;

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	More Primary Care Trusts (PCT&rsquo;s) are putting Gluten Free Fresh Bread back on prescription formularies, meaning you can have Glutafin&rsquo;s fresh bread again.&nbsp;

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      <title>PCT's reinstates gluten free fresh bread</title> 
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	Great News!

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	Glutafin has heard from East Sussex and Downs PCT, Dudley and Hastings and Rother PCT that gluten free fresh bread has been reinstated to their lists of prescribable products!

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      <title>Allergy Alert: Gluten in Harrods products</title> 
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	The following products contain gluten and we thought you should definitely be aware of them!

	Harrods Rose Prince Mince Meat, 400g,&nbsp;Best Before: March 2013 has undeclared wheat (gluten) and nuts!

	Harrods Rose...']]></description> 
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      <title>No handling charges on Glutafin Fresh Bread!</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/no-handling-charges-on-glutafin-fresh-bread/</link> 
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	Glutafin confirm a new agreement with pharmaceutical wholesalers to ensure&nbsp;gluten free bread charges are not passed on to you or the NHS.&nbsp;

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	Glutafin is pleased to announce that we will be partnering with Alliance Healthcare, leading pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor,&nbsp;to ensure that Glutafin fresh bread...']]></description> 
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      <title>Allergy Alert: Gluten in product</title> 
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	Allergy Alert: Morrisons Celery Fruit and Peanut Salad 250g with a&nbsp;Use By 27th October is not gluten free!&nbsp;

	Morrisons have withdrawn their celery and peanut salad as it may contain pesto pasta which contains gluten.This is not declared on the allergy labelling and is a&nbsp;potential risk for those sensitive to...']]></description> 
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      <title>Allergy alert: Asda gluten free wafers</title> 
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	Watch out as ASDA Free From 5 Caramel Wafers (suppose to be gluten free) may contain gluten in.

	This is in packs with a date code:&nbsp;

	Best Before 24 Dec 12; 14 Jan 13 &amp; 21 Jan 13 -Barcode: 505244901091

	Best Before 03 Dec 2012 &amp; 21 Jan 2013 - Barcode: 505244901090

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      <title>Gluten free Event with Glutafin</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-event-with-glutafin/</link> 
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	Chesire&nbsp;Coeliac UK Group recently announce a new event they have in October. The guest speaker will be our very own Glutafin&nbsp;Dietitian&nbsp;Jaclyn Cliff.&nbsp;Jaclyn is a registered dietitian with special interest in Coeliac Disease. She will be giving a presentation on the Coeliac condition, including advice to those members suffering other dietary restrictions, as well as being gluten free. A question &amp; answer...']]></description> 
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      <title>NHS Dudley publish local gluten free prescription guidance</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/nhs-dudley-publish-local-gluten-free-prescription-guidance/</link> 
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	In July, the Dudley Prescribing Sub-Committee, published local prescribing guidance for gluten free foods for those diagnosed with coeliac disease. The Sub-Committee decided to continue to provide a range of staple gluten free foods including breads, rolls, flours, mixes and pasta. Pizza bases will also be available for children and adolescents up to the age of 18.

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	However, a number of product types, including fresh bread, will no...']]></description> 
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      <title>Oxfordshire PCT restrictions decision</title> 
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	In March,&nbsp;Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (OCCG)&nbsp;invited patients, healthcare professionals and others to give views on their proposal to discontinue prescriptions for gluten free food.&nbsp;After extensive consultation the OCCG&nbsp;has agreed to continue to provide certain staple gluten free products to...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten free product recall</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-product-recall/</link> 
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	Some packs of Asda&#39;s Free From Caramel Wafers may contain Gluten (wheat). The best before date on this batch is 3rd December 2012 and therefore anyone who has coeliac disease or a gluten and wheat intolerance should not consume any wafers with this best before date.&nbsp;

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	If you have bought ASDA Free From Caramel Wafers with a Best Before of 3rd December &nbsp;2012 then please take it back to your nearest Asda store to get a full refund.&nbsp;You do...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten Free Prescription restrictions</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-prescription-restrictions/</link> 
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	We are sure a few of you will be experiencing restrictions on your gluten free foods. We have been speaking to a lot of you on our careline where we have been hearing some of you have certain products restricted whilst others have restrictions on unit allowance.

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	Our healthcare professionals team have been keeping a close eye on what else has been going on throughout the UK.

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	&#39;&#39;The recent PCT budget-cutting policies are...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten product recall</title> 
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	Waitrose have issued a recall for its Good to Go Tuna Nicoise Salad 280g. This product contains wheat and milk which is not listed on the labelling. The Salad containing these ingredients has a &#39;use by&#39; date of 3 August 2012, because of a packaging error.
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      <title>Gluten Free Prescription</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/gluten-free-prescription/</link> 
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	In recent months several misleading press articles have appeared accusing gluten free manufacturers of excessive charging for delivering prescription products. Members of the &nbsp;British Specialist Nutrition Association (BSNA) such as Glutafin provides its products to the NHS at a fixed and consistent price and it never charges extra administration or delivery charges because these are already paid for by the manufacturers.

	
	However some pharmaceutical wholesalers...']]></description> 
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      <title>Allergy Alerts</title> 
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	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...']]></description> 
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      <title>Gluten free labelling</title> 
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	New labelling laws will be a great help for coeliacs!


	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...']]></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> 
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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> 
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      <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>Meet The New Face Of Glutafin!</title> 
      <link>http://www.glutafin.co.uk/news/meet-the-new-face-of-glutafin/</link> 
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	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...']]></description> 
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