2015年2月8日 星期日

2015-02-09 U.K. Health


Daily Mail
   
Hospitals are told to stop gagging NHS whistleblowers   
Daily Mail
Hospitals must end the use of gagging clauses to silence whistleblowers, an inquiry will say this week. A long-awaited report by Sir Robert Francis will demand the NHS does far more to end its 'cover-up culture' and will highlight fears confidentiality clauses ...

Hunt orders annual review of 'avoidable deaths' in hospital   Yorkshire Post
More than 1000 people dying needlessly in NHS care - health secretary   RT
Safety Failures Are Not Tolerated: Global Healthcare Scandal Draws Our ...   Full-Time Whistle
The Independent   
Telegraph.co.uk   
BBC News   
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Telegraph.co.uk
   
The NHS whistle-blowers who spoke out for patients   
Telegraph.co.uk
They have helped shine a light on the darkest recesses of the NHS, raising concerns over patient safety, staff bullying and declining standards of care. But rather than being praised for their courage many whistle-blowers claim they faced bullying, threats and ...

NHS boss pocketed £155000 by retiring for just 24 hours: She quit, cashed in ...   Daily Mail
Rise in health workers taking part in monthly support meetings   Nursing Times
Senior nurse was 'victimised' by Cumbrian NHS trust   News & Star
ITV News   
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Times of India
   
'Lucky' gene mutation cures woman plagued by warts   
9news.com.au
A woman who suffered a rare disease that knocked out her immune system was spontaneously cured thanks to a fluke DNA mutation, US doctors say. The patient suffered “WHIM syndrome”, which saw her plagued by warts and infections. Such people are ...

Woman cured of WHIM immune disease by DNA mutation with 'astronomically ...   The Independent
Woman 'cured by lucky DNA mutation'   BBC News
Woman beats rare disease thanks to 'genetic lottery win'   International Business Times UK
DhakaTribune   
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
   
Three-parent babies debate has ethicists in Wisconsin divided   
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Nearly 500 people are receiving duty disability retirement payments from the City of Milwaukee at a cost of nearly $22 million a year, officials said Wednesday.(6). More Watchdog Headlines. Watchdog Update: Milwaukee's flawed duty disability system may ...

Britain is on the brink of a perilous vote for 'three-person in vitro fertilization'   Los Angeles Times
Allow three-parent IVF to help older women too, says pioneer   The Times (subscription)
'Three-parent IVF babies should be offered to infertile older women'   Telegraph.co.uk
The Independent   
CBC.ca   
Scottish Daily Record   
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Mirror.co.uk
   
Six clubbers hospitalised after taking super-strength 'UPS' ecstasy tablets   
Mirror.co.uk
Six clubbers have been taken to hospital after taking triple-strength ecstasy at a dance music gig. Police said the youngsters collapsed on Saturday night after taking MDMA tablets marked with the letters UPS. The revellers had been at a concert by top ...

Six in hospital after taking super strength 'UPS' ecstasy   Metro
Middlesbrough drugs alert: Six treated after taking 'strong' ecstasy   BBC News
Police issue warning after drug incident in Middlesbrough   ITV News
Gazette Live   
Mixmag   
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WalesOnline
   
Hundreds of lives could be saved should Wales adopt England's 'special ...   
WalesOnline
The Welsh Government has rejected claims that Wales should adopt a system which puts hospitals with high mortality rates into “special measures” after its success in England. The Welsh Conservative Party says the system has “faced up to failure” across the ...

Death rates at Tameside Hospital have risen after it was placed into special ...   Manchester Evening News
Death rates at Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham have failed to improve   Kent Online
Death rate up at Tameside hospital despite being put into special measures   Daily Mail
YOURTHUROCK   
The Independent   
BBC News   
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Fenland Citizen
   
King's Lynn hospital has bright future says health minister   
Fenland Citizen
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital along with local MP Henry Bellingham. With Catherine Morgan the Director of Nursing. ANL-150129-125051009. Published on the 08 February 2015 10:00. Published 08/02/2015 10:00 ...

Hotel-style star ratings for care homes, hospitals and surgeries   Express.co.uk
Health Secretary defends Basildon Hospital   Braintree and Witham Times
A&E SOS petition delivered to minister in Whitehall   Bognor Regis Observer
Lynn News   
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Dale & Co.
   
Dr Kailash Chand: Scrap the market approach to healthcare   
GP online
The government has asked the health service to save £30bn by 2017 - so much for it finding additional money for the NHS. Doctors Net Discuss on Doctors.net.uk; CPD Add to CPD organiser. The NHS reorganisation is facilitating and encouraging ...

King's Fund dodges NHS privatisation   The Guardian
NHS hires Capita to buy in services   Financial Times
My New Book: The NHS - Things That Need to be Said   Dale & Co.
Express.co.uk   
The Independent   
The Economist   
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Yorkshire Post
   
'Institutional abuse' probe at 'inadequate' Harrogate care home   
Yorkshire Post
A CARE home rated “inadequate” by inspectors is facing an investigation into allegations of “institutional abuse” over the care of residents. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said the Harrogate Lodge Care Home in Chapel Allerton, Leeds, was failing to ...

One in five care homes is not meeting tough new standards   Daily Mail
One in five care homes 'failing standards'   BBC News
YEP Says, February 9: A haunting question about the state of our retirement homes   Yorkshire Evening Post

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Inverness Courier
   
Expectant mums denied tours of maternity wards   
Inverness Courier
EXPECTANT mothers in Inverness are being told they cannot have a tour of the labour ward due to lack of staff and increasing pressure on community midwives. The tours are traditionally held to help reassure new mothers as to what they can expect when ...

Out-of-hours midwifery suspended in Skye and Lochalsh   Herald Scotland
Expectant mothers forced to travel 120 miles for midwifery service   Aberdeen Press and Journal
Pregnant islanders face 100-mile trip to give birth   Scotsman
Ross-Shire Journal   
BBC News   
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