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A £43bn increase in NHS spending over the past five years has failed to create the patient-centred service that the government promised, according to analysis of the views of 1.4 million patients published today. The Picker Institute, a health research charity, found 48% of hospital patients were not as involved as they wanted to be in decisions about their care. The proportion had not changed since 2004.
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NHS 'must engage patients more' - BBC Health News 21st September 2007
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The advertising watchdog has launched an investigation into a Nutella commercial which claims the chocolate and nut spread is part of a balanced breakfast for children, but neglects to mention its high sugar and fat content.
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A rare but highly infectious outbreak of Q fever is being investigated after health officials confirmed that 28 people in Gloucestershire had contracted the bug, which is spread by livestock. The victims, aged between 40 and 70, are all from the Cheltenham area and have responded well to hospital treatment. Q - standing for query - fever, so-called because for many years its cause was unknown, can cause severe pneumonia in people but usually appears as a strong but treatable, flu.
Pineapples, sex and curries are all supposed to bring on labour, but there is an even more desperate method
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I just cannot express the anger I feel at the unfair diatribe by Zoe Williams against Catholics who are taking a stand against Amnesty International (Faith schools should not be tax-funded, and here's why, September 19). It was a Catholic who founded Amnesty, it has been supported throughout its whole existence by the Catholic church worldwide, down to every local parish; and only now that Amnesty has decided to support abortion has the church withdrawn its support.
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Stefan Cross, the solicitor behind the rise of no-win no-fee equal-pay claims clogging the tribunal system, said yesterday that the cases against local authorities were the beginning of a deluge. The former care home worker estimates that there are 50,000 claims currently waiting to be heard at tribunal with just 25 independent experts working on them.
A Muslim preacher who allegedly chanted “God is great” while showing children film of planes flying into the World Trade Centre has been suspended as an NHS hospital chaplain. Usman Ali, 30, a former member of the now-banned al-Muhajiroun militant youth movement, was removed from his post after police expressed serious concerns.
A genetic test for prostate cancer, which should transform the way the disease is detected and monitored, is now available in Britain. The test, the first of its kind, measures the activity of a gene closely linked to the cancer. Doctors hope that it will make diagnosis of the disease more accurate and reduce the number of biopsies, removal of tissue samples, that are obtained through painful procedures.
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Remember that obesity crisis? It turned out that ganging up on fat folk was the thin end of the wedge. Now they are coming for you. Oh dear. Didn’t see that happening. And it is too late to wind the clock back now, of course. Too late to start quoting live and let live and why can’t we just get along and let he who is without sin, and all the various little mantras and sermons of tolerance that stop the human race from tearing itself apart like weasels in a sack. Now that we have evolved into a nation of mutant McKeiths, mean-spirited bullies, judging and reckoning, as if it was any of our business how next door chooses to lead his life, they have got us just where they want us.
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The island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel has been closed to visitors for the first time in its history after an outbreak of a highly infectious stomach bug. More than 50 people including visitors, day-trippers and staff have fallen ill this month. Now the Landmark Trust, which runs Lundy, has banned all visitors from tomorrow for 12 days. During the closure the 23 holiday properties, as well as staff quarters and the island’s only pub, will be deep-cleaned to wipe out the bug.
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Doctors are ill-prepared to deal with the advent of personal genome scans, which should give patients access to their complete genetic code within five years for only £1,000, leading ethicists and scientists said yesterday.
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The Government's "muddled" immigration policy is to blame for the junior doctors recruitment fiasco which will see hundreds of British medics without a training post this year, it has been claimed. Nearly a quarter of those given training jobs in England this year had qualified from medical schools outside Europe, while a half of all applicants considered for posts were from overseas.
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Medical graduates out of work because overseas doctors ‘take too many jobs’ - Daily Mail 20th September 2007
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Overseas pressure on doctors jobs - BBC Health News 21st September 2007
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The yearning to look flawless is fuelled by celebrity television and glossy magazines, but the internet now poses an even greater danger, warns Judith Woods Your 13-year-old daughter is up in her bedroom with her best friend, trying on clothes. They are alternately shrieking with laughter and groaning in horror as they pose in front of the mirror.
While I welcome the decision by the Government to replace doctors' long-sleeved white coats with short-sleeved tunics to combat cross-infection, I wonder if ministers have considered how much bacteria both types of garment harbour before they are even worn on a ward.
Two women who ran a nursing home where elderly residents were neglected and abused were found guilty of misconduct yesterday. A hearing was told that their shocking negligence had left two people at death's door.
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A couple who fear their child could inherit a rare form of Alzheimer's are to undergo embryo screening to eliminate the risk. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has approved the tests, which will allow embryos of the parents, who have a history of the disease in their family, to be screened for the genetic defect.
The food watchdog was accused yesterday of "chickening out" of tough action on additives. In the face of unequivocal evidence of the potential harm to children, delivered in person by an eminent university researcher, the Food Standards Agency fudged a decision on what to do next.
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Watchdog under fire on additives - BBC Health News 20th September 2007
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Gym chain stops 'misleading' £150 breast cancer scans after complaints from doctors - Daily Mail 20th September 2007
A chain of High Street gyms that was charging women £150 for 'misleading' breast cancer scans has been forced to axe the service. LA Fitness was offering young women a service to create heat maps of their breasts, claiming it could locate tumours up to 10 years before conventional scans.
Patients with depression will be prescribed self-help books instead of medicine under an NHS scheme. Titles available include How To Stop Worrying, Mind Over Mood and 10 Days To Great Self-Esteem.
Women strive to be skinny because many think it is more attractive - but new research shows size zero women could be suffering with low sex drives, experts warned today. Extreme dieting can disturb the hormones and affect the sex drive - which could mean bad news for the men in their lives, warned expert Dr Sarah Brewer.
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Breakthrough in breast cancer detection 'produces results in hours' - Daily Mail 20th September 2007
Scientists have made a "breakthrough" in the detection of breast cancer. A new method has been developed by researchers in Newcastle which could dramatically cut the cost and time it takes to test women for the BRCA1 gene, which carries with it an 80 per cent risk of breast cancer.
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Most British women are unaware that breast cancer risk increases with age, a poll suggests. A survey of 1,000 people by charity Breast Cancer Care found nearly six out of 10 women did not know getting older was a strong risk factor.
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From bedbugs to toxic moths, the number of pests in UK homes is on the rise. Why is this, and what can be done to curb their populations? What you read below may not leave you sleeping so easily in your bed tonight - or any night.
Some specialist hospital units may have to close and be moved to super regional hospitals, leading doctors say. The Academy of Royal Medical Colleges said complex care such as paediatrics, specialist surgery and obstetrics needs to be centralised to safeguard care.
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Carers save the UK '£87bn a year' - BBC Health News 20th September 2007
The unpaid work of carers saves the UK £87bn per year - more than the total amount spent by the NHS in the last financial year, say experts. The figure, calculated by the University of Leeds for the charity Carers UK, is up 52% since the last estimate, calculated in 2002.
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A wonder pill that stops ageing in its tracks could be a step closer with the discovery of two genes that are crucial to a long and healthy life. Scientists have shown in rats that when the duo of genes works harder, the ageing process slows down.
Using a mobile phone for more than hour a day could damage hearing, experts have warned. Research shows that those who regularly use their mobile for longer than an hour a day find it harder to hear - with words starting with the letters s, f, h, t and z proving particularly troublesome.
White blood cells harvested from 'cancer-resistant' volunteers could be injected into sufferers to fight the disease, scientists believe. The immune cells, called granulocytes, usually combat bacteria, but U.S. experiments show that some can also kill cancer cells.
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Patients with depression will be prescribed self-help books instead of medicine under an NHS scheme. Titles available include How To Stop Worrying, Mind Over Mood and 10 Days To Great Self-Esteem.
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SMOKERS will be banned from lighting up half an hour before any officials visit their homes under a new scheme. Organisations which sign up to the Mersey Charter will insist their staff only enter rooms that have been smoke-free for at least 30 minutes.
HALTON Hospital could become part of an NHS foundation trust if plans being drawn up by hospital bosses come to fruition. The hospitals in Runcorn and Warrington are currently operated as part of North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust but bosses want greater control over what they do and are demanding the independence that being a foundation trust brings.
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Military award for RAF nurse - Ormskirk Advertiser 20th September 2007
A RAF nurse from Scarisbrick has received a prestigious award for her work in Afghanistan. Squadron Leader Sonia Phythian of the Princess Mary’s RAF Nursing Service has been awarded the Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC).
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EAST Lancashire pupils are to receive free pedometers and mini beanbags as part of a scheme to fight against childhood obesity. Up to 30,000 primary school children across the North West are taking part in a new schools programme launched by children's charity MedEquip4Kids, including those at eight East Lancashire schools.
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A CAMPAIGN is to be launched to keep people informed of the largest-ever shake-up of health services in East Lancashire. The first phase of the Meeting Patients Needs reorganisation will be completed by November 1.
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Sick youngsters face 88-mile round trip after cuts - Lancashire Telegraph 20th September 2007
YOUNG patients are facing an 88-mile round trip for treatments after a specialist nurse was axed in a round of cutbacks. But nursing chiefs said they were working hard to prevent child arthritis and rheumatism sufferers from having to be transferred 44-miles away to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool for their care.
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TB rates to exceed estimates - Lancashire Telegraph 20th September 2007
RATES of tuberculosis in East Lancashire are set to exceed predictions, according to latest figures. In the seven months up to August there were 37 cases of TB in Blackburn with Darwen and 39 in the area covered by East Lancashire primary care trust.
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A UNIVERSITY graduate has been forced to pull pints in a pub after a CRB check delay meant she was unable to start her new hospital job for three months. Lynsey Pattison (pictured), 21, graduated as a radiographer from Liverpool University earlier this year, and was overjoyed to get a job in June at a hospital.
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EXPERTS have been lined up to speak at a seminar on the abuse of elderly people next week. The event, which has been organised by the Bolton Over 50s Federation, will take place in Bolton Town Hall next Thursday.
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Plans for cancer research centre - The Bolton News 20th September 2007
LEADING breast cancer charity has unveiled plans to open a new research centre in Manchester. The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Centre, which will be in the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research next door to the Christie Hospital, will be developing ways to detect and prevent early stage breast cancers.
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