2015年7月14日 星期二

2015-07-15 U.K. Health


BBC News
   
NHS hospital patients complain of 'lack of dignity'   
BBC News
A fifth of people in hospital in England are not always treated with respect and dignity, according to a wide-ranging survey of NHS patients. Analysis of the 2012 poll has found that poor care was more likely to be experienced by those aged over 80.
NHS hospitals' neglect of the elderly exposed   Daily Mail
Elderly patients 'experience poor hospital care'   The Bolton News

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The Independent
   
Researchers find new 'flesh eating' bacteria strain could be spreading worldwide   
The Independent
Scientists have warned that a new strain of a 'flesh-eating' bug is spreading globally, and has contributed to a rise in disease cases in the UK. The group A streptococcus bacteria typically causes relatively minor infections, such as tonsilitis, and ...
New variant of 'flesh eating' bug discovered in the UK   ITV News
Terrifying new strain of flesh-eating bug that kills one in four spreads ...   Western Daily Press
Warning over new strain of flesh-eating bug   BT.com

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Mirror.co.uk
   
Dog walker who brushed against toxic hogweed hospitalised for days with ...   
Mirror.co.uk
A dog walker who brushed against a toxic hogweed was hospitalised for four days with blisters the size of her fist on her leg. Ann Quinlan said her limb looked like something from an 'apocalyptic horror film' after she swept past the plant on a dog ...
Giant hogweed: Everything you need to know about the toxic plant   The Independent
Giant hogweed: Dog walker Ann Quinlan hospitalised after brushing toxic plant   Metro
Enfield dog walker hospitalised after she brushed against giant hogweed   Daily Mail
Express.co.uk   
WebMD.Boots.com   
Huffington Post UK   
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Daily Mail
   
Doctors handing out medication to people who should not be taking them   
Daily Mail
Doctors regularly dole out powerful antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs to vulnerable people who should not be taking them, health bosses admitted last night. Every day in England 35,000 people with learning disabilities are prescribed the pills ...
More than 30000 people with autism and learning disabilities 'under the ...   Telegraph.co.uk
NHS to stop 'over-medicating' people with learning disabilities   BBC News
NHS promises urgent action after report reveals extent of 'inappropriate use ...   The Independent
Pulse   
Belfast Telegraph   
Nursing Times   
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Bigger may not be better for China's 'super hospitals'   
Vocal Republic
ZHENGZHOU, China Just before brunette, the road outside of the younger-looking high-rise tanks along the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University is plagued by sleeping system. Splayed on vivid pads or placed in the bottom of foldable cots ...

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The Guardian
   
Australians hospitalised with life-threatening allergic reactions up by 50%   
The Guardian
Allergy experts say people should not assume that carrying an anaphylaxis pen, which delivers a shot of adrenaline to the bloodstream, will protect them. Photograph: John Pryke/AAP. Melissa Davey · @MelissaLDavey. Tuesday 14 July 2015 23.28 EDT Last ...

Thousands of children with food allergies remain undiagnosed   Daily Mail
Food allergy burden shifts to older children as trend continues unabated   ABC Online
Child food allergy tests could be 'unreliable'   Scotsman
Herald Sun   
The Canberra Times   
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News Every day
   
Young Woman 'Eats Herself to Death' at Home Facility   
News Every day
Kirsty Deryy, a young Englishwoman has died from overeating and officials believe her death may have been a result of failing to treat her for her unusual eating disorder. Derry had been living in an assisted living home where the staff had placed ...
Review launched after woman died in supported housing because she could not ...   The Independent
Woman eats herself to death after care home removes fridge locks   Telegraph.co.uk
Woman 'ate herself to death' aged just 23 due to rare condition that left her ...   Mirror.co.uk
Fox News   
Daily Mail   
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Avoidable deaths measure condemned   
Bournemouth Echo
The way avoidable deaths are measured in hospitals is "distracting and potentially misleading" and should not be used to assess quality of care, experts have said. The proportion of avoidable deaths is currently measured using two commonly-used methods ...


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Telegraph.co.uk
   
Why are women more likely to become insolvent?   
Telegraph.co.uk
Women are for the first time more likely than men to file for insolvency, a shift that the Government's statisticians have credited to a new form of “bankruptcy light” catering for those with small consumer debts. Last year, 22.2 in every 10,000 adult ...
Women more likely to go insolvent   The Northern Echo

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Calls for a tax on sugar are branded 'misguided'   
Gazette
Calls for a tax on sugar are "misguided" and would hit people from low income households who pay a higher proportion of their income on food and drink hardest, according to a report. The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) said scant evidence exists to ...

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