8,331 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 64 of 84.
“At no stage in any of the look-back exercises undertaken in the last few years in the United Kingdom has there been any cases of transmission of HIV to a patient... He said there had only ever been three reported cases of this happening in…”
“Kevin Freeman said he needed a stick as walking more than 18 yards caused severe discomfort but was caught on camera running and doing keepy-upies.”
“He was awarded Higher Rate Mobility and Lower Rate Care which meant his disability must be severe enough that he was unable or virtually unable to walk without severe discomfort, or at risk of endangering his life, or have no feet or legs,…”
“A new medical assessment will also be introduced from 2013 for people claiming the Disability Living Allowance (DLA).”
“The 2.9 million disabled people who receive DLA will be alarmed by these changes”
“The worker, 53, was pulled into a metal shaping machine on 2 January 2008, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.”
“He lost a finger, broke 12 ribs, and cracked his breast bone, the HSE said.”
“One of ADA's employees suffered devastating injuries and is still unable to return to work, more than two years after he was trapped in the machine.”
“The inquest heard that Bombardier Hopson suffered 'unsurvivable' head, leg and chest injuries as a result of the blast”
“The inquest heard that Bombardier Hopson suffered 'unsurvivable' head, leg and chest injuries as a result of the blast and would have been unconscious from the point of the explosion.”
“79-year-old man”
“Three hospital trusts have written to 519 people to offer 'precautionary testing'.”
“Some 519 patients are expected to receive letters today informing them that a healthcare worker who has been involved in their care has the HIV infection.”
“Letters have been sent to 371 patients in Hull and East Yorkshire, 47 in Scarborough and North East Yorkshire and 101 in York.”
“More than 500 hospital patients in Yorkshire are being offered HIV tests after it emerged a healthcare worker who treated them had the virus.”
“Three hospital trusts have written to 519 people to offer "precautionary testing".”
“England World Cup face paints sold at BP stores across the UK are being withdrawn after four boys from the same family needed medical treatment.”
“The two sets of brothers, aged five to 11, suffered skin irritation, swollen eyes and breathing difficulties about an hour after applying the paints.”
“A sample of the paints have now been sent for analysis and are being investigated by trading standards for potential health risks.”
“Other cuts included the freezing of child benefit which is paid to all families, regardless of income, and the axing of the health in pregnancy grant.”
“The publicly-owned body claimed water quality was at an all-time high with 99.83% of samples meeting standards.”
“An appeal has got under way to raise £45,000 for a high dependency unit (HDU) for children at the East Surrey Hospital in Redhill.”
“The appeal for the new unit, which will be attached to Outwood Ward at the East Surrey, was launched last week by the Mayor of Reigate and Banstead Borough Council, David Pay.”
“It is proven too, that children get better faster if they do not have to travel for the care.”
“George Walker, 65, of Blackley, Manchester, suffered a heart attack in Johannesburg, South Africa, a week before the tournament started.”
“At least 30 people were reported to have been injured in the latest unrest.”
“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.”
