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For supporters of the embattled Labour government, the progress made in tackling poverty has been the strongest reason to keep the faith. After the long Conservative era, in which the poor lagged further behind each year, the signs had been that Gordon Brown's stealthy levelling was starting to narrow the gap. But official figures yesterday showed that both overall inequality and penury went up last year. Just weeks after a Unicef report on the wellbeing of youngsters found that Britons were bottom of the heap, a particularly heavy blow was dealt by news that the count of poor children had edged up. For the pledge to end child poverty has been the most concrete expression of hopes that Britain is being made steadily fairer.
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Setback for Labour as child poverty rises for the first time since 1997 - The Independent 28th March 2007
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Setback for Labour as child poverty rises for the first time since 1997 - The Independent 28th March 2007
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Child poverty up for first time in 10 years - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Child poverty increase 'a moral disgrace' - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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Child poverty increase 'a moral disgrace' - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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A new-style "11-plus" to assess the risk every child in Britain runs of turning to crime was among a battery of proposals unveiled in Tony Blair's crime plan yesterday. The children of prisoners, problem drug users and others at high risk of offending will also face being "actively managed" by social services and youth justice workers. New technologies are to be used to boost police detection rates while DNA samples are to be taken from any crime suspect who comes into contact with the police.
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'Problem' children to be monitored for signs of criminality - The Independent 28th March 2007
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Children face criminal checks from the cradle - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Charity attacks 'disgrace of child poverty con trick' - The Times 28th March 2007
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Children could be monitored for signs of criminal behaviour - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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'Problem' children to be monitored for signs of criminality - The Independent 28th March 2007
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Children face criminal checks from the cradle - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Charity attacks 'disgrace of child poverty con trick' - The Times 28th March 2007
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Children could be monitored for signs of criminal behaviour - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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Patricia Hewitt, the health secretary, will tell the annual conference of the mental health charity Mind today about the "next stage" of reform in mental health. She will outline how the government aims to put a greater emphasis on the wellbeing of society as a whole by tackling widespread problems such as mild or moderate anxiety and depression.
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Death rates during and just after surgery at a leading heart unit are higher than average, but fall within acceptable bounds, an inquiry finds today. Oxford Radcliffe's heart unit has had a turbulent history. In 2000 a regional NHS inquiry which concluded that the unit was "on its knees and riven by internal conflict". It called for the surgeons, some of whom are leading figures in the field, to put aside their differences and work together as a team.
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Surgery unit hobbled by rows between consultants - The Independent 28th March 2007
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Surgery unit hobbled by rows between consultants - The Independent 28th March 2007
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A campaign has been launched by Tameside council, Greater Manchester, to alert young people and their families to the illegality and the potential life-threatening risks of having a tattoo under the age of 18, as children as young as 12 seek to copy celebrities such as the Beckhams and Britney Spears. The move comes after the discovery that an unregistered tattooist was targeting young people and had tattooed more than 100 local teenagers, for as little as £5 a time. The campaign, How Much Did Your Tattoo Really Cost?, stresses that not only is tattooing an under-18 illegal, but HIV, hepatitis and septicaemia could be the tragic consequences of a visit to a tattooist working without arrangements for clean needles.
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An independent inquiry began today into the deaths of nearly 2,000 haemophilia patients exposed to HIV and/or hepatitis C through contaminated blood and blood products, described as the worst treatment catastrophe in NHS history. "The purpose of the inquiry is to unravel the facts, so far as we are able, and to point to the lessons that may be learnt," former Labour MP Lord Peter Archer, who is heading the inquiry, said in his opening statement.
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The newspapers have been telling us that equality makes us ill. We've heard it all before, says Zoe Williams
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The NHS says it wants to really understand the experiences of mental health service users. So what, asks Clare Allan, is this pointless questionnaire doing on my desk?
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I am a wheelchair user and have been for many years, and as such was not impressed by Prejudice extends to disabled people, which was based on a report from City University, London. I teach disability awareness and one of the parts of my presentation is a strong emphasis on the fact that disabled people have exactly the same expectations as the rest of the population - they go to work, school, form relationships, do their washing, eat, get angry, pay taxes, laugh, cry, vote, plan and dream like everybody else. They also have prejudices.
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Cherelle is 19, slight, weary, and pregnant. And now she is homeless. Her family has chucked her out - not in anger, but with regret. With her parents and three brothers already in a two-bedroom council flat, there was simply no room for Cherelle and her baby. Although the family put in for a transfer to somewhere larger six years ago, they knew the truth: the level of overcrowding in their part of London means that the baby would be an adult before a four-bed property came up.
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The co-founder of iSoft, the embattled IT company at the heart of the government's troubled £6.2bn NHS IT upgrade project, was sacked yesterday after being suspended since the beginning of August. The company said Steve Graham, former commercial director, had been "removed as a director" and had "ceased to be an employee of iSoft." This move follows his suspension on full pay of £385,000 from August 8, "following an initial investigation into possible accounting irregularities in the financial years ended 30 April 2004 and 2005." Another employee was suspended alongside Mr Graham, but the company refused to disclose their identity. A spokesman for the company said the financial terms for Mr Graham's departure had not yet been agreed, but added: "It is not our intention to pay any compensation."
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Helping patients leaving hospital to cope at home and dramatically reducing social services referrals - it's business as usual for one voluntary organisation
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The Texan model Jerry Hall has revealed that all her children with the lead singer of the Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, have dyslexia. Elizabeth, 23, a model, James, 21, Georgia May, 15, and nine-year-old Gabriel all have the learning difficulty, said Hall, who has herself been diagnosed with dyslexia. "They all take after me. Being dyslexic is difficult at the very beginning but as you get older you learn to cope with it and I think it's great."
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Every suspect in contact with the police faces having their DNA placed on a national database under government plans for a huge extension of “Big Brother” Britain announced yesterday. All children will also undergo regular compulsory checks to discover if they are at risk of turning into criminals. They would face the crime test at key stages of their development, including when they start school and at 11.
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Britain risks falling behind nanotechnology rivals because ministers have not delivered on a three-year-old promise to fund research into its potential effects on human health and the environment, the Council for Science and Technology said.
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Scientists take Government to task - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Scientists take Government to task - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Connecting through talking activates the pleasure centres in a teenage girl’s brain. Sharing secrets that have romantic and sexual implications activates those centres even more. We’re not talking about a small amount of pleasure. This is huge. It’s a major dopamine and oxytocin rush, which is the biggest, fattest neurological reward you can get outside of an orgasm. Dopamine is a neurochemical that stimulates the motivation and pleasure circuits in the brain. Oestrogen at puberty increases dopamine and oxytocin production in girls. Oxytocin is a neurohormone that triggers and is triggered by intimacy. When oestrogen is on the rise, a teen girl’s brain is pushed to make even more oxytocin — and to get even more reinforcement for social bonding. Intimacy releases more oxytocin, which reinforces the desire to connect, and connecting then brings a sense of pleasure and wellbeing.
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Most divorces after the age of 50 are initiated by women. Why? In a new book, Dr Louann Brizendine explains how changes caused by the menopause weaken women’s instinct to hold a family together and liberate them from the need to put up with the failings of second-rate husbands
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A growing number of children in care are being sent to “single-place” residential homes costing £6,000 a week with only staff for company. Despite the vast weekly expense, which would cover a term’s fees at some leading public schools, employees at “single care” homes are poorly trained and less competent than those in standard residential homes, a report says.
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Plans to shrink the size of chocolate bars, crisp packets and other snacks were unveiled yesterday by the Government's food watchdog in a bid to tackle obesity in Britain. The Food Standards Agency [FSA] wants manufacturers to make smaller portions more widely available. Currently, smaller packets of crisps and confectionery are usually restricted to supermarket multi-packs and come at a price premium, the agency said.#
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More than 72,500 teenagers and people in their early twenties have serious drug problems, regularly using crack cocaine and heroin, warns an official report today. Hundreds of thousands more - as many as one in 10 children and young people - are vulnerable to becoming addicts, says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice).
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Lucinda is married to John, 46, an engineer, and lives in London. She says: As the tears welled in my doctor's eyes, I knew my precious baby was dead. "I'm so sorry, Lucinda," she told me, "your baby is gone." It was my first miscarriage, so you might think the doctor would try to reassure me that I could try again, but looking at her face, she appeared to know what I was already thinking - that at 41 there was little chance of me ever having a baby of my own.
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Every year, around 400 kidney patients who need organ transplants are unable to have the life-saving treatment because their bodies produce too many antibodies. Former Olympic triple jumper Eric McCalla, 46, was one of them. Here Eric, now a maintenance electrician, tells his story to FIONA DUFFY while, below, his surgeon explains how they tackled the problem
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When Erika Maude was just 11 years old, her mother noticed she had a slight hump on her right shoulder. The family's GP said it was nothing to worry about but the hump worsened over time and six months later she was diagnosed with scoliosis - where the spine bends to the side and becomes twisted, often pulling the rib cage with it so the shoulder blade sticks out.
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Louise Jameson had everything to live for: two small sons, and a glittering career which began at the RSC and hit a glamorous TV high as Dr Who's assistant Leela and Jersey detective Jim Bergerac's girlfriend. But writhing in agony after suffering a burst appendix, she would have given anything to be released from her torment.
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Nine million people in the UK suffer from painful joints. These products can help, says TANIA ALEXANDER.
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Every Tuesday, Britain’s leading nutritionist explains how to eat your way to health. Today she explains which foods can help heal a bed sores and the benefits of cranberry juice: My mum has just come out of hospital, having suffered a fractured hip and is staying with us until she feels strong enough to move back home. Although her hip seems to be on the mend, she is quite weak and suffering from a bad pressure sore on her heel. Which foods will help it heal and give her a boost?
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You might be feeling virtuous as you zip up your gym bag and head off home after that strenuous workout. But you could be walking off with more than just feel-good endorphins. Experts are warning that sports gear - and even your gym bag - can harbour a host of unpleasant bacteria. FIONA DUFFY reports on the germs lurking in your kit.
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Once we went to the doctor only if something was wrong. But now private health clinics are encouraging the 'worried well' to put their minds at rest - or potentially discover a deadly disease before symptoms emerge - by having a thorough check-up. A six-minute appointment with your GP is barely enough time to discuss your backache or flu, let alone your family history of heart disease or breast cancer.
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Selling fattening snacks in smaller pack sizes could be key to tackling the obesity epidemic, say watchdogs. The Food Standards Agency is urging the industry to cut the size of chocolate, crisps and snacks to improve the nation's health.
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At first Annette Armstrong wasn't planning to have her mother present at her baby's birth. But she came round to the idea - after all it would be nice to hold her hand during the labour. It turned out to be the 'best decision' of Annette's life. For it was her mother who ended up having to deliver the baby - without her, says Annette, there is a chance her baby could have died.
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After six decades together, Eric and Betty Dunnell looked forward to continuing their loving relationship into their twilight years. But the devastated couple face being torn apart because of a local authority ruling.
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Eating disorders can affect children as young as six years old, the first ever national figures show. Over 13 months, 206 children under 12 years were treated for an eating disorder in Britain and Ireland - including one six-year-old girl.
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More than 160 Devon women who had abnormal cervical smear tests results may not have had appropriate follow up treatment, it has been revealed. Devon Primary Care Trust (PCT) cannot be sure that 161 women who had an abnormal result had been recalled for repeat tests or treatment.
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Health bosses in Nottinghamshire have issued a warning after a laptop containing information on about 11,000 young children was stolen. The laptop was one of three taken from an office at King's Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield on 21 March.
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We all develop wrinkles with age, and we've all seen the adverts for products that claim to reduce them. But what's the science behind them and do they really work? The first and most important rule is don't immediately be impressed by scientific sounding words. "These emollients are specially formulated with aqua and humectants" can be non-scientifically translated as "these lotions and creams contain water and moisturisers". Not nearly so exciting, but basically the same thing.
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Most children love blood, gore and guts. They never fail to be entertained by burping, farting and snot.
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Computer-based therapy should be available to all patients in England from April, says the government. Patients with mild depression or anxiety should receive therapy instead of drugs, but there are long waiting lists around the country.
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NHS dental contract attacks mount - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
People are finding it no easier to see an NHS dentist a year after radical reforms of NHS dentistry came into effect, according to two reports. A British Dental Association poll of 394 dentists found the majority did not think the reforms had improved access.
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Pregnant women who eat too much beef from cattle treated with growth-promoting hormones may be damaging the future fertility of their unborn sons, scientists suggested yesterday. New research has shown that men from the United States whose mothers ate beef at least once a day are likely to have lower sperm concentrations than usual, potentially affecting their ability to have children.
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Eating beef could threaten sons' fertility - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Sunday roasts 'could have hit male fertility' - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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Beef diet 'damages sons' sperm' - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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Eating beef could threaten sons' fertility - The Telegraph 28th March 2007
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Sunday roasts 'could have hit male fertility' - Daily Mail 27th March 2007
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Beef diet 'damages sons' sperm' - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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Some three million teenage girls in Germany are to be urged to take part in a mass vaccination campaign to help to stamp out cervical cancer. The go-ahead for the jabs — in effect Germany’s first nationwide anticancer immunisation — is likely to nudge other EU countries, including Britain, to consider similar steps. Germany is Europe’s largest market for medicines and pharmaceuticals.
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The maker of the popular children's drink Ribena was fined today after admitting in court it had misled generations of parents about the drink's vitamin C content. GlaxoSmithKline was forced to plead guilty to the fact that its ready-to-drink Ribena - which it claimed had 7mg of vitamin C per 100ml and was aimed at school lunchboxes - in fact had no detectable vitamin C.
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NZ vitamin C row hits Ribena firm - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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NZ vitamin C row hits Ribena firm - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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It's the answer to a foodie fan's prayer - nutritional scientists have come up with a recipe for the perfect healthy pizza. The secret lies in the dough. A team of US chemists found using wholewheat dough fermented and baked under specific conditions produced a pizza packed with health-giving antioxidants.
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Doctors have discovered the world's first known case of 'semi-identical' twins. The two young children in America are identical on their mother's side but share only half the genes of their father's side.
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Semi-identical twins discovered - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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Semi-identical twins discovered - BBC Health News 27th March 2007
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A tropical worm disease that has plagued people since ancient times could be eradicated in less than two years, experts predict. The World Health Organisation said Guinea worm disease, or dracunculiasis, now only affects around 25,000 people in nine countries.
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LIVERPOOL’S new Arena and Convention Centre has won another prestigious contract – with 800 nurses heading to the city for the AGM of the Royal College of Nursing. The event, in October next year, could also precede an even bigger coup with the potential for the RCN Congress, which attracts 5,000 delegates, to also be staged at the Mersey waterfront centre.
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PATIENTS in Liverpool are waiting months longer than they should be for appointments, new figures show. Three times too many in-patients are waiting longer than the four-and-a-half month deadline for treatment.
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Robert Thorpe, 42, and his partner Ann Tuffy, 37, were drunk when they started behaving violently in Whiston hospital, Liverpool crown court heard. Desmond Lennon, prosecuting, told the court they went to the hospital at 2.30am on May 3 last year after Thorpe had harmed himself.
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Smoke-free Wirral - Wirral Globe 27th March 2007
THERE are less than 100 days to go before Wirral - along with the rest of England - goes smoke-free. Going smoke free means that smoking in virtually every enclosed public place and workplace will no longer be allowed from 6am on Sunday, July 1.
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A MARYPORT woman is calling for the Department of Health’s 30 year policy of adding artificial fluoride to the west Cumbrian water supply to be suspended until research into its effects is carried out. Dianne Standen, of pressure group Cumbrians Against Fluoridation, fears it could be leading to untold damage to the health of thousands of west Cumbrians, who have been drinking the water since they were children in the late 1960s.
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Advice on smoking ban - Carlisle News & Star 27th March 2007
ALLERDALE people will be able to learn more about the effects of the smoking ban in England, which starts in less than 100 days, at a series of workshops. The ban on smoking in all public places and work spaces begins on July 1 and Allerdale Council has arranged drop-in sessions in Wigton, Silloth, Maryport and Aspatria.
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A STAY in hospital is no laughing matter - unless you are visited by a clown doctor. Clown doctors are professional artists who entertain sick children at their bedside each week with magic tricks, balloons, jokes and fun.
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UNITED star Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has unveiled a new £400,000 scanner at a Manchester hospital. The machine will carry out scans four times faster than standard equipment and produce much more detailed images of the inside of the body. And hospital bosses say the new computerside tomography or CT scanner will help the private Bupa Hospital, in Whalley Range, lead the way in treating sporting injuries.
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BOLTON health chiefs are to go into partnership with a developer to build a series of modern health super centres, to replace rundown GPs' surgeries. The Eric Wright Group will build the centres and then lease them back to the Primary Care Trust.
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DAVID Fielding hopes to move a step closer to discovering how haemophilia sufferers became infected with hepatitis C or HIV during the 1970s and 1980s. The 51-year-old will give evidence to an independent inquiry, chaired by the former Solicitor General Lord Archer, which convenes in London today.
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Bolton's dental crisis exposed - The Bolton News 27th March 2007New Story
BOLTON is in the grip of a dental crisis. None of the borough's 32 dental practices are accepting new NHS patients - less than 12 months after a new system was introduced to create more places. People hoping to become an NHS dental patient have been told to try again in April when more places "could" be available.
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Bolton's dental health shame - The Bolton News 27th March 2007
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Bolton's dental health shame - The Bolton News 27th March 2007
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Illegal tattoos put young lives at risk - The Guardian 28th March 2007
A campaign has been launched by Tameside council, Greater Manchester, to alert young people and their families to the illegality and the potential life-threatening risks of having a tattoo under the age of 18, as children as young as 12 seek to copy celebrities such as the Beckhams and Britney Spears. The move comes after the discovery that an unregistered tattooist was targeting young people and had tattooed more than 100 local teenagers, for as little as £5 a time. The campaign, How Much Did Your Tattoo Really Cost?, stresses that not only is tattooing an under-18 illegal, but HIV, hepatitis and septicaemia could be the tragic consequences of a visit to a tattooist working without arrangements for clean needles.
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