National and International News
Better-off seek more cancer advice
A breast cancer study has shown that, after treatment, women from deprived areas suffer from higher levels of anxiety and are less well-informed than affluent women.
The Scotsman 28/07/04
Bid to boost care of self-harmers
People who deliberately harm themselves are being offered inadequate treatment, according to a health service watchdog.
BBC Health News 28/07/04
The Guardian 28/07/04
The Independent 28/07/04
NHS Direct 28/07/04
Communications News: Safe sex week calls on young to get help early
The sexual health charity FPA will launch its largest-ever multimedia campaign during Sexual Health Week to encourage young people to seek advice about sexually transmitted infections as soon as they notice any symptoms.
ThirdSector 28/07/04
Crisis over rise of 'silent sex' disease
Nearly 90,000 Brits now have infertility-causing sex disease chlamydia, it was revealed yesterday.
The Mirror 28/07/04
Financial Times 28/07/04
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The Independent 28/07/04
Curing by postcode
A new method of mapping out illness will help to pinpoint NHS spending
The Times 28/07/04
Doctor's orders: tea tonic
Drink plenty of tea to keep your blood pressure down. A Taiwanese study has found that the odds of developing hypertension were cut by nearly half among people who drank one small cup a day, and by about two thirds among those who drank 20 ounces or more. There was no difference between those drinking green and black tea, it said.
The Times 28/07/04
DoH reveals plans to abolish NHS Estates
NHS Estates is to be closed, raising questions about the future of its £2.1bn ProCure 21 partnering programme.
Contract Journal 28/07/04
Fat Street
Can 200 Brummie slimmers save obese Britain?
The Mirror 28/07/04
The Independent 28/07/04
Health secretary approves 14 PFI hospitals
Fourteen private-finance hospitals worth more than 4bn were given the go-ahead yesterday by John Reid - in part to let constructors and financiers plan for the work.
Financial Times 28/07/04
The Guardian 28/07/04
The Times 28/07/04
The Independent 28/07/04*
'Last obstacle' to smoking ban removed
A ban on smoking in public places moved a step closer today when the chief medical officer said one of the last obstacles had been removed.
The Guardian 28/07/04
Lithium Isn't Much Help for Teens with Mania
New York (Reuters Health) - Mania, often a component of bipolar disorder, can be treated with lithium, but it doesn't seem to be very effective for adolescents with the condition.
Reuters 28/07/04
Pain Assessment in Nursing Homes Varies Widely
New York (Reuters Health) - Pain is a frequent companion for many nursing home residents, and it often goes unattended because of a breakdown in communications, investigators report.
Reuters 28/07/04
Pesticides found in 43% of fruit and vegetables traces of pesticide
More than four out of ten items of fruit, vegetable and cereals on sale in Britain contain traces of pesticide, according to a new report which reveals the extent of chemical contamination in the food chain.
The Independent 28/07/04
Raj Persaud: A doctor's diagnosis - the NHS is not recovering
Managerial inefficiency is endemic and, as a result, quality of care continues to deteriorate.
The Independent 28/07/04
Rural GPs 'aghast' at out-of-hours reforms
A group of rural GPs have written to Tony Blair, the Prime Minister, Jack McConnell, the First Minister, and Malcolm Chisholm, the health minister, voicing concerns at new arrangements for out-of-hours calls.
The Scotsman 28/07/04
Surprising market leadership
You wouldn't normally expect public services to be in the forefront of anything very significant, much less local authorities. However, while it is only a minority of local authorities that have implemented enterprise (corporate) performance management as yet, it is clear, at least in some respects, that those that have are ahead of most of their private counterparts.
IT Analysis.com 28/07/04
Warning on UK's 'hidden HIV crisis'
The UK's "hidden" HIV crisis and the need to tackle it is being highlighted by England's Chief Medical Officer.
IC Network 28/07/04
Cheshire and Mersey News
Child offenders face drug tests in pilot programme
Liverpool is to pilot a scheme which will involve the drug testing of child offenders as young as 14.
Daily Post 28/07/04
Cutting-edge future for Mersey healthcare
Merseyside can look forward to the most technologically advanced health care in Europe, thanks to a massive £1bn hospital building programme announced yesterday.
Daily Post 28/07/04
Daily Post 28/07/04
Emergency stars
Mersey Regional Ambulance Service (MRAS) is performing well overall according to the latest NHS annual performance ratings.
Southport Champion 28/07/04
Hospital Thanks
Allow me to thank doctors, nurses and ward staff on Ward 14 of Arrowe Park Hospital.
Wirral Globe 28/07/04
Public burial for organ row babies
The funerals of 1,000 unidentified babies caught up in the Liverpool organ retention scandal will be public events.
Liverpool Echo 27/07/04
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Equality group faces closure
Bury Racial Equality Council is staring at extinction after a second plea for cash help was turned down.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/07/04
October date for views on future of baby unit
Campaigners fighting to save Fairfield's Special Care Baby Unit will have to wait three months before they can make their views officially known.
Lancashire Evening Telegraph 28/07/04
Greater Manchester News
Heart transplant boy in dog attack
A terrified four-year-old awaiting a heart transplant was scarred for life when he was savaged by a dog.
Manchester Evening News 28/07/04
Other Bits and Pieces
Boy's designer baby surgery makes history
Five-year-old Charlie Whitaker has made British medical history by becoming the first child to receive a transplant from his "designer baby" brother
Yorkshire Post 28/07/04
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