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National News
Hospitals losing the battle to stem spread of killer infection - Independent 31/01/07
Infections with the lethal hospital bug Clostridium difficile rose to a record last year, defying efforts to curb the growing threat. Figures released yesterday by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) showed that there were 42,625 cases between January and September, up from 40,390 in the same period in 2005, a rise of 5.5 per cent. Cases of the infection have doubled since the late 1990s, and have increased more than tenfold in the past 15 years.
Primary care trust backs down on decision not to fund eye medication - Independent 31/01/07
Public and political pressure yesterday forced an NHS trust to review its decision not to fund the purchase of a sight-saving drug for a former Labour MP.
Doctors replace heart valve using keyhole surgery - Independent 31/01/07
An operation to replace a heart valve using keyhole surgery has been carried out in Leicester. Gladys Adams, 89, underwent the procedure, yesterday at Glenfield hospital, a specialist cardiac centre. The technique avoids the need for open heart surgery and halves recovery times for patients.
Food retailers act to reduce heart disease - Independent 31/01/07
The country's biggest retailers announced today that they will stop adding harmful fats to their own-brand products in a move that could cut heart disease.
Retailers to stop trans-fat use - BBC Health News 31/01/07
Major UK retailers plan to stop adding harmful trans-fats to their own-brand products by the end of the year.
BMA team 'stunned by GP contract' - BBC Health News 31/01/07
GPs were so stunned by the terms offered to them when negotiating their new contract that they thought it was a "bit of a laugh", a doctor has said.
Dentists 'turning away patients' BBC Health News 31/01/07
Dentists are turning away patients because local health chiefs are running out of funds, dental leaders say.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Daughters Agony Over Mrsa Mothers Death - Lancashire Telegraph 31/01/07
A DAUGHTER has spoken of her frustration after MRSA contributed to the death of her mother in hospital. An inquest heard that Ellen Brindle, 86, was believed to have caught the superbug during treatment for a bladder infection at Royal Blackburn Hospital.
1m Nhs Gift To India And Pakistan - Lancashire Telegraph 31/01/07
HOSPITAL equipment worth up to a million pounds which served generations of East Lancashire people has been sent thousands of miles to help the poor of Pakistan and India.
Greater Manchester News
Whelley hospital to close - Wigan News 31/01/07
WHELLEY hospital is to close in a massive shake-up of health services across Wigan. Around 155 staff, who work at the site were informed by emergency meetings on Friday morning that the hospital site would be closing to patients and that its 73 beds would be removed - but that "health services" would remain on the site.
Gastric band pioneer feels the pinch - Manchester Evening News 31/01/07
TEN weeks after being fitted with a pioneering stomach band, Maria Corvi watched doctors use a remote control device to tighten it - in a bid to limit what she eats.
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