National and International News
Can't stomach Christmas?
Peace on Earth and mercy mild sums up the spirit of Christmas. But there is not always good cheer, and not all blights on yuletide happiness are the fault of latter-day Scrooges. For many people Christmas is an ordeal, and not only because of social strains and stresses but also because of the effect of Christmas fare on the bowels, and the digestive system in general.
The Times 15/12/03
Doctor: how I saved stabbed jogger
The doctor who saved the life of a jogger who was stabbed has revealed for the first time how she feared for her own safety while tending to the woman who had been left for dead.
The Independent 14/12/03
Drug firms 'make unhealthy profits'
The Government has allowed pharmaceutical manufacturers to put financial gain before the health of consumers when deciding where to spend billions of pounds of research money, a report has found.
The Times 15/12/03
The Guardian 15/12/03
Friends of cot-death doctor warn that parents 'will get away with murder'
Colleagues of Professor Sir Roy Meadow, the paediatrician whose testimony in a series of cot death cases is being scrutinised by the Attorney General, are rallying to his defence this weekend.
The Independent 14/12/03
GPs help cut casualty waiting times
Waiting times at a north-west London accident and emergency department have been slashed through a project bringing GPs into casualty, a report published today revealed.
The Guardian 12/12/03
Hospital superbug found in animals
The hospital superbug MRSA has been identified in a dozen animals in Britain. The deadly bacteria was found over the past year in cats, dogs and a rabbit after testing by the Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
The Independent 14/12/03
Life preserver
Amid all the concern about MMR jabs, dismay over hospital superbugs and the NHS coming bottom of yet another European league table, it is very easy to lose sight of simple health strategies that do work. It was barely mentioned by the media last week but suicides in the United Kingdom now stand at a record low. The number of those taking their own lives fell from 9.2 per 100,000 people between 1995 and 1997 to 8.9 per 100,000 between 2000 and 2002. It may not sound much, and there are still 4,500 suicides a year, but it shows that the national prevention strategy set up to make it harder for people to kill themselves seems to be working.
The Observer 14/12/03
Millions of mental sufferers 'being abused'
More than two-thirds of people with mental disorders who live in developed countries, including Britain and the US, are denied access to treatment.
The Independent 14/02/03
Ministers' alarm as sick Britain falls to bottom of health league
Findings from an official inquiry published by the Government this week reveal Britain as the sickest nation among a range of Western countries. The inquiry was ordered by Gordon Brown, the Chancellor, and shows that on measures of health including infant mortality, life expectancy and cancer deaths, Britain comes at the bottom, or close to it, of the league of nine nations.
The Independent 13/12/03
MPs condemn scheme allowing them to jump NHS queues
Labour, Tory and Liberal Democrat MPs have condemned a £20,000 parliamentary scheme that will allow them to queue jump other NHS patients at the taxpayers' expense.
The Independent 15/12/03
Official: obesity is bad for your wealth
Obese men and women are damaging their wealth as well as their health.
The Independent 14/12/03
Public services 'are no better' despite Brown's billions
Tony Blair's leading civil servant admitted yesterday that public services were not "significantly different" despite Labour spending billions on attempts to improve them.
The Independent 13/12/03
School excluded disabled boy from play and photo
Governors of a primary school have been ordered to apologise to a six-year-old disabled boy who was left out of the Christmas play and isolated from his classmates by teachers.
The Times 15/12/03
UK's record on sickness is not what Reid ordered
Sustaining the National Health Service over the next 20 years will be made harder by the poor state of the British population, an interim report by Derek Wanless shows.
The Independent 13/12/03
US shows NHS how to discharge patients faster
Ministers are taking lessons from America in an attempt to reduce the time patients spend in National Health Service hospitals by up to a half.
The Times 14/12/03
Cheshire and Mersey News
A killing with the fillings
A probe into rip-off NHS dentists who use fake gold fillings has been launched.
Liverpool Echo 12/12/03
Alarm over plans to scrap patient checks
Inspectors have raised the alarm over government plans to scrap routine checks on mentally-ill patients at Ashworth high-security hospital on Merseyside.
Daily Post 12/12/03
Bosses are taking no chances in flu epidemic threat
Despite fears of an impending flu epidemic, the number of reported cases in Chester has dropped over the last few weeks.
Chester Chronicle 12/12/03
Paramedic teams answer parents' call
Emergency ambulance cover is to be more than doubled in Southport after an external review found the service is suffering increased pressure since the children's accident and emergency department moved from the resort to Ormskirk.
Daily Post 12/12/03
When care goes wrong
Liverpool Echo 12/12/03
Why was schizophrenic allowed to kill Hanane?
The distraught Chester mother of a brutally murdered teenage girl says the man who killed her daughter should never have been 'allowed to wander the streets at night'.
Chester Chronicle 12/12/03
Cumbria and Lancashire News
300,000 to battle against homelessness
Councils in East Lancashire are to receive nearly £300,000 as their share of a £3.4million North West pot, to support them in tackling homelessness more effectively.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 11/12/03
Health boost for East Ward
Part of Chorley is set to get a health boost. Chorley East ward, one of the town's more needy areas, has been highlighted for a new project by Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 12/12/03
Health bosses 'sorry' over teen killer's case
Health bosses today expressed their sorrow over the case of a psychiatric patient they were treating who killed a teenage friend.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 11/12/03
Nursing home evacuated in toilet fire alert
Residents at a Ribble Valley nursing home had to be evacuated after a ceiling fan in a downstairs washroom caught fire.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 13/12/03
'Out-of-control' GP attacked two staff
A doctor behaved like an "intemperate bully" the day he attacked two of his staff, a judge said.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 12/12/03
Greater Manchester News
Cancer case consultant cleared
Manchester Evening News 13/12/03
Flu jab fears based on `myth'
The belief that the flu jab can give a person a bad cold or even flu has been rubbished by a public health specialist.
Bolton Evening News 12/12/03
Judy's NHS website wins top magazine award
A website set up with the help of a Bolton woman to inform people about local health services has won an award.
Bolton Evening News 12/12/03
Therapy team award
A complimentary therapy team at a Manchester's Christie Hospital has won a national Prince of Wales award in recognition of their work with cancer patients.
Bolton Evening News 11/12/03
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