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Two million children went to hospital A&E departments in the United Kingdom last year following accidents - many of which could have been prevented, a joint report by the health and public expenditure watchdogs has found. The latest figures, which do not include road accidents, indicate that a further 120,000 under-14s were admitted to hospital wards in England and Wales, at a cost to the NHS of £146m. A total of 230 died - placing accidents on a par with cancer as a leading cause of childhood deaths.
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Accident death rate a 'disgrace' - The Independent 8th February 2007
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Children's accidents 'a disgrace' - BBC Health News 8th February 2007
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Accident death rate a 'disgrace' - The Independent 8th February 2007
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Children's accidents 'a disgrace' - BBC Health News 8th February 2007
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The recent news that an old lady starved to death in a hospital makes for harrowing reading. Except the not so headline-grabbing truth was that in fact the coroner recorded a verdict of a stroke, and the victim was very likely incapable of eating as a result of the effects of the stroke. After reading the media coverage, I was left with the impression that here was a 91-year-old lady at the end of her life, and the care she needed was more of the social variety than purely medical. Very old and frail people are allowed to die of something, after all. Families of the elderly often are very noisy about securing for their old mum the care she needs, but less forthcoming about providing that support themselves. It seems that one of the major financial burdens on hospitals at the moment is picking up the slack left behind by a lack of proper social care.
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If you slip on an icy pavement this winter and land up in casualty, take heart. The chance of your x-rays turning up when they're needed is probably the best in the NHS's history. Digitally displayed radiological images, using a technology known as Pacs (picture archiving and communications system) are the big success of the £12bn programme to computerise the NHS. Pacs stormed into hospitals because nearly everyone sees advantages. The images are available immediately, anywhere on site, so fewer appointments are cancelled due to films going astray. And there's a tangible business case, too - immediate savings on expensive x-ray films.
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Thousands of patients are likely to be refused dental treatment until the start of the new financial year in April due to a cash crisis in the health service. Dentists in England were given new contracts last year which mean they are paid an annual income for an agreed number of check-ups and treatments. Those who were heading to complete their quota ahead of schedule expected to be able to negotiate payment for extra work, but they are now being told that there is no more money in the budget. If they treat any more NHS patients before the end of March, they will not be paid, which means thousands might be turned away.
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Dentists run out of cash for NHS patients - The Times 8th February 2007
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Search for a dentist sparks 200,000 calls to NHS hotline - The Telegraph 8th February 2007
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Dentists run out of cash for NHS patients - The Times 8th February 2007
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Search for a dentist sparks 200,000 calls to NHS hotline - The Telegraph 8th February 2007
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The daily juggling act of balancing work and caring responsibilities is destined to get harder rather than easier, a survey suggests. The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) also found voters want direct support for working families to be firmly on the agenda of every political party. The poll of more than 2,000 people reveals that 82% of people say it is difficult for parents to balance work and home life. More than seven in ten believe the situation will be worse, not better, in ten years' time.
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Whatever the precise cause of the Suffolk bird flu outbreak at what was supposed to be "the most bio-secure plant in Britain" (Report, February 5), the reality is that H5N1 influenza is now endemic in wild birds globally and transfers readily to poultry in a form that is highly pathogenic. Happily, so far it has only transferred to people who have had very close contact with poultry
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Doctors monitoring the 350 people who may have come into contact with turkeys carrying H5N1 avian flu at the Bernard Matthews factory farm yesterday sent a poultry worker to hospital for blood tests after he fell ill. It was the second time in two days that the Health Protection Agency had referred people working at the factory to a hospital for tests.New Section
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Second worker tested for bird flu - The Times 8th February 2007
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The Department of Health (DH) has axed funding for the Best Treatments website - the only comprehensive, evidence-based information source for the public on which treatments are effective. The site will disappear within weeks unless the DH has a change of heart. Produced by British Medical Journal Group, with no drug company or interest group involvement, Best Treatments gives patients access to a jargon-free version of the information doctors themselves rely on - exactly the sort of information patients need to fulfil the government's policy of patient-doctor partnership in a "patient-led" NHS.
American medical advertising alerts you to many differences between our nations. I think more of them have herpes, for instance, than we do. Furthermore, I think if herpes-soother manufacturers were to advertise here, they wouldn't use neat, mid-40s New England women on their way to a clambake to illustrate the discomfort of genital itching, they'd use grubby teenagers. Americans are happier talking about their enlarged prostate. British advertisers peddling a nutritional supplement for children "when you're worried they aren't getting the vitamins they need from meals" would not exclusively illustrate this conundrum with black families.
When the smoking ban comes into force in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, few are likely to feel its impact more than those detained in acute psychiatric units. In Scotland, where the ban is already in place, an exemption allows psychiatric units to provide a designated enclosed room where smoking is permitted, but ultimately there are no such plans for the rest of the UK.
Fifty senior managers in Birmingham city council's adults and communities department have been set some homework. Director Peter Hay has told them to team up with people who use the council's services to find out what their experiences are and what kind of outcomes are produced, with a view to feeding back the findings into how the authority goes about arranging care and support.
What is wrong with the NHS? The businessman Sir Gerry Robinson, in a BBC TV series shown last month, asked this very question of an NHS trust, and, to his credit, he spotted the answer straight away, one that applies across the health service. He showed that the problems lie on two sides. First, that hospitals are still dominated by an arrogant, self-interested consultant body, who enjoy disproportionate power, refuse to budge from outdated work practices, and are unable to cope with change. Second, NHS managers sit in offices and push paper around, deal with diktats from on high, rarely go to the coalface, and are too frightened of the doctors to confront the problems. This combination is disastrous for the patient.
The health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, defended recent rises in GP pay, insisting doctors were earning more because they were "doing more". But she indicated concern about GP practices that were "taking a larger share of the practice income as profits". Ms Hewitt said this was an issue "we will continue to discuss with the BMA in order to ensure that the increased investment we are making in GP practices continues to be reinvested for the benefit of patients, as well as giving GPs the fair return they deserve". Tory spokesman Stephen O'Brien accused the health secretary of being "all over the place" on the issue.
A senior government vet who fell ill after he was in close contact with turkeys carrying the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has tested negative for the virus, health officials said today. A spokesman from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) said seasonal flu had also been ruled out, and the vet would now be "treated under normal clinical care". He was later released from hospital.
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Vet involved in Suffolk turkey farm investigation is tested for bird flu - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Vet tested for bird flu after contracting respiratory illness - The Independent 7th February 2007
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Bird flu vet tests negative - The Independent 7th February 2007
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Bird flu vet given all-clear - The Times 7th February 2007
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Vet involved in Suffolk turkey farm investigation is tested for bird flu - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Vet tested for bird flu after contracting respiratory illness - The Independent 7th February 2007
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Bird flu vet tests negative - The Independent 7th February 2007
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Bird flu vet given all-clear - The Times 7th February 2007
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Childbirth has leapt from the outer reaches of the NHS, where I and many other mothers have laboured in what I can only describe as the Dark Ages, on to centre stage. Ten ministers have broken ranks to campaign against the closure of maternity units in their constituencies. Patient groups are lining up to highlight the risks of longer travel times to fewer regional centres. The Tories are calling the moves “a desperate bid to save money” — although it used to be Tory policy that thrift was a good thing. It is, frankly, confusing.
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Excessive drinking and partying over Christmas has led to a record number of new year terminations at Britain’s biggest private abortion clinic. Marie Stopes International said that it carried out almost 6,000 abortions in January, more than at any time in its 32-year history, and blamed heavy drinking for the sharp rise in unwanted pregnancies.
Charity records 13% rise in post-Christmas abortions - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Clinic reports busiest month for abortions - The Telegraph 8th February 2007
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New Year's abortions rise by 13 per cent - Daily Mail 7th February 2007
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Newborn babies will be screened for a rare inherited disease that could cause death if untreated, the Department of Health said yesterday. All babies in England will be tested for Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCADD) within two weeks of birth, said Ivan Lewis, the health minister. The check will be carried out as part of the standard “heel-prick” test, which screens for conditions such as sickle cell disorders and congenital hypothyroidism, which affects the thyroid gland. MCADD is a rare inherited metabolic disease which affects the body’s ability to control blood sugar when the body is under stress, such as during a fever.Charity records 13% rise in post-Christmas abortions - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Clinic reports busiest month for abortions - The Telegraph 8th February 2007
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New Year's abortions rise by 13 per cent - Daily Mail 7th February 2007
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Newborn babies to get extra test - BBC Health News 7th February 2007
I am 36 years old and have breasts nearly as big as my girflfriend. Definitely a size AA. Is there anything I can do to reduce their size? I work out and diet, but still I have these damnable breasts. I never want to have to pretend to smile again about any jokes concerning male boobies, if for no other reason than that I have heard them all before. What should I do?
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Patricia Hewitt, the Health Secretary, faced fury yesterday after it emerged the Government has secretly dropped a pledge to build or refurbish at least 50 community hospitals. Ministers captured headlines a year ago by unveiling a £750 million blueprint for a new generation of community hospitals.
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Labour must drop its historic commitment to free education and health care, the former education secretary Charles Clarke said last night. He said it was the only way to ensure public services could meet ever-increasing demands.
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The health minister in the controversy over closing maternity units denied that he was a hypocrite last night. Ivan Lewis, MP for Bury South, was attacked by Conservatives for backing the general principle of reducing the number of units while fighting to save Fairfield in Bury, which is used by his constituents. He was also challenged to explain why he was not at Tuesday's launch of plans which would strip many local hospitals of consultant-led maternity services in favour of a smaller number of specialist units.
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Minister under fire over NHS maternity strategy - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Tories accuse minister of hypocrisy over health cuts - The Independent 7th February 2007
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A threat to new mothers - The Telegraph 7th February 2007
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Maternity unit closures could lead to death - Daily Mail 7th February 2007
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Big shake-up for maternity care - BBC Health News 6th January 2007
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Strong demand for the bird flu vaccine Tamiflu drove up full-year profits at Swiss pharmaceuticals giant Roche. Sales of Tamiflu, which nations around the world have been stockpiling to prepare for a possible flu pandemic, soared in the final quarter as governments bought emergency stock. Roche's net income climbed 33pc to SFr7.88bn (£3.2bn) in 2006, also on a rise in sales of its breast cancer drug Herceptin.Additional Story
Minister under fire over NHS maternity strategy - The Guardian 7th February 2007
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Maternity unit closures could lead to death - Daily Mail 7th February 2007
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Big shake-up for maternity care - BBC Health News 6th January 2007
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More than 17,000 nurses and midwives have left the Scottish health service since devolution, figures released yesterday show. The drain of trained staff from the NHS comes despite ministers spending millions to attract newcomers to the profession.
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One in three NHS doctors has so little faith in the Health Service they would rather be treated privately according to a new survey. The poll for Hospital Doctor magazine also reveals that 22 per cent of doctors in the NHS had actually taken out private medical insurance to avoid being treated on the Health Service.
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Robinsons will remove all artificial colours and flavours from its squash drinks, it announced today. Soft drinks firm Britvic which owns the brand said it would be the the first squash manufacturer to make the change.
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A two-month-old girl has gazed at her mother's face for the first time after a surgeon saved her sight by inserting plastic lenses into her damaged eyes. Leah Calthorpe-Betts, of Ipswich, Suffolk, is one of the youngest people to undergo such an operation.New Section
It is such a simple thing, yet if Amanda Steane's husband Paul had been given enough water to drink in hospital he would be alive today. Instead, on three separate occasions he became so dehydrated that he suffered renal failure, leaving him severely crippled.
As many as one in three of us will develop cancer at some point in our lives - it is a diagnosis everyone fears. But it seems the disease is especially dangerous for people living in the UK. Despite the extra £500 million a year spent on cancer research since 2001, Britain still lags far behind many European countries when it comes to diagnosis and treatment.
Technology used to confirm pregnancy or diagnose heart disease is now being used to treat low back pain. Pilot studies have suggested that therapeutic ultrasound can ease the symptoms of sciatica, and now University of Manchester researchers are recruiting patients for the first clinical trial.
Thousands of men suffer from inguinal hernia, where part of the intestine bulges through a weak spot in the abdominal muscle. These are usually repaired by open surgery. Now, a new form of keyhole procedure reduces both the recovery time and surgery risks. Thomas Hardie, 18, had the procedure two months ago.
A house that takes care of people with dementia has been developed by British scientists. It uses smart technology to monitor activity, and sounds a warning when it thinks there may be a problem.
More and more of us worry about our cholesterol - but not all those home testing kits can be trusted. Here, we put them on trial ... We're constantly being told to reduce fat consumption to keep our cholesterol levels down and so prevent heart disease - the biggest killer in the UK. As many as two out of three people in the UK have raised cholesterol levels but few realise it.
When Professor David Pritchard wanted to test the effects of parasites on humans, he had to apply to the Ethics Committee. They refused him the go-ahead because they weren't confident it was safe. So there was only one thing for it: he volunteered himself.
Jane Clarke's books are read by millions and she acted as adviser to Jamie Oliver on his School Dinners programme. As well as being an advocate of healthy eating, she passionately believes that many of our illnesses can be treated through our diet. In Good Health every Tuesday, she answers your questions: I am showing signs of rheumatoid arthritis - is there anything I can do to avoid the pain and disfigurement that my mother suffered when she had it?
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A woman has given birth to her sister's baby girl because she could not have children after a cancer operation. Lisa Mainwaring, 35, of Swansea, had feared her dream of becoming a mother would never come true.
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Stomach ulcers 'prehistoric link' - BBC Health News 8th February 2007
Sister has cancer mother's baby - BBC Health News 6th February 2007Prehistoric humans were infected with a bug that causes stomach ulcers, a study in the journal Nature has shown. UK and German researchers used computer simulations to show that both Helicobacter pylori and humans migrated from Africa around 58,000 years ago.
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Emergency general surgery is to be suspended from the end of March at a Lincolnshire hospital because it says it cannot provide safe patient care. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust said the low number of patients needing such surgery meant it was unable to maintain the skill levels of surgeons.
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A woman has given birth to her sister's baby girl because she could not have children after a cancer operation. Lisa Mainwaring, 35, of Swansea, had feared her dream of becoming a mother would never come true.
A man has been found guilty of knowingly infecting his former partner with HIV and Hepatitis C. Giovanni Mola, 38, had denied culpably and recklessly failing to say he had HIV to the danger of the woman's life.
The number of malnutrition cases recorded by Scottish hospitals has risen for the fourth year in a row. A total of 1,900 patients, almost all of them adults, were diagnosed with the condition last year, a fifth more than in 2002.
Health union representatives have criticised plans to axe up to 900 jobs and close 200 beds at Leicester's three city hospitals. The University Hospitals of Leicester Trust said it would be closing up to eight wards and cutting 900 jobs over two years to make savings of £90m.
A government pledge to build 50 community hospitals has come under scrutiny after figures revealed only four projects have been agreed. Ministers promised £750m to build or refurbish community hospitals to treat patients in England closer to home.
'Low' vCJD death toll from blood - BBC Health News 7th January 2007There are likely to be relatively few deaths from the human form of mad cow disease, vCJD, as a result of infected blood, scientists have suggested. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine team says measures to protect the public have worked.
A psychiatrist has been cleared of killing a patient who died of an overdose at a Cumbrian hospital. Peter Fisher, 46, of Cullompton, Devon denied manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of Peter Weighman, at Whitehaven's West Cumberland Infirmary.
On-the-spot fines for drunken patients who abuse casualty staff have been hailed a success by trust bosses. A three-month pilot was carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester to curb misbehaviour and will now be extended indefinitely.
A radical new approach to preventing heart disease could save more than 7,000 lives over the next five years, according to health professionals. Experts are recommending a new approach which they say could also prevent 27,000 heart attacks and other "cardiac events" in Scotland.
Pyjamas and bed linen made with silver cloth are being trialled in a hospital to help combat the MRSA superbug. Experts at Barts and The London NHS Trust hope to prove that silver can be used to clear MRSA on the skin and thus protect vulnerable patients.
The government should go "faster and further" in creating choice within the NHS, Tony Blair has told senior MPs. A "centrally driven approach", including national targets, had achieved a "quantum shift", he added.
One of the UK's leading charities says young people should be more aware of the link between smoking and going blind. The Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) wants the government to fund a national advertising campaign.
Healthy foods 'lift retail sales' - BBC Health News 6th January 2007
High Street sales saw their best performance in January for three years, according to a leading industry survey. Shoppers looking for clearance bargains and demand for healthier foods pushed like-for-like retail sales up 3.1%, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said.
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Sniffing a colleague's armpit, booking nap time in a "sleep pod" and sneaking out to rub a cat's tummy at lunchtime have emerged as the latest stress-busters for workaholics. The unorthodox suggestions are included in a guide to a stress-free career, compiled for the New Scientist by researchers investigating the causes of anxiety in the workplace.
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A treatment for Parkinson's disease has been dramatically improved by boosting the levels of natural marijuana-like chemicals in the brain. Researchers combined a drug used to treat patients with another that prevents the breakdown of substances called cannabinoids in the brain and noticed an almost complete recovery in mice that developed a Parkinson's-like disease.
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A commonly used anaesthetic could cause changes in the brain linked to Alzheimer's, a US study suggests. The anaesthetic isoflurane is linked to cell death.
Rising rates of cancer diagnosis will put an increasing strain on health care systems across Europe, experts warn. An Annals of Oncology study estimates there were 3.2 million new cases of cancer in Europe in 2006 - up from 2.9 million in 2004.
A health alert has been declared in Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia after an outbreak of dengue fever. The authorities have blamed higher rainfall this season as a cause of the unusually rapid spread of the disease.
A 17-year-old Egyptian girl has died from bird flu, bringing to 12 the number of confirmed deaths from the disease in the country. Nouri Nadi, from Fayyoum, was admitted to hospital a week ago after being initially diagnosed with human flu.
Cholera reaches Congo's capital - BBC Health News 5th January 2007An outbreak of cholera has killed its first victims in the Republic of Congo's capital - after 80 deaths in the port of Pointe-Noire this year. Official figures show four deaths and 10 cases - mainly in Brazzaville's densely populated southern suburbs.
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HOSPITAL bosses are braced to declare a state of ‘red alert’ at the region’s casualty unit after outbreaks of diarrhoea and vomiting bugs. It follows several weeks of patients facing four-hour waits for treatment as hospital staff struggled to cope with the high volume of cases.
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GEORGE Mather rightly points out that the council's role is to provide services to the public using public money (Points of View, January 24). There are so many articles pointing out that exercise in any form produces enormous physical health and mental health benefits, and helps in weight reduction, that I am surprised Mr Mather does not seem to have read one such article.
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Pharmacist wants legal team to decide future - Middlewich Guardian 7th January 2007
A PHARMACIST who has served Middlewich for 18 years could appeal after being struck off. Ramanlal Mistry, who runs Mistry's Pharmacy in Lewin Street, has three months to appeal and is currently awaiting legal advice.
Hospital pays out record £5m damages - Daily Post 6th February 2007
THE parents of a six-year-old girl who developed cerebral palsy after she was starved of oxygen during birth have won a record £5m payout from a Merseyside hospital. A High Court judge awarded the highest compensation ever paid by Liverpool Women’s hospital, after it admitted her debilitating disease was their neonatal team’s fault.
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THE £3 million super-laundry at Blackburn's new super hospital keeps breaking down, bosses have admitted. Health chiefs are scratching their heads over what is wrong with the laundry at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, Haslingden Road, which opened 18 months ago.
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PEOPLE in Rossendale with long-term health problems are being offered help to better manage their condition by joining the Expert Patients Programme. The free, six-week course starts in Bacup on Tuesday morning, aiming to encourage Valley residents with a long-term medical condition to achieve a better quality of life, by assisting them to think more positively and to start to take control of their life again.
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Hospital trust set to ‘break even’ - Lancashire Telegraph 7th February 2007
EAST Lancashire's hospital authority is set to steer clear of debts during a financial year for the first time, a finance boss believes. But East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust would only be in the black if no "additional pressures" arose, its director of finance, information and planning, Stephen Brookfield said.
CARLISLE MP Eric Martlew has joined a growing number of politicians calling for the cost of phone calls in hospitals to be cut. Last year, MPs condemned the private companies who charge up to 49p a minute to ring sick patients in hospital as “exploitation” and called for action to be taken.
A GOVERNMENT advisor has singled out west Cumbria in a report on maternity services, saying the number of births should not be the only issue. Sheila Shribman’s comments come after a PCT director in Cumbria said there may be too few births at the West Cumberland hospital to justify keeping the existing ward open.
ASSURANCES that Cumbria’s cottage hospitals are finally safe from bed cuts and closures have been welcomed by Cumbria’s Labour’s MPs. They say the message that such facilities are vital to the future healthcare of Cumbria finally appears to be sinking in with health chiefs.
COPELAND MP Jamie Reed says west Cumbria is a unique case when it comes to healthcare solutions because of the presence of the Sellafield nuclear complex. He warned that there is nowhere else in the country with facilities of such a scale and any cuts would be hugely detrimental.
EQUIPMENT at East Lancashire NHS Trust buildings has been given an "invisible" marker to deter thieves. A gun which fires dots on to equipment that can only be seen under certain lighting conditions has been used on community NHS equipment in Blackburn with Darwen.
Doctor not guilty of drug death - BBC Health News 6th January 2007
A psychiatrist has been cleared of killing a patient who died of an overdose at a Cumbrian hospital. Peter Fisher, 46, of Cullompton, Devon denied manslaughter by gross negligence over the death of Peter Weighman, at Whitehaven's West Cumberland Infirmary.
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A FIRST birthday is always a special occasion - but for one Bolton family it is a day they feared they would never see. Samuel Crompton was born 13 weeks prematurely and he was so small that he could fit into the palm of his mother Michelle's hand.
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Nurse Francis is going strong after 40 years - The Bolton News 7th February 2007
MORE than 40 years ago, auxiliary nurse Francis Grundy started her first shift. And four decades later, she says she is far from finishing her last. The grandmother-of-two, originally from Northern Ireland, began her career at Hulton Lane Hospital in September, 1966.
Mental health nurses plan second strike - Manchester Evening News 7th February 2007
A HEALTH centre has been thrown into chaos after being targeted by arsonists. Fire ripped through a doctor's office at the Halliwell Health and Children's Centre in the early hours of yesterday, causing widespread damage.
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A FIRST birthday is always a special occasion - but for one Bolton family it is a day they feared they would never see. Samuel Crompton was born 13 weeks prematurely and he was so small that he could fit into the palm of his mother Michelle's hand.
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Nurse Francis is going strong after 40 years - The Bolton News 7th February 2007
MORE than 40 years ago, auxiliary nurse Francis Grundy started her first shift. And four decades later, she says she is far from finishing her last. The grandmother-of-two, originally from Northern Ireland, began her career at Hulton Lane Hospital in September, 1966.
Mental health nurses plan second strike - Manchester Evening News 7th February 2007
HUNDREDS of mental health nurses are set to go on strike in Manchester again over plans to reorganise the way patients are treated. The nurses walked out last week over proposals to let social workers take on some of their duties at Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust.
A RADICAL shake-up of maternity and children’s services in Greater Manchester is up in the air after the Health Secretary ordered an independent inquiry. Regional health bosses decided to cut overnight care for mums and babies from 13 hospitals to eight after a two year consultation – the biggest held by the NHS.
Praise for 'fine-a-yob' scheme - BBC Health News 6th January 2007
On-the-spot fines for drunken patients who abuse casualty staff have been hailed a success by trust bosses. A three-month pilot was carried out at the Royal Bolton Hospital in Greater Manchester to curb misbehaviour and will now be extended indefinitely.
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