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“The foundation was set up by the prince in 1993 to "encourage the development of a 'whole person' approach to health".”
“The surgeon who treated the 11 surviving victims has revealed five were shot in the face”
“Charles Brett, clinical director of West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven, said six victims remain in hospital in the county. Two are in a serious but stable condition, while the others are described as 'comfortable'.”
“A seventh victim is being treated at a hospital in Newcastle, but their condition is not currently known.”
“A medical practice which lost the details of 8,000 patients, including their names and addresses, breached the Data Protection Act, says a watchdog.”
“It contained the details of some 8,000 patients, but there was no clinical information.”
“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick, which was not password protected either, said the ICO.”
“It is unnecessarily risky to download 8,000 personal details on to a memory stick.”
“This includes ensuring all mobile devices including laptops and memory sticks are encrypted, ensuring physical security measures are sufficient and making staff fully aware of the organisation's data security policy.”
“The health board has also reminded staff, including commissioners such as GP practices, pharmacists, dentists and opticians about the importance of patient data security and to reinforce the formal procedure for the safe transfer of patien…”
“The memory stick was reported lost in March after a member of staff at the surgery had, in contravention of practice policy, downloaded a database onto an unencrypted memory stick...”
“The health board has also reminded staff, including commissioners such as GP practices, pharmacists, dentists and opticians about the importance of patient data security...”
“The hospital asks for mothers of babies of six months and under to donate at least one litre of milk, which is then tested and pasteurised ready to be given to any baby in need.”
“Joanne Ferris, whose son Patrick was born 13 weeks premature, was one of several mothers on the unit to benefit from such donations.”
“I'll be eternally grateful to women, I don't know who they are, whose breast milk kept him alive for the first two weeks of his life.”
“five people died at psychiatric units in Sussex.”
“The Woodlands mental health ward was shut in October.”
“John Blair, 40, was found hanging at the Woodlands mental health ward on 19 October 2009.”
“He died three days later in the Conquest Hospital, Hastings.”
“Sgt Richard Bexhell, 49, was discovered hanged at the unit on 29 August 2009.”
“Susanna Anley, 35, died at the Woodlands unit in April 2008.”
“Michael Stevens, 53, from Lancing, died at Worthing Hospital after he was found hanged in his room at the Meadowfield unit in Worthing in September the same year.”
“On 8 March this year a 27-year-old man was found dead in the toilets of a public area of Millview Hospital in Hove.”
“The trust reiterated its 'deepest sympathies to the families of the people who died at Woodlands' and said it would publish its internal report once the inquests had taken place.”
“The Sussex Partnership NHS Trust, which manages the facilities where the five people died, has assisted us by providing the details required throughout the investigation and has been informed of the outcome today.”
“The Woodlands mental health ward was shut in October after John Blair, 40, and Sgt Richard Bexhell, 49, were found hanged less then two months apart.”
“No-one is to face criminal charges following a police investigation into the deaths of five people at psychiatric units in Sussex.”
“Sussex Police investigated their deaths and three others in units run by Sussex Partnership NHS Trust.”
“John Blair, 40, was found hanging at the Woodlands mental health ward on 19 October 2009. He died three days later in the Conquest Hospital, Hastings.”
“Susanna Anley, 35, died at the Woodlands unit in April 2008”
“About 4,500 people have joined internet campaigns against the proposals.”
“Stringent new checks on foreign doctors have been implemented in Cornwall. It follows the death of a man who was given an overdose of diamorphine by an out-of-hours German doctor.”
“Dr Daniel Ubani had been accepted for work by the Cornwall Primary Care Trust (PCT), although his English was not fluent. The PCT has apologised for failing to carry out adequate checks and said its language testing procedures now followed…”
“Dr Ubani's first application to work in the UK was rejected by the PCT in Leeds, West Yorkshire, after he failed a spoken English test”
“Despite approval, Dr Ubani never actually worked in Cornwall. His first shift for the NHS was in Cambridgeshire on 16 February 2008 for the out-of-hours GP service provider Take Care Now.”
“He injected Mr Gray with 10 times the normal amount of diamorphine and Mr Gray died a few hours later.”
“Cornwall's director of primary care, Antek Lejk, told BBC News the trust accepted its vetting procedures had not been "strong or rigorous" enough. He said it had relied too heavily on the fact that Dr Ubani's GMC registration had gone thro…”
“All applications from overseas doctors are now considered by a medical performance panel set up by the PCT. The panel, led by two senior officials, looks at all the necessary evidence to confirm doctors meet the necessary qualifications, …”
“Mr Lejk said the trust was confident it now had a "very tight system and doctors who were approved in the past have also been rechecked using the new guidelines.”
“These new processes should encourage a culture of lifelong learning amongst future candidates, and will contribute to a reduction in road deaths and injuries, particularly amongst newly-qualified drivers.”
“but one of the boys died soon after.”
“Mrs Lamb, who had fertility treatment, gave birth to the six babies, 14 weeks early.”
“Live births of sextuplets are rare, occurring approximately once in every 4.5 million pregnancies.”
“Doctors in Ankara, where some of the severely injured were taken, say they have been treating people for bullet wounds. Three people are in intensive care.”
“Charles Brett, clinical director of emergency care at West Cumberland Hospital, said five people treated there had gunshot wounds to the face.”
“In April, 70.5% of emergency responses across Wales resulted in an ambulance arriving within eight minutes.”
“It was the third successive month crews were above a 65% target for arriving at the scene within the limit.”
“Paramedics dealt with just over 26,500 emergency calls in April”
“up 3.2% compared with April 2009”
“the first time crews hit a 60% target response to emergency calls in all local authority areas”
“The 60% target was also achieved in all seven of the local health boards areas, compared to six in March 2010.”
“There will be exemptions for certain types of bags used to carry unpackaged food or pharmacy medicines”
“after three cases of botulism in the past year.”
“There have been only 11 confirmed cases of infant botulism in the past 30 years.”
“The three cases that have occurred in the past year have all had possible links to honey.”
“The most recent case involved a 15-week-old baby.”
“For around the first six months babies only need breast milk or infant formula”
“Two wards at Borders General Hospital have been closed to new admissions after an outbreak of norovirus, the diarrhoea and vomiting illness.”
“But visitors have been advised not go to the hospital if they have had symptoms within the past 48 hours.”
“40% of Welsh 15-year-olds drink alcohol on a weekly basis”
“20% having been drunk for the first time at 13 or under”
“the cost to the NHS in Wales of treating alcohol-related health problems currently stood at between £70-£85m a year”
“The technique is being tested at Glasgow Royal Infirmary where 150 patients are involved in trials.”
“Each robot costs £750,000, but the procedure could also cut recovery times to a matter of days, saving costs.”
“Mrs Walker expects to stay in hospital for just three days compared to eight days the last time.”
“Eventually recovery time is expected to come down to just 23 hours.”
“One of the problems with traditional techniques is that we rely on visual guides to ensure the accuracy of our surgery. That generally means making bigger incisions because if you can't see what you're doing you can't be sure if you're acc…”
“This will allow us to slowly reduce the size of our incision and that reduces pain and swelling post-operatively.”
“Eight of those are being treated at Whitehaven's West Cumberland Hospital and the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle. All are in a stable or comfortable condition, said the NHS.”
“The remaining three have been allowed to leave hospital.”
“He said: "He was shot twice by the perpetrator and these two girls were watching it and he looked straight at them and these kids were mute for the next two hours."”
“between £400 and £1,000”
“Researchers looked at 50,000 children from 20 countries.”
“The study looked at the habits of children in both wealthy and poorer countries between 1995 and 2005.”
“Eating at least three burgers a week was linked to a greater risk of asthma and wheezing, but only in wealthier countries.”
“Children who eat a Mediterranean diet have a lower risk of developing asthma, but eating three or more burgers a week is linked to a higher risk, research suggests.”
“Previous studies have shown that a Mediterranean-style diet rich in fruit and vegetables can help to reduce a child's risk of developing asthma symptoms.”
“We would like to reinforce the need for children to have a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.”
“The study did not adjust for levels of obesity.”
“could lose the equivalent of 3,790 full time staff over the next year”
“The figure includes 1,523 nursing and midwifery posts and 1,053 administration service jobs”
“had previously confirmed plans to cut staffing by 1,252 by 2013”
“health chiefs in Lothian were axing 700 jobs, with 500 going in Tayside, almost 600 in Grampian and 100 in Highland”
“The NHS in Scotland is forecasting it could lose the equivalent of 3,790 full time staff over the next year.”
“The figure includes 1,523 nursing and midwifery posts and 1,053 administration service jobs.”
“Scotland's largest health board, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, had previously confirmed plans to cut staffing by 1,252 by 2013.”
“Ministers said NHS spending this year had increased by £264m.”
“Labour said more than half the reductions in the Greater Glasgow area were nursing posts”
“Labour said more than half the reductions in the Greater Glasgow area were nursing posts, and further said health chiefs in Lothian were axing 700 jobs, with 500 going in Tayside, almost 600 in Grampian and 100 in Highland.”
“Over a billion of repayments in the next five years is a devastating hit to the NHS budget - particularly at a time when budgets will be under increasing pressure as a result of Labour's economic mismanagement.”
“2.3m bags of maize were unfit for human consumption”
“which have killed at least one child”
“The council upgraded the facilities and equipped Craigleith as a teaching hospital with 280 beds, with the new name of the Western General.”
“When Mr Stott was found he was sunburnt, covered in blisters, had lost a stone in weight and had no idea where he was or how long he had been missing.”
“Mr Stott suffers from non-epileptic attack disorder (Nead), which can cause him to lose days at a time. [...] Mr Stott only began to suffer from Nead 14 months ago and had to give up his job as a driving instructor as a result.”
“Daniel Ubani injected 70-year-old David Gray with 10 times the recommended daily dose of diamorphine at his home in Manea, Cambridgeshire, in 2008.”
“The General Medical Council (GMC) heard the 67-year-old locum only knew of the death by phone call the next day.”
“The GMC is also looking into Dr Ubani's treatment of two other patients on the same day. Bernadette Baxter, prosecuting, said Dr Ubani continued to treat patients after Mr Gray. Sandra Banks, 59, who was given the wrong medication for a mi…”
“Dr Ubani had flown into the UK the day before and only had a few hours sleep before starting a 12-hour shift, the panel heard.”
“Half of our responders on the islands are 'multi-hatted': they're also either firemen or coastguards.”
