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Ultimatum to worst performers: improve quickly or face takeover - The Guardian 18th October 2007
Ultimatum to worst performers: improve quickly or face takeover - The Guardian 18th October 2007
The health secretary, Alan Johnson, last night warned four NHS hospitals that they are ripe for takeover if they do not act urgently to improve a persistently poor service to patients. He asked David Nicholson, the NHS chief executive, to call in the chiefs of the four trusts that received bottom marks from the Healthcare Commission for the second year running to explain what action they are taking to solve their problems.
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More than half meet all 44 standards on service to patients - The Guardian 18th October 2007
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Healthcare Commission says superbug code widely breached More than a quarter of NHS trusts in England failed to comply with the hygiene code brought in by the government last October to combat superbugs in hospitals and doctors' surgeries, the Healthcare Commission discloses today.
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One in four hospital trusts 'fails to meet hygiene standards' - The Independent 18th October 2007
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One in four hospital trusts fails to meet basic hygiene standards - The Times 18th October 2007
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Money alone won't fix healthcare and schools - The Telegraph 18th October 2007
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Seumas Milne: It beggars belief that US privateers are being lined up to run NHS services - The Guardian 18th October 2007Additional Story
NHS trusts 'failing on infection' - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
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Royal Cornwall under the spotlight - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
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Royal Cornwall under the spotlight - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
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It beggars belief that US health privateers straight out of Michael Moore's Sicko are being lined up to run core NHS services
Our economy benefits greatly from new arrivals, but politicians are failing to win the argument
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The pros and cons of CBT - The Guardian 18th October 2007
It is welcome news that funding for talking therapy is to be increased (A dark age for mental health, October 13). There is no doubt that cognitive behavioural therapy can be effective with particular patient groups. In the short term patients seem to benefit and all the boxes can be ticked. However, if the deeper roots of long-standing problems are not addressed, the patient's problems may return. CBT is a cheap and appealing option, but if anyone seriously believes that all levels of mental-health issues can be fixed by CBT alone they are seriously mistaken.
News that people from all backgrounds are consuming alcohol to excess (Scale of harmful middle class drinking revealed, October 16), fuels the need for a serious look at why we are turning to the bottle. Alcohol consumption has doubled in the past 20 years and research shows that 12 million people use drink to cope with shyness, anxiety or depression. However, while the effects of alcohol on the body are well known, few people know that drinking can be damaging to a person's brain and mental wellbeing.
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Drink warning for million Scots - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
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Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in western Europe, according to a study into the sexual health of women. The report, by Population Action International, found that the number of adolescent girls falling pregnant was worryingly high, and that teenagers run a higher risk of complications in pregnancy and childbirth.
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Slovenia beats Britain in safe births league - The Times 18th October 2007
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Britain worst for teenage pregnancy - The Telegraph 18th October 2007
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Britain worst for teenage pregnancy - The Telegraph 18th October 2007
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Avian flu crossed the species barrier in 1918 and millions died. We should take careful note Next year is the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, and doctors are still investigating the outbreak of influenza that followed it. The 1918 world pandemic had started two years earlier, when avian flu mutated and crossed the species barrier, making the virus capable of ready transmission from person to person. It initially spread among recuperating soldiers.
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The fears of Britain's "worried well" have helped drive up sales of home kits that diagnose medical problems, research has claimed. The market for tests that pick up high blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes will reach £99 million this year and has soared by 30 per cent in five years, with many patients using them along with the internet to diagnose and treat conditions.
Short people suffer worse physical and mental health than those of normal height, scientists claim today. They also claim shorter people would feel much better about themselves if they were only marginally taller, and so could improve their health just by wearing high-heeled shoes.
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A campaigner who received an MBE from the Queen for her work on improving the lives of elderly people is being forced to sell her home to pay for her own care. The MBE, bestowed in 1999, was in recognition of Dorothy Bagnall's work in setting up the Council for Voluntary Services in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside, which was instrumental in opening the town's first care home. Mrs Bagnall is also the former chairman of Age Concern North Tyneside.
During a difficult pregnancy, Elizabeth Jones was monitored every day because doctors were worried about the health of her baby. But on the day of the birth, she was twice turned away from the hospital because it was full - forcing her partner to deliver the baby himself at their home.
My wife Sasha is pregnant - very pregnant - and she's driving me crazy. I think she's driving herself crazy, too. The cause? She's got a bad case of preg-head. Put very simply, preg-head is the gradual process by which a pregnant woman's mind turns to mush. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the condition accelerates as the unborn child approaches full-term.
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Scientists develop 'bionic nerve' to put patients back on their feet - Daily Mail 17th October 2007
A 'bionic nerve' that could bring damaged limbs and organs back to life is being developed by British scientists. The breakthrough could be helping road accident victims, cancer patients and those having organ transplants within four years.
Heroin and cocaine addicts on the government's treatment programme are being given drugs as a reward for clean urine samples, the BBC has learned. The National Treatment Agency (NTA), which runs the £500m a year scheme, admits the practice is "unethical".
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A commonly-prescribed steroid can help people recover from the effects of a disfiguring facial condition, researchers in Dundee have found. A major study of Bell's Palsy found 95% of sufferers who were treated early with prednisolone completely recovered within nine months.
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Research into how the human body repairs damaged DNA has been described as a "major breakthrough". The way that cells protect themselves from diseases like cancer has been the focus of a study by scientists at Dundee and Leeds Universities.
A Cornwall mental health trust faces legal action over alleged misuse of patients' money by staff. Claims of misuse at some Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust homes were made in an inspectors' report last year.
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Swearing at work can 'cut stress' - BBC Health News 16th October 2007
Swearing at work helps employees cope with stress, academics at a Norfolk university have said. A study by Norwich's University of East Anglia (UEA) into leadership styles found the use of "taboo language" boosted team spirit.
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Trials of a malaria vaccine in Africa have successfully protected babies from the disease, giving hope of cutting the global death toll of one million a year. Most deaths from malaria are among babies, children under five and young women who become more vulnerable to the disease in pregnancy. There are 500 million cases every year, with many people becoming seriously ill. The toll is at its worst in Africa.
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Malaria vaccine 'lowers infant infection risk' - The Telegraph 18th October 2007
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Promising results for malaria jab - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
IVF clinics should not market egg-freezing services to young women as a method of preserving their fertility for future decades, an influential group of doctors said yesterday. At least three British clinics have already announced egg-freezing programmes aimed at women who wish to postpone motherhood to establish a career or find a partner, yet international specialists have said that the techniques involved are too experimental for such services to be ethical.
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I've no regrets, says pioneer - The Times 18th October 2007
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Women warned: Don't freeze your eggs in an attempt to delay a family - Daily Mail 17th October 2007
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It is widely thought to give a baby the best start in life. But breastfeeding may have another, more unexpected, benefit. Smells associated with breastfeeding are a natural aphrodisiac, heightening sexual desire in other women, a study has found.
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A soya shake a day could keep a pot belly at bay. Research shows that one soya-based drink a day can slash the amount of fat that accumulates across the stomach.
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Stretching before exercise may be a waste of time, a study suggests. The elaborate limbering up routines favoured by many athletes and gym-goers do little to prevent muscle aches and stiffness, researchers found.
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The heart-protecting benefits of aspirin may be available mainly to men, Canadian experts have suggested. Some research studies have suggested that the drug might cut heart attack risk by half.
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A contraceptive drug that avoids the side effects of hormonal birth control is on the horizon, say scientists. An American Society for Reproductive Medicine conference was told a technique called "RNA interference" could stop sperm entering the egg.
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Nets boost Africa's malaria fight - BBC Health News 17th October 2007
Countries in sub-Saharan Africa are making significant progress in fighting malaria, new statistics from Unicef and the World Health Organisation show. Distribution of mosquito nets, widely regarded as the most effective prevention against malaria, has grown substantially across the region.
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Cheshire and Merseyside Health News
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City Editor Larry Neild reports on the findings of a unique health study in Liverpool A SPECIAL health commission set up in Liverpool to tackle a deprivation epidemic has unveiled innovative proposals aimed at tackling poor health. The Health is Wealth Commission, brainchild of the University of Liverpool, has compiled an early shopping list following months of intensive investigation by health experts.
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Nurse sacked from care home 'swore and abused residents' - Liverpool Echo 18th October 2007
A NURSE who swore repeatedly at work was sacked after she told a Wirral pensioner: “Talk to the hand, coz the face ain’t listening.” Amanda Pote, 39, is accused of repeatedly using the F- word in front of shocked colleagues at the Belvedere Nursing Home, in Wallasey.
A PENSIONER died just months after being reunited with her family after a lifetime lost in the care system. Birkenhead woman Jean Gambell was detained in 1937 under the 1890 Lunacy Act for stealing the equivalent of 12-and-a-half pence from a doctor’s surgery.
A NEW matron has been appointed at Broadgreen Hospital, to bring back old fashioned discipline and cleanliness to the wards. Patients have welcomed the appointment of Anita Nasser as Matron of Surgical Services, a newly created post at the hospital.
A WEBSITE has been launched by the Halton Safeguarding Children Board with the aim of protecting children and young people throughout Runcorn and Widnes. Launched on October 1, the website explains the work of HSCB and provides information for children, families and professionals who work with children and young people.
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THE public will have more of a say in how Leighton Hospital is run as part of its bid to become an independent foundation trust. The news that Health Secretary of State Alan Johnson has given Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Crewe hospital, the green light to apply to become an NHS foundation trust means that if the bid is successful health bosses will be able to run the organisation free of Government control.
A YOUNG woman confined to a wheelchair following an alleged misdiagnosis by doctors took her fight for a public inquiry right to their front door. Christy Millar of Ellesmere Port was one of the leading figures in the high-profile protest outside the headquarters of Liverpool Primary Care Trust (PCT).
THE following activities will take place at Links Healthy Living Centre, Civic Hall in Civic Way, and Ellesmere Port over the next week: Thursday, October 18: 9am-noon, quit smoking support, by appointment; 9.30am-2.30pm, holistic therapy, by appointment; 11am-noon, Salsa for beginners, 12.30-1.30pm, Salsa improvers’ class; noon-1pm, Tai Chi at Thelwall Road Community Centre.
ONE visit, one assessment with the details logged immediately on to computer or a hand-held device. That’s the future for health and social care assessment for older people in Cheshire.
WE ARE writing this letter in response to the article asking for volunteers to help feed the patients at Leighton Hospital and Northwich Infirmary. In April this year our mum went into Leighton Hospital. She was very poorly but was still able to feed herself. After a few days mum took a turn for the worse and was no longer able to feed herself. When we went to visit we would find our mum in her bed with her tea cold on the tray at the bottom of the bed. She would be wet, thirsty, distressed and upset.
MANY of Knutsford's wealthier residents will enjoy a regular tipple. But now it seems almost a quarter of them are drinking too much. For last week a study revealed those living in affluent areas were more likely to consume 'hazardous' levels of alcohol.
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Teenage drinking concern - Ellesmere Port Pioneer 17th October 2007
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The hazards of drinking - Knutsford Guardian 17th October 2007
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Borough is one of worst hit by alcohol - Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News 18th October 2007
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Debate gets heated - Knutsford Guardian 17th October 2007
A FORMER chairman of Cheshire County Council had to quell rising tempers over the proposed closure of Bexton Court. County Councillor Bert Grange intervened several times during a heated question and answer session at Knutsford Civic Centre.
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HEALTH bosses across the country must learn lessons on how to tackle superbugs from the West Cumberland Hospital, the Government has been told. Copeland MP Jamie Reed told the Commons that the ”best practice” shown in the hospital needs to be spread across the country.
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MRSA - 'Baby had superbug seven months before outbreak' - Lancashire Telegraph 17th October 2007
A FAMILY is planning legal action after claiming that a baby contracted MRSA at Royal Blackburn Hospital seven months before the recent outbreak. The case was revealed as health chiefs were already under fire for failing to reveal details of the outbreak of the superbug at the neo-natal unit in mid-September until last week.
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A PATIENT being held under guard at a Greater Manchester hospital to prevent him spreading a dangerous disease has escaped and fled 200 miles to London. The man, who suffers from TB, fled North Manchester General after council bosses had taken the unusual step of securing a court order forcing him to stay in a specialist infectious disease unit.
THE M.E.N. today lifts the lid on the human cost of a controversial shake-up in mental health care. William Scott, 49, from Blackley, Manchester, died of multiple stab wounds which his family say were self-inflicted after he lost the support worker he had relied on for eight years.
BOLTON Primary Care Trust has achieved a "good" rating for its quality of services and "fair" for its use of resources. The rating is an improvement on last year's Healthcare Commission scored of "fair" for both.
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AN 86-YEAR-OLD partially blind woman was left in a hospital corridor for more than three hours after her transport failed to show up. Mary Byron was stranded and frightened following her appointment at Manchester Eye Hospital because a taxi provided by Bolton Primary Care Trust failed to show.
Anti-terrorist measures at airports are hampering diabetics when they travel, claims the chairman of a Bury help group. Speaking to health minister and Bury South MP Ivan Lewis, at a meeting of the Bury Diabetic Support Group last month, chairman Geoff Goldberg said more should be done to help those who need to carry medication with them when going on board aircraft.
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Shortness is bad for your health - The Telegraph 18th October 2007
Short people suffer worse physical and mental health than those of normal height, scientists claim today. They also claim shorter people would feel much better about themselves if they were only marginally taller, and so could improve their health just by wearing high-heeled shoes.
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