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Southport’s MP has called for increased PCT accountability - Southport Visiter 28th October 2009
"UNELECTED local health chiefs must be stripped of their power to make crucial decisions, Southport’s MP has told the Government.
John Pugh introduced a backbench Bill calling for the end of the “democratic deficit” whereby NHS bodies can make wide-reaching decisions – such as the closure of children’s casualty in Southport – despite public objections."
Alcohol awareness: How many units of booze is it OK to drink? - Southport Visiter 23rd October 2009
"SO just how much is too much?
Sefton NHS recommends that men drink nor more than three to four units of alcohol a day.
For women the limit is two or three units a day, which is the equivalent to two small glasses of wine."
Alcohol awareness: Girls and women now drinking more - Southport Visiter 23rd October 2009
"GIRLS and women in Southport are causing concern for health chiefs.
Sefton Council’s teen survey shows that teenage girls are more likely to binge drinkthan their male counterparts."
Alcohol awareness: The surprise truth about middle age drinking - Southport Visiter 23rd October 2009
"MIDDLE aged, middle class and most likely to suffer liver disease.
That’s the news from liver specialist Dr Butcher.
He said: “Cases of alcohol related liver disease peak in those aged between 40-50."
Alcohol awareness: Young professionals in Southport over the alcohol limit - Southport Visiter 23rd October 2009
"YOUNG professionals are developing drinking habits that could leave them with long term damage.
Professor Rod Thomson, of NHS Sefton, said: “This group like to party hard and have a good time."
Alcohol awareness: Teen drinking in Southport - Southport Visiter 23rd October 2009
"FORGET the familiar alcopop image – teenagers today are swapping WKD, Fosters and Stella for Smirnoff, Strongbow and Jack Daniels.
The trend is highlighted in Sefton Council’s survey of 14-17-year-olds, along with the news that more than a third are drinking in pubs and clubs."
Mental health patients could be moved into community if Southport's Sir Thomas More site is sold - Southport Visiter 21st October 2009
"PATIENTS with severe mental health issues could be moved into the community if the site of a former children’s home in Southport is sold off for housing.
North West charity Nugent Care recently announced it was selling the nine-acre former Sir Thomas More site on Liverpool Road, advertising it as viable for an elderly care home or an “exclusive” residential development."
Merseyside paramedics fear winter crisis as ambulances sit empty - Southport Visiter 7th October 2009
"MERSEYSIDE’S ambulances are sitting empty – because there is not enough staff to man them.
The region’s ambulance service cannot cover all its rostered shifts and is failing to get to patients quickly enough as a result."
NHS will end premium-rate call charges to Southport surgeries - Southport Visiter 7th October 2009
"PATIENTS, who were charged up to 40p a minute to ring Southport surgeries, are quids in after the NHS decided to scrap premium rate telephone calls.
St Marks Medical Centre, Derby Road and Ainsdale Medical Centre are among those currently using controversial 084 and 085 prefixes, which sees callers charged 4.2p per minute from a BT landline and up to 40p from a mobile."
Southport former psychotherapist David Pinnell jailed for Day of Jackal-style con - Southport Visiter October 3rd 2009
"A FORMER psychotherapist who carried out a “Day of the Jackal” style con by stealing a dead baby's identity to help him swindle £60,000 in benefits is behind bars today.
David Pinnell, 65, admitted his crimes were reminiscent of the 1970s thriller starring Edward Fox following his arrest for the seven-year scam."
Collapse of Lighthouse Project drugs charity left 600 Southport addicts at risk - Southport Visiter 16th September 2009
THE collapse of drugs rehabilitation charity, the Lighthouse Project, left 600 Southport addicts at risk of going without vital treatment.
The Merseyside charity closed its doors last week with debts of around £2m and 250 staff facing redundancy.
Drugs charity the Lighthouse Project financial probe - Southport Visiter 9th September 2009
HEALTH bosses were yesterday battling to draw up an urgent action plan to prevent 7,000 Merseyside drug addicts from being left without treatment.
The move comes after Merseyside charity the Lighthouse Project admitted it was in crisis. The announcement leaves 250 stunned workers facing redundancy.
New alcohol banning orders will be used in Southport, say Town Centre Inspector - Southport Visiter 4th September 2009
ON August 31 the government introduced new powers to curb drink related crime.
The alcohol banning orders are essentially ASBOs tailored to tackle crime that stems from alcohol consumption, and Southport police have welcomed them, vowing "we will use them".
HIV and Aids on the rise in Merseyside - Southport Visiter 28th August 2009
CASES of HIV and Aids are on the rise in Merseyside, figures released today show.
In total 423 people are living with HIV or Aids in Liverpool, 136 in Wirral and 81 in Sefton. The region’s figures echo North West wide results that have been released by the Centre for Public Health at John Moores University.
Baby death increases calls for return of Southport Children's A&E - Southport Visiter 17th July 2009
PRESSURE was mounting last night on local health services to re-instate the children’s A&E in Southport following the death of the 4-day-old baby boy this week.
Local campaigners and concerned parents are demanding children’s health services return to the town after the ambulance transporting the child who died was sent to Ormskirk hospital.
How children's accident & emergency unit was moved from Southport - Southport Visiter 17th July 2009
CHILDREN’S Accident and Emergency health services were shut at Southport hospital and concentrated at Ormskirk six years ago in a shake-up aimed to improve patient care.
In June 2003 children’s A&E services moved to Ormskirk hospital in a bid, according to hospital chiefs, to provide greater levels of specialist care on one site. A&E adult services at Ormskirk were moved to Southport.
A Southport dentist offers hypnosis to patients to help with their fear of the dentist - Southport Visiter 27th March 2009
A SOUTHPORT dentist is helping patients with their fear of the dentist by offering hypnosis.
Dr Stephen Dodd at 10 Dental on Scarisbrick New Road was becoming concerned that people are neglecting their oral health due to their phobia and anxiety of visiting the dentist.
Young people in Southport are being checked out for Chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted disease - Southport Visiter 27th March 2009
SOUTHPORT students are to become the focus of a new campaign to help improve chlamydia screening rates in Sefton.
NHS Sefton’s sexual health service, ISIS, is to hold special screening days at the town’s colleges in the coming months.
The first was at Southport College last week, when students were encouraged to take a test and pick up valuable information from ISIS team members.
Dialysis unit is a boost to treatment - Southport Visiter 13th March 2009
A NEW dialysis unit has been officially opened at Southport Hospital bringing treatment closer to patients in Sefton and West Lancashire.
The unit has already been open to kidney patients for the last couple of weeks and offers a safe, quiet and comfortable environment for them while they receive dialysis.
Easing life for patients - Southport Visiter 13th March 2009
The new dialysis unit is already making a huge difference in the life of 58-year-old Maureen Owen.
Maureen, who lives in Southport town centre used to have to travel to Waterloo for treatment.
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