National and International News
Hit squads go in as hospitals fail to beat superbug - The Times 07/02/06
HALF of all hospitals in England are failing to control the MRSA superbug in line with government targets in spite of a drive to improve awareness and ward hygiene, it has emerged.
Infection rates [graphic] - The Times 07/02/06
Half of hospitals fail to hit MRSA targets - Daily Mail 07/02/06
'Hit squads' to help tackle MRSA - BBC Health News 07/02/06
Half of hospitals fail to hit MRSA targets - Daily Mail 07/02/06
Care homes censured for treatment of elderly - The Times 07/02/06
THOUSANDS of elderly people in English nursing homes are being given the wrong dose of medicine or the wrong drugs altogether, according to the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).
Many care homes 'fail on drugs' - BBC Health News 07/02/06
Elderly given wrong drugs in half of care homes - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
Care workers face vetting scheme - BBC Health News 07/02/06
Care workers in England who look after the elderly, vulnerable adults and children could face vetting in an attempt to crack down on abuse.
Row over publication of surgeons' death rates - The Times 07/02/06
SCOTLAND’S Chief Medical Officer has clashed with the country’s Freedom of Information Commissioner after patient mortality rates for almost 1,000 surgeons north of the border were made public yesterday. Harry Burns questioned why the death rates for each surgeon operating in Scotland had been published and said that the data was meaningless because it did not provide details of individual patient cases.
First surgery death rates issued - BBC Health News 07/02/06
Face op woman braves media glare - BBC Health News 07/02/06
The French woman who received the world's first partial face transplant has appeared before the cameras of the world's media for the first time.
Face transplant patient speaks for first time - Daily Mail 07/02/06
Lung cancer patients 'often denied best care' - The Guardian 07/02/06
Lung cancer patients are not getting the care they deserve because the illness has the stigma of being seen as a "smokers' disease", campaigners said today.
Woman denied breast cancer drug left 'on death row' - The Independent 07/02/06
A mother with an aggressive form of breast cancer has launched a landmark legal action to force her NHS trust to pay for the cancer treatment Herceptin.
Breast cancer patients struggle to pay for drugs - Daily Mail 07/02/06
Many breast cancer patients are struggling to pay for their prescriptions and some are not taking vital drugs because of the high costs, campaigners have warned.
Girls 'maturing two years earlier than their grans' - Daily Mail 07/02/06
Girls are reaching puberty 18 months before their mothers did and almost two years earlier than their grandmothers, research reveals.
'Disturbing' child suicide rate - BBC Health News 07/02/06
The assistant children's commissioner for Wales says urgent action is needed to tackle the "disturbing" suicide rate among young people in Wales.
Polish woman fights abortion case - BBC Health News 07/02/06
A Polish woman who was refused an abortion despite warnings that having a baby could make her blind is taking her case to Europe's human rights court.
MP demands end to surgeon's case - BBC Health News 07/02/06
An MP has called the four-year suspension of a heart surgeon "an absolute scandal".
UK pledges £3m for safe abortions - BBC Health News 07/02/06
The UK is to give £3m to organisations denied US aid for providing safe abortions in developing countries.
Shipman prompts coroner shake-up - BBC Health News 07/02/06
Grieving relatives would be able to ask for a "second opinion" on death certificates under plans to reform the coroners' system in England and Wales.
Concern over womb cancer increase - BBC Health News 07/02/06
More women with womb cancer are surviving the disease, but cases among the over 60s are increasing, cancer experts say.
IVF curbs 'will leave women childless' - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
Thousands of women would be left childless under a Government watchdog's plans to allow only one embryo to be implanted during each cycle of IVF, new research suggests.
Self-harmers 'should get clean blades' - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
Patients who want to harm themselves could be given clean blades and advice on where to cut, under plans drawn up by nurses' leaders.
Transplants of slipped disc cells offer sufferers life without pain - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
A new method of treating slipped discs appears to reduce pain significantly and improve mobility while removing the risk of further operations.
Patients told not to smoke at home when nurse calls - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
People are to be urged not to smoke at home when nurses, midwives or other community workers pay a visit
Hospital trust to cut modern matron jobs - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
The move to bring back matron, a key policy in the Government's reform of the NHS, has been dealt a blow by a hospital trust that is considering axing half of its "modern matron" posts.
Local care, for local people - Daily Telegraph 07/02/06
The Government wants community hospitals to be the template for health care in the 21st century. So why are 80 of them still under threat? Cassandra Jardine reports
Alzheimer's highly inherited, twins study finds - Reuters 07/02/06
The largest study to date of twins and Alzheimer's disease indicates that inheritance may play a role in nearly 80 percent of cases, researchers said on Monday.
Moms' antidepressants hit third of newborns: study - Reuters 07/02/06
Nearly one in three infants born to women taking anti-depressant drugs exhibit signs of withdrawal and expectant mothers may want to limit the drugs they take, researchers said on Monday.
Rise in uterine cancer in women over 60 - report - Reuters 07/02/06
Early diagnosis and treatment have improved survival rates for uterine cancer but researchers said on Tuesday there had been a sharp rise in the disease in older women.
Tamiflu Gains Approval In Europe For Prevention Of Influenza In Children Aged 1 To 12 Years - Medical News Today 07/02/06
Roche announced today that its anti-influenza medicine Tamiflu (oseltamivir) has received approval from the European authorities for the prevention of influenza (prophylaxis use) in children aged one to 12 years. An approval for the same indication was received in the United States in December last year.
BMA Comments On Department Of Health Response To Latest Acute Trusts MRSA Infection Rates, Out Today (6/2/06), UK - Medical News Today 07/02/06
“Today's figures (6/2/06) show that the problem of MRSA in our hospitals is not going to go away quickly. We need long-term policy and sustained investment to make the problem of MRSA a thing of the past.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Parents reassured baby flu jab is safe - Blackpool Gazette 07/02/06
A LANCASHIRE health expert is reassuring parents over plans to give all toddlers a flu jab.
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