Patients at risk from ‘unsafe’ NHS trusts – The Guardian 3rd July 2009
Patient safety has been put at risk through “disastrously unsafe care” in a handful of NHS trusts, and insufficient progress is being made in improving services, a critical parliamentary study warns today.
As many as one in 10 patients who enter hospital may suffer harm, the Commons health select committee reports, while annual payouts for NHS medical negligence have climbed to more than £630m.
tags: Health and Safety, NHS, Hospitals, Primary Care, Management, Clinical Governance, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
Additional Stories
- Hospital failures like Mid-Staffordshire scandal ‘could be repeated’ say MPs – The Telegraph 3rd July 2009
- Patient safety ’still threatened’ – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
Swine flu: 100,000 UK cases a day by August – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
More than 100,000 people could be diagnosed with swine flu every day by the end of August, the government said, announcing that the disease can no longer be contained in the UK.
A Commons statement by the health secretary, Andy Burnham, marks a watershed in the spread of the flu. No more schools will be closed, unless forced to by the lack of staff or if the pupils are especially vulnerable. Families and people in contact with those with flu will not be given preventative antiviral drugs.
tags: The, Guardian, Health, News, H1N1, Pandemic, Epidemiology, Influenza, UHN
Additional Stories
- So what happens next? Sarah Boseley reports on the spred of swine flu – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
- Q&A on swine flu: its origins and how to avoid infection – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
- Full list of swine flu cases, country by country – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
- Swine flu: Government set to abandon daily recording of new cases – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
- ‘100,000 fresh swine flu cases a day by August,’ says Health Secretary – The Independent 3rd July 2009
- Swine flu could hit ‘over 100,000 cases per day’ – The Independent 2nd July 2009
- Swine flu cannot be stopped as 100,000 new cases per day feared – The Times 3rd July 2009
- Swine flu cases in Britain ‘could top 100,000 a day’ – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
- Swine flu cases in Britain could soar to 100,000 A DAY by next month, Government warns – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
- Swine flu ‘cannot be contained’ – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
Legal challenge to web child abuse inquiry – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
Claim that hundreds were convicted through flawed credit card evidence
One of Britain’s biggest online paedophile inquiries is to be challenged in the court of appeal amid allegations from campaigners that hundreds of men have been wrongly convicted in a mass miscarriage of justice.
tags: Child Abuse, Internet, Jurisprudence, UHN, Health, News, The Guardian, Ethics
Not just pills and condoms – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
Messages on preventing pregnancy and disease have left better forms of contraception ignored
tags: Contraception, Sexual Health, Sexual Behaviour, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
UK braced for dramatic end to heatwave as storms begin – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
Thunder, downpours and flooding from Scotland to Cornwall as temperatures ease
tags: Climate, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
Additional Stories
- Britain declares heatwave as temperatures rise towards 32C – The Guardian 1st July 2009
- Britain hits 33C as heatwave becomes official – The Guardian 1st July 2009
- Hospitals on standby as 999 calls rise in heatwave – The Times 3rd July 2009
- Heatwave alert level increases – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
Doctors call for alcohol ads to be banned – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
BMA conference urges a minimum unit price for all drinks to curb alcohol-related illnesses
tags: Alcohol, Advertising, Mass Media, Health, News, UHN, Legislation, The Guardian
Additional Stories
- Doctors call for booze ad ban – The Independent 2nd July 2009
- Alcohol advertising should be banned, British Medical Association says – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
- Ban alcohol advertising and introduce minimum price for drinks, demand doctors – Daily Mail 2nd July 2009
Promises of immortality – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
An English scientist is on a one-man mission to eliminate mortality – but would you like to live in a society without death?
tags: Mortality, Health, News, UHN, Ethics, The Guardian
Response: Reducing caesareans is not about saving money – The Guardian 2nd July 2009
Joanna Moorhead writes that women having an emergency caesarean section are traumatised, and often subsequently demand an elective section for other pregnancies (I felt totally out of control, June 16). She points out that these women are now NHS “frontline targets”, with primary care trusts “offering cash incentives to hospitals in a bid to reduce the number of surgical deliveries”.
tags: Caesarean, Obstetrics, Health, News, Primary Care, Surgery, UHN, Priorities, The Guardian
Doctors oppose legal protection for assisted suicide relatives – The Guardian 1st July 2009
BMA conference rejects bid to change law on prosecuting relatives who accompany patients to suicide clinics
tags: Euthanasia, Suicide, Legislation, Health, News, Ethics, UHN, The Guardian
Hospital doctors to get more control over budgets – The Guardian 1st July 2009
Health minister plans to give power to frontline medical staff and scrap more performance targets, but backs away from idea of closing district general hospitals
tags: Medical Staff, Financial Management, Health, News, UHN, The Guardian
Appeal for funds to fight curse of brain tumours – The Independent 3rd July 2009
Brain tumours have become the biggest cause of death among young cancer patients, but the disease receives only a small fraction of the funding spent on researching other forms of cancer.
Some 16,000 people in Britain are diagnosed with a brain tumour each year and more men under the age of 45 and more women under the age of 35 will die of the disease than from any other cancer, according to a report out today.
tags: Cancer, Research, Financial Management, Health Economics, Brain Tumours, Neurology, UHN, The Independent
Additional Story
- Brain tumours ‘forgotten cancer’ – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
UK student sparks Kenya swine flu alert – The Independent 2nd July 2009
A Nottingham medical student who travelled through some of the poorest parts of Kenya after contracting swine flu in the UK has sparked a state of national alarm in the East African country, The Independent can disclose
tags: Developing Countries, H1N1, Health, News, UHN, IHN, The Independent
Children binge-drink 20 units a week – The Independent 2nd July 2009
One in four underage alcohol drinkers consumes more than 20 units a week, a survey claimed today.
Researchers found alarming habits among thousands of young people aged 14 to 17 in north-west England.
One in two young people admitted drinking to get drunk, one in 20 drink alone and one in six regretted having sex after consuming alcohol.
tags: Young People, Alcohol, Accident and Emergency Departments, Health, News, UHN, The Independent
Additional Stories
- Doctors sound alert over binge drinking from age eight – The Times 3rd July 2009
- Children under 12 need A&E treatment for binge drinking every 48 hours – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
- Youngsters ‘drinking dangerously’ – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
Drinkers spend more time in hospital – The Independent 2nd July 2009
Men who drink just four pints of beer a week are likely to spend more time in hospital, according to research published today.
tags: Alcohol, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph, Mens
Additional Story
- Four pints ‘increase health risk’ – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
Doctors: Government is wrong over cervical screening – The Times 2nd July 2009
The Government is wrong to refuse cervical cancer screening to those under 25, the British Medical Association said today.
Doctors voted three to one that women should be screened for cervical cancer from the age of 20 a week after the Department of Health refused to lower the starting age.
tags: Mass Screening, Cervical Cancer, Ethics, Rationing, NHS, Health, News, UHN, The Times
Ultrasound treatment HIFU offers new hope for prostate cancer patients – The Times 2nd July 2009
Men with early-stage prostate cancer could be treated with soundwave technology instead of surgery, leading to fewer side-effects, research suggests.
A study of 172 men whose cancer had not spread beyond their prostate found that 92 per cent were free of cancer a year after undergoing the experimental therapy.
tags: Prostate Cancer, Cancer, Health, News, UHN, Mens Health, The Times
Additional Stories
- Prostate cancer treatment ‘more successful than surgery’, claim British scientists – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
- High hopes for HIFU – the ultrasound breakthrough in the battle against prostate cancer – Daily Mail 2nd July 2009
- Sound waves offer prostate hope – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
Medical students ‘disciplined for high-jinks’ – The Times 2nd July 2009
Medical students are being taken to professional disciplinary hearings for parking violations, slack form-filling and nights out on the town as part of a draconian new system of sanctions.
Students are having their careers put at risk because medical schools are abusing new guidance from the General Medical Council (GMC) in an attempt to deter university high jinks and poor behaviour, a conference has heard.
tags: Health, News, Medical Education, UHN, Ethics, The Times
Additional Stories
- Analysis: treat high jinks with dose of common sense – The Times 2nd July 2009
- Medical students having ‘careers blighted’ for playing loud music – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Obese patients are to be paid to lose weight in Pound-for-Pound scheme – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Obese patients are to be paid to lose weight in a Pound-for-Pound scheme which is the first of its kind in the UK.
tags: Obesity, Primary Care, Incentives, Ethics, Financial Management, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph
Additional Story
- £1-for-a-pound: NHS to pay fat-fighters to lose weight – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
Boys should be given cervical cancer vaccine, says BMA – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Boys should be given the cervical cancer vaccine as well as girls in order to protect both sexes against sexually transmitted infections, doctors said.
tags: Sexually Transmitted Infections, Immunisation, Mens Health, Health, News, UHN, Ethics, The Telegraph
Muslim NHS dentist ‘tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress’ – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
A Muslim NHS dentist faces being struck off after a tribunal ruled he tried to force patients to wear traditional Islamic dress before treating them.
tags: Religion, Ethics, Dental Health, Professional Discipline, Jurisprudence, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph
Lack of sleep is more dangerous for women than men, claim scientists – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Lack of sleep is more dangerous for women than men, claims a study that suggests it increases the risk of heart disease more among females than males.
tags: Womens Health, Heart Diseases, Sleep, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph
Additional Story
- Why sleepless nights puts your health at risk… if you’re a woman – Daily Mail 1st July 2009
- Lack of sleep ‘hits women harder’ – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
VAT cut for gyms and health clubs ‘could boost exercise’ – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Heath clubs and gyms could benefit from reduced VAT under a Conservative-backed body’s plans to encourage more people to exercise regularly.
tags: Taxation, Economics, Financial Management, Health, News, UHN, Physical Activity, The Telegraph
Additional Story
- Call for VAT cut on sports goods – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
Mental health patients to be ‘tagged’ with GPS trackers – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Dangerous mental health patients are to be fitted with state-of-the-art GPS trackers by the NHS after a mental patient on the run murdered a pensioner.
tags: Homicide, Mental Health, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph
School skateboarding to fight obesity – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
A council is introducing a form of skateboarding to all of its schools in a bid to boost interest in PE and fight rising obesity levels.
tags: Physical Activity, Obesity, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph, CMHN
Career women given ‘false optimism’ by fertility clinics, says Lord Winston – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Career women are being given “false optimism” by clinics which encourage them to use potentially dangerous techniques to freeze their eggs for future use, Lord Winston, one of Britain’s leading fertility experts has said.
tags: In Vitro Fertilisation, Human Fertility, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph, Ethics
Additional Story
- You’re conning yourselves, Lord Winston tells women who delay motherhood by freezing eggs – Daily Mail 2nd July 2009
Sun-cream banned from primary school for safety reasons – The Telegraph 2nd July 2009
Children at a primary school have been banned from taking sun-cream on to the premises for health and safety reasons.
tags: Skin Cancer, Dermatology, Ethics, Health and Safety, Schools, Health, News, Children, UHN, The Telegraph
Tragedy of sisters who will both die before they’re 12 years old – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
Held safe in their mother’s arms, they look like any other bright and healthy little girls.
But Ashleigh Lennon, six, and her three-year-old sister Alisha will both die before the age of 12.
They are the only two sisters in Britain known to have the deadly form of the genetic disorder Batten’s disease.
tags: Genetics, Mortality, Children, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail
Over 55? It’s the time of your life – but spare a thought for those poor under-25s – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
Free from financial responsibilities, they are having the time of their lives travelling the world.
And while at home, their main concern is fixing up when to see friends for an evening’s socialising.
That’s the over-55s, of course. The under 25s, in contrast, are the generation most likely to be lonely and stressed by money worries, a survey claims.
tags: Stress, Mental Health, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail
Pensioners forced to live apart after home refuses to release husband into his wife’s care – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
They met while visiting their respective spouses’ graves and found fresh happiness together.
But Dorothy Townend, 78, and her husband Harry, 86, have been forced apart by a decision by health chiefs which has been branded ‘inhumane’ by an MP.
tags: Older People, NHS, Ethics, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail, Alzheimers Disease
Hospital patient so shocked at dirty ward she climbed out of bed to clean it herself – Daily Mail 3rd July 2009
After 12 years cleaning care homes and private houses, Tereza Tosbell has a keen eye for a dirty room.
But the last place she expected to need her skills was in hospital – where she was a patient.
tags: Hygiene, Infection Control, Hospitals, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail
Doctors create 22 question fertility test for every woman considering pregnancy – Daily Mail 2nd July 2009
A DIY test to help women maximise their chances of motherhood has been developed by scientists.
The ‘fertility thermometer’ uses a woman’s answers to 22 questions about age, lifestyle and health to assess the state of her fertility.
tags: Human Fertility, Diagnosis, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail
British children drink only half recommended amount of water – Daily Mail 2nd July 2009
The average British child drinks just half of the recommended amount of water, researchers said today, prompting experts to urge families to make sure youngsters stay hydrated in the heatwave.
tags: Hydration, Children, Dehydration, Water, Young People, Health, News, UHN, Daily Mail
Scots take ’sun-fry’ cancer risk – BBC Health News 2nd July 2009
Scots have an unhealthy approach to sunbathing and the highest risk of contracting skin cancer in the UK, researchers have warned.
The study by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society found some had even used baby lotion and even chip fat to get a tan.
tags: Dermatology, Health, News, UHN, Skin Cancer, BBC Health News
NHS faces ‘folly’ of short-sighted cuts – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
The NHS is facing “seven years of famine” because of the economic downturn, whoever wins the next election.
Preventive healthcare is liable to see serious budget cuts – but public health expert Dr Alan Maryon-Davis says in this week’s Scrubbing Up health column that this would be “short-sighted folly”.
tags: Economics, Health Economics, Financial Management, Health, News, UHN, BBC Health News
Doctors reject faith right call – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
Doctors have voted down a proposal calling for them to be given a right to pray for patients without facing disciplinary action.
The British Medical Association conference in Liverpool debated a motion saying medics should be free to discuss spiritual issues.
tags: Religion, Ethics, Health, News, UHN, BBC Health News, Medical Staff
Swine flu girl pictures released – BBC Health News 1st July 2009
The family of a six-year-old girl who died after contracting swine flu have released pictures of her.
Sameerah Ahmad, who was born with a rare disorder which affected her small intestine, died at Birmingham Children’s Hospital on Friday evening.
tags: Children, Mortality, H1N1, Influenza, Pandemic, Health, New, UHN, BBC Health News
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