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“But research to be presented by Jonathan Ives and Heather Draper of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics at Birmingham University will question this mantra”
“"It's a good and positive step to promote male involvement, and we are not seeking to undermine that," says Dr Ives. "But we are getting to a point where society has to ask if we are going about this the right way. It's time for debate."”
“the number of temporary doctors had surged in the past decade from 3,700 to 8,200”
“Scottish hospitals could save £6m a year by using fewer agency doctors”
“commission paid to private agencies, which charge an average of 23% and sometimes more than 30%”
“NHS in Scotland could save almost 15% of the money it spent on temporary doctors through better planning”
“A total of 549 general surgeons responded to the online questionnaire - about one in four members of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland.”
“About one in five of the nearly 600 surgeons questioned by Bournemouth University reported being involved in incidents, during a two-week period, where patients were harmed.”
“Of these 40% said they had been involved in an untoward event where a patient was nearly harmed, and a further 19% where there was actual harm, during the two-week period covered by the survey.”
“The authors of the paper, published in the Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons, estimate that the problems arose in about 3% of operations.”
“Nearly 600 surgeons responded to the questionnaire.”
“The development of a medical records database for 50m patients in England is a central plank of the £12bn upgrade of the NHS's IT systems.”
“To date, just 1.2m patients have had their records uploaded although 30m have received letters informing them about the system.”
“This may even lead to the programme going over the £200m budget, the BBC understands.”
“Patients are allowed to stop their records being uploaded, but less than 1% of those who were written to have done this.”
“Mrs Witchalls, who was 10 weeks pregnant with Dominic during the attack, was given the last rites before her condition improved.”
“She has a full head of hair, is breastfeeding well and weighs in at 7lb 12oz.”
“Wales' largest employer, the NHS, has been warned by assembly ministers it has to reduce its budget more than £1bn over the next three years.”
“She used to spent £90 a year on prescription medicines, which can be up to 30 tablets per day and said that going back to paying for prescriptions would not be fair.”
“Nurses make up the largest part of the more than 90,000 staff in the health service in Wales.”
“An estimated 2,000 girls in the city are at risk.”
“About 90% of Somali mothers I see have a form of female [genital] mutilation - some of them think the minor type is acceptable but the practice is illegal and very painful.”
“Eighty per cent of elderly people get depression”
“A survey suggested of the thousands they helped last year, 87% often lived on one meal a day.”
“With a blood alcohol level between my proposed new limit of 50mg per 100ml and the current 80mg per 100ml limit, a driver has a six times greater risk of road death than a non-drinking driver.”
“Sir Peter North said reducing it from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg would save hundreds of lives.”
“Based on new research by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), Sir Peter said that as many as 168 lives - about 7% of UK road deaths - could be saved by a reduced drink-drive limit in the first year. This could r…”
“Drink and drug-driving is a significant factor in the unnecessary death of many hundreds of people a year, while thousands more suffer serious injury.”
“Mr Fitzgerald said that about 8% of elderly people experience abuse.”
“The BBC's Panorama programme learnt the youngster was well known to Kirklees social services and had been put on the "at-risk" register years before she disappeared.”
“The programme claimed she was later removed from the register because she was not considered to be at risk of significant harm.”
“Matthews' cousin Vicky Saunders, who contacted the authority on two separate occasions, said: "To me I feel let down with it."”
“A toxicologist confirmed there had been alcohol in her system, plus the tranquilizer valium and methadone, a substance often prescribed as a substitute for heroin.”
“A 32-year-old man is in a critical condition, two others have serious injuries and three have lesser wounds”
“An investigation into the deaths of six patients at the former Harbourne unit in Totnes found poor care did not cause their deaths.”
“a ward for up to 10 people with mental health needs including dementia”
“looking specifically at the care of six people who died between October 2007 and November 2008”
“the Healthcare Commission, which conducted inspections of the unit in December 2008”
“The Care Quality Commission (CQC), which took over from Healthcare Commission in 2009”
“The unit was permanently closed in July 2009.”
“The trust has started a £4.6m investment programme to improve and maintain the safety of older people's units.”
“The CQC is working on a follow-up review to establish if the trust is meeting new standards which came into force this year.”
“Nearly £1m in funding to provide new mobile breast screening units is being announced by the first minister. The investment will replace the seven vehicles in Breast Test Wales' ageing fleet...”
“Public Health Wales has already provided funding to replace three other mobile units this year.”
“More than 100,000 women are screened for breast cancer a year in Wales...”
“...with half of cases detected by screening.”
“The units, which cost £980,000, are expected to be operational by January 2011.”
“Drinking water quality now meets 99% of European standards less than a percent lower than England and Wales.”
“She looks after six Aids orphans in her own home and she highlights the good work of the Kenya Medical Research Institute (also known as Kemri) which conducts research and provides treatment and prevention advice to people with the virus.”
“Birmingham's new £545m hospital”
“has 1,213 beds”
“30 operating theatres”
“for 18 months”
“more than 20 ambulances”
“in November”
“in January next year”
“October 2011”
“100-bed critical care unit”
“36 beds”
“44%”
“3,800 car parking spaces”
“more than 100 years ago”
“built in 1937”
“since 1911”
“started work from 0200 BST”
“Birmingham's new £545m hospital has started taking some of its first patients.”
“The A&E department at the new Queen Elizabeth (QE) Hospital in Edgbaston started work from 0200 BST.”
“The new complex has 1,213 beds - about the same as the combined capacity of the old hospitals - and 30 operating theatres.”
“The new complex has 1,213 beds - about the same as the combined capacity of the old hospitals - and 30 operating theatres. The hospital replaces Selly Oak and the old Queen Elizabeth Hospital, which was Birmingham's last purpose-built acut…”
“The new hospital will have a 100-bed critical care unit - the largest in Europe - and the largest single floor critical care unit in the world.”
“Just under half of the beds - 44% - will be in single rooms and the rest in four-bed rooms, all with full en-suite facilities.”
“Chief operating officer Kevin Bulger said planning for the A&E move had been taking place for 18 months.”
“Overnight, at any one time, there were due to be more than 20 ambulances ferrying people in a steady stream between Selly Oak and the new hospital.”
“The second stage of the move will take place in November for all inpatient beds from the QE and therapies, followed by the cardiology department in January next year.”
“The final stage of the move will happen in October 2011.”
“As well as 3,800 car parking spaces, the hospital will even have its own mini-ring road to improve access and reduce traffic on local roads.”
“It is expected that the Selly Oak site, which has been a hospital since 1911, will eventually be sold for development.”
“Nottinghamshire County Council, external has pushed on with its plans to sell 13 care homes, despite public criticism.”
“Oil has been spewing into the Gulf of Mexico since a drilling rig leased by BP exploded on 20 April. The explosion killed 11 workers, and the rig sank two days later.”
“Apart from Scarborough, there was no contractual provision of mental health support.”
“The six children, who received radiotherapy in Bristol, teamed up with the animation house Aardman for the production called One of a Kind!”
“She said: 'When I went into the hospital there wasn't really anything for children, just cold black and white leaflets which were quite technical. This is quite simple and nice, from children to children.' Cameron Short, 11, from Shirehamp…”
“Cameron Short, 11, from Shirehampton near Bristol, had radiotherapy to treat a brain tumour.”
“The film will be shown in the hospitals that supported the project - in Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leeds, Oxford and Southampton - and will also be made available to all hospitals in Britain.”
“The film, which was funded by various charities, was directed by Emma Lazenby...”
“one of 11 paediatric heart units being assessed”
“More than 1,000 people have joined a Facebook group calling for the Oxford unit to be saved”
“started the group in April”
“Reece fractured his skull in the accident and underwent surgery A 12-year-old boy has fractured his skull after falling off a spinning seesaw in a Huddersfield park as he played with friends. Reece Geisler needed 30 stitches and had a bloo…”
“Reece was taken to Leeds General Infirmary after the accident on 6 May.”
“He had metal plates inserted in his head and underwent three-and-a-half hours of surgery.”
“Alastair Harvie remains in the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow where he is being treated fior serious head injuries.”
“Noel Godfrey has been in charge of the facility since 1998, but has seen his work-load increase dramatically since the start of the Second Gulf War in 2003.”
“Eleven per cent of Britain's armed forces are recruited in Wales”
“At any one time there are up to 20 men and women on residential placements and over 100 out-patients”
“When the centre opened he was the only full-time staff member, but today his team includes eight physiotherapists and two consultant doctors.”
“Mr Godfrey, himself a former soldier, has spent 40 years working in physical training and rehabilitation.”
“Recent research from the mental health charity Mind revealed that 22% of people develop depression in the course of their careers.”
“the four-month-old, known as Child A in 2009.”
“two months after the family moved from Reading to Wokingham.”
