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NHS cutbacks leave £500m unspent - The Guardian 29th May 2007
The NHS has underspent by half a billion pounds as a result of the aggressive cuts imposed by the health secretary, Patricia Hewitt, a Guardian analysis of health authority figures has revealed. The size of the underspend caused fury among health union leaders yesterday, who said it was generated by an unnecessarily harsh squeeze on spending during the winter months when many NHS trusts economised by closing wards, axing jobs and delaying operations until the start of the new financial year in April.
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Maternity care flaws may put patients at risk, says report - The Guardian 29th May 2007
NHS trusts could be risking the safety of mothers and babies by using maternity support workers to do the work of trained midwives, a report says today. The independent study for the Department of Health found a number of trusts across England were converting midwife positions into posts for lesser-qualified maternity support workers (MSWs).
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Babies 'at risk from untrained workers acting as midwives' - The Times 29th May 2007
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Babies 'at risk from use of stand-in midwives' - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Midwives cut by stealth despite Hewitt's pledge - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Case Study - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Midwife cutbacks 'putting mothers and babies at risk' - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
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The therapy minefield - The Guardian 29th May 2007
Doctors and patients agree that our only chance of stemming the tide of antidepressants is to make the alternatives more accessible. But what exactly are the drug-free options?
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This drugs TV could wreak havoc on our health service - The Guardian 29th May 2007
Four of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies are proposing to launch a television station called Pharma TV featuring "health news and features", your article reports (Coming soon: the shopping channel run by drug firms, May 21). The same source admitted that this medium would provide an opportunity for "detailed information from drug companies about their medicines". This move can only be described as QVC for patients - far from a benevolent information service. To claim otherwise is an insult to consumers' intelligence.
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Zoe Williams: Being pregnant and receiving unscientific advice go hand in hand - The Guardian 29th May 2007
Last week the government announced that pregnant women should abstain from alcohol. Was there any scientific reason for this change in guidance? Well no, says Zoe Williams, but then much of the advice she has been bombarded with since getting pregnant has been completely unscientific ...
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Someone tell the alcocops where to put their labels - The Times 29th May 2007
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Sex-offender computer system hits delay - The Independent 29th May 2007
Moves to help police track sex offenders across the country have been delayed because of computer problems, prompting claims that public safety could be endangered as a result. The Bichard Inquiry into the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman by a school caretaker, Ian Huntley, called for a change to how detectives swap information about criminals.
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‘I was truly frightened on behalf of our patients’ - The Times 29th May 2007
When he first saw the results of his study two weeks ago, Steven Nissen said that he felt sick and was unable to sleep. “It was very striking,” he said after the publication of his report on Avandia, the diabetes medicine that is GlaxoSmithKline’s second-bestselling drug. “When you see a signal this strong, I was truly frightened on behalf of our patients.”
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First ladies’ model knee implant - The Times 29th May 2007
A golf-loving pensioner is the first woman in Britain to have a knee implant designed especially to fit females. Margaret Lowe, 72, from Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, was struggling to complete 18 holes because of arthritis in her knees. She made medical history when she was fitted with a Zimmer Gender Solutions knee implant.
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Specialist firms get a chance to shine - The Times 29th May 2007
TO COUNTER allegations that management consultants in the public sector do little except spend taxpayers’ money constructing PowerPoint presentations, there has been a move towards public sector organisations wanting – and consultants providing – more specialist tailored services. Philip Geiger, the chairman of Xayce, says: “The private sector demands specialist skills from its providers and most consultancy services are structured by industry. The public sector should demand the same but we have to realise that the public sector is not just one industry but many; local government, for instance, is very different from health.”
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Smarter working - The Times 29th May 2007
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Drink firms wary of health labels on alcohol - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
Plans to put detailed health warnings on bottles of alcohol have been undermined by disagreements between drinks companies and the Department of Health. Caroline Flint, the public health minister, announced yesterday a "voluntary agreement" between the Government and the drinks industry that would see all alcohol packaging have health warnings by the end of next year.
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Drinks makers snub plans for alcohol warning labels - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
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Children given Tamiflu in Wales outbreak - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
More than 140 people may have been exposed to avian flu after an outbreak in north Wales, health officials said yesterday. At least 12 children aged nine and 10 and two teachers are also being given Tamiflu treatments as a precaution after it emerged they had spent time with an infected child.
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Walk your way to a great rear view - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
There's no better way to feel confident in summer clothing or on the beach than to be able to show off great legs and a toned bottom. As I stressed yesterday, it's important to follow a healthy eating programme in order to shed unnecessary body fat around the hips, thighs and bottom.
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Cleanliness caused death of 'Dettol Man' - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
A recluse died because his phobia for cleanliness drove him to using large quantities of antiseptic. Jacques Niemand, 42, became so well known for his obsession that children living near his flat in Didsbury, Manchester, nicknamed him the ''Dettol Man''.
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Keep 'emotional' hunger at bay - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
One of most important things you need to learn if you want to lose weight is to identify the difference between actual physical - what I call "stomach" -hunger, which is caused by the body's need to restore blood sugar levels to normal, and "emotional" hunger, which is caused by a psychological need.
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Seven steps to breaking free of bad habits - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Calcium and vitamin D 'cut breast cancer risk by a third' - Daily Mail 29th May 2007
Younger women can cut their risk of breast cancer by more than a third by eating extra calcium and vitamin D, researchers claim. Foods rich in the nutrients - including milk, oily fish and green vegetables - could be the latest weapon in the fight against the disease.
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Parents give children Ritalin at exam time - Daily Mail 29th May 2007
Pushy parents are giving healthy children Ritalin bought on the Internet in an attempt to boost their exam performance, a leading psychologist claimed. They believe the potent hyperactivity drug will prolong their children's concentration at school, while studying at home and in the exam hall itself.
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Dyslexia 'is just a middle-class way to hide stupidity' - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
Dyslexia is a social fig leaf used by middle-class parents who fear their children will be labelled as low achievers, a professor has claimed. Julian Elliott, a leading educational psychologist at Durham University, says he has found no evidence to identify dyslexia as a medical condition after more than 30 years of research.
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MPs back nurses' call for a proper pay rise - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
Nearly 200 MPs have backed calls for the Government to give nurses a proper pay rise instead of the below-inflation increase it is proposing. It comes as the Royal College of Nursing is taking the unprecedented step of balloting 300,000 NHS nurses on whether they would be prepared to support a vote for industrial action.
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MPs join call to give nurses full pay award - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Zapper that can end an embarrassing problem for women - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
Scientists have invented a remotecontrol bladder that could help millions of women who suffer urinary incontinence. A valve implanted near the neck of the bladder can be opened and closed with a TV-style handset.
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High speed healing with a gel made from your own blood - Daily Mail 28th May 2007
A gel made from patients' own blood cells dramatically speeds up the rate at which wounds heal after surgery. The DIY gel could slash the risk of life-threatening hospital infections by shortening the recovery process.
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International News
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Antibodies from survivors could combat human strain of bird flu - The Independent 29th May 2007
Scientists say they may have found a way of combating the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu that has claimed dozens of lives around the world. The partly UK-funded research successfully used antibodies from survivors of the virus to stop the full-blown disease from developing in mice.
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Bird flu survivors’ blood the key to vaccine, say scientists - The Times 29th May 2007
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Bird flu antibodies 'copied from survivors' - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
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Go to India: get better in a jiffy - The Times 29th May 2007
Typhoid, Dr Gupta declared, with something of a flourish. As the sweat poured off my brow, I stared up from the hospital bed with relief and, to be honest, a hint of pride. Of all the lurgies he’d been testing for over the last three days, typhoid was by far the most glamorous. “How Victorian!” commented one friend. I imagined myself lying under a mosquito net in a canvas tent, military uniform unbuttoned at the chest, Bible clasped to my heart. Fortunately – if less romantically – I found myself clutching an Indian Hello! magazine in an immaculate, air-conditioned private room at the Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
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Cumbria and Lancashire News
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New fund hope for centre - Carlisle News & Star 28th May 2007
NEW funding from the Government could provide a lifeline to the closure-threatened Orton Lea respite care centre in Carlisle. City MP Eric Martlew met with the Cumbria Primary Care Trust (PCT) last week to urge senior officials to bid for cash from the £280 million national fund, to save the centre.
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Dirty needle led to infection - Lancashire Telegraph 28th May 2007
A CORONER issued a warning to drug users after an inquest into the death of a 35-year-old heroin addict. The inquest heard Tracey Duffy, of Carter Street, Accrington, developed a large infected ulcer in her groin as a result of injecting herself with a dirty needle.
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Greater Manchester News
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Student who helps fellow sufferers cope - Manchester Evening News 29th May 2007
A STUDENT who suffers from cystic fibrosis is helping other families cope with the illness. Sophie Longton (pictured) from Burnley has adapted so well to living with the disease that a nurse asked her to write to a family whose child has just been diagnosed with the condition. Now she has written more than a dozen letters giving hope to devastated parents and inspiring other youngsters.
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MP backs care plan for NHS - The Bolton News 28th May 2007
BOLTON North-east MP David Crausby has backed a parliamentary motion to bring palliative and supportive care into the NHS. Palliative care is the active holistic care of patients with advanced, progressive illness, such as cancer.
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Brother’s fury at contaminated blood revelations - The Bolton News 28th May 2007
THE brother of a man who died from AIDS after being given contaminated blood products has said he has "never been so angry" after it was revealed the Government knew of the risks, but ruled against a ban. David Fielding's brother Brian died in 1990 after he contracted the virus while being treated for haemophilia.
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Cleanliness caused death of 'Dettol Man' - The Telegraph 29th May 2007
A recluse died because his phobia for cleanliness drove him to using large quantities of antiseptic. Jacques Niemand, 42, became so well known for his obsession that children living near his flat in Didsbury, Manchester, nicknamed him the ''Dettol Man''.
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