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February 8th, 2012
| Call for 'joined-up' elderly care |
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Older people needing social care are "passed like parcels" between fragmented services - and the Health and Social Care Bill will not simplify the system - say MPs. |
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| Lords to debate NHS concessions |
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The government is set for a difficult time when the House of Lords debates concessions to its plans to overhaul the NHS. |
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| Hundreds seek NHS implant advice |
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Almost 1,000 private patients with PIP breast implants have contacted the NHS, according to MPs. |
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| Lansley 'has PM's full support' |
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Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support", despite a Downing Street source reportedly saying the health secretary "should be taken out and shot". |
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| Spoon-fed babies 'end up fatter' |
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Babies weaned on pureed food tend to end up fatter than infants whose first tastes are finger food, researchers believe. |
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| Court hears social care challenge |
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The ability of English councils to consider their finances when assessing people for social care is being challenged at the Supreme Court. |
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| GMC guidance on assisted suicide |
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The General Medical Council launches guidelines on assisted suicide to help it decide if doctors should face a disciplinary panel on the issue. |
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| Death leads to ambulance demand |
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Relatives of a woman who blame her death on a 41-minute wait for a paramedic, hand over a petition urging a dedicated ambulance service for their town. |
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| NHS translation bill 'tops £23m' |
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The NHS in England spends £59,000 a day on translating documents and providing interpreters, according to a health think tank. |
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| Campaign to cut smoking in cars |
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A campaign to stop people smoking in cars when carrying children - and which could pave the way for a ban - is launched by the Welsh government. |
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| 'Birth defect risk' for diabetics |
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The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, a study of 400,000 pregnancies in England suggests. |
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| 'A little too much drink' warning |
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Drinking "just a little more than they should" puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning. |
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| Transplant jaw made by 3D printer |
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An 83-year-old woman is fitted with a jaw made by a 3D printer in what doctors say is the first operation of its kind. |
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| UK workers 'richer but stressed' |
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Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found. |
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| Foetus parties: Womb with a view? |
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Prof Cathy Warwick, chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives, outlines her fears about the "commercialisation of childbirth" |
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| VIDEO: Katie Price: Implants 'need age limit' |
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Katie Price has told Newsnight's Jeremy Paxman she thinks breast implants should have an age limit of 21, following the health scare over implants manufactured by French firm PIP. |
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| AUDIO: 'Wonderful' to have sight back |
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Katie Piper told Radio 5 live about being able to see after she was blinded in one eye after an acid attack. |
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| AUDIO: Have views on NHS reform shifted? |
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Dr Michael Dixon, chair of the NHS Alliance, who supports the governments proposed reforms of the NHS and Dr John Lister, director of the Health Emergency campaign group, who opposes them, debate the Health Bill. |
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| VIDEO: 'Just one more drink' alcohol warning |
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A new television advertising campaign in England is warning against the temptations of "just one more" drink. |
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| VIDEO: Lansley has PM's 'full support' on NHS |
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No 10 insists Andrew Lansley has David Cameron's "full support" over planned NHS changes, including giving GPs more control over budgets. |
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| AUDIO: 'Care needed' in child custody law change |
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Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says there are "undoubted dangers" in re-drafting shared parenting law |
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| VIDEO: MPs 'should admit mental health issues' |
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Alastair Campbell reckons MPs are more likely to suffer from mental health issues than the one-in-four figure for the general population. |
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| VIDEO: Newborns 'should receive vitamin D' |
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Doctors are calling for newborn babies to be given vitamin D, to protect them from bone disease and other illnesses. |
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| Living outside the hearing world |
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Why refuse an implant that would improve hearing? |
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| The power of cooking skills |
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How letting children cook helps them eat better |
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| 'Cycling gave me my freedom back' |
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'How cycling helped me fight my brain tumours' |
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| How we can help children improve their health |
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'The young should play a role in designing healthcare' |
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| Designing out errors in hospital |
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How wards could be made safer |
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| Analysis: Pharmaceutical woes |
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Why the pharmaceutical industry is under pressure |
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