National and International News
Row over NHS funding splits parties - The Guardian 04/03/05
The disputed medical history of a 69-year-old floating voter ricocheted around the political battleground between Labour and Conservatives yesterday as they fought for electoral advantage over their record of running the national health service.
Campaign begins with battle of wounded arm - The Times 04/03/05
The Battle of Margaret's Shoulder - The Independent 04/03/05
War of Mrs Dixon's shoulder - Daily Telegraph 04/03/05
Cancelled op row continues to rage - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Row deepens in delayed ops case - BBC Health News 04/03/05
Reid accused in op row blame game - Manchester Evening News 04/03/05
Reid hits out at Tory stunt over surgery delay rumpus - Liverpool Daily Post 04/03/05
The war of Mrs Dixon's shoulder is a just one [leader] - Daily Telegraph 04/03/05
Emergency! Call a press officer [political sketch] - The Times 04/03/05
Does Dixon case represent wider problem? [comment] - BBC Health News 04/03/05
A grotesque operation [leader] - The Guardian 04/03/05
How cancelled operation highlights critical care bed bottleneck [analysis] - The Independent 04/03/05
Cancelled operations [Q&A] - The Guardian 04/03/05
Fatal accidents more likely in poor families - The Times 04/03/05
CHILDREN from the poorest families can be five times more likely to die from accidental injuries than those from the most affluent households research indicates.
Poorer children 'at more risk' - Daily Telegraph 04/03/05
Accident risk 'greatest for poor' - BBC Health News 04/03/05
UN warns over deaths from Aids - Daily Mail 04/03/05
More than 80 million Africans may die from Aids by 2025, the United Nations said in a report, and infections could soar to 90 million -- or more than 10% of the continent's population -- if more is not done soon to fight the disease.
HIV 'set to infect 90m Africans' - BBC Health News 04/03/05
Alcohol-related deaths rising - The Independent 04/03/05
The number of people dying from alcohol-related illness, such as liver disease, is rising. But new figures show that the rate varies significantly between regions, with the North of England topping the list.
Alcohol death rate still rising - Daily Telegraph 04/03/05
Alcohol-related deaths increase - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Fake dentist jailed as life of luxury is opened wide - The Times 04/03/05
A FAILED asylum-seeker who set himself up as a dentist and treated more than 600 patients despite having no medical qualifications was jailed for two years yesterday.
Bogus dentist who left patients in agony jailed - The Guardian 04/03/05
Patients turned off by NHS video link - The Times 04/03/05
THE dream of providing medical care through video links is dying in the NHS, a study has shown.
Study that debunks MMR autism link hailed by doctors - The Times 04/03/05
SPECIALISTS welcomed yesterday a study from Japan that produces some of the clearest evidence yet that the MMR vaccine is not responsible for causing autism.
BSE 'may have entered baby food in 70s' - The Guardian 04/03/05
Scientists are to test a hypothesis that young people who have died from the human form of BSE were infected by contaminated baby foods as far back as 1970.
Nurse found dead in snow 500 yards from her home - Daily Telegraph 04/03/05
The body of a young nurse has been found on a snow-covered playing field 500 yards from her home. Shelley Whitfield, 21, was fully clothed, but her dark three quarter length overcoat was found lying nearby with her mobile phone in the pocket.
Quit wish smokers' vaccine hope - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Smokers have been offered hope that a vaccine will help them kick the habit after clinical trials showed positive results.
Pregnant women 'not belting up' - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Mums-to-be are putting the lives of their unborn babies at risk by not a wearing seatbelt, a survey has revealed.
Snackers want healthier options - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Britons want to eat healthier snacks but have problems finding them, according to a new report.
Bird flu outbreak 'under control' - Daily Mail 04/03/05
A bout of bird flu that killed more than 12,000 chickens and quails in Indonesia's Java province is under control after officials distributed millions of doses of a locally produced vaccine.
Italian hospital workers on strike - Daily Mail 04/03/05
Medical visits and operations have been postponed across Italy as thousands of hospital workers walked off the job over contract renewals.
Clark doctor decision challenged - BBC Health News 04/03/05
A health watchdog has gone to the High Court to challenge a General Medical Council decision not to strike off paediatrician David Southall.
£340m deficit predicted for NHS - BBC Health News 04/03/05
The NHS in England could emerge with a deficit of more than £340 million at the end of this financial year, a report has suggested.
Oiling up babies stops infection - BBC Health News 04/03/05
Massaging small babies with sunflower seed oil is a cheap and easy way to protect them against infections, doctors advise.
Card bids to clarify next of kin - BBC Health News 04/03/05
People worried about who would be notified as their next of kin in case of medical emergency are being urged to carry a new card to avoid confusion.
Ecstasy use 'link' to depression - BBC Health News 04/03/05
Heavy ecstasy use is linked to an increase in depressive symptoms in some people, a study suggests.
Cheshire and Mersey News
I gave up a kidney to save my wife's life - Chester Chronicle 04/03/05
RELAXING in their living room, Lorraine and Dave Crowley seem like any loving couple. Their quiet suburban surroundings in Belgrave Gardens, Great Boughton, mask a remarkable true-love story in which a husband sacrificed a vital organ to make his sick wife well again.
Flu jab factory licence restored - Liverpool Echo 03/03/05
RESTORING Chiron's licence allowing it to restart vaccine production at its Liverpool plant comes at a vital time if the world is to respond to a possible bird flu pandemic.
Commons row over surgery delay - Liverpool Echo 03/03/05
HEALTH Minister John Reid was heading for Warrington today as the row over a grandmother's hospital treatment spiralled.
More regions join crusade for public smoking bans - Liverpool Daily Post 04/03/05
THREE more Merseyside councils are in talks with the SmokeFree Liverpool group about getting their own outright bans on smoking.
Mersey heart deaths plummet - Liverpool Daily Post 04/03/05
DEATHS from heart disease have dropped by 43% in one Merseyside area - the biggest reduction in Britain.
Something must be done to stop MRSA - Winsford Guardian 04/03/05
A WINSFORD mother whose son died of the superbug MRSA is facing an anxious wait while her other son receives hospital treatment.
Chemical worker contaminated - Widnes World 03/03/05
A WORKER contaminated with a corrosive chemical was taken to Whiston hospital with a suspected burn.
Hospital hosts 'Think Clean Day' - Warrington Guardian 03/03/05
WARRINGTON'S mental health authority, The 5 Boroughs Partnership, has started its campaign in the fight against hospital super bug MRSA.
Ambulance girls swell tsunami cash - St Helens Star 03/03/05
PREGNANT ambulance workers Anita Snowdon and Kathryn Smith are hoping to raise a 'bumper' fund for the tsunami relief - by getting colleagues to guess the weight and sex of their babies.
Fighting fit - St Helens Star 03/03/05
I NOTICED in the news that the Health Secretary, John Reid had announced a new medical discipline called Sports and Exercise Medicine.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Blackpool tops drink-deaths table - BBC Health News 04/03/05
Blackpool has a higher number of alcohol-related deaths per head of population than anywhere else in England and Wales, new figures show.
Haven in which to end my days - Lancashire Evening Post 03/03/05
David Patterson is battling against advanced bowel cancer which has spread to other areas of his body. He knows time is running out.
125 new homes to replace infirmary - Carlisle News & Star 04/03/05
WORKINGTON’s crumbling 120-year-old infirmary is set to be knocked down and replaced with 125 family homes and upmarket flats. Hospital owners West Cumbria Primary Care Trust -are in multi-million pound talks with housebuilder Persimmon Homes to sell off the site.
250 a week want dentist - Bolton Evening News 03/03/05
INQUIRIES about NHS dentists in Bolton have more than doubled in the past 12 months.
Cash crisis at Bolton hospital - Bolton Evening News 03/03/05
BOSSES at the cash-strapped Royal Bolton Hospital have been warned that more savings will have to be made next year - despite an increase in the hospital budget.
Tributes to ex-GP killed in smash - Lancashire Evening Telegraph 03/03/05
NEIGHBOURS today paid tribute to a retired family doctor killed in a car crash, and described him as a "dedicated pillar of the community". Ian Gavin, 76, of Balmoral Road, Accrington, was driving a Nissan Almera on a notorious stretch of the A59 near Clitheroe.
Greater Manchester News
Food firm probe - Middleton Guardian 03/03/05
FOOD safety officers have "raided" a Middleton food factory they believe might have been involved in the Sudan 1 food contamination.
Cig ban cheer for pub bosses - Manchester Evening News 04/03/05
DRINKERS who like a tipple without having to put up with cigarette smoke were the toast of a top pub group today.
Heart-surgery patients are in safe hands - Manchester Evening News 04/03/05
HEART surgeons in Greater Manchester are providing some of the best treatment in the country, figures have revealed.
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