2015年7月15日 星期三

2015-07-16 U.K. Health


The Independent
   
Consultants Given Ultimatum Over Weekend Work   
Sky News
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt will claim the lack of a seven-day service contributes to 6,000 needless deaths every year. 03:33, UK, Thursday 16 July 2015. Surgeons. The BMA has accused the government of a 'simplistic approach'. Pic: File. Share on ...
Doctors: Hunt willing to impose seven-day working   BBC News
Jeremy Hunt ready to push through 7 day NHS consultants' terms   Financial Times
New doctors will be forced to work weekends in seven-day NHS plan   The Independent
Daily Mail   
The Times (subscription)   
Yorkshire Post   
all 41 news articles »   


BBC News
   
Mitochondrial disease study raises hope of treatment   
BBC News
US scientists say they have taken the first step towards treating people born with mitochondrial diseases - debilitating genetic disorders. Their study, in Nature, showed healthy cells could be produced in the laboratory from affected patients. The ...
Cure for mitochondrial disease is on the horizon but it involves cloning   Daily Mail
Three parent babies needless as 'cure' for mitochondrial disease on horizon   Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists use therapeutic cloning to fix mitochondrial genes | Reuters   Firstpost
Los Angeles Times   
all 38 news articles »   


The Independent
   
Teenage births at lowest level since 1940s, official statistics show   
The Independent
The number of teenagers giving birth has reached its lowest level in almost 70 years, official figures have revealed. The decline is linked to improvements in contraception advice for young women and access to abortion services, a leading pregnancy ...
Teenage pregnancies at lowest level for 70 years: Less than 26000 babies were ...   Daily Mail
Number of teens giving birth at lowest since 1946   BBC News
Comprehensive health services in the UK and Wales mean teen births are ...   Raw Story
Express.co.uk   
Belfast Telegraph   
all 42 news articles »   


The Indian Express
   
Trip to dentist leaves UK man with a 90-minute memory   
The Indian Express
The incident left the 38-year-old man stuck in an endless loop of waking up and thinking he has a routine dental appointment. By: PTI | London | Published:July 16, 2015 7:53 am. In a 'never-before-seen case' reminiscent of the film Momento, a man in ...
Trip to dentist leaves man with 90-min memory   Times of India
Rutine Dentist Visit Leaves Man With 90 Minutes Memory   Prensa Latina
Routine Dentist Visit Leaves Man With 90-Minute Memory, Baffles Doctors   ABC News
TheBlaze.com   
all 46 news articles »   


Yorkshire Post
   
Yorkshire RHS expert talks of Giant Hogweed dangers   
Yorkshire Post
Giant Hogweed has been in the news recently after two boys ended up in hospital. But is it on the increase and how do you treat it? Chris Bond reports. IT sounds like something straight out of Harry Potter, and with its distinctive white flowers it can ...
Giant Hogweed warning: What to do if you come into contact   Hebdenbridge Today

all 134 news articles »   


BBC News
   
Mental health patients sent 'hundreds of miles' for care   
BBC News
The number of mental health patients in England who had to travel away from their local area to get care has risen by almost a quarter over the past year, figures seen by the BBC suggest. Some patients have been sent hundreds of miles for treatment ...

Mental health patients sent hundreds of miles for beds as out of area ...   Communitycare.co.uk
Crisp: Delayed discharge causing mental health bed shortage   HealthInvestor
Cuts in acute psychiatric care may have gone too far, inquiry finds   The Guardian
Quad City Times   
all 9 news articles »   


BT.com
   
UPDATE: Plans unveiled for minimum alcohol price   
South Wales Argus
PLANS for a new law to prevent alcohol being sold for less than 50p per unit have been published by the Welsh Government. Research commissioned by Welsh Government in December, 2014 revealed that a minimum unit price could save 50 lives a year, ...

Proposed minimum alcohol price law is published   BBC News
Wales sets out alcohol price plan   The Drinks Business
New plans for a 50p minimum price for a unit alcohol in Wales are unveiled ...   WalesOnline
The Grocer   
Daily Post North Wales   
The Spirits Business   
all 14 news articles »   


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 ...
Flesh-eating bug 'kills one-in-four of people it infects in UK'   Telegraph.co.uk
Scientists find new streptococcus variant causing severe infections   European Pharmaceutical Review
Scientists Find New Variant of Streptococcal Bacteria   Infection Control Today
News-Medical.net   
Sci-News.com   
Medical Xpress   
all 15 news articles »   


The Pharmaceutical Journal
   
Report highlights extent of inappropriate prescribing in adults with learning ...   
The Pharmaceutical Journal
With rates of heroin addiction stubbornly high, there is still debate about how best to treat those hooked on the drug. Learning · CPD article · Learning article · ONtrack - Pharmacy revision for preregistration trainees · FastTrack - revision for ...
People with learning difficulties 'over medicated'   WebMD.Boots.com
NHS England considering patient safety alert over learning disability patients ...   Pulse
Doctors prescribe and administer wrong medication to vulnerable people   Daily Mail
Today's GP (press release)   
Telegraph.co.uk   
BBC News   
all 21 news articles »   


OnMedica
   
Standardised mortality ratio should not be used as an indicator of avoidable ...   
OnMedica
Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) for hospitals do not provide an accurate picture of how many deaths could have been avoided, according to a study* by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London ...

The death of death rates? Academics question using mortality rates as a ...   HealthCanal.com
Blog: Standardized mortality ratios may be a bad measure of hospital quality   ModernHealthcare.com (blog)
750 avoidable deaths a month in NHS hospitals, study finds   The Guardian
Oxford Mail   
all 28 news articles »   

沒有留言:

張貼留言