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EU ban limiting junior doctors to 48-hour working week lifted over public health concerns hospital EU Working Time Directive Trusts - Daily Mail 15th October 2009
"European rules insisting junior doctors work only a 48-hour week have been lifted for at least 50 hospitals.
Britain has been granted a temporary reprieve after health chiefs claimed the EU Working Time Directive might put patient safety at risk. "
Music player noise limit planned - BBC Health News 28th September 2009
Train and bus passengers keen not to share the beat of fellow travellers' portable music devices might be happier to hear about a new plan from the EU.
A maximum noise default setting will be set on new portable music players, the European Commission has suggested.
iPods may have to carry health warnings - The Times 28th September 2009
Portable music players may have to carry health warnings under proposals from the European Commission.
Apple, which makes the iPod, and other manufacturers will be asked either to display labels advising users of the damaging long-term effects of loud music on their hearing or to devise a system of on-screen alerts triggered by the prolonged use of headphones at high noise levels.
iPods to be fitted with noise limiters under new EU rules to protect hearing - Daily Mail 26th September 2009
Mobile phones and iPods that blast out music at ear-shattering levels are having their volumes turned down.
The news that personal music players will be fitted with noise limiting controls will delight the parents of teenagers and anyone who likes to enjoy a train journey in peace.
'Health tourists' told to pay for treatment up-front or go home - Daily Mail 17th September 200
Foreign patients at a London hospital are being withheld treatment until they pay their bills up-front.
Doctors at West Middlesex University hospital stabilise patients, then quote them on any further treatment. If they do not produce cash or credit cards to fund the treatment they are asked to leave.
Workers can claim back holidays ruined by illness - The Times 15th September 2009
Workers who are ill during their holidays can now claim the time back from their employers following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice.
The court said that employees had the right to ask for statutory leave to be “reallocated” when it was spoilt by sickness. Under the terms of the judgment, employees will be allowed to carry any annual leave marred by illness over into the next holiday year.
Fallen sick on leave from work? Don't worry, now you can claim the time back! - Daily Mail 15th September 2009
Workers who fall sick while on holiday will be able to demand extra time off under an EU ruling which has been branded a malingerers' charter.
The move was immediately condemned by employers in Britain, who said it would be 'open to abuse' by unscrupulous staff who simply wanted to extend their break.
Cereal makers forced to axe fake health claims under EU crackdown on marketing - Daily Mail 24th August 2009
Breakfast cereal firms and other manufacturers are to be stopped from dressing up products high in sugar, fat and salt with bogus health claims.
Food producers will not be able to disguise products stuffed with junk by highlighting only the healthy ingredients in their marketing.
EU bites into cereals’ health claims - The Sunday Times 23rd August 2009
REAKFAST cereal manufacturers will be forced to abandon many health claims used to promote their products unless they can be scientifically proven, under a European Union clampdown.
The move will hit some of the UK’s most popular cereal brands and other foods, many of which claim to improve health because they have been enhanced with ingredients such as vitamins and oat bran, but which also contain high levels of sugar, fat or salt.
£500k for Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine malaria research - Liverpool Daily Post 21st August 2009
LIVERPOOL School of Tropical Medicine has been awarded £500,000k to find a cure for malaria.
The European Commission is funding the two-year project to co-ordinate European and international research to develop new drugs.
Surgeon at Countess of Chester Hospital says new rules will pressure NHS - Chester Chronicle 20th August 2009
A LEADING surgeon fears employment rules limiting junior doctors’ hours could mean the Countess of Chester Hospital struggles to treat its patients.
George Foster, who has worked at the Countess for 25 years, says the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) will also limit training opportunities for new doctors.
Crucial medical research 'threatened' by EU animal welfare plan - The Times 26th March 2009
Important medical research into conditions such as autism, Parkinson’s disease, strokes and Aids will be “closed down” if a European Union directive on animal experiments is passed in its current form, leading scientists said yesterday.
Vital studies of brain and cell function that promise new therapies for serious disorders would be blocked by the proposed regulations, turning Europe into a “scientific backwater”, a coalition of research organisations warned.
Fears over expiring health cards - BBC Health News 26th March 2009
Holiday-makers are being urged to renew their European health insurance cards (EHIC) as millions are due to expire by the end of the month.
Although nearly three in five people claim to have an EHIC, 68% of these do not know when it runs out, says a poll for the Department of Health.
Millions of travellers 'could be faced with expensive medical bills' - The Sunday Telegraph 23rd March 2009
Millions of travellers could be faced with expensive medical bills in Europe because they have let their health insurance cards run out, officials have warned.
Medical trials red tape 'costing lives' - The Telegraph 12th March 2009
Patients lives have been lost because European red tape is delaying major medical trials, experts have warned.
EU ruling will delay operations on NHS - The Telegraph 12th March 2009
Patients face a significant increase in waiting times for operations because "insane" European rules mean doctors’ hours will be cut so much they will not be able to cope, surgeons said.
NHS 'struggling' with work laws - BBC Health News 20th November 2008
Surgery teams in many NHS hospitals are not ready for a likely fall next year in the maximum hours they are allowed to work, says a survey.
Failure to plan for the changes could hit patient safety and training, said the Royal Colleges representing surgeons and anaesthetists.
European Commission to force women to take six weeks off after giving birth - The Telegraph 20th November 2008
Women are to be banned from returning to work within six weeks of giving birth under new EU plans.
EU's new healthy eating food labels are so big they don't fit on the packet - Daily Mail 7th November 2008
Demands by the EU to fit nutritional information on to food packaging will not work because the labels are too big, food companies have complained.
Some of the world's biggest brands, including Nestle and Coca-Cola, claim the information panels are so large they will swamp packs, bottles and tins, and obscure logos and brands.
EU limits imported Chinese food - BBC Health News 25th September 2008
The European Commission is imposing a ban on EU imports of Chinese baby food that contains any traces of milk, while other Chinese food will undergo tests.
The measures come amid a health scare over milk products contaminated in China with the chemical melamine. It has caused several deaths there.
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