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Health - Google News Sky News | Burnham's NHS battle Mirror.co.uk Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham yesterday blasted ConDem plans to shake up the health service - warning: "It's the end of the NHS as we know it." The Labour leadership hopeful spoke out as he launched the party's "Defend Our NHS" campaign at a ... NHS Reforms Are A 'Reckless Gamble' Health secretary accused of U-turn on hospital cutbacks Labour slams 'reckless NHS gamble' |
'Tough' decisions on cuts at Devon's Derriford Hospital BBC News The chief executive of a Devon NHS Trust has said savings of £27.5m will mean "tough decisions". Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages Derriford Hospital and employs about 5500 people, must decide how to make the cutbacks. ... 25 per cent decrease in hospital income Report criticises state of our hospital kitchens Hospital staff warned over parking in disabled bays |
 Daily Mail | Alcohol 'helps alleviate arthritis' Nursing Times Drinking alcohol helps prevent rheumatoid arthritis and alleviates symptoms in those who have the condition, according to new research. People who never drink are four times as likely to develop RA compared with those who drink alcohol on at least 10 ... Drinking may lessen the effects of rheumatoid arthritis, study finds Alcohol "may lower arthritis risk" Drinking alcohol can 'reduce severity' of arthritis |
Fertility treatment fund 'halved' BBC News Funding for fertility treatment in the Isle of Man is to be cut by half, the government has said. Last year it helped 32 couples conceive - at a cost of £100000 - but this year that will be capped and reduced to £50000. The saving will be made by ... Inequality of Scottish IVF is revealed Doctor speaks out against IVF funding cut IVF 'postcode lottery' across Scotland revealed |
Shetland to get IT help from Lothian Scotsman By Unknown AN NHS Lothian IT helpdesk is to take calls from Shetland in a bid to help the island health board cope with demand. It has been announced that the two organisations have struck a deal which will see eHealth service desk calls transferred to ... Doctors given clean bill of health Doctors hail results of patient poll Survey shows Scotttish patients happy with their GPs |
Top rating for Tiverton hospital This Is The Westcountry A NATIONAL survey of hospitals released this week shows that inspectors rate Tiverton Community Hospital among the best in England. A survey organised by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) rated the environment, catering, cleanliness and privacy ... Hospital kitchens have right recipe New plan to help elderly patients stay at home East Lancs hospitals get excellent ratings |
 TheMedGuru | High blood pressure risk Scotsman By Unknown THOUSANDS of people in the Lothians could be unwittingly putting their lives at risk because of high blood pressure, it has been warned. A new survey shows that up to a third of those aged between 16 and 34 had a high reading, with men more ... YOUNGSTERS in Wales are putting their health in jeopardy with high blood ... High blood pressure rising in the younger group--study Health Q&A on high blood pressure |
 EalingToday.co.uk | Crowds turnout for coffee morning BBC News Over 600 people turned out to the family fun day organised by Macmillan Cancer Support in Braintree. The event at Towerlands was the launch for the charity's annual coffee mornings and it was hoped would be one of the largest. ... Teeing It Up For Charity Launch of world's biggest coffee morning |
 U.TV | McDermott brothers abuse row: Heated meeting clears the air Belfast Telegraph The Western Health Trust has apologised to the families of disabled people forced to share accommodation with the paedophile McDermott brothers at a Londonderry care unit. The families yesterday said they accepted the apology issued ... Trust 'sorry' over paedophile brothers Trust to consider 'other options' for sex abuse brothers 'Sex abuse brothers must go' - families to tell Trust chiefs |
Probe after 15 fall ill at club The Press Association Investigations are under way after a number of people suddenly fell ill during a wedding reception at a social club. West Midlands Ambulance Service were called to the JCB Lakeside Club in Rocester, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, to reports a number of ... Probe as wedding guests fall ill AN investigation has been launched into why 15 people suddenly fell ill at a ... |
