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“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“Her life support was withdrawn three days later.”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.”
“has had two major bowel operations”
“spent months in hospital with MRSA”
“I've been in and out of hospital since 2005”
“It will be developed in the grounds of Bishop of Llandaff High School, with construction expected to begin in September 2011. Education Minister Leighton Andrews made the final decision on the plan following objections. The new site will c…”
“"As well as providing extra help in areas of communication and social skills, this centre will give children with autism a new, dedicated unit, specialising in their education needs," she said.”
“She has said in the past that the government needed to take "radical action" to cut the £2.25bn cost of alcohol misuse in Scotland.”
“The recommendations included a legal limit on the caffeine content of alcoholic drinks - which would effectively ban the tonic wine Buckfast. The party hopes to amend the forthcoming alcohol bill to stop drinks firms using more than 150 mi…”
“Buckfast currently contains two-and-a-half times that amount.”
“Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say rheumatoid arthritis cases rose 2.5% between 1995 and 2007, after 40 years of decline, but fell among men in the same 12-year period”
“Rheumatoid arthritis affects around 350,000 people in the UK.”
“women are three times more likely to be affected by the condition than men.”
“They examined the medical records of 1,761 residents in Olmsted County.”
“They found cases of rheumatoid arthritis increased by 2.5% per year from 1995 to 2007, while it fell in men by 0.5%.”
“We observed a modest increase of rheumatoid arthritis incidence in women during the study period, which followed a sharp decline in incidence during the previous four decades.”
“I would like to assure people living with rheumatoid arthritis that in the last 10 years due in part to the use of biological therapies and tighter control of the disease at an earlier stage that more and more people with this long-term co…”
“99 cases over the past two years”
“the 500,000 births a year”
“He said he only realised the severe impact exposure to so much lead was having on his health when he gave blood more than 10 years later.”
“The truth only began to emerge in 2006 when Mr Jones made one of his regular blood donations and the toxic levels were found.”
“he handled three tonnes of lead a year.”
“when he gave blood more than 10 years later.”
“in 2006 when Mr Jones made one of his regular blood donations”
“Toxic levels of the metal were found in his body.”
“By that time, Mr Jones had already been suffering from unexplained pain in his abdomen and joints for some time.”
“He was put on an intensive course of medication to remove the lead from his bone marrow.”
“The drug has been linked to at least 22 deaths, but there has been no conclusive scientific proof yet that it has been the cause of any of them.”
“more than half of NI's practising gynaecologists have suggested.”
“the majority of gynaecologists in Northern Ireland "do not support the current abortion law as it stands"”
“Of 42 gynaecologists working in Northern Ireland, 37 took part in the survey giving a response rate of 88%.”
“Fifty-seven percent of respondents said they would support liberalising the current abortion law”
“more than two thirds agreeing that abortion should be legal on grounds of fetal abnormality.”
“70% said they would be prepared to on grounds of fetal abnormality”
“49% said they would where the woman has been raped.”
“68% of NI gynaecologists agreed that abortion should be legal when the woman had been raped”
“73% wanted free abortions for Northern Ireland women forced to travel overseas for the procedure”
“51% supported major abortion charities being licensed to carry out abortions in Northern Ireland”
“Only 32% said the abortion law should stay as it is.”
“The survey, 'Attitudes and practice of gynaecologists towards abortion in Northern Ireland' (2009), was conducted by Colin Francome, Emeritus Professor in the Sociology of Health, at Middlesex University, England”
“The party hopes to amend the forthcoming alcohol bill to stop drinks firms using more than 150 milligrammes of caffeine per litre of alcohol. Buckfast currently contains two-and-a-half times that amount.”
“She said Labour wanted to see a legal limit on the level of caffeine in alcoholic drinks of 150mg per litre which would mean that any pre-mixed alcoholic drink containing a higher level of caffeine could not be legally sold in Scotland.”
“The commission's chairman, Professor Sally Brown, said her team had consulted widely, but she added that there was still a great deal of work to be done.”
“The 76-year-old died within a day of being discharged from Barnet Hospital in north London, where she was being treated for kidney problems.”
“An NHS London investigation found she was not checked up on properly by staff from private clinic Clinicenta, which was suspended after the death.”
“The woman should have been assessed after being discharged from hospital, the report said. It identified three occasions when a Clinicenta nurse could have done so.”
“But the woman died in October 2009 without being assessed once.”
“Out-of-hospital services were run by Clinicenta in 20 boroughs across north London. They were suspended after the incident.”
“Some 24 failings at the clinic were highlighted by report authors.”
“Following the death of a patient we acted immediately and took the decision to suspend services run by Clinicenta whilst an investigation took place. The services will not be started again until we have absolute assurance that all the issu…”
“CVHT had begun legal action to seek a judicial review over a decision by NHS Surrey to close all 14 in-patient beds.”
“Under the trust's £8m redevelopment plans, the site would provide no in-patient care but would instead offer outpatient services, clinics and home visits. It would also fund up to eight beds in nursing homes in the area.”
“a six-inch blade was retrieved from Mr Hughes's neck”
“Residents have been told the odour is unlikely to pose a health risk.”
“South Cambridgeshire District Council said the fumes are unlikely to pose a health risk.”
“Five thousand signatures have been collected for a petition requesting that a heart specialist from Coventry be allowed to return to his job.”
“In 2002, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust suspended cardiologist Raj Mattu for five-and-a-half years over bullying allegations.”
“In 2008 the General Medical Council rejected all 150 claims that Dr Matthu had bullied a junior doctor.”
“Eleven patients died in overcrowded bays at the former Walsgrave Hospital in Coventry but a review in 2004 cleared the trust of responsibility for any of the deaths in relation to overcrowding.”
“Out of 115 seats checked in Brecon, Builth Wells, Machynlleth, Newtown and Ystradgynlais, 92 were found to have problems.”
