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“A total of 18 patients died at Vale of Leven Hospital”
“He died in hospital 11 days later on 8 February 2007.”
“discovered high levels of legionella bacteria in the unit's hot and cold water system.”
“An x-ray revealed that 29 shotgun pellets remain embedded in his back and he said doctors have yet to decide whether to remove them.”
“A court heard that the 10-week-old child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, almost died.”
“Doctors found "a huge quantity" of the drug, given to addicts to wean them off heroin, in the baby's urine.”
“He said methadone presented a high risk to children because it tasted sweet. As little as half a teaspoonful could prove fatal.”
“Ms Jack said: "Professor Braithwaite is of the opinion that without prompt medical intervention the baby would have died"”
“The child suffered fits on the way to the city's Royal Hospital for Sick Children and was kept in intensive care, gradually improving over the next 36 hours.”
“The foundation set up by Bill and Melinda Gates will devote an extra £1bn to the issue over five years.”
“But the organisers of this meeting say a further £8bn is needed every year to achieve international targets.”
“Complications from pregnancy or childbirth kill 350,000 women around the world every year.”
“Last week, Mr Cameron announced a new £5m fund that will enable NHS staff to share their skills with health professionals from developing countries.”
“The St Mary's Haven Day Centre in Penzance shut in February, with the trustees blaming financial pressures.”
“An ambulance was scrambled to meet him but to everyone's amazement he walked off the helicopter to go and receive his stitches.”
“five-stone (31.7kg) weight”
“A vet confirmed it was more than 10kgs (22lb) heavier than its ideal weight”
“She was two stone overweight, in total she was double her [ideal] body weight," said Ms Bowyer.”
“She's actually nine years old but you'd think she was nine months," Ms Bowyer added.”
“She was two stone overweight, in total she was double her [ideal] body weight”
“She's fantastic. She's actually nine years old but you'd think she was nine months”
“on average women with advanced cancer that had spread or returned lived 25% longer if they were given the new chemotherapy agent.”
“Of 762 women studied, average survival rose from 10.7 months to 13.1 months.”
“Hospitals will face financial penalties if patients are readmitted as an emergency within 30 days of being discharged, under government plans.”
“Between 1998-99 and 2007-08, the number of emergency readmissions in England rose from 359,719 to 546,354.”
“Readmissions as a percentage of all patient discharges went up marginally, from 8% in 1998-99 to 10.5% in 2007-08.”
“Over the last ten years emergency readmissions have increased by 50 percent. Not, it seems, primarily because patients were more frail, but because hospitals have been incentivised to cut lengths of stay and send patients home sooner - pro…”
“Under the new plans hospitals would receive funding for the first hospital stay plus treatment for the patient's first 30 days after discharge.”
“I am also very worried that the Health Secretary has today opened the door to waiting times getting longer again for the first time in a decade.”
“The principle of offering this, as long as we don't have hospitals getting in the way of GP care, is a perfectly sensible one and certainly one we see in other countries.”
“This could result in patients being kept in hospital longer than necessary, when it might be better for them to be at home.”
“We welcome a much greater emphasis on the patient experience and a focus on patient needs and helping patients play a bigger role in shaping their health service.”
“Early trial results show the drug can reduce the chances of dying by a quarter.”
“In trials, 15% of women were alive and had no progression of their cancer 12 months after taking the drug compared with only 5% of those on a placebo.”
“The study involved 670 men and women with advanced non-small cell lung cancer”
“of whom more than half were over the age of 77.”
“almost half of the 39,750 lung cancer patients in the UK fall into the category of being too ill for chemotherapy.”
“The drug is licensed in the UK to be used as a second-line treatment after chemotherapy.”
“A GM potato variety was recently cleared by the EU to go on sale for use as a source of starch and for animal feed but it was banned from the human food chain.”
“Although genetically modified crops are not allowed to enter the human food chain in the European Union some products benefit from the technology.”
“No cause of death was given but Mr Isley had had diabetes for more than 20 years and lost his legs because of the condition.”
“Children in Wales have been told they will be able to swim and use leisure centre activities free for two hours at weekends all year round.”
“But the changes to the scheme will mean fewer free swimming hours during the summer holidays.”
“since free swimming for children in the summer holidays has been introduced in Wales in 2004”
“The new agreement with local authorities would help deliver the assembly government's aim of every child learning to swim by the age of 11”
“Allopurinol has been available for the last 40 years to treat gout”
“The Dundee University study involving 65 angina patients found those on allopurinol could exercise for longer without getting chest pain.”
“Angina affects about two million people in the UK”
“one in three patients with chronic stable angina having an angina "attack" at least once a week”
“In their small study, those who received allopurinol treatment as opposed to a placebo were able to walk for 25% longer before they complained of chest pain.”
“Allopurinol has been used to treat gout for decades, so we know it's safe and it's relatively cheap.”
“the chance of success for an unrelated donor is only about 15%”
“the chances with a sibling (match) rise to about 85%”
“the chances of a match are 25%”
“over 80% had serious mental disorders”
“Jenny Legg, from Long Eaton, Derbyshire, was 14 when she died from a heart attack caused by arrhythmia.”
“Her sister Nicky, now 21, nearly died from the same problem in the same year, now uses a pacemaker.”
“Cardiac arrhythmia, when the heart beats too fast or too slow, affects more than two million people in the UK.”
“The family believes routine electrocardiogram testing could save hundreds of lives every year.”
“last week”
“unannounced visits to 77 contractors on 39 sites from Teesside to Northumberland by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inspectors.”
“Concerns about working at height led to nine prohibition notices, which effectively stopped work.”
“Improvement notices were issued at a further nine sites.”
“The Department of Health is to invest an additional £1m each year in psychological therapies”
“The £4.4m will pay for counselling or talk therapies with professional psychiatrists.”
“The 2009 mental health services review recommended an annual spend of £7m.”
“The Department of Health is to invest an additional £1m each year in psychological therapies - over £2m short of the recommended sum.”
“Through the Bamford Committee, looking at psychological therapies, we were offered £7m”
“Today, it was announced we would only be getting an extra £1m.”
“Marshall had his hands and lower legs amputated after he contracted meningitis on Boxing Day 2008.”
“He had an operation in May to trim down the bone in his right leg amid fears it would break through the skin on his stump.”
“On 1 June he was taken to hospital amid fears that the leg had become infected.”
“Marshall was given a general anaesthetic at Frenchay to allow surgeons to remove the stitches from his recent operation and to treat the leg which they confirmed had become infected.”
“Guernsey's health department aims to employ a finance professional to help it meet its budget commitments. The Health and Social Services Department took the action after being criticised for overspending in 2009.”
“Mark Cooke, chief executive of HSSD, said there were significant financial challenges in resolving the situation over the next six months.”
“Mr Cooke, who took up his role in February said he hoped to quickly recruit a senior finance professional...”
“Some of the non-finance jobs currently undertaken by the finance staff have been "temporarily transferred" to other staff to stop them being a distraction.”
“Fuel poverty in the North is estimated to be at 40%”
“compared with the 2006 levels in England of 12%”
“23% in Scotland”
“21% in Wales”
“The unconscious victim was taken to hospital suffering from a number of injuries including two stab wounds.”
“Both girls suffered arm injuries and one is thought to have facial injuries.”
“The twins were taken to the Royal London Hospital, in east London, but one of them was later transferred to Great Ormond Street Hospital in central London, for further treatment.”
“Both are said to remain in a 'serious but stable condition'.”
“According to Avert, an Aids charity based in Horsham, West Sussex, an estimated 5.7 million people were living with HIV and Aids in South Africa in 2009 - a higher number than in any other country.”
“The London-based Terrence Higgins Trust surveyed 454 British 18 to 34 year olds”
“and found one in ten admitted drinking so much alcohol while watching sporting events that they could not remember what they did afterwards.”
“He was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary where his condition is described as serious.”
“Not only will it save staff time, it will allow them to access a wealth of information which for the first time will be available online in the same place.”
“Gabrielle died in hospital three days after being rescued from the submerged vehicle.”
“Gabrielle, who was trapped under water for more than an hour, was airlifted to hospital on 11 February after being rescued from the car by police divers.”
“Crosfield House in Rhayader, Powys, is home to about 50 elderly ex-servicemen and others, and employs up to 90 staff.”
“Twelve schoolchildren have been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a coach careered on to a roundabout near Folkestone.”
“Eight pupils were treated at the William Harvey Hospital in Ashford and four at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital in Margate.”
“Four adults were also treated in hospital.”
“All have since been discharged apart from one boy who is being kept in hospital for observation.”
“About one percent of IVF pregnancies are aborted every year, figures collected by the fertility watchdog show. The exact reasons for the terminations - which amount to an average of about 80 a year - are unclear...”
“In that year there were 65 terminations in 6,723 pregnancies.”
“The 18-34 age group saw the highest number of abortions, with 23 terminations...”
