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Call for better teamwork to cut hospital deaths - The Guardian 10/11/06
Personality clashes between surgeons, doctors and nurses are putting patients at risk in the operating theatre, England's leading surgeon will warn today.
NHS crisis deepens as trusts forecast £1.2bn shortfall - The Guardian 10/11/06
About a third of the NHS trusts in England forecast deficits totalling almost £1.2bn this year after a sharp deterioration in the health service's financial position during the summer, the government disclosed yesterday.
NHS close to financial meltdown - The Independent 10/11/06
In urgent need of treatment - The Telegraph 10/11/06
Patients face service cuts as NHS debt hits £1.2bn - The Telegraph 10/11/06
NHS slipping into deficit again - BBC Health News 09/11/06
Public supports anonymity for sperm donors - The Guardian 10/11/06
People who agree to donate their sperm or eggs to infertile couples should have the right to remain anonymous, a survey of attitudes to fertility treatment has found.
Researchers use body's immune system to fight skin cancer - The Guardian 10/11/06
Scientists have shown that the body's immune system can be used as an effective weapon against skin cancers, researchers revealed yesterday. Patients whose self-defence mechanisms were boosted by drugs saw their malignant melanomas shrink and they remained alive for longer.
Doctor who was accused of providing a drug 'grocery' for addicts is struck off - The Independent 10/11/06
Doctor who was accused of providing a drug 'grocery' for addicts is struck off
Doctor who ran clinic for drug addicts is struck off - The Times 10/11/06
Complaints pile up for health watchdog - The Telegraph 10/11/06
Twice as many people as expected are complaining about the NHS to the Healthcare Commission.
3D software enables doctors to pinpoint patients’ pain - Daily Mail 09/11/06
Researchers have developed a new 3D tool to help patients explain where they are suffering pain, it was announced today.
Questions raised on elderly care - BBC Health News 09/11/06
Questions have been raised after claims that a hospital consultant told an inquest patients were dying "all the time" of dehydration.
Blood op patients to get ID cards - BBC Health News 10/11/06
Patients needing regular blood transfusions will be issued with ID cards in a shake-up of the system to improve safety, NHS advisers say.
Ambulance radios 'are inadequate' - BBC Health News 10/11/06
Ambulance workers are warning that crews around the country do not have adequate radio communications systems.
Children catch bug from damp wall - BBC Health News 08/11/06
A Nottingham hospital has apologised after two children contracted a rare fungal infection on one of its wards.
International News
Dirty water kills 5,000 children a day - The Guardian 10/11/06
Nearly two million children a year die for want of clean water and proper sanitation while the world's poor often pay more for their water than people in Britain or the US, according to a major new report.
Nightmare in Benghazi - The Guardian 10/11/06
Last week in Jdeida prison on the outskirts of Tripoli, capital of Libya, five nurses and a doctor were preparing themselves for the worst: word that after seven years in prison, they face execution by firing squad. The six, who left their countries to work at the Children's Hospital in Libya's second city, Benghazi, were arrested after being accused of deliberately injecting HIV-tainted blood into more than 400 children. Since then at least 52 of the children have died.
After 39 years, the abortion law needs a review - The Guardian 10/11/06
It is right that our elected representatives are given the chance to debate and decide policy
Researchers impressed by Google's medical diagnoses - The Independent 10/11/06
It may prove to be a better diagnostic tool than the stethoscope or the thermometer. Next time your doctor appears baffled over what is wrong with you, you could suggest he "google for a diagnosis".
Google 'aids doctors' diagnoses' - BBC Health News 10/11/06
Baffled GPs urged to try diagnosis by Google - Newspaper Edition - Times Online
Untreatable TB a 'threat to millions in Africa' - The Telegraph 10/11/06
Untreatable new strains of tuberculosis spreading unchecked through Africa could kill millions of people and reverse years of costly efforts to keep HIV patients alive, doctors have said.
Sugary drinks link to cancer risk - BBC Health News 09/11/06
Drinking two sugary drinks a day almost doubles the risk of pancreatic cancer, a study suggests.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
More cuts loom as NHS trusts head for £20m debt - Liverpool Daily Post 10/11/06
THREE troubled local hospital trusts are on course to be £20m in the red this year, threatening a fresh round of job cuts and delays to operations.
New emergency treatment centre for children opens - Liverpool Daily Post 10/11/06
AROUND 20,000 children a year are expected to be treated at the new specialist A&E department for youngsters in Wirral.
Optician on drugs escapes work ban - Liverpool Echo 09/11/06
A BIRKENHEAD optician caught working under the influence of cocaine has been allowed to continue practising, as long as he agrees to random drug testing.
Patients' outrage over dental chaos - Liverpool Echo 09/11/06
HUNDREDS of Merseyside dental patients have complained about the state of the service after an emergency investigation was ordered just two weeks ago.
New unit will ease patients' distress - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
A NEW emergency management unit at Warrington Hospital should mean faster diagnosis and treatment for patients.
Skin felt like it was going to explode - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
TRACEY Gillhespy knows first hand the agony of scleroderma.
Hospital talks hailed a success - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
DELAYS and changes to planned cuts at Hollins Park Hospital shows consultation can work, according to council chiefs.
Health clinics in south of town set for a major reshuffle - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
PROPOSALS for a reshuffle of clinics in south Warrington have been unveiled by the primary care trust.
Restrictions on GP 'must stay in place' - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
CONDITIONS imposed by the General Medical Council (GMC) in December last year on a Blackburn doctor who works in general medicine in Warrington, have been re-affirmed.
Doctor is banned from seeing patients - Warrington Guardian 09/11/06
A WARRINGTON GP has been banned from seeing his patients as part of a General Medical Council investigation.
Give us meaningful information - St Helens Star 09/11/06
WHY is it officials of any organisation try to justify their decisions Hospital axe' claim denied' (Star, October 19) by telling us how many millions are being spent?
Where's our town's A&E? - St Helens Star 09/11/06
WHERE is our Accident and Emergency and Intensive Care unit? We used to have everything in this town and at two hospitals not one.
Brits avoid docs like the plague - Midweek Advertiser 08/11/06
New research reveals that Brits are increasingly reluctant to visit their GP with nearly three quarters of us (71%) admitting they avoid going to the doctor unless absolutely necessary.
Death rate high - Midweek Advertiser 08/11/06
PEOPLE in the north west are just as likely to be killed at work as ever before even though deaths in other parts of the country are falling.
Hospital staff in the pink for breast cancer awareness - Midweek Advertiser 08/11/06
STAFF in the corporate office at Southport Hospital have been supporting the Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign on Wear It Pink day. Not only have they been wearing pink, but they also held a pink cake sale, a raffle with pink prizes and a name the bunny competition.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Hospital trusts on NHS ‘hitlist’ - Carlisle News & Star 09/11/06
THE trusts responsible for north Cumbria’s hospitals have been named on a secret government list naming those most under threat of major cuts or closures.
Hanging: Hospital not to blame - Lancashire Telegraph 09/11/06
A BLACKBURN hospital could not have prevented the death of a schizophrenic found hanging in his bedroom, a jury has concluded.
GMC fails to lift ruling on doctor examining women - Lancashire Telegraph 09/11/06
A BAN on a Blackburn doctor examining female patients while alone is to remain until next year, the General Medical Council has ordered.
Council leader and MP row about A&E - Lancashire Telegraph 09/11/06
A ROW has erupted between Burnley's council leader and MP after it was decided to send all 999 emergencies to Blackburn.
Greater Manchester News
Condemnation of closures unites council - Bury Times 09/11/06
POLITICIANS on all sides united to condemn hospital bed and ward closures at Fairfield.
Protesters to march over Ward 30 axe - Bury Times 09/11/06
Runaway bus nurse is Pride of Britain! - Bury Times 09/11/06
AN off-duty nurse who saved dozens of lives when she took to the wheel of a runaway bus on a motorway, has received a "Pride of Britain" honour.
Pub plans smokers’ retreat - The Bolton News 09/11/06
A PUB in Farnworth wants to put up a smoking shelter so drinkers have somewhere to go for a cigarette when new laws come into force next summer.
Scanner is a fitting tribute to tragic pal - The Bolton News 09/11/06
A Bolton businesswoman has raised almost £70,000 for breast cancer in memory of her best friend, who died from the disease four years ago.
£7m to build nine new centres for children - The Bolton News 09/11/06
NINE new children's centres are to be built in Bolton after Government chiefs awarded the council a £7 million grant.
First class treatment - Bury Times 09/11/06
MOST of our hospitals are in crisis but the treatment at Fairfield Hospital's Orthopaedic department, and on Wards 8 and 9, is first class.
Health Trust’s growing deficit has been met with silence - Bury Times 09/11/06
COUNCILLOR D'Albert can waffle all he likes, but sooner or later he must answer the key question.
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