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40,000 face repeat MMR jab
Up to 40,000 children may have to be revaccinated with the combined MMR jab after it emerged yesterday that two clinics giving separate measles, mumps and rubella immunisations did not follow correct procedures.
The Guardian 09/07/03
A third of fathers-to-be 'want to become house husbands'
A third of fathers-to-be want to give up work to become full-time house husbands, a survey published today reveals.
The Independent 09/07/03
Blair narrowly avoids defeat over hospitals
Tony Blair narrowly escaped a humiliating defeat at the hands of Labour rebels on Tuesday when opposition to his hospital reforms cut the government's majority in the Commons to just 35, its lowest since he became prime minister.
Financial Times 09/07/03
The Independent 09/07/03
Breast cancer care crisis warning
Services in the UK are inadequate to cope with the predicted rise in breast cancer patients as the population ages, experts have warned. A report by the charity Breast Cancer Care warns that there will be a crisis in service provision in the next 30 years unless action is taken now.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Cosmetic surgery adverts misleading
The first inspection of cosmetic surgery practices has found misleading claims in adverts and a widespread failure to check on the background of surgeons.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Doctors reject claims they acted unethically
The surgeons leading the team that separated Ladan and Laleh Bijani yesterday rejected accusations that they acted unethically or unprofessionally in undertaking an operation other specialists had refused to attempt years ago when the risks were smaller.
The Guardian 09/7/03
Good news: UK men live longer, Bad news: only if they are rich
At last, some good news for the weaker sex. The beleaguered British male, long burdened with worse health than women and notorious for whingeing about it, is witnessing one of the biggest rises in life expectancy over the past 20 years in Europe.
The Independent 09/07/03
Hodge pledges new voice for children
Margaret Hodge, the children's minister, brushed aside calls for her resignation yesterday and promised to transform the machinery of government by giving children a direct voice on all aspects of public policy.
The Guardian 09/07/03
The Independent 09/07/03
Labour's majority slumps to 35 in hospitals vote
The government last night saw its 164-vote Commons majority collapse to 35, the lowest since Tony Blair first won power, after 63 Labour backbenchers joined forces with the combined opposition in an attempt to block NHS foundation hospitals.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Little wonders of micro-medicine
Engineering at a scale of millionths of a metre could build human organs such as livers and kidneys - and create a "smart" artificial knee which would know when it had become infected, researchers said yesterday.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Malaria vaccine trial begins
Scientists hope they are moving closer to preventing deaths from malaria with a trial to test a vaccine in children. Two thousand children aged one to four will be given the vaccine in a study to measure how effective it is at preventing infection.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Warning over 'creeping' NHS charges
Patients are facing "creeping charges" for NHS care, a consumer organisation has warned. The issue has been highlighted by the National Consumer Council.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
Blair faces battle over NHS reforms
The Government was warned that it faced a prolonged battle over its plans for foundation hospitals after narrowly surviving a Commons attempt to wreck its flagship health service reform.
Liverpool Echo 09/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Patients tell of electrode hell
A HOSPITAL psychologist placed electrodes on a woman patient's bottom and private parts, telling her it would help her stop smoking, a court heard.
Manchester Evening News 08/07/03
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