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NHS plan for central patient database alarms doctors - The Guardian 21/11/06
A poll of doctors about the new £12bn computer system for the NHS shows growing unease about a potential threat to patients' rights.
GPs revolt over patient files privacy - The Guardian 21/11/06
GP database 'not confidential' - The Times 21/11/06
Scientists attack government bird flu planning - The Guardian 21/11/06
Some of Britain's top scientists yesterday accused the government of failing to listen to expert advice in its preparations for a flu pandemic and of stockpiling a single drug, which might not work, to treat the population.
Second flu drug needed 'to avert catastrophe' - The Independent 21/11/06
Britain 'not ready' to tackle flu pandemic - The Times 21/11/06
Bird flu drug stocks leave UK at risk, warn experts - The Telegraph 21/11/0
Experts call for better flu plans - BBC Health News 20/11/06
GMC told cancer doctor was unqualified - The Guardian 21/11/06
A surgeon who told a woman with breast cancer there was nothing wrong with her was not qualified to read x-rays and later destroyed her records to cover his tracks, a General Medical Council hearing was told yesterday.
Consultant destroyed woman's x-ray after she died of breast cancer - Daily Mail 20/11/06
Alex Thomas on how restructuring health careers affects MRSA - The Guardian 21/11/06
One of the major joys of a modern medical education is this thing called IPE - Inter-professional Education. For a couple of sessions in your first term student doctors are taught alongside dentists, nurses, radiographers and physiotherapists. The point being that since we are going to be working in the same environment we might as well start now in school.
Labour must eat humble pie and woo doctors and nurses - The Guardian 21/11/06
Without the medical professions on side, the government risks falling victim to mendacious Conservative campaigns
Sex education course fails to cut teenage pregnancies - The Guardian 21/11/06
Doctors who developed a sex education programme for schools throughout Britain have concluded it is no better at preventing unwanted pregnancies than traditional approaches.
Sex education ‘only does so much’ - BBC Health News 21/11/06
Struck-off clinic chief defends his methods - The Guardian 21/11/06
Current treatments for heroin addicts are failing because doctors are reluctant to prescribe enough methadone to keep them off street drugs, according to the founder of an internationally respected private treatment centre who was struck off the medical register last week for his controversial methods.
The big question: What is Nice's role, and why is it limiting access to Alzheimer's drugs? - The Independent 21/11/06
Tomorrow, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) will issue its final decision on drugs for Alzheimer's disease. Following the failure of an appeal by the drug manufacturers, it will confirm its earlier decision to deny three drugs, called cholinesterase inhibitors, to newly diagnosed patients in both early and late stages of the disease.
Thallium: tasteless, colourless ... and deadly - The Independent 21/11/06
The hair and eyebrows are gone, the face is sallow, the gaze is empty; all classic signs of poisoning.
Crystal meth: Britain's deadliest drug problem - The Independent 21/11/06
Britain is under threat from a highly addictive drug, known as crystal meth or "ice", which has the potential to rival crack cocaine as the country's most dangerous drug, police chiefs are warning.
NHS is to promote choice with adverts - The Times 21/11/06
NHS hospitals are to be allowed to attract patients by advertising, under a Department of Health code.
TV nutritionist ordered to stop selling sex aids - The Times 21/11/06
A television nutritionist has been censured by a government watchdog for selling a range of endorsed herbal sex aids without a licence, because of a lack of evidence to show that they work.
GPs balk at counselling - The Times 21/11/06
IT SEEMS that people have forgotten that a few minutes of Abba’s Dancing Queen can make the world seem a better place.
Role-playing sex classes fail to cut abortions - The Telegraph 21/11/06
An enhanced sex education programme for teenagers has proved no better than conventional teaching in cutting unwanted pregnancies or abortions, a detailed research study said yesterday.
Nurses paid 24pc less than teachers, says RCN - The Telegraph 21/11/06
Nurses are the worst paid professionals in the public sector, earning on average 24 per cent less than secondary school teachers, the Royal College of Nursing says today.
Brain-damaged woman must be given 'wake-up' pill, orders judge - Daily Mail 20/11/06
A judge has rejected a family's plea that a 53-year-old woman in a vegetative state should be allowed to die.
Family right-to-die plea rejected - BBC Health News 20/11/06
Call for break rights for carers - BBC Health News 21/11/06
Campaigners are to urge MPs to join their push to secure a right to a break for carers of disabled children.
Child 'adult mental care' scandal - BBC Health News 20/11/06
Treating children in adult psychiatric wards is a "national scandal", the Children's Commissioner has said.
Sacked doctor makes racism claim - BBC Health News 20/11/06
A doctor sacked after being jailed for indecently assaulting a female colleague has claimed unfair dismissal and racial discrimination.
Hospital to pay £3.9m in damages - BBC Health News 20/11/06
A couple have been awarded compensation of £3.9m, 35 years after their baby suffered brain damage in hospital.
Operation hope for cancer toddler - BBC Health News 20/11/06
A young Cornish girl at the centre of a bone marrow appeal is to be given a life-saving transplant this week.
Hospital to share safety changes - BBC Health News 20/11/06
A hospital claims it has more than halved the number of medical mistakes on its wards over the past two years.
Embryo appeal case woman 'scared' - BBC Health News 19/11/06
A woman left infertile after cancer treatment says she is "really scared" at the prospect of losing her court case over her frozen embryos.
International News
GSK wins $40m bird flu vaccine contract in US - The Guardian 21/11/06
GlaxoSmithKline, Britain's largest drug company, has won a contract worth at least $40m (£21m) to supply the US with bird flu vaccines. The group said it had signed the contract with the US department of health and human services to provide bulk H5N1 antigen - the substance in the vaccines that will help produce an immune response.
German nurse guilty of killing 28 patients - The Guardian 21/11/06
A young German nurse was convicted yesterday of killing 28 patients by injecting them with a cocktail of lethal drugs. Stephan Letter was sentenced to life in prison for Germany's worst serial killing since the second world war.
Marathon runners warned of skin cancer risk - The Guardian 21/11/06
Marathon runners should apply sunscreen or cover up more during training to reduce their risk of developing skin cancer, doctors warned yesterday.
Alzheimer's heart link explained - BBC Health News 21/11/06
Scientists have discovered how heart disease or a stroke may trigger Alzheimer's disease.
African health 'needs investment' - BBC Health News 20/11/06
A major report into health in Africa suggests that some of the continent's biggest problems are getting worse.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Cancer centre gives patients more freedom - Daily Post 20/11/06
PATIENTS at a Wirral hospital are to get more freedom - thanks to special pagers.
300 jobs to go at hospital trust - Warrington Guardian 20/11/06
THREE hundred jobs and 180 beds could be lost at North Cheshire Hospitals after bosses announced an £18.4million cost-cutting package.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Hospitals hitting their A&E waiting targets - Carlisle News & Star 20/11/06
NORTH Cumbria’s two main hospitals are continuing to meet national waiting targets for accident and emergency admissions.
Greater Manchester News
Child drinking soars - The Bolton News 20/11/06
THE shocking extent of Bolton's child drinking culture is unveiled today.
Breast cancer warning for Trafford women - Altrincham Messenger 20/11/06
WOMEN in Trafford are being warned that even if they test negative for inherited breast cancer genes they may still be at risk.
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