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“Only six of the 21 trusts adhering to best practice in areas such as the prescribing of drugs substitutes and counselling.”
“good progress had been made since the survey was carried out in 2007.”
“good progress has been made since this survey in 2007.”
“About 2,000 people responded to the NHS consultation, with 700 completing a questionnaire which mainly backed the project.”
“It is estimated that one in seven Zambian adults have the virus”
“yet only around 15% have gone for voluntary counselling and testing (VCT)”
“She explains that HIV can be in the bloodstream for three months before being detected”
“which means a comprehensive plan would involve testing the entire population every 12 weeks”
“It was a stray remark by the minister of health at a HIV conference late in 2008 that started it.”
“The Scottish study of more than 11,000 adults backs previous research linking gum disease with heart problems.”
“Six out of 10 people said they visited the dentist every six months and seven out 10 reported brushing their teeth twice a day.”
“Over the eight-year study there were 555 "cardiovascular events" such as heart attacks, 170 of which were fatal.”
“Taking into account factors that affect heart disease risk, such as social class, obesity, smoking and family history, the researchers found those with the worst oral hygiene had a 70% increased chance of developing the condition compared …”
“the researchers found those with the worst oral hygiene had a 70% increased chance of developing the condition compared with those who brush their teeth twice a day.”
“Overall, six out of 10 people said they visited the dentist every six months”
“seven out 10 reported brushing their teeth twice a day.”
“A trial in 127 addicts who had persistently failed to quit the drug showed a significant drop in use of 'street' heroin after six months.”
“Those who took part in the trial had been using the drug for an average of 17 years and had been in treatment for 10 years.”
“Improvements were seen within six weeks of starting the programme, they reported.”
“the benefits remained after two years and some patients were able to stop use of the drug altogether.”
“The un-drugged snails would generally forget the task 24 hours after training. But methamphetamine-treated snails would retain the memory for longer.”
“The researchers found that if the snails were exposed to a low concentration of methamphetamine before the breathing task, this 'primed them' to form a more persistent memory of it.”
“Professor Kenneth Lukowiak from the University of Calgary in Canada had previously identified the one critical cell, or neuron, in the brain of these snails that is crucial to learning and remembering how to regulate their breathing.”
“This cell releases a signalling chemical called dopamine; a chemical that, in mammals, is involved in the brain circuitry associated with addiction.”
“By the end of that decade, the rise of Aids had led to increased government focus on prostitution.”
“They compared the costs of the proposed buildings against funding care in the private sector over 20 years.”
“For Fort William it would be £21.6m for building and running a new home compared with £13m for the same number of beds in an independent home.”
“In Grantown-on-Spey it would be £21.5m against £13m”
“in Inverness £25m compared with £16.7m”
“for Muir of Ord £17.3m against £12.1m”
“and in Tain £23.2m compared with £13.8m”
“Elyas's father, Nasserulddin Musettold, told the inquest his son had been vomiting for 36 hours when he dialled 999 at 1500 BST on 8 October 2008, and an ambulance took him to Heartlands Hospital.”
“his son had been vomiting for 36 hours when he dialled 999 at 1500 BST on 8 October 2008”
“left for six hours without treatment”
“vomiting for 36 hours”
“died in October 2008”
“died at Heartlands Hospital in October 2008”
“in the previous July”
“dialled 999 at 1500 BST on 8 October 2008”
“At 9pm”
“John Sterling Smith, had the second-highest concentration of the substance experts had ever recorded, but the inquest at Brighton was told it was "unlikely" that it alone killed him.”
“Mr Smith died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his Hove home on 7 February.”
“He said this happened about an hour after Mr Smith had taken his last dose of mephedrone.”
“Following Dr Wright's advice Brighton and Hove assistant deputy coroner, Dr Karen Henderson, changed Mr Smith's recorded cause of death from mephedrone poisoning to mephedrone poisoning in the presence of coronary artery disease.”
“The chairman of a health trust which overspent by £12.8m has stepped down.”
“Earlier this month, NHS Peterborough said it needed to save £20m between 2010 and 2011 by ensuring services were 'more co-ordinated and efficient'.”
“He died in hospital six days later.”
“The assembly government has invested £800,000 for the first year”
“the full cost is over £1.6m”
“Patients with fertility problems were given the right to a second course of treatment from April this year”
“Previously, women in Wales had access to one cycle of treatment”
“the assembly government confirmed £800,000 would be made available from 2010/11 to help fund the second IVF cycle but the total cost is £1.67m”
“The assembly government said it had provided sufficient resources to fully fund two cycles of IVF treatment”
“The money is properly resourced and budgeted from various sources including the £0.8m funding from the Welsh Assembly Government”
“Over time we would like to meet the NICE recommendation of providing three cycles of IVF on the NHS,”
“The assembly government has invested £800,000 for the first year but the full cost is over £1.6m”
“He said: "The assembly government confirmed £800,000 would be made available from 2010/11 to help fund the second IVF cycle but the total cost is £1.67m."”
“Patients with fertility problems were given the right to a second course of treatment from April this year.”
“Previously, women in Wales had access to one cycle of treatment.”
“The money is properly resourced and budgeted from various sources including the £0.8m funding from the Welsh Assembly Government, as well as from NHS specialist services budgets.”
“"Over time we would like to meet the NICE recommendation of providing three cycles of IVF on the NHS," added the spokesman.”
“He recorded verdicts of accidental death for 16-month-old Lillian Bagnall-Lambe, from Stafford, and three-year-old Harrison Joyce from Lichfield.”
“The children died in two separate incidents within five days of each other in February.”
“The teacher of more than 20 years remained full of remorse for the attack, which left the boy with a fractured skull and limited hearing in his right ear.”
“His wife and two school age children, all with their own health problems, have had their world turned upside down.”
“but this was not diagnosed until six months after when they were untreatable.”
“fracturing his arm in 1980”
“underwent surgery on 11 October 2004”
“they admitted in October 2009 there had been a delay in diagnosing the fractures.”
“I have a little food in the house and my medication will run out on Saturday.”
“Victoria Pickup, 25, of Kirkpatrick Durham”
“took ill after returning from a skiing holiday in 2007.”
“Ms Pickup died in Dumfries Infirmary in February 2007 from a rare form of pneumonia.”
“a day after being seen by a doctor.”
“not enough people are volunteering to be tested in a country were 15% of adults are thought to be HIV positive”
“Mr Kingaipe and Mr Chookole were given medical tests in 2001 that they believed were routine check-ups”
“We live a life in the US where childhood obesity is at epidemic level.”
“in 2002”
“Her life support was withdrawn three days later.”
“Nabiha was transferred to a specialist unit in Chelmsford but died on 25 July.”
“which cost £250,000.”
“Jay was diagnosed in February”
“The NHS funds specialised treatment for about 10,000 patients a year like Jay.”
“The cost of the treatments by the National Specialised Commissioning Group is about £480m.”
“the longest 27 hours”
“the last three months”
“In England, prescription charges for cancer patients have already been dropped.”
“Prof Gilmore estimated the move would cost £430m a year.”
“But he proposed phasing in the changes over a three-year period, to help spread the cost.”
“His review concluded that the cost of the annual prescription pre‑payment certificate, which patients with chronic conditions can buy to help them manage the cost of prescriptions, should slowly be reduced.”
“In a report first presented to ministers in November 2009, he said patients should be exempt if they have a long-term health condition that will persist for a period of at least six months.”
“It means the three-year exemption would include people with common conditions, such as asthma, arthritis and high blood pressure, and eligibility would be determined by doctors.”
“"People with long-term conditions, such as arthritis, asthma, depression, heart disease, motor neurone disease, Parkinson's and spina bifida will obviously be very disappointed to hear that a timetable to abolish prescription charges has n…”
“"It's vital that heart patients continue to take prescribed medication to keep them healthy."”
“"He added that charges should be abolished in England."”
“The number of assaults on NHS staff in Dumfries and Galloway has increased by 35% over the past two years.”
“there were 313 recorded incidents in 2009 compared with 232 in 2007”
“Prof Burn said he established with 99% certainty that the organ was not Mr Rochester's”
“Christopher Rochester bled to death after being left unattended for three hours on a hospital trolley.”
“Prof Burn said he established with 99% certainty that the organ was not Mr Rochester's by comparing it with DNA material taken from a biopsy he underwent before he died.”
