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:: Friday, July 11, 2003 ::
International, National & Local Health & Social Care News:: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 ::
Children 'smacked too hard'
Scientists have come up with evidence to suggest parents may smack their children much harder than they intend to. They say this is because everyone - from infants to professional boxers - may underestimate the power of their physical actions.
BBC Health News 10/07/03
Health warning: screening can seriously damage patients
Breast cancer checks at centre of fresh controversy as concerns grow that hi-tech clinics may harm those seeking to pre-empt illness.
The Independent 11/07/03
New bill will make teenage kisses illegal
A bill due before parliament next week will make it a criminal offence for two 15-year-olds to kiss in public, the Home Office said last night.
The Guardian 10/07/03
Peanut allergies 'may not last'
Children may grow out of allergies to peanuts, researchers say. And the team which carried out the study suggests occasionally eating peanuts may help children maintain their tolerance of the nut, to prevent a recurrence of the allergy.
BBC Health News 10/07/03
Poverty and crime make it tough up north - but more birds are singing
Life is tougher in the north with more children in poverty, less work, and worse crime, but there is less traffic and more birds, according to the government's English quality of life index.
The Guardian 11/07/03
Row over smoke-free hospitals
A row has ignited over whether smokers should be allowed to light up in and around NHS hospitals. A letter in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests that banning smoking completely in hospitals is unethical.
BBC Health News 10/07/03
Sex lessons for five-year-olds 'should be compulsory'
Compulsory sex education for five-year-olds will be demanded today by government advisers on teenage pregnancy, as an essential step towards halving the under-18 concep tion rate by 2010.
The Guardian 11/07/03
The Independent 11/07/03
Women denied truth on breast cancer testing
Women must be told the full truth about breast screening, which may in some cases expose them to surgery and radiotherapy more damaging than the early cancerous tissue it detects, argues a controversial paper in the British Medical Journal today.
The Guardian 11/07/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
Crisis over mumps jabs
THOUSANDS of children on Merseyside are at risk of contracting mumps due to a shortage of vaccine.
The Liverpool Echo 11/07/03
Parents weigh up the risks
CONAILL Corner is one of the thousands of children waiting for a new batch of single mumps vaccine.
Liverpool Echo 11/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Baby’s brain removed and destroyed while parents kept in dark
HOPE Hospital has been heavily criticised by the Health Service Ombudsman for clinical and ethical failings surrounding the death of a baby whose brain was retained and destroyed without consent.
Salford Advertiser 11/07/03
Bungee stunt for hospital
A STONECLOUGH shop owner will be among dozens of daredevils doing a reverse bungee jump at the Reebok Stadium this Saturday.
Bolton Evening News 10/07/03
Heart transplant girl's tribute to brave Amy
A GIRL who had a successful heart transplant has told nine-year-old Amy Morris: "I hope you get your new heart soon."
Bolton Evening News 10/07/03
Hospital rubbish rules broken, claim strikers
BOSSES at the Royal Bolton Hospital have launched an investigation after staff were caught on camera appearing to violate health regulations during recent strike action.
Bolton Evening News 09/07/03
New-born baby 'cut by ID band'
A HOSPITAL has changed the design of baby identity bracelets following claims a youngster was injured by one.
Manchester Evening News 11/07/03
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International, National & Local Health & Social News:: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 ::
40,000 face repeat MMR jab
Up to 40,000 children may have to be revaccinated with the combined MMR jab after it emerged yesterday that two clinics giving separate measles, mumps and rubella immunisations did not follow correct procedures.
The Guardian 09/07/03
A third of fathers-to-be 'want to become house husbands'
A third of fathers-to-be want to give up work to become full-time house husbands, a survey published today reveals.
The Independent 09/07/03
Blair narrowly avoids defeat over hospitals
Tony Blair narrowly escaped a humiliating defeat at the hands of Labour rebels on Tuesday when opposition to his hospital reforms cut the government's majority in the Commons to just 35, its lowest since he became prime minister.
Financial Times 09/07/03
The Independent 09/07/03
Breast cancer care crisis warning
Services in the UK are inadequate to cope with the predicted rise in breast cancer patients as the population ages, experts have warned. A report by the charity Breast Cancer Care warns that there will be a crisis in service provision in the next 30 years unless action is taken now.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Cosmetic surgery adverts misleading
The first inspection of cosmetic surgery practices has found misleading claims in adverts and a widespread failure to check on the background of surgeons.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Doctors reject claims they acted unethically
The surgeons leading the team that separated Ladan and Laleh Bijani yesterday rejected accusations that they acted unethically or unprofessionally in undertaking an operation other specialists had refused to attempt years ago when the risks were smaller.
The Guardian 09/7/03
Good news: UK men live longer, Bad news: only if they are rich
At last, some good news for the weaker sex. The beleaguered British male, long burdened with worse health than women and notorious for whingeing about it, is witnessing one of the biggest rises in life expectancy over the past 20 years in Europe.
The Independent 09/07/03
Hodge pledges new voice for children
Margaret Hodge, the children's minister, brushed aside calls for her resignation yesterday and promised to transform the machinery of government by giving children a direct voice on all aspects of public policy.
The Guardian 09/07/03
The Independent 09/07/03
Labour's majority slumps to 35 in hospitals vote
The government last night saw its 164-vote Commons majority collapse to 35, the lowest since Tony Blair first won power, after 63 Labour backbenchers joined forces with the combined opposition in an attempt to block NHS foundation hospitals.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Little wonders of micro-medicine
Engineering at a scale of millionths of a metre could build human organs such as livers and kidneys - and create a "smart" artificial knee which would know when it had become infected, researchers said yesterday.
The Guardian 09/07/03
Malaria vaccine trial begins
Scientists hope they are moving closer to preventing deaths from malaria with a trial to test a vaccine in children. Two thousand children aged one to four will be given the vaccine in a study to measure how effective it is at preventing infection.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Warning over 'creeping' NHS charges
Patients are facing "creeping charges" for NHS care, a consumer organisation has warned. The issue has been highlighted by the National Consumer Council.
BBC Health News 09/07/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
Blair faces battle over NHS reforms
The Government was warned that it faced a prolonged battle over its plans for foundation hospitals after narrowly surviving a Commons attempt to wreck its flagship health service reform.
Liverpool Echo 09/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Patients tell of electrode hell
A HOSPITAL psychologist placed electrodes on a woman patient's bottom and private parts, telling her it would help her stop smoking, a court heard.
Manchester Evening News 08/07/03
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International, National & Local Health & Social Care News
Calls to screen for bowel cancer
The government has been urged to introduce a national screening programme for bowel cancer.
BBC Health News 7/08/03
Complications slow surgery on twins
The neurosurgeons in Singapore who are trying to separate adult Iranian twins joined at the head were forced to slow their unprecedented surgery to a near halt last night as the pressure of the sisters' brains on each other made the procedure harder than expected.
The Guardian 8/7/03
The Independent 8/07/03
BBC Health News 8/07/03
Cosmetic clinics under fire
Many cosmetic surgery clinics in England fail to carry out proper checks on their surgeons' qualifications, a study has found.
BBC Health News 8/07/03
Dear doctor
Dr Ann Robinson answers your questions on food intolerance, psoriasis and eye surgery
The Guardian 8/07/03
Flat out
After 12 years of encouraging parents to put their babies to sleep on their backs to avoid cot death, a new report from paediatricians in America is warning that it is causing newborns to develop flattened heads.
The Guardian 8/7/03
Happy together?
Doctors in Singapore are operating to separate the conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani - a brutal surgery that may kill one or both of the patients, who are joined at the skull - though the procedure offers the sisters no hope of longer lives, nor any change in their general physical wellbeing.
The Guardian 8/07/03
I give up
When I went to California I was flabbergasted to learn that smoking was banned in restaurants and bars. It was like some freaky joke. How did everyone put up with it? I ended up snouting round San Francisco for illegal smoke-easies. When I heard, earlier this year, that they had done the same thing to New York, I was scandalised.
The Guardian 8/07/03
Patients cannot pay rising costs of prescriptions, warns group
The National Health Service, long promoted as free and universal, is becoming prohibitively expensive for many patients caught in a byzantine system of unfair and discriminatory charges, a coalition of medical and consumer organisations says today.
The Independent 8/07/03
Prison dentist pulled healthy teeth for profit, court told
A prison dentist pulled out inmates' healthy teeth to make money from the NHS, Wolverhampton crown court heard yesterday.
The Guardian 8/07/03
Ten-month-old child swallows ecstasy pill
A boy aged 10 months was being treated in hospital last night after swallowing an ecstasy tablet.
The Independent 8/07/03
The long wait
My sister and I have always been poles apart. Sadie was "the brainy one" and I was "the sporty one"; she was "the rebel" and I was "the good girl"; she likes garage and (much to her disgust) I like alt.country; she runs a record label and I work in the media; she goes for "bad boys" and I go for whimsical intellectuals. Her kidneys and pancreas don't work; mine do.
The Guardian 8/07/03
This is not a cure for the NHS
The prime minister's recognition that the government has not been getting its message across is welcome. But sadly this signals a change in presentation rather than policy. He clearly hopes, by the combined efforts of a change in tone and the votes of Scottish and Welsh Labour MPs, to impose foundation hospitals on the NHS in England. That will harm the NHS and its patients. Moreover, it will be just as damaging to the government and the Labour party because opponents of foundation hospitals are not going to curl up and die.
The Guardian 08/07/03
Cheshire & Merseyside News
Blair faces revolt over NHS reforms
Prime Minister Tony Blair is facing a backbench rebellion over plans for NHS reform which critics claim will create a "two-tier" health service.
Liverpool Echo 7/08/03
Medical records found dumped
A hospital has launched an investigation into how confidential medical records dating back 60 years came to be found by a group of teenagers at a disused building site.
Liverpool Post 7/08/03
Cumbria & Lancashire News
Health fears after audit
NEARLY 500 women have been put at risk of catching hepatitis or sexually transmitted diseases after a GP surgery failed to properly sterilise instruments.
Burnley Citizen 7/07/03
He's top doctor
AS a patient of Dr Chandra since he took over the practice on Blackburn Road -- 30 years ago -- I am disgusted at the way he is being treated.
Bolton Evening News 7/07/03
New hope for campaigners over care homes
CAMPAIGNERS hoping to prevent the closure of elderly people's homes in Bury and Radcliffe have been told that at least one will be saved.
Bolton Evening News 7/07/03
Poor funding blamed for rise in HIV cases
POOR funding of HIV services in Bolton is being blamed after the number of new cases of the disease almost doubled in a year.
Bolton Evening News 8/07/03
Greater Manchester News
Baby’s brain removed and destroyed while parents kept in dark
HOPE Hospital has been heavily criticised by the Health Service Ombudsman for clinical and ethical failings surrounding the death of a baby whose brain was retained and destroyed without consent.
Salford Advertiser 4/07/03
One in three lifeline Post Offices to go?
CITY leaders say they now fear as many as one in three Salford Post Offices face the axe. Cllr David Lancaster is this week demanding Royal Mail bosses reconsider plans to close uneconomic branches under the tough nationwide Reinvention Programme.
Salford Advertiser 4/07/03
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