uk-hotdailynews: 2015-01-17 U.K. Health

Health crisis worsens in eastern Ukraine, WHO warns
Reuters
GENEVA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Health care is collapsing after nine months of conflict in eastern Ukraine, where a lack of medicines and vaccines puts people at growing risk from diseases such as polio, measles and tuberculosis, the World Health Organization ...

Health System Collapsing in Conflict-ridden E. Ukraine   Voice of America
WHO sounds alarm on Ukraine's creaking health system   Yahoo News UK

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Jeremy Hunt gives ambulances even longer to get to seriously ill patients
Daily Mail
Ambulances will be allowed to take longer to reach seriously ill patients under controversial plans announced by the Health Secretary. Jeremy Hunt yesterday unveiled a pilot scheme that will give operators an extra two minutes to assess 999 calls before ...

New 999 red tape rules mean operators have longer to decide if it's an emergency   Mirror.co.uk
Bristol ambulance controllers will get more time to react to 999 calls   Bristol Post
Ambulance service to test new response system in bid to reduce delays   The Guardian
The Independent
Telegraph.co.uk
The Times (subscription)
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Two die of H7N9 bird flu in China's Fujian - Xinhua
eNCA
File: China has had a problem with bird flu for several years, and new infections tend to crop up in the winter months. Photo: AFP. SHANGHAI - Two people in China's coastal Fujian province have died of H7N9 avian flu, the state-run Xinhua news agency ...

15 H7N9 cases reported in Fujian, 2 die in Xiamen and Putian   What's on Xiamen

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How 20 Minutes of Exercise can Save your Life
DESIblitz
Inactivity kills twice as many people as obesity, according to a study at Cambridge University. A 20 minute walk each day reduces risk of premature death by a third. By Harvey Bhogal • January 16, 2015. How 20 Minutes of Exercise can Save your Life.
Lack of exercise is twice as deadly as obesity, Cambridge University finds   Telegraph.co.uk
Inactivity 'kills more than obesity'   BBC News
The new health warning: lack of exercise is twice as deadly as obesity   Herald Scotland
Metro
Irish Independent
Times of India
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NHS has created many of its own difficulties
Financial Times
Sir, The increase of inappropriate referrals to A&E from the non-medically staffed 111 “helpline” (report, January 15) is one example of falling clinical standards within the NHS. The challenges the health service faces are multi-faceted. Some of these are ...

Ulster A&E waiting times worsen during 'difficult' winter period   Belfast Newsletter
Long A&E waiting times in Wales 'affecting policing'   BBC News
Nurses' leaders in the North East welcome A&E staffing levels recommended   ChronicleLive
Daily Mail
ITV News
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Sending more GPs to A&E will solve this crisis
Telegraph.co.uk
This week may well prove to be a turning point in how we discuss the health service in Britain. Ed Miliband's comment that he intends to “weaponise” the NHS is hugely instructive. Never before has a Labour leader had the temerity (or stupidity) to make such a ...

'Winter ward' to ease pressure on Blackburn hospital   BBC News
'Everyone can help relieve A&E pressure'   This Is Lancashire
REVEALED: HR and IT staff called in to help feed the sick at under-pressure ...   Daily Echo
Redditch Standard
Ipswich Star
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Loneliness among the biggest fears of ageing population
Yorkshire Post
LONELINESS is among the biggest concerns facing the country's ageing population, it has been revealed, as a charity warned that local authorities must act to stop the scourge of social isolation. A survey by older people's charity Independent Age showed ...

Ageing population poses challenge   shropshirestar.com

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