2015年1月9日 星期五

2015-01-10 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
NHS: A testing week for the health service   
BBC News
It's been a turbulent week for the NHS - and the new year has barely begun. Few could have predicted - in the finals days of 2014 - the tidal wave of patients that would flow into almost every accident and emergency unit once the new year holiday had ended.
Private managers abandon hospital to round off worst week for A&E   The Times (subscription)
Private firm running Hinchingbrooke Hospital pulls out over funding cuts and ...   Mirror.co.uk
Battle with GPs led to Circle's retreat from Hinchingbrooke hospital   The Guardian
Telegraph.co.uk   
The Courier   
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The Independent
   
NHS crisis: A&E performance dipped to new lows during New Year week   
The Independent
Hospitals in England endured another record-breaking week of winter pressure last week, as official figures revealed the full extent of the crisis enfolding the NHS, with unprecedented numbers of ambulances forced to queue at A&E and more than 7,000 ...

6m go to A&E after failing to see their GP   The Times (subscription)
Sack all the managers to cure the NHS   Yorkshire Post
Hospital worker writes impassioned open letter accusing David Cameron of lying ...   Mirror.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk   
BBC News   
Herald Scotland   
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Business Recorder
   
UPDATE 2-Sanofi, Regeneron cholesterol drug also effective in monthly doses   
Reuters
(Adds analyst comment in paragraph 5; updates shares). Jan 9 (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Sanofi SA and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals was found to be effective in lowering "bad" cholesterol even when administered once every four weeks, instead ...

Regeneron and Sanofi Announce Positive Topline Results from First Phase 3 ...   Businessweek
Sanofi and Regeneron's alirocumab meets endpoints in cholesterol study   The Pharma Letter
Regeneron and Sanofi Report Positive Results With Alirocumab Trials   Diabetes Insider
Investor's Business Daily   
Wall Street Journal (blog)   
Drug Discovery & Development   
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BBC News
   
Children's mental health services 'cut by £50m'   
BBC News
NHS spending on children's mental health services in England has fallen by more than 6% in real terms since 2010, according to official figures. The cut, equivalent to nearly £50m, was revealed by NHS England in a parliamentary answer. Labour, which had ...

Make funding for local healthcare fair and do it quickly, MPs tell government   OnMedica
Real-terms funding cut to children's mental health services revealed   Communitycare.co.uk
Should specialised services pay the 'price' of NHS changes?   Local Government Chronicle
Telegraph.co.uk   
Public Finance   
The Independent   
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Irish Times
   
Neurosurgeon critical of rugby's 'excessive aggression'   
Irish Times
An editorial in the British Medical Journal has criticised rugby's “tribal, gladiatorial culture” that sees parents, coaches and schools encouraging “excessive aggression” and playing on when injured. “Anyone who has spent an hour picking skull fragments out ...

Specialist UK doctor says risks of youth rugby need scrutiny   Daily Mail
Gladiatorial culture of school rugby is too violent for small children, warns surgeon   Telegraph.co.uk
Youth rugby needs radical reform to ensure the safety of junior players, says ...   WalesOnline
Bristol Post   
Rochdale Online   
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Daily Mail
   
'Last hope' drug for prostate cancer patients is axed from the NHS   
Daily Mail
A 'last ditch' drug for prostate cancer sufferers is to be axed from NHS use. Jevtana gives men with advanced disease at least three extra months of life – but some have survived three or more years. The Cancer Drugs Fund plans to remove the drug from its ...

Cancer drugs fund 'has done more harm than good'   The Independent
Eight cancer drugs to be denied on NHS   Telegraph.co.uk
'Outrage' at NHS cancer drugs move   BBC News
OnMedica   
Financial Times   
The Guardian   
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Cambridge News
   
Addenbrooke's stands down from 'major incident' status   
Cambridge News
Addenbrooke's Hospital has stood down from their 'major incident' status - but capacity for beds remains critical. On Tuesday night, the Cambridge Hospital was forced to activate major incident plans, resulting in operations being cancelled and consultants ...

Addenbrooke's Hospital: 'Major incident' status downgraded   BBC News
The patients who can't leave hospital – as no one will make a profit   The Guardian

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Daily Mail
   
Danielle Watson who pretended she had terminal cancer avoids jail   
Daily Mail
A young mother who defrauded friends and kindhearted strangers out of thousands of pounds to pay for her dream wedding by claiming she had terminal cancer will not be jailed. Mother-of-two Danielle Watson, 24, claimed she had late-stage cervical cancer ...

Mother-of-two walks free from court after pretending she had cervical cancer to ...   Evening Standard
Cancer fraudster walks free from court after pretending she was dying to get ...   Mirror.co.uk
Woman claimed she had terminal cancer to fund dream wedding is spared jail   Telegraph.co.uk
BBC News   
The Guardian   
Express.co.uk   
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Carrickfergus Times
   
Meeting Peter was a 'treat' for slimmers   
Carrickfergus Times
Meeting singer and TV presenter Peter Andre was the perfect start to 2015, a local Slimming World Consultant has said. Larne woman Elspeth Turner-Warke runs a Slimming World group at Woodburn Community Centre in Carrick every Wednesday. She was ...

Lorenza thrilled to meet Peter Andre   Crawley Observer
Super slimmer Anna meets Peter Andre   This is The West Country
Peter Andre praises Littlehampton slimming leader   Littlehampton Gazette
Scottish Daily Record   
Bromsgrove Standard   
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American News Report
   
GW Pharma pain med no different from placebo in Phase 3 study (GWPH)   
Seeking Alpha
A Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating GW Pharmaceuticals' (GWPH -1.1%) cannabinoid Sativex for the treatment of pain in patients with advanced cancer who experience inadequate analgesia from opioid therapy failed to achieve its primary endpoint of ...

Setback in Medical Marijuana Study   American News Report
GW and Otsuka report Sativex failed to meet primary endpoint in cancer pain   The Pharma Letter
Cannabis-based drug maker's cancer treatment disappoints   Telegraph.co.uk
Wall Street Journal   
The Times (subscription)   
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