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Patient survey will determine GP bonuses - The Guardian 27/11/06
Patients unhappy with access to their GP will be able to affect the income of their surgery in a government move certain to anger the medical profession.
Survey of patients to determine GPs' share of £72m - The Telegraph 27/11/06
GPs who keep you waiting for an appointment face cash penalties - The Sunday Telegraph 26/11/06
Patient survey to affect GP pay - BBC Health News 26/11/06
The NHS's delicate drug balance - The Guardian 27/11/06
Herceptin for early stage breast cancer is a cost-effective treatment and it is right that the NHS should make it available (Herceptin costs 'would put thousands of other patients at risk', November 24). The challenge of funding new treatments and balancing local and national priorities is one the NHS has faced since its inception. The process the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) follows for evaluating new medicines is the most rigorous anywhere in the world, and local NHS organisations can have confidence that implementing our recommendations is an effective use of their resources.
Deadly bug infects 10 hospital patients - The Observer 26/11/06
A potentially fatal superbug has been discovered at Lincoln County Hospital, it emerged yesterday. Ten patients were affected when Clostridium difficile, which can cause severe diarrhoea and bowel inflammation, spread.
Hundreds face polonium test after ex-spy's death - The Observer 26/11/06
Hundreds of people face being tested for traces of deadly polonium as the impact of the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko widened dramatically yesterday.
Barbara Ellen on housework - or the lack of it - The Observer 26/11/06
I can't tell you how thrilled I was to read the loo is cleaner than the fridge in eight out of 10 British homes. It seems 64 per cent of you deign to clean the fridge about once a month, 22 per cent twice a year, with 28 per cent only 'taking action' when there is a 'bad smell'.
Where is the care for the mentally ill? - The Observer 26/11/06
It was with dread that I read Tim Salmon's article in the The Observer (My son has schizophrenia. Why can't the system cope? Focus, last week). Having a sister who has suffered mental illness, I know the frustration when 'professionals' won't talk to members of a sick person's family without the 'client's' written permission. They must know the 'clients' are unable to look after themselves and need relatives' help.
Bragg to lead attack on Mental Health Bill - The Independent on Sunday 26/11/06
Small beer for market town dubbed drinking capital - The Guardian 25/11/06
Fears prove unfounded as assaults fall by 72% in first year of 24-hour licences
Drink laws 'not changing habits' - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Supermarket supplier 'puts migrant staff at risk of injury' - The Guardian 25/11/06
A company which supplies many of the leading supermarkets is putting its mainly migrant workforce at risk of injury, according to a trade union.
Consumer test: Laser eye surgery - The Guardian 25/11/06
If you have set your sights on treatment, go into it with your eyes wide open
Weeding out the puritanical quacks and horny old goats - The Guardian 25/11/06
It would be almost too easy to poke fun at Gillian McKeith PhD, just because she's been busted by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority this week for selling sordid medicinal products without a licence. But, as my girlfriend could happily tell you, I'm not a complicated man. So: Dr McKeith's Wild Pink and Horny Goat Weed sex supplements are sold for "maintaining erections, orgasmic pleasure, ejaculation ... lubrication, satisfaction, and arousal", and sexual pleasure is, historically, the natural domain of quackery: but without the appropriate licence demonstrating safety, quality and efficacy her products were illegal.
All you need to know about: powerising - The Guardian 25/11/06
Mattias Lindstrom is considered to be at the forefront of the Powerising craze, which originated in Korea and is starting to take off over here. Spring-loaded boots enable devotees to jump up to 6ft in the air, take 9ft strides and run at more than 20mph. You can see Lindstrom in action at swebounce.com.
Menopause is delayed by 18 months - The Independent on Sunday 26/11/06
Women are going through the menopause 18 months later than their mothers did, according to new research.
The celebrity look: Nip & pluck - The Independent on Sunday 26/11/06
Don't frown. Getting an eyebrow transplant is the latest way to look like a celebrity
High-risk sex lives: HIV on the rise again - The Independent 25/11/06
Infection rates of the HIV virus are on the rise, particularly in the gay community. But many men are intentionally risking their lives by refusing to wear condoms for sex.
Ethical products outsell cigarettes and alcohol - The Times 27/11/06
Sales of Fairtrade coffee, free-range chickens and other “ethical” products have overtaken money spent on alcohol and cigarettes for the first time, according to a report.
Consumers going greener - The Guardian 27/11/06
Rich claim benefits in 'Welfare nation' as millions remain trapped in poverty - The Times 27/11/06
The Government is spending more on welfare than on education or law and order, but the vast sums are doing little to relieve poverty, according to a think-tank.
Five million Britons on state aid - The Telegraph 27/11/06Criminal probe into MS 'wonder drug' - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
A DRUG company is under criminal investigation for the way it has marketed an unproven 'wonder' treatment for multiple sclerosis to thousands of patients.
Scientists quit in dyslexia 'cure' row - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
A HIGH-PROFILE but controversial treatment for dyslexia has been severely criticised by experts who believe it is based on flawed research and undermined by potential conflicts of interest.
The really tough way to control drugs is to license them - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
A young American friend last week visited Camden Lock, north London, and returned amazed. In a hundred yards he was offered brazenly in the street just about every drug he could imagine. It was easier to buy cannabis or cocaine than a cigarette or a can of beer. The experience could have been repeated in any city centre in Britain. The drug market is totally unregulated and as a result totally dangerous. Welcome to 10 years of Tony Blair's 'war on drugs'.
Filth and shame in an NHS hospital - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
Twenty-four hours to save the NHS! I wonder how often that promise comes back to haunt Tony Blair 10 years later. Week after week reliable reports and the government's own figures tell a disgraceful story of incompetence, debt, misery and filth in the National Health Service. That story is supported, week after week, by heart-rending personal accounts of horrors on the wards.
Cancer patients still left waiting - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
CANCER patients are still having to wait almost a year to see a specialist because health boards have failed to cut waiting times, according to official figures to be released this week, writes Kathleen Nutt.
Is turning A&E into ER the remedy? - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
American-style physician assistants may be the answer to healthcare here, writes Sue Leonard
NHS hires '£43,000-a-year super-nurses' - The Sunday Times 26/11/06
THE National Health Service has recruited a team of £43,000-a-year American 'super-nurses' to plug Scotland's doctor shortage.
'Road-rage' man kills driver and attacks ambulance crew - The Times 25/11/06
An Asian man in his 60s was beaten to death by a stranger in an apparent road-rage incident near Heathrow airport.
Mental health - The Times 25/11/06
Instead of polarising the debate about mental health into a battle between public safety and civil rights, we should be looking to create a law that supports both and confronts the prejudices about violence that still blight the lives of many people with severe mental illnesses.
Driving us together - The Times 25/11/06
There will be fewer differences between the sexes in the future
Meningitis test needs a name. . . and £350,000 - The Telegraph 27/11/06
An angel investor could have a revolutionary test for meningitis named after them, in return for £350,000 of seed investment.
I've now stopped telling people Ben is HIV positive, but not because I'm ashamed. - The Telegraph 27/11/06
When one mother told friends her son was HIV positive, they shunned her. To mark World Aids Day on Friday, she shares her anguish
Drink wine, eat well, live longer. Really! - The Telegraph 27/11/06
Wine has long been known to have health benefits and the festive season is a good time to try the ones that do us the most good. In the first part of our new series, Professor Roger Corder explains how
Thousands of hospital staff fail to wash hands correctly - The Sunday Telegraph 26/11/06
Thousands of doctors and nurses are ignoring warnings about the spread of MRSA in hospitals and failing to wash their hands before treating patients.
Four big, fat myths - The Sunday Telegraph 26/11/06
The Government wants to set up a database to monitor every child in the country including their diet. But are our children as obese and unhealthy as we are told? And what about us? Health researchers argue that being overweight is actually beneficial: it's dieting that kills
Quite clearly a miracle molecule - The Sunday Telegraph 26/11/06
Water is a miracle, both in the sense that we could not do without it, but also in the sense that it appears to defy some fundamental laws of physics. Thus when water solidifies as ice it might be expected to behave as other liquids, to become denser and sink, so that rivers would freeze from the bottom up. Instead, water becomes less dense on freezing and thus floats on the surface, below which fish can carry on swimming happily. Then its boiling point is also unexpectedly high and this reluctance to heat up ensures that the oceans stay cool, thus preventing global warming.
Nish Joshi's Q & A - The Sunday Telegraph 26/11/06
In april I went on holiday and put on more than half a stone. Usually, I watch what I eat, increase the exercise a little, and it drops off, but not this time, so I'm trying a detox. I've been doing it for eight days now, but there's been no change. I'm frustrated as I'm doing everything right without the rewards.
Patients tell naked truth about mixed-sex ward - The Telegraph 25/11/06
Patients spoke yesterday of their grim experiences in mixed hospital wards and claimed the Government fiddles the figures to suggest that most are now segregated.
Sack Hewitt (and not just for her voice) - The Telegraph 25/11/06
Stem cell research under threat - The Telegraph 25/11/06
Britain's position as the world leader in stem cell technology is in serious jeopardy because of a lack of funding, one of the country's leading scientists said yesterday.
Britain's stem cell projects - The Telegraph 25/11/06
Warning on NHS consultant shortage - The Telegraph 25/11/06
The safety of patients needing emergency treatment will be at risk unless the Government develops a plan to deal with a shortage of consultants and NHS cutbacks, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons said yesterday.
'50% increase in doctors needed' - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Moves to allay health fears after radiation found - The Telegraph 25/11/06
Public health protection officials attempted to calm public anxiety over Alexander Litvinenko's radiation poisoning last night after traces of a deadly radioactive element were found at three locations across London.
'No radiation risk' public told - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Should we flap over bird flu? - The Telegraph 25/11/06
There have been suspected human cases of bird flu this week in Somalia and South Korea - the latter country's first outbreak for three years. The news follows fresh outbreaks of the disease among poultry in Vietnam and Thailand, and coincides with reports in The New England Journal of Medicine that the number of human cases linked to bird flu has been steadily rising.
'A bad memory may be a sign of heart trouble'- Daily Mail 25/11/06
Being forgetful could be bad for your heart, say researchers. Those who have poor memories and slower reaction times are more likely to die from a heart attack, according to a 21-year study.
'Stay slim if you want a new hip'- Daily Mail 25/11/06
Patients may only be offered a hip replacement on the Health Service if they promise to stay slim, under plans for 'social contracts' being considered by Tony Blair.
Free fruit and veg for low income families - Daily Mail 25/11/06
Pregnant women and toddlers from low income families are to get free fruit and vegetables under a Government scheme starting next week.
Poor families given fruit and veg - BBC Health News 25/11/06
Overseas dentists 'cannot work' - BBC Health News 27/11/06
A group of dentists are claiming they cannot practise in the UK because they are unable to get permission to work, despite a demand for more NHS staff.
'Cot locator' to save sick babies - BBC Health News 27/11/06
A system to help doctors find the nearest hospital cot for critically ill newborn babies has been launched.
Testicle checks 'now more common' - BBC Health News 26/11/06
The number of young British men who check their testicles for signs of cancer has tripled in a decade, research suggests.
Scan detects child heart killer - BBC Health News 24/11/06
A medical scan can spot which young people risk sudden death because of a weak heart.
'50% increase in doctors needed' - BBC Health News 24/11/06
The leading surgeon in England has said there needs to be a 50% increase in the number of hospital consultants by 2010.
Child expert answers allegations - BBC Health News 24/11/06
A paediatrician facing accusations of acting inappropriately and causing distress to a bereaved person has begun answering the allegations.
Banks to 'withstand' flu pandemic - BBC Health News 24/11/06
UK banks could maintain core services during a flu pandemic despite extensive disruption to business, a major contingency exercise has revealed.
Junk food ad 'tactics' condemned - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Leading food manufacturers are accused of using tactics to push foods high in fat, sugar and salt to children.
Dispute over schizophrenia drugs - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Older schizophrenia drugs may be as effective as the new generation of medications, experts have suggested.
International News
Blessed are the condoms: Why even the Pope may have to learn to love them - The Independent on Sunday 26/11/06
Condoms, Johnnies, French letters, Durex, love gloves, rubbers. Call them what you will, Beatrice Were wishes her husband Francis had worn one. Four months after he died in 1991 she discovered he had been HIV positive and passed the infection on to her. "I was very bitter, and the bitterness took years to go away," she says. "I realised that he knew and did not tell me. I felt betrayed."
Police snatch Aids campaigner - The Times 27/11/06
A former Chinese health official has disappeared and an Aids conference has been cancelled in a suspected police crackdown on unofficial efforts to publicise the illness.
Top China Aids critic 'is seized' - The Observer 26/11/06
New drug to boost defence against bird flu pandemic - The Times 25/11/06
A new flu drug that can kill deadly strains of bird flu is promising to transform global preparations for an influenza pandemic.
Heart attack hope after scientists discover 'master' stem cell - Daily Mail 26/11/06
Work towards stem cell treatments for coronary disease has jumped another step with the discovery of a "master" cell that appears to give rise to all the major parts of the heart.
Wheat's lost gene helps nutrition - BBC Health News 24/11/06
Turning on a gene found in wheat could boost levels of protein, iron and zinc, scientists have discovered.
Cheshire and Merseyside News
Hospital worker 'took cocktail of drugs' - Liverpool Daily Post
A WIRRAL hospital worker died after taking a cocktail of drugs only available from an operating theatre, an inquest heard.
Midwife bullying dismissed - Chester Chronicle 24/11/06
MANAGERS at the Countess of Chester Hospital say allegations of bullying within the midwifery department have been denied.
Probe held at claims doctor lied about CV - Chester Chronicle 24/11/06
A DOCTOR who treated patients at the Countess of Chester Hospital 30 years ago is at the centre of an investigation over claims he lied about his qualifications.
Smoking ban date to be set within weeks - Daily Post 24/11/06
THE START date for England's workplace smoking ban will be announced before Christmas, public health minister Caroline Flint promised yesterday.
Cumbria and Lancashire News
Bryan cuts ribbon on £1m treatment centre - Carlisle News & Star 25/11/06
A NEW £1m assessment and treatment centre opened at the Carleton Clinic in Carlisle this week.
Super-hospital health chiefs in pledge over traffic - Lancashire Telegraph 24/11/06
HEALTH chiefs have pledged to re-examine the road system at the new Royal Blackburn Hospital after complaints from visitors.
Top doctor to quit over health shake-up - Lancashire Telegraph 24/11/06
EAST Lancashire's top children's doctor is to quit in protest at a controversial shake-up of hospital services.
People's champs named for NHS - Lancashire Telegraph 24/11/06
HEALTH bosses have announced the latest line-up of people's champions at an East Lancashire health authority.
Stem cell donation gives sister a new future - Lancashire Telegraph 24/11/06
A WOMAN who beat leukaemia after being given her sister's immune system through a pioneering technique today thanked her for the gift of life.
Greater Manchester News
Panic rooms for battered wives - Manchester Evening News 24/11/06
PANIC rooms are being fitted to homes amid spiralling levels of domestic abuse, a Manchester Evening News special investigation can reveal today.
Nurse struck off after patient affair - Manchester Evening News 24/11/06
A MARRIED nurse who had an affair with a patient has been struck off by her professional body.
Skateboarding keeps young people healthy - The Bolton News 24/11/06
I MUST agree with comments made by Mrs Worth and Mrs Hogg. I was amazed to read that the council is to spend £90,000 on railings to protect the Town Hall steps from skateboarders.
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