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NHS facing glut of consultants and nurse shortage - The Guardian 4th December 2007
Leaked government documents forecasting a glut of NHS hospital consultants and an acute shortage of nurses provoked fury last night among doctors' and nurses' leaders. A draft workforce strategy from the Department of Health said the NHS in England is heading for an unwanted surplus of 3,200 consultants by March 2011 "which we cannot afford to employ".
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Leaked report forecasts shortage of NHS nurses - The Independent 4th December 2007
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Thousands of NHS doctors qualify for jobs they can't have - The Times 4th December 2007
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NHS will be 14,000 nurses short, says report - The Telegraph 4th December 2007
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Shortage of NHS staff predicted - BBC Health News 4th December 2007
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Two further polonium-210 cases found - The Guardian 4th December 2007
A member of the public who visited the bar where the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned has tested positive for polonium-210, the Health Protection Agency revealed yesterday. The person was one of about 250 who drank in the Pine Bar of the Millennium Hotel, Mayfair, on November 1, the day Mr Litvinenko received a fatal dose of the radioactive element.
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Drug policy challenge to intellectual property rights - The Guardian 4th December 2007
Sunil Shaunak and Steve Brocchini have come up not with a cheap way of inventing new drugs, but a cheap way of getting round the intellectual property rights on drugs developed by drug companies at vast expense (Scientists on a mission to bring cheap drugs to the world's poorest countries, January 2). This is likely in the short term to benefit drug users, and governments and insurance companies paying for healthcare. The long term is something else
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Leader: Health service - The Guardian 4th December 2007
Rebuilding a raft while floating on it should be possible, but only if one plank is tackled at a time. NHS reforms, though, risk looking more like an attempt to replace all the planks at once, which is no way to navigate choppy waters. The last two weeks alone have seen a private company awarded control of an NHS hospital, local trusts imposing minimum waits to ration their way out of financial difficulties and Labour's robotically loyal chair Hazel Blears rediscovering free will when faced with service closures in her backyard. Reports today that staff contracts may be recast were bound to be controversial, but against this background look explosive.
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Food firms take on official watchdog in battle of the labels - The Guardian 4th December 2007
Food and drink giants will today launch the opening salvo in an unprecedented battle over nutritional information as they unveil details of a campaign to promote a scheme rejected by the government's food watchdog. The £4m publicity drive will promote a system which shows the percentage of "guideline daily amounts" (GDAs) of fat, salt and sugar contained in food products, rather than the "traffic light" warnings backed by the Food Standards Agency.
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Food labelling campaign launched - BBC Health News 4th December 2007
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'Energy flashes' to highlight chocolate bar calories - Daily Mail 3rd January 2007
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Healthy eating trend sees sales of smoothies soar - The Independent 4th December 2007
Health-conscious shoppers have made smoothies "the drinks success story of the 21st century" with an explosive growth in popularity in the past five years, according to a report. Sales of the crushed fruit drinks rose 523 per cent in the five years to 2006 and the number of smoothies sold is expected to almost treble by 2011.
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Operations cancelled as NHS runs out of money - The Times 4th December 2007
Patients are being denied basic operations, including treatments for varicose veins, wisdom teeth and bad backs, as hospitals try frantically to balance the books by the end of the financial year, The Times can reveal. NHS trusts throughout the country are making sweeping cuts to services and delaying appointments in an attempt to address their debts before the end of March. Family doctors have been told to send fewer patients to hospital, A&E departments have been instructed to turn people away, and a wide range of routine procedures has been suspended.
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Show with babies 'is sick and irresponsible' - The Telegraph 4th December 2006
The BBC was condemned yesterday for making an "irresponsible and sick" series in which teenagers take on the role of parents to other people's children, including babies. During the making of The Baby Borrowers, which starts on BBC3 next week, one baby had to be removed from its young carers and another child was not fed for a day.
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The NHS becomes sicker by the day - The Telegraph 4th December 2006
For the Health Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, 2006 was the NHS's "best year ever". For the Right-of-centre think-tank Reform, the service is going backwards, delivering a poorer service now than two years ago. It says spending may have doubled under Labour, but performance has improved by less than one third. With increasing numbers of trusts facing budget deficits and operations being cancelled, we know whose verdict we'd believe. Listen also to the assessment of businessman Sir Gerry Robinson (a Labour donor and supporter), who has spent six months as a troubleshooter at Rotherham General Hospital for a television programme. Here is a man who believes the NHS is one of the glories of this country — yet was appalled by its "collective inertia" and weak management.
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Your doctors don't want to be GPs, says Italian paid £3,200 - The Telegraph 4th December 2006
The Italian doctor who was paid £3,200 for five days' work in Scotland said yesterday that foreign GPs were in demand because their British counterparts regarded it as "an awful job" and wanted to be consultants. Dr Annibale Bertollo said he had received hundreds of telephone calls after the details of his 1,000-mile working trip between Venice and Inverness were published in The Daily Telegraph.
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Son wins back £50,000 fees for Alzheimer victim's care - The Telegraph 4th December 2007
A retired Scotland Yard detective sergeant who was forced to sell his late mother's home to pay for her nursing care has won back the fees of more than £50,000 in a landmark settlement with a health trust. Michael Pearce sold his mother Ruby's house to fund three years of nursing home fees after she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
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Girl Guides to be offered advice on safe sex - The Telegraph 4th December 2007
Lord Baden-Powell must be turning in his grave. A century after he founded the Girl Guide movement to imbue young ladies with a love of the outdoor life and clean living, the organisation has decided it is necessary to teach them about safe sex, date rape and abortion. About 450 members across Britain will be trained as "peer educators" to run sessions on contraception, sexual health, bullying, eating disorders, binge drinking and stress management.
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Patients kept waiting in car park as hospital 'too busy to cope' - Daily Mail 3rd January 2007
Patients were left waiting for up to an hour in ambulances in a car park, being looked after by paramedics, because a hospital was so busy over New Year, it was claimed today. Campaigners said the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro was swamped with admissions on New Year's Eve and the early hours of New Year's Day. They pointed out that two wards were closed last year and hundreds of staffing posts axed under cost cuts.
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Tests after three OAP home deaths - BBC Health News 3rd January 2006
Tests are under way after a viral outbreak in two care homes in Gwynedd contributed to the deaths of three residents over the Christmas period. The National Public Health Service for Wales(NPHSW) said two residents had died at a home in Criccieth and a third at another in nearby Pentrefelin.
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Doctors angry over 'op meddling' - BBC Health News 3rd January 2006
Doctors have criticised "potentially harmful" changes in the way patients are referred for surgery. Half of English GPs are being forced to use referral management centres which act as "middle-men" between hospitals and GPs recommending where patients go.
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Phobias 'to be cured on the web' - BBC Health News 3rd January 2006
People suffering from phobias could soon learn to overcome their fears through cyberspace. Specialists in Aberdeen are working on a virtual treatment delivered direct to patients' homes through the internet, overcoming any lack of therapists.
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Stars must 'check science facts' - BBC Health News 3rd January 2006
Celebrities have been asked to check their facts before lending support to scientific research and campaigns, rather than risk misleading people. Some celebrity-backed campaigns have done more harm than good, such as linking the MMR jab to autism, says the charity Sense About Science.
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Brain-damaged girl is frozen in time by parents to keep her alive - The Independent 4th December 2007
THis is a story about a girl who will never grow up. Nine-year-old Ashley, who has severe brain damage, has an undiminished life expectancy. But with the use of hormones, her parents have ensured that she remains child-sized, forever. The Seattle-born girl is described by her parents as their Pillow Angel because she stays where they place her - most usually on a pillow. The rare brain condition known as static encephalopathy that she suffers from means she cannot sit or talk and is fed by tube.
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Parents defend decision to keep girl a child - The Times 4th December 2007
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Actor proves he is a good neighbour - Liverpool Echo 3rd January 2007
NEIGHBOURS star Alan Fletcher has spent Christmas and New Year with a voice coach as he gets ready to raise thousands of pounds for Liverpool cancer victims. The actor, Dr Karl Kennedy in the soap, is appearing on ITV's Soapstar Superstar from Fridayand has had singing lessons.
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Stateside smoking ban visit - Liverpool Echo 3rd January 2007
YOUNG smoke-free campaigners from Liverpool are to visit New York next month. Members of the DMYST (Direct Movement by the Youth Smokefree Team) group hope to learn from American youth campaigners.
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Coke menace sweeps city - Liverpool Echo 3rd December 2007
THE shocking spread of cocaine abuse in Liverpool is revealed today. An ECHO investigation found evidence of the highly addictive class A drug being taken in some of the city's most high-profile buildings.
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£2.3m cash tonic to cut waiting time for people in A&E - Northwich Chronicle 3rd December 2007
MILLIONS of pounds are to be pumped into upgrading A&E facilities at Leighton Hospital in a bid to slash waiting times. The Mid Cheshire Hospitals Trust has announced a £2.3m revamp of the casualty department at the Crewe hospital, starting this month.
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Hospital A&E unit's £2.3m upgrade - Crewe Chronicle 3rd December 2007
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Hospital given big gift - Crewe Chronicle 3rd December 2007
GENEROUS members of Leighton Hospital's League of Friends have been applauded for donating £15,000 to buy state-of-the-art equipment. The computerised digital video stroboscopy (CDVS) will benefit patients suffering from a range of throat conditions, such as polyps and nodules, which can have a major impact on the voice, after it was bought for the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at the Crewe hospital.
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Three of a kind - Carlisle News & Star 3rd December 2007
A TRIO of new arrivals greeted the New Year at the West Cumberland hospital on Monday. Two girls and a boy were born to the delight of their mums.
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Lifestyles increase demands on NHS - The Bolton News 3rd December 2007
Poor diet and exercise levels in Manchester are placing huge demands on the NHS with high levels of serious illness, researchers have warned. The city is named in the top 10 of areas where high levels of severely unhealthy lifestyles are likely to lead to serious illness, according to a new study.
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Health centre blitzed - The Bolton News 3rd December 2007
VANDALS have caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a health centre. They threw rocks at Little Lever Health Centre in Mytham Road smashing 10 double-glazed windows and a set of automated doors.
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