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“The heart centre in Southampton is one of 11 nationwide More than 130 parents have attended a public meeting as part of a NHS review into the future of a heart surgery unit in Hampshire. A national review could see some of the 11 centres t…”
“More than 130 parents have attended a public meeting as part of a NHS review into the future of a heart surgery unit in Hampshire.”
“The Southampton General Hospital unit carries out 400 procedures a year.”
“Ms Prior said her son, who has a missing left ventricle muscle, had undergone 10 procedures which involved a general anaesthetic, including four heart operations.”
“The outcome of the study by the NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group is expected to publish its recommendations early next year.”
“The sickness figures have "increased significantly" since then.”
“Stress, depression and mental health issues made up 38.6% of absences in the affordable home division, and 58.3% in customer and community services.”
“The sickness figures over the third and fourth quarters have increased significantly.”
“Earlier this year SBC banned biscuits from its meetings on health grounds.”
“The Public Health Agency are contacting about 270 people who have been in contact with a health are worker who been diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB).”
“over 40 will be offered TB screening as a precaution”
“There are around 70 cases in NI each year”
“Ivor Pope, 75, suffered two cardiac arrests in two years while swimming at the Link Centre in Swindon.”
“He was undertaking a 2.5 mile (4km) swim the first time it happened, in January 2008.”
“Following a six-week rehabilitation course at the Link Centre, Mr Pope began swimming again.”
“But he suffered a second cardiac arrest in December 2009.”
“A woman in her 40s and a man in his late 30s are in a critical condition in hospital.”
“The report says almost 3% of adults are addicted to heroin or opium, twice as many as five years ago.”
“The report said the number of regular opium users since 2005 has increased by 53%, while the number of heroin users has risen by 140%.”
“It said about a million Afghans - 8% of the population - now abuse drugs including opiates, cannabis and tranquilisers.”
“From 2013 the large number of Disability Living Allowance claimants in Northern Ireland will face a medical assessment.”
“mapping almost 2,000 connections in all.”
“Researchers used advanced technology to identify hundreds of different proteins”
“Medicines could work better if they targeted networks of proteins rather than sole proteins associated with particular illnesses.”
“The research, which was published in the journal Science, was carried out in collaboration with Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario, and the Universities of Michigan and Toronto.”
“Figures show that eight in 10 women in England start off breastfeeding but only one in five is still breastfeeding when their baby is six months old.”
“In a survey of 3,000 mothers, four in 10 struggled to get to grips with breastfeeding their newborn.”
“40,000 of the 150,000 annual deaths are 'eminently preventable'”
“would save the NHS more than £1bn”
“We're only calling for a 6% reduction each year”
“The amount of salt in bread has already gone down by 40% in the past five years”
“there has been a reduction in cardiovascular deaths of about 50% over the last 15 years”
“more than four million people at risk in this country”
“Experts who worked on the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines say 40,000 of the 150,000 annual deaths are "eminently preventable".”
“They believe that reducing salt and saturated fats, as well as banning trans-fats, would save the NHS more than £1bn.”
“The amount of salt in bread has already gone down by 40% in the past five years, thanks to a voluntary agreement with industry.”
“Cardiovascular disease, which comprises heart disease and stroke, is the biggest cause of death in the UK.”
“There has been a reduction in cardiovascular deaths of about 50% over the last 15 years through better prevention and better treatment.”
“The targets on salt might seem quite challenging - but we're only calling for a 6% reduction each year.”
“But the Scottish government has already warned the 20% VAT rate would cost health boards an extra £23m a year.”
“Of those asked 43% said those patients got a poorer standard of healthcare than the rest of the population.”
“Charity Mencap polled 1,084 doctors and nurses around the UK.”
“It also found that 47% of those questioned had seen a patient being treated with neglect, lack of dignity or receiving poor quality care.”
“Health remains one of the three priorities for the government's learning disability strategy.”
“A post-mortem examination found he died from a single stab wound to his right lung, police said.”
“Sandy Russell, from Wolverhampton, who weighs 32 stone,”
“The research involves sequencing all 22,000 genes found in the human genome in 10,000 patients.”
“10 years after the first human genome sequence was published.”
“Although genes represent only about 1% of the entire genome”
“The research project is funded by the National Institute for Health Research, external which awarded £6m over four years.”
“The Sanger Institute can now sequence an entire genome in 13 hours.”
“It has announced the completion of three pilot projects and that work has begun on building a public database containing information from the genomes of 2,500 people from 27 populations around the world.”
“Ten years ago this week, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair held simultaneous press conferences in the White House and Downing Street to announce the first draft human genome had been completed.”
“It took 13 years to completely sequence the first human genome.”
“over the next 10 years”
“Standish hospital near Stroud closed in 2004”
“It is hoped the first phase of building will begin in September 2011.”
“Prospective developers are being invited to a meeting with Gloucestershire NHS and the New Standish Community Group on Thursday”
“The Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre at Newcastle's Freeman Hospital treats patients on clinical trials of new cancer drugs.”
“Mitchell, who has been suspended by the General Medical Council, was assessed as posing a high risk of re-offending and causing serious harm, particularly to girls.”
“The heart centre in Southampton is one of 11 across the country”
“The NHS National Specialised Commissioning Group will advise which of the 11 centres should stop doing surgery or which should be expanded”
“The results of the study are expected to be published later this year”
“The centre at Southampton General Hospital currently carries out about 350 surgical procedures each year”
“Mr Fiddes said: "The litigation has been a strain and I can now return to normal life."”
“My prime concern is to care for my mother who has terminal cancer.”
“She threw herself gamely into the BBC's Sport Relief fund-raising effort, waterskiing across the Channel earlier this year, despite being a weak swimmer and admitting to a fear of water.”
“Mr Turk said the early look showed the presence of "data that are normally covered by... banking and medical privacy rules".”
“The £460m hospital was to have replaced out-of-date buildings”
“Work had been due to start on the £460m project in Wynyard Park in 2012.”
“The "super hospital" was planned to replace out-dated hospital buildings at Stockton and Hartlepool.”
“It was also to have provided care closer to home for people in Hartlepool, Stockton and parts of Easington and Sedgefield.”
“Smoke Free North West said 60% of 14 to 17-year-olds who smoke regularly buy fake cigarettes.”
“The Mencap survey found almost half of doctors and a third of nurses from a poll of 1,084 think this is the case.”
“In 2007 the charity revealed that six patients had died unnecessarily in hospital.”
“Mencap's survey found that almost half of health care professionals have not been trained in how to make reasonable adjustments for patients which, according to the charity, can often mean the difference between life and death.”
“Mencap director, Maureen Piggott said there are nine specific actions that will make a difference.”
“But Mencap's survey found that almost half of health care professionals have not been trained in how to make reasonable adjustments for patients which, according to the charity, can often mean the difference between life and death.”
“A woman in her 40s and a man in his late 30s, who were rescued from the rubble, are being treated for serious multiple injuries, including burns.”
“Police confirmed two children, aged 10 and 13, were taken to hospital, although they were not injured.”
“A 48-year-old man has died in hospital after he collapsed while taking part in the London to Brighton bike ride.”
“Ambulance staff resuscitated Gary Allen after he collapsed going up Ditchling Beacon, outside Brighton, at 1340 BST on Sunday.”
“the BBC's Chris Hogg in Shanghai says that six of those rescued were badly burned and in a critical condition”
“The cost to NHS Highland in treating a type of hip fracture caused by people falling ran to more than £11m last year, it has been revealed.”
“The health board has estimated that 20,000 people in its area are hurt in falls each year - half of them aged 80 and over.”
“NHS Highland looked at the cost of treating 28 cases of neck of femur fractures, a type of hip injury, at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness each month last year.”
“It said the conservative estimate for the hospital care ran to £5.1m.”
“Once out of hospital, the cost of additional GP appointments, rehabilitation and social services support was about £6.2m.”
“To reduce the number of people being injured, NHS Highland, along with other public bodies, will carry out fall risk assessments of thousands of older people.”
“Falls among elderly people may be costing the NHS in England up to £4.6m a day, a charity has warned.”
“Age UK, which combines Age Concern and Help the Aged, says up to one in three people aged 65 and over fall each year.”
“Falls are a major cause of injury and death among the over 70s and account for more than 50% of hospital admissions for accidental injury.”
“The commonest injury amongst elderly people who fall is a hip fracture, with 60,000 elderly people experiencing the injury each year.”
“Age UK says evidence has shown if elderly people take part in exercise programmes specifically designed to improve strength and balance, the risk of falls can be cut by up to 55%.”
“But the charity says one in five older people admit they cannot remember the last time they did any exercise.”
“Despite costing the NHS £1.7 billion per year, the issue of people in later life falling over is all too often dismissed as an inevitable part of the ageing process.”
“The BBC has learned that a review commissioned by Mr Cameron is likely to suggest that GPs contact war veterans to assess whether they are suffering from mental health problems brought on by their military service.”
“Meanwhile, the BBC's Politics Show has learned that the review into the mental health of former service personnel may also recommend placing specially-trained psychiatric nurses in every mental health trust in the country.”
“The ongoing review, conducted by the Conservative MP Andrew Murrison, is examining how best to protect the mental health of Britain's serving troops and veterans.”
“The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations (Gavi) says it needs more than $4bn (£3bn) by 2015.”
