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NHS gets in step with diversity - The Times 26/09/06
THE NHS employs more than one million people and at some levels of the health service up to 40 per cent of those employees are from black and minority ethnic (BME) groups. But higher up the management tree the number of BME staff dwindles. Lubna Haq, a management consultant with Hay Group, says that there are just six working at chief executive level across the NHS.
One in 10 expectant mothers suffer depression - the Daily Mail 25/09/06
Depression during pregnancy may be almost as common as post-natal 'baby blues', new research suggests.
BA crew delivers baby during flight to America - Guardian 26/09/06
A British Airways flight crew delivered a baby girl with the help of two medical students while the pilot diverted the plane to Nova Scotia. The woman, who was travelling in the club class section of the aircraft, went into labour around five hours into the flight from Heathrow to Boston on Saturday night.
Computers may speed breast cancer detection - Guardian 26/09/06
Thousands of women could have their breast cancer detected more quickly if computers are used to double-check mammograms, research indicates today.
Osteoporosis risk formula devised - BBC News 26/09/06
A formula has been devised that can predict the risk of bone fractures in women suffering osteoporosis.
Nitric oxide (NO) is best known as an air pollutant produced by vehicle emissions and power plants but for pregnant women it is a crucial compound required to avoid hypertension and pre-eclampsia. Now researchers at the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School have uncovered some of the secrets of what can interfere with the protecting properties of NO for pregnant women.
Serious Knife Injuries Are Increasing, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Serious knife injuries are increasing, say trauma experts at the Royal London Hospital in a letter to this week's BMJ.
Response To Conservative Figures On Hospital Bed Losses, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation which represents over 90 per cent of NHS organisations, said: “The reduction in the number of beds in the NHS is not a new trend. Figures show that the number of beds has fallen by 40 per cent since 1959 because of developments in technology and changes in the way we treat patients not because deficits. High bed numbers do not necessarily mean better patient care. We should judge the NHS on how many people we make better and keep well.
RCN Calls For Sensible Debate On Hospital Reconfiguration, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Commenting on the Institute of Public Policy Research's Future Hospital project, Dr Beverly Malone, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.
RCN Calls For Nursing Care Homes To Be Fully Funded By NHS, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Commenting at the end of the consultation on the Department of Health's Proposed National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-Funded Nursing care in England, Dr Beverly Malone, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.
Observer Article On Hospital Closures - Clarification, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
In response to the front page headline of the Observer on 17 September 'Doctors back mass hospital closures', RCP President Professor Ian Gilmore issued the following statement:
Thailand reports bird flu death - BBC News 26/09/06
A 59-year-old farmer has died of bird flu in north-eastern Thailand, the third person to die of the disease this year, health officials say.
Gene Offers New Lead In Cleft Lip And Palate Research - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health report in the current issue of the journal Science that a much-studied gene called SUMO1, when under expressed, can cause cleft lip and palate, one of the world's most common birth defects.
Race And Mental Health: There Is More To Race Than Racism - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Psychiatry services in England and Wales have been accused of being institutionally racist, but are these accusations justified?
For women, excess weight in the mid-section, frequent fatigue and carbohydrate cravings may be the warning signs of something more serious. A new survey commissioned by the not-for-profit National Women's Health Resource Center (NWHRC) showed that 75 percent of women ages 40-65 who had not been diagnosed with, but had a family history of diabetes or heart disease, reported that they experienced these symptoms.
Comment On More Operational Independence For The NHS, UK - Medical News Today 26/09/06
Commenting on operational independence for the day-to-day running of the NHS, Nigel Edwards, Director of Policy at the NHS Confederation said: “We have long argued that the only way to improve the NHS is to give local boards, who know what their communities need, the freedom and power to run the NHS. Politics should be removed from the every day running of the service.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Have GPs' salaries now become too high? - Daily Post 26/09/06
Have GPs been the prime beneficiaries of Labour's huge investment in the NHS? Andy Kelly reports.
Wolfie rides into town to promote healthier living - Warrington Guardian 25/09/06
WARRINGTON Wolves mascot Wolfie got on his bike last weekend in a bid to promote healthier lifestyles.
More answers on SADS killer - Warrington Guardian 25/09/06
A WOMAN who lost her son to adult cot death has attended a national conference in a bid to find out more about what caused his untimely death.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Baby was born in ambulance parked 40 miles from hospital - Carlisle News & Star 25/09/06
BABY Matthew Williams certainly knew how to make a dramatic entrance. Despite the careful plans of his parents for a carefully managed hospital birth in Carlisle the baby couldn’t wait a second longer – and arrived in an ambulance parked outside his Alston home.
Alarming figures on risks to kids who cycle to school - Carlisle News & Star 25/09/06
PUPILS who cycle to school are 55 times more likely to die in a road accident than children cosseted in cars, a new government-funded report has revealed.
Greater Manchester News
Brown sets out NHS stall - Manchester Evening News 25/09/06
CHANCELLOR Gordon Brown today began setting out his stall as Tony Blair's heir apparent, floating the idea of an independent board to take over day-to-day running of the National Health Service.
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