National and International News
Bid to cut NHS suspensions
Efforts to cut the number of medical staff suspended due to long-running investigations into their conduct have been stepped up.
The Guardian 05/05/04
Britain counts the cost of RSI and backache
These conditions are ruining people’s working and personal lives, and causing serious financial damage to UK industry.
The Times 05/05/04
Cash award for cancer 'dip-stick'
Scientists at the University of Dundee have been awarded £120,000 to find simple ways of spotting the early symptoms of a form of cancer.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Children at risk from high blood pressure
As children get fatter their blood pressure is rising, researchers have found.
The Times 05/05/04
BBC Health 05/05/04
Conference on prison mental health
The Government must do more for the mental health of prisoners, a conference has been told.
The Guardian 05/05/04
BBC Health 05/05/04
Cyclist in ambulance delay dies
A cyclist who waited almost an hour for an ambulance after he was badly hurt in a crash has died in hospital.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Doctors 'accept trips' for unproved hips
Hospital cosultants may be accepting incentives to use unproved hip replacement implants, a parliamentary report says today.
The Times 05/05/04
BBC Health 05/05/04
Doctors accuse the BMA of racism
Five doctors who claim the British Medical Association (BMA) racially discriminated against them have taken the body to an employment tribunal.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Equality tsar to be appointed
The Department of Health is to appoint a £95,000-a-year "equality tsar" to spearhead efforts to rid the NHS of racial discrimination and gender bias.
The Guardian 05/05/04
'Give me an injection and I will be dead'
After several months of legal action, the Guardian has won the right to interview foreign nationals being held without charge on suspicion of terrorist involvement. Audrey Gillan goes inside Broadmoor high security hospital and talks to Mahmoud Abu Rideh about being locked up with no prospect of release and why he has tried to kill himself.
The Guardian 05/05/04
Gulf War soldier on hunger strike
A former soldier has gone on hunger strike in an attempt to secure a public inquiry into Gulf War Syndrome.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Hourglass figure fertility link
Men have long held up women such as Marilyn Monroe as icons of female attractiveness.
BBC Health 05/05/04
Most injuries to pelvis will heal
Fractures sustained by Martha Lane Fox will have resulted in blood loss, not just from the haemorrhaging of soft tissues and surgery, but also because of bleeding from the fractured bone ends.
The Times 05/05/04
Mother to sue landlord over son's asthma
A mother who claims that damp conditions inside her council flat triggered her son’s asthma is taking her landlord to court in the first legal case of its kind.
The Times 05/05/04
The Guardian 05/05/04
Mothers encouraged to breastfeed
Making breastfeeding socially acceptable in Northern Ireland is the primary aim of a public information campaign being launched on Wednesday.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Patients get the right to report drug side-effects
Patients who suffer unpleasant or unexpected side-effects from a medicine are for the first time to be allowed to report it themselves directly to the body which licenses and regulates pharmaceutical drugs in the UK.
The Guardian 05/05/04
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Private hospitals charging NHS inflated fees for work
Private hospitals are demanding more than twice the NHS cost for treating some health service patients, cashing in on the Government's scramble to cut waiting lists.
The Independent 05/05/04
Pupils kept home after TB report
More than 20 pupils have been removed from a school after tuberculosis was diagnosed in a child.
The Times 05/05/04
Romanian mental care deplored
Rights group Amnesty International (AI) has called for an urgent reform of psychiatric hospitals in Romania.
BBC Health News 04/05/05
Schools become 'nut-free zones'
Schools are increasingly becoming "nut-free zones" as fears over allergies prompt bans on peanuts in packed lunches.
BBC Health News 05/05/04
Teen mothers face high death risk
Complications during pregnancy and childbirth are the main killers of teenage girls in the developing world, a new report by Save the Children says.
BBC Health News 04/05/04
Twin boys' football 'miracle'
Twins born with club feet have become keen footballers, despite being told they would never walk properly.
BBC Health News 03/5/05
Cheshire and Mersey News
Health bid for 147m
Mental health services in Merseyside will get 600 extra staff if ambitious plans are given the go-ahead.
Liverpool Echo 04/05/04
Hospital carer was shot by mistake
An Alder Hey Children's Hospital carer who was shot dead in the street, was killed because he looked like the intended target for the gangland hit.
Daily Post 04/05/04
Medicine waste is hard to take
Ashurst Health Centre's Dr Sanjeev Saxena is backing a campaign to stop people wasting medicine.
Skelmersdale Advertiser 29/04/04
Meet greatest nurse
A nurse from Skelmersdale has been honoured for her work.
Skelmersdale Advertiser 29/04/04
Waiting list leaves Barry, 55, suffering for months
An Oakwood man who has waited months for an operation on his infected prostate has this week slammed Tony Blair for the failing health service.
Warrington Guardian 04/05/04
'You do better' say underfire chiefs
Hospital bosses making radical changes to services have told campaigners - if you don't like it come up with a better idea.
Skelmersdale Advertiser 29/04/04
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Setback for street booze ban hopes
Teenagers in Darwen are being warned that under-age drinking will be tackled - despite a petition for an on-street alcohol ban being refused.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 04/05/04
Trusts 'must do more for the deaf'
Primary care trusts in East Lancashire were today urged to do more to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing patients.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 04/05/04
Greater Manchester News
Child safety fears over new phones
Nearly three-quarters of parents fear their children could be endangered by new third generation video mobile phones, a survey said today.
Manchester Evening News 05/05/04
The Guardian 05/05/04
Christie Hospital's net gain
Web surfers hitting on the Christie Hospital charity website are twice as generous as the average person, with £11,000 donated online in 10 months.
Manchester Evening News 04/05/04
City centre patients shut out
Thousands flocking to live in the city centre are struggling to find a doctor - because there is only one surgery for 15,000 people.
Manchester Evening News 04/05/04
Distraught Lupus mum's baby delight
A mother who lost two children because of a rare illness has spoken of her joy at having a healthy baby - after launching her own research on the Internet.
Manchester Evening News 04/05/04
Our cash-strapped hospital buys luxuries
In a hospital said to be severely under-funded, bosses at Royal Bolton Hospital continue to spend money in a way that many would say was wasteful.
Bolton Evening News 04/05/04
Soaking on 999 dry run
The spectre of disaster loomed heavy on Greater Manchester as casualties from an accident involving a chemical tanker were rushed to hospital - but the victims were actors and the incident a training exercise.
Manchester Evening News 04/05/04
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