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“The health secretary has called for an investigation and report into the Strategic Health Authority (SHA) after Mr Watkinson was sacked.”
“Minister Andrew Lansley said he took the case 'very seriously'.”
“Vanilla Blush was set up by 33-year-old Nicola Dames after she had major surgery in 2006.”
“Ms Coyle, 21, said she decided to speak out after her friend, hairstylist Connor Grant, had an operation in January which left him needing a colostomy bag.”
“I am pleased to say that we have already received a £2,000 donation. With Nadine's help we should be going Stateside.”
“Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, died in March”
“The deaths of Louis Wainwright, 18, and Nicholas Smith, 19, in March 2010 sparked concern about the synthetic stimulant, which was then legal.”
“Mephedrone has been implicated in the deaths of 34 people in the UK - 26 in England and eight in Scotland.”
“But so far, the drug has been established as a cause of death in only one case in England, that of John Stirling Smith.”
“10th suicide”
“Three more employees have attempted suicide”
“Their immersion in the water caused hypothermia and cardiac arrest in both men, who were pronounced dead in Leicester Royal Infirmary later that afternoon.”
“for just seven months”
“The Vinefields can provide respite care for eight adults at a time”
“and provide regular respite support to 70 families.”
“Carers of adults with learning disabilities often provide a lifetime of care and support of over 50 hours a week.”
“The Sick Kids Friends Foundation has announced a £220,000 fundraising drive to buy the technology, which produces 3D images of children's heads.”
“The groundbreaking equipment could help more than 100 children each year.”
“The kit is currently available in only one other paediatric centre in the UK.”
“The new Medtronic Navigation equipment, which the Sick Kids Friends Foundation hopes to deliver to the hospital by early Autumn, uses image guidance technology...”
“It has emerged. The GPs body, Glasgow Local Medical Committee, said in some cases phones had gone unanswered for 20 minutes.”
“NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said its new call centre experienced "an unforeseen technical issue" but this had been resolved on Monday.”
“One aspect of the new call centre developed a technical issue whereby some calls were failing to present to the operators even though callers were hearing the lines ringing out. Together with our contracted telecoms provider, BT, the issu…”
“The changeover is being phased in. The first phase, which gave rise to the problem, began four weeks ago.”
“During this time all direct dial inbound and internal emergency calls were fully operational and not affected by this issue.”
“The fitness to practise inquiry said there had been 'a skeleton staff' on duty the day of the operation.”
“The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) recommended 39 Scottish bathing beaches for excellent water quality - two less than last year.”
“when MCS recommended 56 beaches - almost half of all sites tested.”
“new stricter bathing water standards are introduced in 2015.”
“Under this new regime, 28 of the 105 Scottish beaches tested will fail the new minimum water quality standard if nothing is done to improve them.”
“MCS knows of at least 135 Scottish coastal sites with one or more of these pipes.”
“63% of tested beaches aren't recommended by MCS because of pollution, a percentage which is set to go higher with tougher standards from 2015.”
“We're recommending 39 beaches for excellent water quality this year”
“MCS advises people to use the Good Beach Guide and do three things; pick bathing beaches with a good water quality record, stay out of the sea at any beach for at least 48 hours after heavy storms and report pollution problems to us via th…”
“The tests were conducted from June to September 2009, which was particularly wet.”
“The latest survey found that bathing water quality in Scotland has been declining since a peak in 2004, when MCS recommended 56 beaches - almost half of all sites tested.”
“The society is concerned that the current situation in Scotland may further deteriorate when new stricter bathing water standards are introduced in 2015.”
“There are many places where they don't cause a problem but 63% of tested beaches aren't recommended by MCS because of pollution, a percentage which is set to go higher with tougher standards from 2015.”
“We're recommending 39 beaches for excellent water quality this year, which is good, but poor quality bathing water carries health risks.”
“Mr Prout said he had been moved from intensive care to a high dependency unit at Leeds General Infirmary.”
“The inspectors carried out reviews of 21 NHS trusts, responsible for more than a quarter of England's jails.”
“Only one trust had a specific policy in place.”
“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.”
