National and International News
1bn shortfall in care funding
Nursing homes in England are underfunded by £1 billion a year, according to William Laing, the influential health market analyst, in a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
The Times 01/06/04
2m to fill resort's dental care gaps
The National Health Service is to spend more than £2m to fill "third world" gaps in dental care which have plagued a leading seaside resort.
The Guardian 31/05/04
Big wealth gap among breast cancer survivors
Women in the north of England are far less likely to survive breast cancer than those living in the wealthy South-east, according to a major new study which exposes a postcode lottery in treatment of the disease.
The Independent 30/05/04
Children's basketball: day 2
While the nation debates the reason for the rise in obesity levels over the past 25 years and how it should be tackled, there are steps that parents can take to ensure that their offspring are not among the 50 per cent of children who are predicted to be severely overweight by 2020.
The Times 01/06/04
Free play healthier than PE
Children get more physical benefit from kicking a ball around in the park or playground than from PE lessons, a study has found. The effort of unstructured play burns more calories than the average of 70 minutes a week of formal games that pupils get in school.
The Times 01/06/04
Government draws up plans to combat West Nile virus
Health officials will order Britons to cover themselves with mosquito-repellant ointment, spray their homes each evening and erect special anti-mosquito screens if the potentially deadly West Nile virus arrives in this country.
The Guardian 01/06/04
Health Check: 'By my reckoning, I have at least two, possibly three, of the warning signs of prostate cancer. But what should I do?'
Let me not beat about the bush. I am a middle-aged man who is beginning to experience some of the symptoms typical of my years. One of these is that I have to get out of bed most nights to pee. And here is something else - my stream is not as strong as it once was. I recall schoolboy games when I was 10 to see who could pee highest up the wall. I wouldn't win any prizes now.
The Independent 31/05/04
Health chiefs 'bullied' into deal
The Government has been accused of "bullying" local health chiefs into signing up to a deal with the private sector.
The Guardian 01/06/04
The Guardian 01/06/04
Health experts go private
Dr Richard Smith, the editor of the British Medical Journal, has some explaining to do after defecting to run the US private healthcare company UnitedHealth Group’s UK business, along with Tony Blair’s chief health adviser, Simon Stevens.
The Times 01/06/04
Health research is too stressful
Academia is proving so stressful that many medical and dental clinicians are fleeing in the direction of restful employment in the NHS.
The Times 01/06/04
How fat became the big issue
'Tragedy of Britain's fat kids' cried the papers, but experts had warned that an obesity crisis was looming, reports Jo Revill
The Observer 30/05/04
The Observer 30/05/04
The Guardian 31/05/04
The Independent 30/05/04
The Independent 30/05/04
Is there a doctor on the plane? No, they're too worried about being sued
Doctors are increasingly reluctant to give medical assistance on aircraft for fear of being sued if things go wrong, according to a new report.
The Independent 31/05/04
Lack of parks cause children's poor health
Child asthma, obesity, social alienation, early death: blame it all on a worsening environment that is causing the public sector increasing concern.
The Times 01/06/04
At last - the 'good dying' guide
There are good food guides, good pub guides and good hotel guides, and now there is a book for those who want to die. A publisher has launched the first Good Euthanasia Guide, listing details of countries that allow "self-deliverance", and organisations which can help to accomplish it.
The Guardian 01/06/04
No end to NHS postcode lottery
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has had a bad week: it has admitted it has failed to solve one of the problems it was set up to tackle five years ago, and its new draft treatment guidelines have been criticised as being “not in the real world”.
The Times 01/06/04
Question of Health
Will this treatment clear my spots? And is my binge-eating something to worry about?
The Independent 31/05/04
'Spud-u-lite' leads fightback against Atkins effect
The humble spud has seen its popularity slump in the face of the surging success of the Atkins diet, which demonises the vegetable as a fattening food.
The Independent 01/06/04
Square of dark chocolate a day could keep the cardiologist away
Dark chocolate has joined Guinness, sherry and red wine on the list of foods and drinks that are good for the heart, because it boosts blood vessel function.
The Independent 01/06/04
Staying forever young
Reluctant to take HRT, Julia Pascal discovered DHEA, a little-known natural treatment for menopausal symptoms. She's thriving on it - so why aren't more women taking it?
The Independent 31/05/04
Suicide 'epidemic' hits women's jails
An unprecedented number of female prisoners have killed themselves over the last two months, prompting fears of a suicide "epidemic" in women's jails.
The Independent 30/05/04
Cheshire and Mersey News
Benefit cheat stole to ease debilitating bowel disease
A man who stole more than £17,000 to replace suits and mattresses destroyed by his chronic bowel problem could face imprisonment.
Chester Chronicle 28/05/04
Health chiefs say thanks
A flyer detailing letters of thanks from patients was put in the pay packets of 4,000 Halton and Warrington Hospital staff this month.
Knutsford Guardian 31/05/04
Homeless given hope under the law
With almost 15,700 empty homes in Liverpool, it is one of the most blighted areas of the country.
Liverpool Echo 28/05/04
Hospital bottom of the league but top on safety
The Countess of Chester Hospital is one of the top three in the country when it comes to patient safety, according to The Sunday Times.
Chester Chronicle 28/05/04
Medicine man's vision
Steve Culshaw had a dream. He wanted to make alternative therapies available to those who would not usually be able to afford it. Two years later, he has realised his ambition with a vital community service on its own premises.
Chester Chronicle 28/05/04
Shot in the arm for hospital
A new 12.5million state-of-the-art treatment and diagnostic centre to slash waiting times is to be built at Leighton Hospital.
Crewe Guardian 28/05/04
Cumbria and Lancashire News
A healthier way for our children
Hopefully the report of the Commons Health Select Committee on obesity will do a whole generation a life-saving favour.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/05/04
A truly painful extraction
It comes as no surprise that the government, in its quest to make sure that the pensioners of this country are the downtrodden people of Europe, have found another way of extracting their hard earned savings, this is by effectively removing dental health from the National Health Service.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Care homes peace deal
An investigation into allegations of price fixing in 11 Bury care homes will continue, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Coroner calls for ambulance inquiry
An inquest was dramatically halted after it was claimed a window cleaner fell off his ladder within 100 yards of Whitefield Ambulance Station, and it took an hour for a properly-equipped ambulance to arrive.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Dentist is filling a gap in babycare
A Prestwich dentist who created a babycare web business has joined forces with a TV journalist after his site came to her rescue.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Don't fall for it
Older people are being invited to hear how to avoid being the next `falls' casualty.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Elderly will warm to new grants
An energy efficiency scheme could help to cut heating bills in more than 1,200 Burnley homes over the next year.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 31/05/04
Fat's not how we want kids
Lancashire's overweight children are set to be whipped into shape by the county council's new chairman, who was sworn in this week.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/05/04
Man cut his wrists with shard of hospital mirror
A 35-year-old Accrington man broke a mirror in an accident at a cubicle in Blackburn Royal Infirmary and then slashed his wrists with a fragment.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 31/05/04
More medics plea
Lancaster University is working on a major funding bid to boost the number of doctors working in the North West.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
New dental service open for business
A new dental service has been officially opened to treat Nelson folk not registered with an NHS dentist.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 29/05/04
Philip is national Optician of Year
A Blackburn optician has been named national Optician of the Year at the 'optics oscars'.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 31/05/04
'Super hospital' will save lives
I am pleased to see the new "super hospital" at Queen's Park, Blackburn, gradually taking shape. But I am also surprised to have read one or two negative views from people.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/05/04
Greater Manchester News
Centres help cut GP referrals
Bolton has seen a four per cent reduction in GP referrals, thanks to a new strategy to treat more patients in different centres around the town.
Bolton Evening News 29/05/04
Hospital fails to meet target
The Royal Bolton Hospital failed to meet its accident and emergency national targets for April.
Bolton Evening News 31/05/04
Hospital loses bid to house cancer scanners
Cancer patients have missed out on receiving treatment in Bolton after the Royal Bolton Hospital lost out on a bid to become the North-west's second speciality cancer centre.
Bolton Evening News 28/05/04
Hospital stoops to blackmail
How dare the management of the Royal Bolton Hospital try and blackmail us by stating: "If staff do not start to pay, clinical services for the general public will be affected".
Bolton Evening News 28/05/04
Hospital's foreign Nightingales shine
Visiting a foreign country can feel daunting.
But for 67 nurses, coming to England was more than a visit -- they left behind family and friends and have taken up full-time jobs at the Royal Bolton Hospital.
Bolton Evening News 31/05/04
New HIV warning for gay men
A third of gay men with the HIV virus do not know they are infected, research revealed today.
Manchester Evening News 01/06/04
The Guardian 01/06/04
The Independent 01/06/04
New recipe for fighting cancer
A hospital in Greater Manchester has unveiled a new weapon in the fight against cancer - food.
Manchester Evening News 01/06/04
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