National and International News
Calls to axe TV drama on MMR
Channel Five is facing demands to pull the plug on a hard-hitting drama favourable to the disputed view that the MMR jab may be linked to autism.
The Guardian 03/12/03
Controversy at the cutting edge
Private sector treatment centres are coming to the NHS to help cut waiting times - but, finds John Carvel, problems lie in store
The Guardian 03/12/03
Doctor died after 'birth blunders' by colleagues
A hospital doctor who tried for years to have children died hours after giving birth to twins conceived by IVF treatment as she was operated on by colleagues, an inquest was told yesterday.
The Times 03/012/03
Doctors back cash for organs
A radical change in medical law to allow the NHS to buy organs from live donors in Britain and Europe will be debated in closed session today by the British Medical Association, the powerful organisation representing doctors throughout the UK.
The Guardian 03/12/03
Doctors feel the weight of progress with doorstop ethical guide
Medical paternalism is dead - but doctors must still take decisions that may be unpopular with their patients, according to an ethical guide published yesterday.
The Independent 03/12/03
Does a cleft palate justify an abortion? Curate wins right to challenge doctors
Two of the country's leading judges yesterday paved the way for an important high court test case to examine the criteria necessary for an abortion to go ahead. In a decision which focuses on the human rights of foetuses and could undermine a law which supporters insist has served women well for 35 years, Lord Justice Rose and Mr Justice Jackson gave a Church of England curate permission to challenge a decision by police not to prosecute doctors who carried out an abortion on a foetus which had a cleft lip and palate.
The Guardian 02/12/03
The Guardian 03/12/03
Liverpool Echo 02/12/03
Manchester Evening News 02/12/03
Most GPs planning to end after-hours care
Eighty-three per cent of GPs are planning to withdraw care for their patients outside normal hours when a new contract is introduced in April, a survey published today found.
The Times 03/012/03
The Guardian 03/12/03
The Guardian 02/12/03
Daily Post 02/12/03
NHS success concealed by poor data
If there is no clarity about how good we are at treating the most feared disease, cancer, is it any wonder that there is so much confusion with respect to other diseases. Until last year's report from two of Britain's most eminent scientists - Sir Richard Doll and Sir Richard Peto, of Oxford University - Britain was perceived to have one of the worst records in the treatment of cancer in the developed world. But Doll and Peto showed that in two of the most fatal forms of the disease - breast and lung cancer - Britain had recorded the world's biggest decreases.
The Guardian 03/12/03
Retiring at 70 'would trap more in poverty'
Plans to tackle the pensions shortfall by raising the retirement age to 70 could plunge even more older people into poverty, experts have said.
The Times 03/012/03
Ryanair in court battle over fee for wheelchair
A man forced to pay £18 to use a wheelchair at Stansted airport began a landmark court case yesterday against the airport and the budget airline Ryanair.
The Independent 03/12/03
Six children die in Fujian flu outbreak
Health officials are "watching very closely" the rate at which an unexpected form of flu is striking children, the chief medical officer, Professor Sir Liam Donaldson, said yesterday.
The Guardian 02/12/03
The Guardian 02/12/03
The Guardian 02/12/03
Targets hinder NHS efficiency, says thinktank
Excessive government targets and bureaucracy are preventing healthcare professionals and NHS managers from running an effective health service, a thinktank warned today.
The Guardian 02/12/03
Think Tank
When you alight from a train at New Street Station Birmingham, one of the first messages you hear is that smoking is not allowed anywhere in the station. You are unlikely to hear the same message in any of Birmingham's hospitals - or, indeed, many of the hospitals in the rest of the country. I think this is a real shame.
The Guardian 03/12/03
Vital signs show NHS is making a good recovery
Waiting times for operations on the National Health Service have been cut, staff numbers are up and deaths from cancer and heart disease are down, according to an NHS report.
The Times 03/012/03
Women's plasma in surgery ban
Blood plasma donated by women will no longer be used in thousands of operations because of the risk that it may trigger a life-threatening complication in some patients.
The Guardian 03/12/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
Fears for tot's mum
The family of a mother who left her baby boy on a building site should not try to protect her identity, police said today.
Liverpool Echo 02/12/03
Gloom on hospital waiting times
The region's health bosses have issued a gloomy warning about accident and emergency waiting times this winter.
Daily Post 02/12/03
Heart centre leads way in speedy care
A new centre tackling heart disease in Birkenhead will be hailed today for helping to boost the number of patients receiving fast treatment.
Daily Post 03/12/03
NHS fraud costs optician £150,000
An optician who conned the health service out of cash has been spared a jail sentence.
Daily Post 02/12/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
£2m action plan as doctors' hours cut
A £2 MILLION plan to help East Lancashire's hospitals cope with reductions in junior doctors' hours brought about by EU rules has been revealed.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 02/12/03
Alison wages war on junk food
A third World nutritionist who has helped to improve diets in stricken countries has been appointed to turn the tide on East Lancashire's unhealthy eating.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 02/12/03
Surgery a boost for staff and patients
A health centre in Blackburn is due to open its doors for the first time on Monday. St George's Surgery, in Preston New Road, has moved to a new £1m site in Haslingden Road.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 02/12/03
Greater Manchester News
Acne-curing laser 'should be on NHS'
Acne sufferers should be given pioneering laser treatment on the NHS, according to the director of a Bolton clinic.
Bolton Evening News 01/12/03
Hospital's £1m loss as cancer patients miss out
Patients needing life-saving bone marrow transplants are being turned away due to a staff shortage costing Manchester's Christie Hospital £1m.
Manchester Evening News 02/12/03
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