National and International News
Belated patients' survey tells of NHS miseries
A national survey showing that many NHS patients suffer unnecessary pain, sleepless nights and lack of respect from insensitive doctors was published this week in a remote corner of the Department of Health's website after being suppressed since last year.
The Guardian 19/07/03
Cabinet on alert over spending
Gordon Brown is warning the majority of his cabinet colleagues to forget hopes of big increases in next year's spending round as the government concentrates its pre-election firepower on its priority areas of education and fighting crime
The Guardian 19/07/03
Eating GM foods will not harm you, says official report
The risk to human health from genetically modified crops is “very low�, an expert panel appointed by the Government will rule on Monday.
The Times 19/07/03
Euro will pay for NHS, says Blair
Britain will be billions of pounds better off if it joins the European single currency, saving enough money over the next 30 years to pay for the whole of the National Health Service, the Prime Minister said yesterday.
The Observer 20/07/03
Faulty freezer ruins 28 cancer patients' stored sperm
Frozen sperm belonging to 28 cancer patients, whose treatment may have left them sterile, has defrosted, a hospital admitted yesterday.
The Independent 20/07/03
Girl, 5, tortured to death for being too beautiful
A woman was jailed yesterday for torturing and abusing her partner’s five-year-old daughter; she had described the child as being “too beautiful�.
The Times 19/07/03
He was a fair cop
This is not the time to short-change our emergency services.
The Observer 20/07/03
Healthy, wealthy and wise
What price good health? One in five people of working age in the UK has a long-term disability, according to official figures, and Cash has compared the costs of being ill with the costs of healthy living. Is it feasible to reduce your susceptibility to back pain, heart disease, stress and the other main debilitating conditions of our time? The results are very encouraging.
The Observer 20/07/03
Locking patient in room for days ruled unlawful
Ashworth Hospital, whose high profile patients include the Moors murderer Ian Brady, has been found in breach of government guidelines for keeping psychiatric patients locked in seclusion, often for weeks at a time.
The Independent 20/07/03
MPs look at tax breaks for the fit
Tax breaks for taking a walk, going to the gym or swimming a few lengths are being considered by the Government to tackle the growing 'couch potato culture'.
The Observer 20/07/03
Patient patients
Three years ago the British Medical Association signed up to Labour's 10-year plan to make the NHS more patient-centred. For the last year the BMA has been in negotiations with successive health secretaries to ensure the focus in hospitals remained consultant-centred. John Reid, the new health secretary, was right to reopen talks on the disputed new contract. He was right to go an "extra mile or two" because without cooperative consultants, the government would not reach the ambitious targets it has set the NHS. Both sides have made concessions - the government giving up its demand that new consultants should give their first eight hours of overtime to NHS patients; the BMA agreeing that all consultants would offer the first four hours of overtime to the NHS. The deal has still to be approved by ballot but the BMA's negotiators are recommending acceptance.
The Guardian 19/07/03
Viagra is prescribed on NHS 1m times
The demand for impotence medicines has soared since the drug's release, but its availability on prescription is limited.
The Independent 20/07/03
Women fearful of 'war zone' treatment have babies alone
Pregnant women face lack of privacy and staff shortages in hospitals.
The Observer 20/07/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Battling medics in 999 bust-up
A paramedic punched and kicked a fellow emergency worker who accused him of only responding quickly to members of his own family.
Chester Chronicle 18/07/03
Hospital insiders claim star ratings are 'a fix'
A health watchdog believes the Countess of Chester Hospital has retained its three star status because it is being lined up to become a Foundation hospital under a controversial government scheme.
Chester Chronicle 18/07/03
Hospitals may face shutting at night
Hospitals could be forced to shut at night unless they urgently change they way work, the Cheshire- based leader of Britain's doctors has warned.
Daily Post 18/07/03
Jobs losses in the stars at NHS trust
Bosses at one of the region's biggest ambulance providers could face a reshuffle after failing to improve its trust's standing in a national league of health excellence.
Chester Chroncle 18/07/03
New chief executive at Women's Hospital
Liverpool Women's Hospital has a new chief executive. Louise Shepherd, who is currently deputy chief executive at the Countess of Chester NHS Trust, will take over the position at the hospital on August 11.
Daily Post 18/07/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Casualty closure fear scotched
Fears that wards could close without warning at Fairfield General Hospital have been voiced by Bury's health watchdogs.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 18/07/03
Helping people live with chronic illness
A new course for people living with chronic illness is being launched by Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Primary Care Trust in September.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 18/07/03
Prescription to save chemists
The outcome of this newspaper's campaign to save local chemists might not be totally clear-cut, but their future looks brighter now that the government has responded to the public's outcry.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 18/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Hospital chiefs relieved as pay deal ends strike
Hospital bosses have breathed a sigh of relief after porters and cleaning staff called off their strike and accepted a new pay deal. Staff have been striking for 12 days on and off and The Royal Bolton Hospital has been severely disrupted.
Bolton Evening News 19/07/03
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