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Health unions appealed to the government last night for emergency funds to help an NHS trust that plans to axe a third of its staff. The Scarborough and North East Yorkshire trust will shed 600 jobs under the proposals, which managers say are the only way to make "immediate and essential" cuts in their ballooning budget.
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NHS trust announces 600 job cuts - BBC Health News 18th July 2007
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Gordon Brown made another gesture to middle Britain yesterday when he announced that the government would consider whether to return cannabis from class C to the class B classification it held until three years ago. Such a move would effectively make possession of the drug an arrestable offence once again.
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Cannabis could be reclassified as Class B - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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Cannabis could be reclassified as Class B - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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Child welfare campaigners yesterday accused Peter Hain, the work and pensions secretary, of wielding a big stick to force nearly 300,000 lone parents into work, even though their children may still be of primary school age.
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Computerised forecasting techniques are certainly useful for stores, but flawed when it comes to complex human issues The Department of Health has even developed a series of predictive algorithms for scoring those patients with long-term conditions who are at most risk of re-hospitalisation. The idea is to intervene early to minimise admissions.
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It is known as the "sport for a lifetime", the best game to teach your children that will keep them fit into old age. But elite tennis players should beware: far from improving fitness, the game could leave them seriously damaged. The demands of modern tennis are so extreme and the competition so intense that young players in training face a high risk of fractures, slipped discs and damaged joints, researchers for the Lawn Tennis Association say. The increased speed and types of strokes used in tennis all boost wear and tear on the lower back.
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The number of alcohol-related visits to hospital has trebled since the introduction of 24-hour licensing laws, a study suggests. The Government was accused of failing to tackle binge drinking after doctors reported a big rise in alcohol-related injuries at a large inner city hospital in London.
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24-hour drinking casualties 'trebled' - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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'Hospital casualty admissions trebled' since 24-hour drinking - Daily Mail 18th July 2007
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24-hour drinking casualties 'trebled' - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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'Hospital casualty admissions trebled' since 24-hour drinking - Daily Mail 18th July 2007
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The one sure way for a minister to win applause is to announce that Whitehall targets are being scrapped. They have become like sleaze and spin in the list of “bad things” to be deplored. The real story, however, is rather more complicated, as Andy Burnham, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, half acknowledged yesterday in a speech at King’s College London.
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A reader from Sussex who has read about drug-taking among teenagers still at school asks how one can distinguish between the slightly aberrant behaviour of many adolescents and the first signs of schizophrenia or allied conditions.
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I am flabbergasted that the Chief Medical Officer apparently regards us as mere lumps of meat to be plundered for body parts (report, July 18). More, that he thinks that the NHS can, and ought, to arrogate to itself the legal proprietorship of our bodies. If such disdain of human dignity is rewarded by such high office, one wonders whether one should any longer hold the medical profession in much esteem.
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Letters to The Daily Telegraph - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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He is portly, pompous, a little too ginger and rather smug looking. But then Prof Sir Liam Donaldson, the Government's chief medical officer, is having an excellent summer. July 1 saw the introduction of the smoking ban for which he has long campaigned. This week, Dr Andrew Wakefield, the scourge of public health officials, like Donaldson, who insist the MMR jab is safe, appeared before the GMC. Now, Donaldson is making headlines claiming that "presumed consent" in organ donation will save thousands more lives than our failing "opt-in" policy.
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Private clinic care for NHS patients questioned - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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Private clinic care for NHS patients questioned - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
The introduction of private clinics to treat Health Service patients has been flawed because it is unclear whether the quality of care they provide is as good as in the NHS, a watchdog said yesterday. Data about the treatment centres is incomplete, meaning that they cannot be assessed properly, said the Healthcare Commission.
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£1m for operations never carried out - The Telegraph 19th July 2007
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Doubts over private clinic care - BBC Health News 19th July 2007
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A woman with cancer who was refused a drug that could prolong her life has won her High Court case to overturn the decision. Victoria Otley, 57, has bowel cancer that has spread to her liver, but was told by her primary care trust that she could not have the drug Avastin.
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Patient forces NHS to pay for cancer drugs - Daily Mail 19th July 2007
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Refusing cancer drug was unlawful, court told - Daily Mail 18th July 2007
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Cancer sufferer wins drugs ruling - BBC Health News 18th July 2007
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Patient forces NHS to pay for cancer drugs - Daily Mail 19th July 2007
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Refusing cancer drug was unlawful, court told - Daily Mail 18th July 2007
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Cancer sufferer wins drugs ruling - BBC Health News 18th July 2007
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The world's "most sophisticated" bionic hand, with five motorised digits that move independently, has gone on sale in Britain. Bionic hand: Lindsay Block, born without part of her arm, demonstrates the i-LIMB Lindsay Block, born without part of her arm, demonstrates the i-LIMB Until now, amputees have been fitted with artificial hands that use a thumb and two fingers to produce a simple claw grip.
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Revolutionary bionic hand on sale for £8,500 - Daily Mail 19th July 2007
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Revolutionary bionic hand on sale for £8,500 - Daily Mail 19th July 2007
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The botched recruitment system for junior doctors will have a disastrous impact on the future of the NHS, senior medics warned yesterday. They said that the online application process, which the Government dropped in May, had left some of the best qualified without a job.
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Hospitals have been attacked by England's most senior doctor for their 'unacceptably low levels' of hygiene. Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson said the failure of doctors and nurses to wash their hands was a key factor behind the superbug crisis.
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People would respond more quickly if they lost their bank card than if suffering symptoms of a stroke, a study has found. While 88 per cent would report a stolen card immediately, a third would wait 24 hours of more before seeking medical assistance.
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Bessie won't eat her broccoli? This sounds like a case for the Food Dudes. Modern-day versions of Popeye, the quartet of cartoon characters simply love eating fruit and vegetables.
Researchers have identified a clutch of genes which raise the risk of heart disease. Up to three-quarters of the population carry at least one of the six genes, raising the risk of having a heart attack by up to 40 per cent.
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Pregnant women should be offered an alternative to caesareans if they are facing breech births, experts say. In the UK, 11% of caesareans are performed due to breech presentation, the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist journal reported.
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Did you see? - The Times 19th July 2007
The latest report on the value of taking vitamin C if you feel a cold coming on suggests that it is a waste of time. Yet despite the academic excellence of Professor Harry Hemila, I shall disregard his research and continue to take vitamin C in large doses (but not mega-doses, ie, more than 1,000mg) every time I start to sniff. I shall do so because I find that it works. I shall also have a daily multivitamin tablet, as the evidence suggests that a cocktail of vitamins is likely to be of more value than taking a single one. I shall also drink, with pleasure, a glass or two of fresh fruit juice, eat other fruit and (reluctantly) a few vegetables.
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Vitamin C 'does not stop colds' - BBC Health News 18th July 2007
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LIVERPOOL is to recruit 200 more health care staff and invest £100m as part of the biggest NHS shake-up the city has ever seen. The aim of the strategy is to offer more care closer to people’s homes, and to ensure patients only go to hospital when absolutely necessary.
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Cancer specialist becomes professor - Liverpool Daily Post 18th July 2007
CANCER specialist Simon Rogers has been made a Professor at Edge Hill University in recognition of his contribution to its new research centre. Professor Rogers, a maxillofacial consultant surgeon, is a member of the multidisciplinary head and neck team at Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He specialises in rebuilding of the face, mouth and throat.
THERE were more people living in poverty in Liverpool at the height of Tony Blair’s premier-ship than under Margaret Thatcher, it was revealed last night. The figures show that in 2000, inner Liverpool had a higher percentage of people on the breadline than any provincial city in England.
SEFTON Trading Standards is warning shoppers in Southport and Formby to be aware of a batch of contaminated toothpaste. Officers have been alerted by health experts in relation to contaminated fake Sensodyne Original and Sensodyne Mint toothpaste in 50ml tubes.
RESIDENTS were invited to a public forum at Neston Town Hall. Organised by ch64 inc, the new community association for the area, the forum was entitled How is your health serviced? People heard from Helen Bellairs, chief executive and Alison Lee, head of unplanned care at Western Cheshire Primary Care Trust, and Geoff Ryall-Harvey from the watchdog organisation, the Patient & Public Involvement Forum (PPIF).
AN INQUEST has criticised communications at Leighton Hospital after a gravely ill Crewe woman's medical notes were left blank for up to five days before she died. Elizabeth Dodd, 67, died on February 9 after an operation to remove gall stones caused a tear in the lining of her bowel.
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Ambulance service is one of the best - Northwich Guardian 18th July 2007
THE North West Ambulance Service has been named in the top three in the country for treating heart attack patients. Statistics show the region's service is exceeding national targets set for England and Wales - which means in the past year nearly 1,000 heart attack patients in the north west have received life-saving treatment within 60 minutes of calling for help.
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TWO Cumbrian scientists have invented a revolutionary new machine they claim will kill superbugs like MRSA in UK hospitals – potentially saving thousands of lives. Following talks with health chiefs, Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary will be one of the first to trial the new Air Disinfector (AD).
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Groping dentist struck off - Lancashire Telegraph 18th July 2007
A DENTIST who groped a dental nurse has been struck off - and faces losing his new £500,000 practice as a result. Dr Martin Kono Abe, 36, grabbed the young woman's breasts as she sat at a computer terminal at the Blackburn surgery.
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A DENTIST who groped a dental nurse has been struck off - and faces losing his new £500,000 practice as a result. Dr Martin Kono Abe, 36, grabbed the young woman's breasts as she sat at a computer terminal at the Blackburn surgery.
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GRANTS worth more than £450,000 to fund healthier lifestyles in East Lancashire have been announced by the Big Lottery Fund today. Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living project has been awarded £250,000 and The Chai Centre in Burnley will get £207,497.
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Sex, fags and rock 'n' roll - Chorley Citizen 18th July 2007
The smoking ban has left a group of Chorley residents fuming. For not only were they already locked in a row with a nearby pub over complaints of noise nuisance from music inside the premises - now they say the problem has shifted outside the pub as drinkers go out for a smoke. The protestors have formally complained to Chorley Council's environmental health department about the Black Horse, Pall Mall.
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A SHAMED GP who dished out drugs to two dinner guests 'like Smarties at a party' has had his licence suspended for four months after a disciplinary hearing by the General Medical Council. Doctor Graeme Wilson 41, who admitted irresponsible and inappropriate behaviour, was told his misconduct during `one evening of complete madness' had damaged public confidence in the medical profession.
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A UNIT providing care for the city's sickest patients and a centre for operations could soon be built in Manchester if hospital chiefs win new freedoms. Bosses at Central Manchester and Manchester Children's Hospital Trust, which runs Manchester Royal Infirmary, St Mary's, the dental and eye hospitals and the children's hospitals at Booth Hall and Pendlebury, are hoping to become a foundation trust.
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IN answer to Susan Walsh's letter of July 11 about having "non-smoking pubs" and "smoking pubs". It would not be fair, because pubs with smoking allowed would have an unfair advantage in attracting all the people who smoke, which has already happened at Barristers in Bradshawgate, Bolton.
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Serious side of fuelling up with the wrong foods - The Bolton News 18th July 2007
AT last, the world is waking up to the idea that there is now medical evidence to link food intolerance and serious illness. But why should we be so surprised? Food is the fuel we need to run our lives and, if we put in the wrong type, our health is going to suffer. There is is no doubt as to the links already made between food and health - just look at obesity which causes 12,000 to 15,000 new cancers each year - so why should what we eat not be a big factor in our health further down the illness chain? More research is needed, but the links are there.
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