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NHS debts topped £540m last year despite cash injection - The Guardian 10/10/06
The NHS ran up debts of more than half a billion pounds by the end of the last financial year, the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, revealed yesterday. The figure of £547m is significantly higher than the £512m which NHS trusts initially reported in June and way above the government's target of £200m. However, Ms Hewitt stressed in her written statement to MPs that figures for the current year suggested the NHS would have a small surplus.
Standing up for pilates - The Guardian 10/10/06
An expert in ageing has attacked the education secretary over comments about exercise classes
Call to wipe out schizophrenia as catch-all tag - The Guardian 10/10/06
Schizophrenia should be abolished as a concept, a group of mental health experts say today, because it is a catch-all term which does not define a specific illness and carries a stigma that destroys people's lives.
Schizophrenia term use 'invalid' - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Organic farming's place in future food provision - The Guardian 10/10/06
Your article (Supermarkets accused over organic foods, October 7) reminds one of those endless sectarian squabbles over obscure theological points in the 19th century and earlier. Organic farming represents under 5% of UK food supplies and is increasingly viewed worldwide as a complete dead end - if the area farmed organically increased, many more people would go hungry as the productivity from this type of farming is so pitifully poor.
Obsession: When healthy eating turns into a disease - The Guardian 10/10/06
Some will eat only grain, others only raw veg - a few refuse all food unless it's yellow. 'Orthorexics' think their severe diets are healthy, but do they actually have a eating disorder? Kira Cochrane reports
A national policy achieved by local initiative - The Guardian 10/10/06
It is an ambitious project but a noble one. The provision of coordinated, extended services to improve children's life chances has been a long time coming
Across the ECM spectrum - The Guardian 10/10/06
Five routes to fulfilment - The Guardian 10/10/06
An ambitious agenda - The Guardian 10/10/06
Hospital worker dies in rubbish crusher - The Guardian 10/10/06
A hospital porter was killed after becoming trapped in a rubbish compactor in Greater Manchester. The 58-year-old is understood to have been leaning into the machine when the lid fell on him, breaking his neck. The man, who had not been named yesterday, died from his injuries after the accident on Sunday afternoon at the Royal Bolton hospital. The Health and Safety Executive was investigating.
Vox pop: What do the pupils think? - The Guardian 10/10/06
I'm a buddy to reception-class children. You play with them at break-time, give them confidence and stop them being bullied. If a child is really unhappy, you get to be their buddy and help them through the year. Bullying doesn't happen a lot, but when it does you have got to call in the teacher. Buddies are given advocacy training. A woman called Sue comes in, she plays games and helps you with your listening skills. She tells us how to recognise signs a child is unhappy, how to talk to them and the situations where you'd call in a teacher.
Change urged over North-South obesity divide - The Independent 10/10/06
People must change their everyday lifestyles to improve their well-being, a Government minister said today as a new study revealed a continuing North-South divide in the nation's health.
North-south health divide remains - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Walnuts can reduce effects of fatty meals, say scientists - The Independent 10/10/06
Walnuts may soon become the next great health food following a study showing that they can boost the body's ability to withstand the effects of a fatty diet.
Cameron unveils NHS plan - The Independent 10/10/06
David Cameron tried to steal Labour's clothes as the "party of the National Health Service" as the Tories admitted they were "out of touch" on the issue when they were in power.
I'll take the politicians' fingers out of NHS pie, says Cameron - The Times 10/10/06
Patients first - The Telegraph 10/10/06
'Child veto for leaving care is very sensible' - The Times 10/10/06
ALEX SYKES, 25, is one of a handful of children brought up in the care system to make it into higher education.
Foster children to gain right to stay in care until 21 - The Times 10/10/06
GPs get a pat on the back - The Times 10/10/06
TIME for a toast — to GPs who are, according to Doctor (Oct 3), “delivering even better care than last year”.
Flu threat to UK's nurses - The Times 10/10/06
JUST as the cuckoo heralds spring, the approach of every winter is marked by dire warnings about flu. Normally the focus is vulnerable older people, but Nursing Times (Oct 3) highlights the dismal number of nurses who are vaccinated against the virus.
Moving home: a death sentence - The Telegraph 10/10/06
Increasing numbers of care homes for elderly people are closing around the country, and the stress involved can have devastating consequences for their vulnerable residents. Elizabeth Grice investigates
Move to ban smoking in the street - The Telegraph 10/10/06
The Government is to consider allowing councils to ban smoking in the street.
Cameron promises patients a powerful watchdog - The Telegraph 10/10/06
Patients were promised a powerful watchdog to defend their interests as David Cameron unveiled plans yesterday to wrest control of the NHS from "meddling" politicians and hand it back to front-line staff.
Could chemicals have destroyed my sons' chances of becoming fathers? - Daily Mail 09/10/06
Each year more than 1,200 boys in the UK are born with a genital abnormality. Experts say the number has doubled over the past 25 years, and that ‘gender-bending’ chemicals are to blame.
Let them eat white bread - it really IS healthy - Daily Mail 09/10/06
JANE Clarke is Britain’s leading nutritionist. Her books are read by millions and she acted as adviser to Jamie Oliver on his ground-breaking School Dinners programme.
The stroke that put a Kink in my life - Daily Mail 09/10/06
Two years ago, Dave Davies, 59, the former lead guitarist with the Kinks, suffered a serious stroke.
MP's motion to release baby files - BBC Health News 10/10/06
Case notes on thousands of babies created by a controversial paediatrician should be released to their families, an MP has said.
Query over £12bn NHS IT upgrade - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Scientists who doubt a £12bn NHS computer upgrade will "work adequately" have urged MPs to launch an inquiry.
Vision and hearing loss connected - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Vision and hearing loss are likely to occur hand-in-hand in older people, research suggests.
Dentists quit after new contract - BBC Health News 09/10/06
More than 1,600 dentists in England quit the NHS in the first three months since a new contract was introduced, according to official figures.
Bans 'not influencing smokers' - BBC Health News 09/10/06
More than four out of five smokers who are planning to quit have not been influenced by proposed bans in England, a survey suggests.
Firms urged to help mentally ill - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Employers are far less likely to employ people with mental illnesses than those with physical ailments, a report shows.
'Waste' of doctors without jobs - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Budget cuts in South East NHS hospital trusts mean trained doctors are unable to find jobs, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).
Trial slashes bowel cancer risk - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Scientists have found a way to cut the risk of recurrence of a form of bowel cancer to as little as 1%.
Patients flee hospital over fence - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Psychiatric patients are absconding from a mental health unit by climbing over a 20ft-high (6m) security fence, a BBC investigation has found.
Baby born during Five's live show - BBC Health News 09/10/06
British viewers witnessed a boy born by Caesarean section live on TV - but the timing of Five's Birth Night Live meant no baby was delivered naturally on-air.
Council wants West End smoke ban - BBC Health News 09/10/06
Smokers may not be able to light up outside bars and restaurants in the West End, when the ban on smoking in public places comes into force in 2007.
International News
Men clamour to try out silicone alternative to vasectomy - The Guardian 10/10/06
American scientists are to widen trials of a male contraceptive, after having been approached by men eager to try it out as an alternative to a vasectomy.
New medical research - The Times 10/10/06
People who smoke seem more resistant to aspirin, says a study by the US National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute. The survey of 123 patients in the American Journal of Cardiology (Oct) says that smoking can reduce significantly the anticoagulant effect of aspirin, negating its ability to prevent heart attacks in some patients whose nicotine habit puts them at increased risk of cardiac problems.
European Union 'faces TB crisis' - BBC Health News 10/10/06
Drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis in Eastern Europe and central Asia are putting EU states at risk of a deadly outbreak, health officials have warned.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Grieving girlfriend takes diabetes message to late partner's old school - Liverpool Daily Post 10/10/06
A MUSICIAN who died after his diabetes went undiagnosed has been remembered by his family at a service at his old school.
City 'to run out of care beds' - Liverpool Daily Post 09/10/06
LIVERPOOL is one care home closure away from a beds crisis, a former health minister warned last night.
My life with Roy and his legacy - Liverpool Echo 09/10/06
She was the spirit behind the man who gave hope to millions of cancer sufferers. Now Fiona Castle is returning to Liverpool for a special service. David Charters reports.
Maghull hospital to house prison - Liverpool Echo 09/10/06
UP TO 350 prisoners will be sent to converted secure hospital buildings in Merseyside in a desperate attempt to ease Britain's jail crisis, it was announced yesterday.
Smoking shame of our poorest areas - Liverpool Echo 09/10/06
MERSEYSIDE was shamed today in a new report on smoking.
£35m tonic for cancer centres - Liverpool Echo 09/10/06
MILLIONS of pounds will be poured into 17 new experimental cancer drug centres across the UK including one in Liverpool, the government and Cancer Research UK announced today.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Sue is a shot in arm for health education - Carlisle News & Star 07/10/06
SUE Pritchard has vivid memories of school nurses from her childhood.
City dental training centre plans revealed - Carlisle News & Star 07/10/06
THE business case has been drawn up to build a £3m centre in Carlisle to train new dentists to help curb a local shortage.
County hospitals get a clean bill of health - Carlisle News & Star 07/10/06
NORTH Cumbria’s two main hospitals have been praised by independent assessors, receiving top marks in a national health checkGreater Manchester News
The facts and myths about breast cancer - The Bolton News 09/06/06
APPROXIMATELY 42,000 women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer every year in the UK. That's nearly enough to fill the City of Manchester Stadium.
Hospital chiefs plan Trust bid - The Bolton News 09/10/06
BOSSES at the Royal Bolton Hospital are so confident about the improvements made in the last year they are planning on making a bid to become a Foundation Trust.
Hospital porter dies in freak accident at the Royal - The Bolton News 09/10/06
A PORTER at the Royal Bolton Hospital has been killed after being trapped in a rubbish compactor.
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