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"A "shocking" number of children are being rushed to hospital each year with potentially fatal complications of diabetes, according to a charity.
Many of the 3,300 cases in England in 2008/9 could have been prevented by better care, says Diabetes UK. "
"THE number of patients admitted to the Countess of Chester Hospital’s emergency department rose by 63% on Boxing Day compared to last year.
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were reasonably quiet but the hospital has been busy since Boxing Day."
Costs of dealing with alcohol abuse 'overwhelming the NHS' say experts The government was under mounting pressure last night to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol in an attempt to cut abuse as a senior Labour MP called for an urgent change in policy.
Kevin Barron, chair of the House of Commons health select committee, which issues a major report on alcohol on Friday, told the Observer that ministers could no longer ignore evidence of soaring rates of addiction, and warnings of the crippling costs of abuse on an already overstretched NHS.
"One of the disadvantages of wine, Samuel Johnson said, was that "it makes a man mistake words for thoughts".
Alcohol seems to have a similar effect on government policy, causing a confusion between words and action."
"More than one in five admissions to hospital casualty departments are because of alcohol, a new report suggests. "
"Admissions to hospital due to drinking have increased by eight per cent in one year to reach more than 860,000, official figures have revealed. "
A BABY who needs an emergency operation has been turned away from Manchester's new children's hospital because of a beds shortage.
Nine-week-old Lyndon Brighouse has suffered fits and is unable to keep food down.
Three times as many teenage girls have been admitted to hospital with alcohol poisoning as boys, official figures show.
Hospital admissions for teenagers with anorexia have risen 80% over the last decade. Laurie Penny, who had the condition for years, explains why more help is needed for this most deadly of mental illnesses
Up to 1,000 people a day are being admitted to hospital for alcohol-related illnesses after a rise in cases last year.
in list: The Telegraph Health News 02/09
Alcohol-related hospital admissions have shot up by a third since the relaxation of licensing laws, figures have revealed.
Rates of admission where doctors list alcohol as the main reason for the illness reached 81,781 in 2007/08, figures have revealed.
That is up 3 per cent on the previous year and 36 per cent up on the figure four years ago before licensing laws were relaxed.
in list: Daily Mail Health News 02/09
From leaf cuts, hammer blows and hornet stings to cigarettes in bed and pensioners on rollerskates — the latest admission statistics reveal the full gamut of mishaps, malcoordination and moments of idiocy that put Britons in hospital last year.
The figures, from the NHS Information Centre, point to a nation beset by clumsiness, but also show the subtle social trends and popular obsessions that resulted in a trip to hospital in England in the year to April 2008.
in list: The Times Health News 02/09
The number of stab victims being admitted to hospitals has fallen in England for the first time in four years.\n\nA total of 5,239 people were admitted in the 12 months to the end of April last year after being attacked with a knife or other sharp object, according to figures published yesterday. This is down by nearly 500 from the year before, when 5,720 victims were admitted - an 8 per cent fall.
in list: The Times Health News 02/09
The number of young girls admitted to hospital suffering from anorexia has risen by 80 per cent in a decade, figures show.
in list: The Telegraph Health News 02/09
The number of young girls admitted to hospital with anorexia has almost doubled in a decade, official figures revealed yesterday.
Children as young as nine are being rushed to hospital after becoming seriously ill by starving themselves almost to death because of their condition.
in list: Daily Mail Health News 02/09
The NHS has cancelled planned operations to devote maximum resources to keeping emergency services running after heavy snowfall.
Hospitals and ambulance services across the south of England were stretched as people reported falls and an increase in the number of road accidents.
SOUTHPORT & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust has announced a 10% increase in admissions at their district hospitals.
The Trust has been experiencing increased pressure in their Accident & Emergency departments since July, but no single factor has been identified to have caused the increased strain.
FIGURES showing a fall in the number of children admitted to hospitals in Cumbria for booze problems does not mean the battle is being won, the director of public health has warned.
Every three days a child under 10 is treated in hospital for the effects of alcohol, new government figures show.
According to the data, 648 children under 10 have been treated in accident and emergency wards for alcohol-related illness in the past five years. They were among 24,000 under16s who drank so much that they needed hospital help.
Round-the-clock drinking has led to a rise in early morning hospital admissions, a study shows.
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