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Lord Hunt (Philip Hunt), former health minister and past chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has joined the health and social care division of solicitors Beachcroft Wansbrough. Lord Hunt will help clients plan for the new regime of NHS foundation trusts.
Financial Times 30/06/03
A Question Of Health
Could a squint go unnoticed in a child? And can one drink alcohol when on antibiotics?
The Independent 30/06/03
Dear doctor
Dr Ann Robinson on monkey pox fears; risks posed by a hernia; and the new cancer detectors.
The Guardian 1/07/03
Dairy foods linked to lower risk of asthma
Milk and butter may help to protect infants against asthma, according to research published yesterday. It said a Western obsession with low-fat diets might be contributing to soaring rates of the disease.
The Independent 1/07/03
BBC Health News 1/07/03
Doctors urge public smoking ban
Doctors have called on the government to ban smoking in public places. A motion proposing a ban was passed overwhelmingly by doctors attending the British Medical Association annual conference in Torquay.
BBC Health News 1/07/03
Gene defect 'stops some smokers from quitting'
The key to giving up smoking may lie in genes rather than willpower, a study shows. Some people have a defective gene that makes quitting more difficult, scientists found. But the same gene appears to protect against emphysema, a smoking-related illness.
The Independent 1/07/03
Health chiefs 'use trickery to attain performance targets'
The government's obsession with waiting times and performance targets is making "honest people dishonest", damaging patient care and leading to fiddled figures on how well the NHS is doing, Dr Ian Bogle, chairman of the British Medical Association, said yesterday.
The Financial Times 1/07/03
The Guardian 1/07/03
The Independent 1/07/03
I give up
One of my colleagues gave up smoking eight years ago. He is full of support for me in my new life as a non-smoker - all 10 extraordinary days of it. The first two years, he tells me, are ghastly, the next three years a misery of discomfort.
The Guardian 1/07/03
Let us eat cake
Pregnant women are bombarded with advice about healthy eating. Out go crisps and chocs - in come fruit and veg. But sometimes the body knows better, as Annalisa Barbieri discovered
The Independent 30/06/03
Lords reject curbs on sale of vitamins
The Lords last night defeated a government move to introduce a European Commission curb on the sale of vitamins and food supplements. The peers voted by 132 to 79, a majority of 53, against legislation the Tories said would "drastically curtail" the range of products consumers could buy over the counter.
The Financial Times 1/07/03
Manchester diagnosed as Britain's city of sicknotes
Just weeks after being named the most bohemian citizens in the UK, Mancunians now have a new accolade to acclimatise to - they are officially the country's biggest skivers.
The Guardian 1/07/03
Minister offers to 'tweak' NHS pay contract
John Reid made his first concession as health secretary yesterday by offering to "tweak" the contract that consultants in England rejected last year, in an attempt to head off industrial confrontation with the British Medical Association.
Financial Times 30/06/03
The Independent 30/06/03
NHS aims to speed claims for medical negligence
Plans for an England-wide body with powers to investigate and speed up claims for compensation in the National Health Service were unveiled by the government yesterday.
The Financial Times 1/07/03
The Guardian 1/07/03
Race is on to save the first Aids vaccine. But does it even work?
What was billed as the first Aids vaccine, with potential to end a global disaster that is killing millions every year, has ended with an ignominious whimper, as a Californian biotech company arranges to pull out of Thailand before the final analysis of its clinical trials involving 2,500 Thai volunteers.
The Guardian 1/07/03
Revealed: How GPs cheat on their patients
Doctors' surgeries are deliberately obstructive to patients who want to book appointments because they interfere with the drive to meet government targets, according to a leaked NHS memo.
The Independent 30/06/03
Saving your skin?
Fans of a revolutionary skin treatment claim it has taken 10 years off them. Shame it hasn't been properly tested yet, says Joanna Moorhead
The Guardian 1/07/03
Science can create babies from unborn mothers
THE prospect of creating children whose biological mothers have never been born has been raised for the first time by scientists.
The Times 1/07/03
Testicle transplant makes sperm
Men facing cancer treatment may not have to rely on a limited supply of frozen sperm to have children, as doctors hail the success of putting testicle tissue in storage instead. The new technique preserves the "germ cells" which make sperm, which are frozen and then transplanted back into the man when he is given the all-clear from the disease
BBC Health News 1/07/03
The hardest choice
When her son was born with a deformed skull, Sharie Mizen faced an agonising decision: let him stay as he was, or put him through traumatic surgery. Clare Dwyer Hogg reports
The Independent 30/06/03
The hidden timebomb
The sudden death of footballer Marc-Vivien Foé last week was no freak one-off. More than 3,000 apparently young healthy adults die unexpectedly every year. Should we be worried, asks Sophie Petit-Zeman
The Guardian 1/07/03
Women challenge former partners' veto over use of frozen embryos
The broken promises allegedly made to Natallie Evans were laid bare before the High Court yesterday as she fought for her "last chance'' to have a baby.
The Independent 1/07/03
Wrongly accused parents demand public inquiry
Parents who claim that questionable evidence from expert witnesses led to them being wrongly accused of murdering or abusing their children yesterday called for a public inquiry.
The Guardian 1/07/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
Bogle: We're doctors not bean-counters
GOVERNMENT targets have led to an NHS driven by tick boxes not patient need, the leader of Britain's doctors said yesterday.
The Liverpool Echo 1/07/03
Fury at hospital parking
MIDWIVES in fear of their safety have hit out at new car parking plans at Liver-pool Women's hospital. The Toxteth hospital wants to move staff parking from on site Mulgrave Street, a 5-10 minute walk away.
The Liverpool Echo 30/06/03
Tories plan £2bn NHS cut, says Brown
Gordon Brown is to accuse the Conservatives of planning a £2 billion cut from the National Health Service by "tearing up a 50-year national consensus" on Britain's health care.
The Liverpool Echo 1/07/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Threat of further action in hospital walkout
PORTERS and cleaners at the Royal Bolton Hospital on Monday began a second three-day walk-out.
Bolton Evening News 30/06/03
Greater Manchester News
Blast for child services in Trafford
CHILDREN'S services in Trafford have been sharply criticised in a government report. Inspectors found "significant deficiencies in budget planning, financial management and performance and information systems."
Manchester Evening News 1/07/03
Move to halt axe on post offices
A HALT to post office closures in Salford is being demanded by a council boss. David Lancaster, deputy leader of the city council, says no more closures should take place until adequate alternative arrangements have been made.
Manchester Evening News 1/07/03
Under-fire carers face new checks
SOCIAL services in Trafford face another government inspection to test claims that it has put its house in order.
Manchester Evening News 1/07/03
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