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Judge rejects right-to-die plea by family - The Guardian 20/11/06
A woman in a vegetative state is to be given a "miracle" sleeping pill said to have caused others in her condition to "wake up" after England's senior family court judge overruled the objections of her family in the first case of its kind.
The real dangers within the workplace - The Guardian 20/11/06
Many of your readers will have been appalled at Simon Jenkins's tirade against the Health and Safety Executive (Those who walk under trees are at risk from these terrorising inspectors, November 17). The article came out with a stream of unsubstantiated claims against the HSE on the basis of an inquiry following a death. Jenkins may have decided on the outcome of the inquiry but we hope others will await the decision of the HSE and, if action is taken, the courts.
NHS must pay for fat children to get surgery - The Observer 19/11/06
The government's health watchdog is set to recommend that severely overweight children at risk of developing life-threatening diseases should be offered radical weight-loss surgery.
Free surgery for obese children - The Times 20/11/06
NHS to offer stomach-stapling to children - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Head attacks culture of ultra-thin - The Observer 19/11/06
Top girls' school describes fashion industry's use of ultra-thin models as deplorable
1,000 call centre workers suffer from noise shock - The Observer 19/11/06
Hundreds sue after the condition bars them from working in an office again
Call centre staff 'hearing risk' - BBC Health News 19/11/06
Letters - The Observer 19/11/06
My wife is losing her sight. She is being treated with injections which are free in other parts of the country on the NHS. They are not free here; we agreed to pay for them. The primary care trust keeps changing the price but so far we have paid £2,021 for three injections, including VAT. I questioned the VAT but the finance department insists we pay.
Mental health services need money, not bills - The Observer 19/11/06
There is a cycle familiar to anyone who cares for someone suffering from an acute mental illness. Patients experience terrifying symptoms: hallucinations, paranoia, delusions. They become unable to look after themselves and are 'sectioned', meaning compulsory detention and treatment. Once given anti-psychotic drugs, their condition improves. They are released for care 'in the community', which means they are visited at home - if they even have a home to go to - by health workers who are supposed to make sure they keep taking their medication. As they get better, they are monitored less urgently. They stop taking their drugs. The symptoms return and the patient deteriorates until another section is required.
My son has schizophrenia. Why can’t the system cope? - The Observer 19/11/06
Labour faces defeat over mental health - The Observer 19/11/06
Lauren lives in her own filth, locked in an airless room, often naked, always alone. Her treatment in an NHS hospital shames us all - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Charities vow to challenge new mental health bill - The Guardian 18/11/06
Bill aims to deal with dangerous mentally ill - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Plan to beef up mental health law - BBC Health News 17/11/06
Health panel: Should my nephew be told about his dad? - The Observer 19/11/06
My brother survived taking an overdose three years ago. Since then his ex-partner has not let him see his young son. Should we we tell the boy the truth and let him decide?
What's in my basket? - The Observer 19/11/06
The write and former SAS soldier Andy McNab eats too many carbs and not enough greens for Dr John Briffa's liking
Junk food ads face ban in youth magazines - The Observer 19/11/06
Advertisements for junk food will be banned from children's magazines as part of a drive to reduce young people's exposure to products containing unhealthy amounts of fat, sugar and salt.
Junk food ad ban attacked from both sides - The Guardian 18/11/06
Junk food ban on ads slammed by critics as 'missed opportunity' - Daily Mail 17/11/06
Campaigners attack limited ban on junk food adverts - The Independent 18/11/06
Junk-food ads banned to beat child obesity - The Times 18/11/06
Why TV crisp censor had to be brought in - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Curbs on children's food ads leave sour taste - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Junk food ad crackdown expected - BBC Health News 17/11/06
Third drug firm joins lawsuit against Nice - The Guardian 18/11/06
A third company yesterday announced it would join a legal challenge to the ruling by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to restrict the use of Alzheimer's drugs in the NHS, as protesters took to the streets around the UK.
Storm as drugs watchdog refuses to reveal why it denied Alzheimer's drug to thousands - Daily Mail 17/11/06
Letters: NICE approach to drug evaluation - The Guardian 17/11/06
Secrecy over NHS drug rationing faces court challenge - The Times 17/11/06
Nice is taken to court over Alzheimer's ruling - The Telegraph 17/11/06
Letters: US has no desire to change the NHS - The Guardian 18/11/06
Earlier this week I went to London to learn more about the NHS's impressive initiatives on healthcare quality improvement and patient choice, and to share experiences about US efforts. Both of our healthcare systems are wrestling with similar challenges and it is important that we compare ideas on how we address these, while respecting the differences between our systems. Imagine my shock to read your headline (Open up NHS to our drug firms, White House demands, November 14). I never suggested any such thing.
Who's the daddy? - The Guardian 18/11/06
Last year sperm donors lost their right to anonymity - now 58% believe this was wrong. Stuart Jeffries investigates the donor shortage, and finds there are ways round the law
All you need to know about: pilates - The Guardian 18/11/06
You've almost certainly heard of Pilates, but you may not know exactly what it is. The series of precise, controlled exercises was developed by a German man, Joseph Pilates, as a way of overcoming his own physical shortcomings, caused by childhood ailments. Pilates emigrated to the US in the 1920s and opened a studio in New York, where his method quickly became popular among the dance community. He continued to develop and advance the Pilates method until his death in 1967.
A better prescription - The Guardian 18/11/06
Mark Honigsbaum meets Karen Acott, who overcame parental fears about a career in medicine to become the first in her field to be a practice partner
Living with teenagers: Episode 29 - Omega-3 - The Guardian 18/11/06
I've decided that Jack must start taking Omega-3 capsules. The papers are full of evidence that it might be good for boys. In spite of its potential attractions, I don't tell him that much of the research was done on young offenders.
'One day I couldn't do it any more. It felt easy to say, I love you, but you need to leave' - The Guardian 18/11/06
This week, the government launched a network of cooling off centres for teenagers who have been kicked out of home. Luisa Dillner reports
Health trust's failures led to random killing in park - The Guardian 17/11/06
An independent inquiry into Finnegan's death found that serious failures by a mental health trust had resulted in John Barrett, who had a history of extreme violence, being allowed to walk out of a secure unit.
Mental care of killer condemned - BBC Health News 16/11/06
Family praises 'critical' inquiry and attacks trust failures - The Independent 17/11/06
Doctors 'played down danger' of mental patient who killed cyclist - The Independent 17/11/06
Banker was killed by mental patient on hospital release - The Times 17/11/06
Family of victim consider legal action against health trust - The Times 17/11/06
Care for the mentally ill, but protect the public, too - The Telegraph 17/11/06
Again, the health chiefs say lessons will - The Telegraph 17/11/06
Staff put killer's rights before public safety - The Telegraph 17/11/06
One in three babies is unplanned - The Guardian 17/11/06
Contraception Pregnancies often left to chance, survey finds Both sexes need better advice, say experts
Pregnancy case study - The Guardian 17/11/06
One third of births 'not planned' - BBC Health News 17/11/06
Listen to the mother who wishes that her son had died at birth - The Guardian 17/11/06
An informed decision to let life go may be more humane than saving a severely ill baby without considering its future
Net benefits - The Guardian 17/11/06
A new study shows chatting to other cancer patients online can help young people's recovery. Professor Gordon McVie reports
Don't mock: art really does help heal the sick - The Guardian 17/11/06
Dancers, opera, paintings on the ceiling - they benefit patients and hospital staff alike, says Susan Loppert
Abattoir fraud could bring BSE back to Britain - The Independent 20/11/06
Meat contaminated with BSE may be on sale throughout Britain because of widespread fraud at abattoirs, according to inspectors. Slaughterhouses are accused of swapping samples from carcasses to stop them failing tests to detect the disease.
Letters: NHS failures - The Independent 20/11/06
A bureaucracy-stifled NHS routinely fails the sick and dying
Why teenage girls resort to self-harm - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Largest ever survey reveals emotional pressures that drive youngsters to cut themselves
Trauma of women patients on mixed-sex NHS wards - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Increasing numbers of women are suffering trauma after being placed with men on hospital wards where they are also left at risk of sexual assault.
More patients forced onto mixed sex wards by cash-strapped trusts - Daily Mail 20/11/06
Beware the Botox bandits - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
The Government may shelve plans to regulate the industry, giving licence to rogue injectors of the drug
Clinics target men's toilets in search for new sperm donors - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Fertility clinics are to advertise for potential sperm donors in men's toilets for the first time in an attempt to help couples desperate to have children.
Cases of HIV infection rise by 8,000 - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Doctors warn that, with the virus no longer seen as a killer, many young people are not practising safe sex
Men who sleep with 13-year-olds 'not paedophiles', says police chief - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
A chief constable has sparked controversy by declaring that men who sleep with 13- to 15-year-olds should not be labelled paedophiles.
Police chief under fire over paedophilia 'grey area' claims -The Independent 20/11/06
Officer in child-sex row - The Times 20/11/06
Cocaine: An IoS Special Investigation - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
A shocking picture of cocaine addiction in Britain will be revealed this week in a new international report on drug abuse.
A nation addicted: Cocaine - Britain's deadly habit - The Independent on Sunday 19/11/06
Patricia Balsom, NHS campaigner, loses battle for life - The Independent 18/11/06
Patricia Balsom, who wrote movingly in The Independent this week about her fight against terminal cancer and her sometimes appalling care at the hands of the NHS has died
The Big Question: Was Edwina Currie right about salmonella in eggs, after all? - The Independent 17/11/06
Salmonella is back in the news, because the Food Standards Agency has found high levels of salmonella in foreign eggs. The Government's food watchdog said that one in 30 boxes of imported eggs had salmonella, a bacterium that can cause nasty - and occasionally fatal - food poisoning. In Spanish eggs, the figure was one in eight. Quite separately, the Government has uncovered the mis-labelling of millions of battery-farm eggs as free-range.
Millions of imported eggs contaminated with salmonella - Daily Mail 16/11/06
Free-range ethics - The Times 18/11/06
Britons 'dying from a stiff upper lip' - The Times 20/11/06
The British stiff upper lip is costing thousands their lives by deterring them from seeking help when they are having a heart attack, according to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).
British 'reserve' costing lives - BBC Health News 20/11/06
Allergy missed by GPs - The Times 20/11/06
British doctors are misdiagnosing milk allergy symptoms in babies and sometimes recommending inappropriate milk substitutes, according to a survey published today.
Thousands of milk allergy cases missed in babies - The Telegraph 20/11/06
Majority of doctors 'missing milk allergy in babies' - Daily Mail 20/11/06
Milk allergy in babies 'missed' - BBC Health News 20/11/06
There's barely any evidence to support these worries - The Times 20/11/06
Today radio signals from mobile phones, mobile phone masts and now wi-fi installations have taken over where nuclear tests left off. Feeling a bit peaky? It’s probably that mobile mast round the corner.
Health fears lead schools to dismantle wireless networks - The Times 20/11/06
Drug helps to prevent fractures - The Times 18/11/06
The largest-ever study of two common drugs taken by women with osteoporosis has shown that one is far more effective at preventing hip fractures than the other.
Black and white world - The Times 18/11/06
Peaches Geldof says she’s a typical teen: eating pizza, popping (homoeopathic) pills and partying
Closures 'will overload NHS' - The Times 17/11/06
PLANS to close hospitals and treat patients locally will result in huge transfers of sick people to other institutions and the likelihood of unnecessary deaths, doctors say.
The rights of wronged addicts? - The Times 17/11/06
The Prison Service's decision to settle out of court with drug addicts who were subjected to “cold turkey” on imprisonment is an affront to common sense and to public opinion. It brings the operation of the Human Rights Act into further disrepute.
'Please look after the poor wee boy at the back' - The Telegraph 20/11/06
Sir Jackie Stewart tells David Leafe why his own miserable schooldays made him determined to help children with dyslexia
Trust me, I'm a junior doctor: a horrific life story - The Telegraph 20/11/06
There are some kinds of pain that a doctor can't hope to cure
Business diary - The Telegraph 20/11/06
Medispa, a Hollywood-inspired clinic where footballers' wives go for a "lunch-time boob job", is to open nationwide. Thanks to the investor club Pi Capital, the company has raised £3m to launch half a dozen outlets over the next two years.
Smile, you're in happiness class - The Telegraph 20/11/06
Damian Thompson visits Wellington College, where thrashings are a thing of the past – and wellbeing lessons are the way ahead
Camilla's dearest cause - The Telegraph 20/11/06
Family tragedy inspired the Duchess of Cornwall to lead the fight against osteoporosis. Emma Soames reports
'Distressing' level of sexual violence among young - The Telegraph 20/11/06
More than 40 per cent of young people know girls whose boyfriends have hit them, according to a survey published today.
News in brief - The Guardian 20/11/06
Accounts showing NHS £156bn pension gap delayed - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
The Government is under mounting pressure from to publish accounts which are set to reveal that the NHS's pension liabilities have rocketed to £156bn – an increase of one third in just two years.
Pushy parents 'to blame for anorexia in sporty teenagers' - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
The pressure from parents for their children to do well at sport is causing some to develop eating disorders, a psychologist has warned.
Hospitals told to isolate patients with superbug - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
Hospitals have been ordered to create MRSA isolation wards where necessary to treat patients infected with the superbug.
NHS 'snubs bug busters' - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
The NHS was accused last night of ignoring new cleaning products that could help to cut infections and deaths from hospital superbugs, including MRSA.
Repetition, repetition, repetition - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
Since Tony Blair became Prime Minister in May 1997, he has been remarkably consistent in his promises. The reason is… they just haven't been fulfilled
Nish Joshi's Q & A - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
I am 62 and have been told all my life I don't drink enough. My intake is low, but I find it difficult to drink unless thirsty, and the only water I have is half a glass a day with pills. Sometimes I try to drink more but forget, and anyway I don't like it. I have a cup of coffee in the morning and a glass of wine at night. Are there some people who just don't need as much fluid?
Number-crunchers attack ONS reform - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
Government proposals to boost public trust in official data have been strongly criticised by the UK's most senior independent statisticians.
The Government's number is up - The Sunday Telegraph 19/11/06
Women to get 'gold standard' breast cancer drugs on NHS - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Thousands of women with early stage breast cancer will have access to new "gold standard" treatments on the NHS from next week.
Cancer drug to benefit thousands - BBC Health News 17/11/06
What is bird flu? - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Avian influenza or 'bird flu' is a contagious disease of birds, caused by influenza A viruses that can cause a range of symptoms, from mild illness and low mortality to a highly contagious disease with a near 100% fatality rate. The bird flu virus currently affecting poultry and some people in Asia and other areas is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus.
Twisted priorities that let the elderly suffer - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Few remember it now, but when a Labour government launched the National Health Service in 1948, all prescriptions were free. This idealism didn't last long. The godfather of the NHS, Health Minister Nye Bevan, was soon under attack from the Treasury about the how the new service was haemorrhaging cash. He spoke, ruefully, of a "cascade of medicine pouring down the throats of the British people". The cascade slowed within two years, when that same government — to the fury of its Left wing, including Bevan — invented prescription charges.
Business heavies push Labour for more flexibility - The Telegraph 18/11/06
Jean-Pierre Garnier, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), said the drug watchdog on cost effectiveness should allow medicines to be trialled on the NHS before making a permanent decision on whether they are good value for money.
Rising level of young drinkers being sent to hospitals - The Telegraph 17/11/06
More than 7,500 children a year are admitted to hospital after excessive alcohol consumption, a rise of more than a fifth in five years.
£180 test which shows older women how many eggs they have left - Daily Mail 18/11/06
A simple test telling women how many years they have left to start a family has been developed by fertility experts.
We're all too hot or cold to sleep - Daily Mail 16/11/06
Being too hot or too cold in bed means we are sleeping badly nearly one week out of every month, according to research.
Code for hospitals' patient ads - BBC Health News 20/11/06
NHS hospitals are to be allowed to advertise to attract patients for the first time under a marketing code to be published by the Department of Health.
Disabled children 'short-changed' - BBC Health News 20/11/06
Disabled and terminally-ill children are going without vital equipment as the NHS and councils are not providing enough funding, research shows.
Probe to predict wound infection - BBC Health News 19/11/06
A hand-held probe could cut the number of patients who develop infections following operations.
NHS reforms 'harm patient care' - BBC Health News 18/11/06
NHS reforms harm patient care and ministers are making fraudulent claims about their impact, a doctor says.
Fears over child drinking impact - BBC Health News 17/11/06
The number of children being admitted to hospital with alcohol-related conditions has risen by more than 20% in the last five years.
Norovirus outbreak closes wards - BBC Health News 17/11/06
Four wards have now been completely closed at a Dorset hospital after confirmed cases of the Norovirus.
Illegal Chinese medicine targeted - BBC Health News 17/11/06
Chinese medicine shops in London selling products made from endangered animals are being targeted by a new police campaign.
Hospital payout over twin tragedy - BBC Health News 16/11/06
An NHS trust has agreed to pay damages to a mother who claimed negligent monitoring led to the death of one of her twins and left the other disabled.
Nurses win case to do care work - BBC Health News 16/11/06
Four nurses have won their High Court case against measures to stop them doing care work.
International News
Merck looks to traditional remedies with Chi-Med deal - The Guardian 20/11/06
Chi-Med, the Aim-listed drug company focused on traditional Chinese medicine, has signed a deal with Germany's Merck in the latest sign that big pharmaceutical groups are being forced to delve into different areas to find new drugs.
WHO aims to wipe out polio within four years - The Guardian 17/11/06
Vaccination programmes are likely to eradicate the crippling polio virus around the globe within four years, health officials claimed yesterday.
Polio in India 'can be wiped out' - BBC Health News 16/11/06
Democrat reform drive to hit drugmakers - The Guardian 17/11/06
Investors are concerned a new stance on healthcare could curb revenue growth
Irish mums ‘least likely to breast-feed’ - The Sunday Times 19/11/06
IRISH mothers are the least likely in Europe to breast-feed their babies, according to a European commission survey of 23 countries.
HSE to publish care home data - The Sunday Times 19/11/06
DETAILS of nursing home inspection reports from all over the country will be released within the coming days, the Health Service Executive (HSE) has promised, writes Richard Oakley.
US lifts 14-year ban on silicone breast implants - The Sunday Times 19/11/06
A BAN on silicone breast implants in America has been reversed after 14 years by the regulatory Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after independent studies failed to find evidence that they caused tissue damage or cancer, writes Sarah Baxter.
US lifts ban on silicone implants - BBC Health News 18/11/06
China uses smear tactics against bird flu professor - The Telegraph 20/11/06
On one side is an internationally renowned scientist at the forefront of the fight against bird flu. On the other is the Communist Party.
Israel 'asks victims to foot hospital bills' - The Telegraph 20/11/06
The Palestinian authorities have accused Israel of trying to profit from the Beit Hanoun massacre, where errant artillery killed 19 civilians, by demanding payment for treating eight survivors in Israeli hospitals.
China to prevent transplant trade - The Telegraph 17/11/06
China has acknowledged for the first time the scale of "transplant tourism" — in which the organs of executed prisoners are sold to foreigners — and are to force doctors to pledge to stop the practice.
Better Alzheimer's test developed - BBC Health News 18/11/06
A new test may help researchers understand why a toxin builds up in the brains of Alzheimer's patients.
Doctor to pay for unwanted baby - BBC Health News 16/11/06
A doctor who carried out a failed contraceptive operation has been ordered by a German court to pay financial support for the child.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Businesses set to ban smoke breaks - Liverpool Daily Post 20/11/06
MERSEYSIDE businesses are looking to the public sector for ideas on how to curb employees' smoking habits.
City rejected for 'pay as you drive' pilot - Liverpool Daily Post 20/11/06
LIVERPOOL has lost the chance to lead the country by introducing a radical 'pay as you drive' charging scheme to cut road congestion.
Sorry we said you could die... you've only got indigestion - Liverpool Echo 17/11/06
CITY medics wrongly warned a Liverpool woman she could die after confusing her blood sample with that of another patient.
Union's fury at closure of mental ward - Liverpool Echo 17/11/06
A TOP-RATED ward for people with serious mental health problems will close in a fortnight.
Fury over mental health ward cuts - Liverpool Daily Post 17/11/06
Plant nursery closure may pave way for health centre - Liverpool Daily Post 17/11/06
THE closure of one of the last local authority-run horticultural nurseries could pave the way for a new medical centre in a greenbelt area, it emerged last night.
Trusts have a 'weak' service quality - Chester Chronicle 16/11/06
AN ANNUAL health check shows the NHS body responsible for funding services in the Chester district is on the critical list.
Hospital Trust facing financial crisis - Runcorn Weekly News 16/11/06
NORTH Cheshire Trust, which runs Halton Hospital, is facing a £10.8m financial black hole, according to the Department of Health (DoH).
£45,000 gift boosts appeal - Crewe Chronicle 15/11/06
PLANS to build a vital cancer treatment centre in Crewe have taken a massive stride towards reality, thanks to a man's dying wish.
Help in the battle on bacteria - Warrington Guardian 16/11/06
PATIENTS in Warrington are being urged to ask their pharmacist about antibiotics.
Diabetes report shows inequalities - Warrington Guardian 16/11/06
WARRINGTON South MP Helen Southworth has voiced her concern after a new report found people in Britain's poorest communities are more likely to suffer diabetes.
Far East mission is just what the doctor ordered - Warrington Guardian 16/11/06
AN internationally renowned consultant who works at Warrington Hospital is set to travel to the Far East in a bid to help improve healthcare.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Super hospital car park switch - Lancashire Telegraph 18/11/06
CAR park bosses have been told to move almost 40 disabled spaces at Blackburn's new super hospital - because they were put in the wrong place.
Drive to recruit helpers for ‘safe haven’ - Lancashire Telegraph 18/11/06
VOLUNTEERS are being sought to provide a safe haven’ for distressed and vulnerable people on a night out in Blackburn and Darwen.
Experts blame ignorance for boom in sexual diseases - Lancashire Telegraph 17/11/06
CASES of gonorrhea and chlamydia have massively increased in East Lancashire, new figures show.
Cardiac services team win award - Blackpool Citizen 16/11/06
The cardiac services team at Blackpool Victoria Hospital have been named the best in the North West at a glitzy awards do in London.
Lotto joy for medical centre staff - Blackpool Citizen 16/11/06
Health, wealth and happiness were written in the stars for 36 staff at a Blackpool medical centre.
Denise wins record payout for botched op - Blackpool Citizen 16/11/06
Denise Hendry, wife of former Blackpool manager Colin Hendry, who has won a record sum for botched cosmetic surgery, is to speak at a special seminar in Manchester for people contemplating similar surgery.
Gel shock after shock health study - Lancashire Telegraph 16/11/06
A HEALTH watchdog boss has revealed he takes his own life-saving hand gel when he visits East Lancashire's hospitals because containers are often left empty.
Premature baby mums slam report - Lancashire Telegraph 16/11/06
EAST Lancashire mums whose babies were born prematurely have hit out at calls to deny intensive care support to those born before 22 weeks.
Don’t waste NHS cash on town drunks - Lancashire Telegraph 16/11/06
HAS the world gone mad? I was astounded to read (LT, November 4) that a late night field hospital' is planned for Burnley town centre.
A&E: Listen to the people - Lancashire Telegraph 16/11/06
I AM puzzled at the recent decision to ferry emergency admissions from Burnley General to the new Royal Blackburn Hospital.
Greater Manchester News
Compulsory job cuts to hit NHS - Manchester Evening News 19/11/06
THERE will be further compulsory redundancies in the NHS before the end of the year, said chief executive David Nicholson.
Doctor calls for smoking ban now - Manchester Evening News 18/11/06
HEALTH bosses are urging smokers not to wait for new laws banning lighting up in public places before quitting.
A one-man aid mission - Asian Image 17/11/06
A surgeon is on a mission to build a state-of-the-art £1m hospital to help save thousands of lives in poverty-stricken Pakistan.
Mini A&E eases load for hospital - Bolton Evening News 17/11/06
THE mini accident and emergency unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital has saved health bosses almost £200,000 since it opened less than four months ago.
Shortage of NHS dentists is cancer case risk - The Bolton News 17/11/06
A LEADING Bolton dentist is blaming a lack of access to NHS dental services for the soaring rates of mouth cancer.
£2,500 for epileptic man turned down for job - The Bolton News 17/11/06
A DISABLED man has been offered a £2,500 payout by energy giant, Powergen, after being refused a job with the firm.
Drug rape study finds no Rohypnol - The Bolton News 17/11/06
THE first major study into alleged "drug rape" cases in the UK, which examined cases in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, found evidence that most victims had been drinking and no cases of the notorious Rohypnol drug.
Bike medics step up a gear - The Bolton News 17/11/06
PARAMEDICS on bikes have responded to more than 120 incidents since a six-month trial was launched in Bolton.
Pensioners warned over faulty boilers - The Bolton News 17/11/06
PENSIONERS in Bolton are being warned to check their boilers as temperatures begin to plummet.
Health scheme aims to meet 48-hour target - Bury Times 16/11/06
AN innovative £500,000 scheme that will see improved and quicker access to GUM services for patients in Bury has been given the green light.
Website offers advice with mental health - Bury Times 16/11/06
A WEBSITE helping people recognise common mental health problems has been launched and health bosses are urging more people in Bury to log on.
Campaign helps to protect NHS staff - Bury Times 16/11/06
THE number of violent assaults against NHS staff in Bury has fallen, according to the latest statistics.
D-day for maternity services - Bury Times 16/11/06
HEALTH bosses have named the date when the future of Bury's maternity department and its special care baby unit will be decided.
Come and join us, say protest march organisers - Bury Times 16/11/06
CAMPAIGNERS are being urged to join a protest march this weekend in the fight to stop rehabilitation Ward 30 for the elderly at Fairfield being closed.
Leave professionals to run health service - Bury Times 16/11/06
CONSERVATIVE leader David Cameron blamed interference from the Government for the financial crisis facing the Pennine Acute Trust during a surprise visit to Fairfield Hospital.
Butty ban saves £100,000 in health cash fight - Bury Times 16/11/06
HEALTH bosses have slashed predicted debts by £7 million - and that includes saving more than £90,000 by banning sandwiches at lunchtime meetings.
Hospitals in war of words over baby unit - The Bolton News 16/11/06
RIVAL bosses at the Royal Bolton Hospital and Salford's Hope Hospital, who are both vying to be chosen as a maternity super-centre, have launched a last ditch war of words.
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